Heading home ( part II)

Seems like we’ve been away from the country at a crucial time – not only missing the People’s Vote on that long-running Westminster Alternative Reality  show ( I’m a Liability, Get Me Out of Here) , but the whole of Euro24.

The General Election has delivered a genuinely hopeful result for the country, whereas the Euros ….felt like the whole Brexit experience re-visited.

We Held All the Cards after Taking Back Control with marginal results in the early stages, but then unforeseeably crashed out without a meaningful deal at the final step. Our cunning “luck of the draw  / final minute deliverance” strategy was undone by eventually having to play against a bunch of foreigners who were not only more skillful and well-prepared, but actually deployed experts, playing to their established strengths, in familiar roles on the pitch. Now, how could we have prepared for that ? I mean,  …. Nobody expects the Spanish in position.

Ah-hem.

So, after 7 weeks or so, it’s Coming Home, it’s Coming home – the Basecamp’s coming home. 

Although we didn’t achieve the original plan ( Swiss Alps), we did discover some very pleasant cycling / walking country round France ( the Verdon Gorge, the Morvan….). Also plenty of catching up with our extremely hospitable family and friends in Holland / Belgium.

Now let’s get the UK sorted out , eh ?

So till the next trip, that’s the final entry in the Captain’s Blog. We can all take a well-earned rest from appalling puns and over-stretched metaphor, and get back to …other stuff.  Cheers !