Day 202 Fine Day I Returned to the Croft

Arrived back at the croft from my journey around the world...................

Writing the blog has been fun and I hope you have enjoyed it too. A massive thank you to everyone for words of support and friendship. For me the journey continues as I walk once again through the memories of the lovely people I've met, the characters, stories and places I've been.

I'll leave with the final verse from Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken"

I shall be telling this with a sigh, somewhere ages and
ages hence

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I

I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all
the difference.

Days 199 - 201 Home to the Croft

After a few days catching up with friends it was now time to take the last of the train journeys on my travels - the North line.

Many a hostel served me well across the world and it seemed apt that whilst I tucked into shortbread the other passenger at my table should represent the Scottish Youth Hostel Association. Chris originally from Durham told me the story how back in his day there was a stigma of taking holidays never mind travelling. Chris knew that as a young lad were he tell his parents he was about to go off on a massive cycling trip across the Pyrenees they would talk him out of it in a matter of days. So.........Chris told them he was off on holiday for a fortnight....he arrived home eight months later!

Day 198 Scotland

The overnight flight Quantus QF1 from Bangkok to Heathrow brought on the norms of a night flight. ...jet lag, twist and turns to get a some sleep and window shutters down to block out the sunrise when your brain tells you a sunrise should not be happening. For me none of this mattered .....I was coming home.

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Making a Start

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I plan to start blogging from mid October so as to keep in touch with family and friends whilst travelling around the world for a year.