And we're off!

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Our journey has officially begun!



After final (slightly teary in Amy's case) goodbyes to Devon family and Ted we set off from Tiverton and headed north to a surprisingly sunny Stockport by train.


Whilst mostly an uneventful journey other than seat thievery we did encounter the worst and most dreaded 3 word sentance in the English language:

Replacement Bus Service

This also meant we had to battle through Birmingham city centre traffic and were greeted at the train station by opposing groups of footy fans in the midst of a fight/riot on the platform which was quickly brought under control by a small army of police officers, welcome to Stockport!

We now have a couple of days before flying out to Canada which will be spent saying our farewells to more family and friends and spending Mike's car money on headphones, noise cancelling ones are essential for travel apparently.

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  1. SusiB3481 May 2018 at 03:49

    On behalf of the wrinklies, Bon Voyage! (J doesn’t have a profile so can’t post a comment)

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