We have one more night at home, packing is progressing well (sort of), as is moving all our personal stuff down to the basement which is the room our house-sitters are not going to use.
I had a nice lie-in this morning. I needed it because last night we had several beers at the Hobgoblin in Reading. It was a nice surprise to see that Katrina had decked the place out with balloons and a "Bon Voyage Joy and Nick" banner. Of course we just HAD to have a group photo in front of that! Just typical that if we'd waited about 5 minutes later to take the picture there's have been about twice as many people seeing us off - still it's quality and not quantity that counts. Thanks to everyone who came - it was great to see you all and we'll see you in November or December or whenever we come back.