Monday, 20-04-26

Morning, all.  Welcome to Monday.  I hope you had a good weekend and feel well refreshed for the week to come.

Yesterday felt quite busy what with this and that.  It started with a bread making session for Beth and Lindsey and, for ponce, I was able to bake all four together.  I can pretty much say how long the yeasted bread will take before baking but the sourdough is different and it's unusual to be able to bake them together.

And while on the subject of sourdough, Bubbles had a good feed yesterday and is now fast asleep (I hope) in the fridge for a week and a bit.  I'll wake her up when I get home again.

I managed to get pretty much everything done that I had planned.  Downstairs is now tidy and ready for Kay.  It doesn't LOOK completely tidy because of cases, etc, but it's OK.
I got the washing and the ironing done.  I will change my sheets today and get them done with any random bits and pieces so I won't have any more than holiday washing when I get home.

I decided to finish the packing.  Some things will get a bit crumpled, I know, but the rooms have iron and ironing board so anything too crumpled can have a quick smooth.
And I weighed - first me, then me and the case and then do the maths.  I nearly had a panic at first, thinking I'd gone well over until I realised that I weigh in lbs and the allowance is in kgs.  A quick Google conversion later and phew, well within with ample room for any little gifts and souvenirs.  I wonder if you can get fridge magnets in Crete.  😊

I saw some good news too - it popped up on my feed.  I wasn't looking forward very much to the EU entry-exit biometric thingy, just because there are queues and it can take a while but it seems that Greece has just cancelled this requirement for British travellers, happy tourists and ease of entry being pretty essential to their economy (and also because it would seriously hold things up, especially, I gather, the exit part where people have missed their flights because it all took so very long).  That sounds like good news to me.

I popped over to Beth with her bread and for a little chat and relax, did the last bit of tidying and then chilled.

Today starts, as always on a Monday, with Circuits at Lindsey's, then Kay is round and I have a list of last things to do.  Things like watering the indoor plants, checking the garden room is locked (it should be but must check), unplugging everything that needs unplugging (that's partly a task for tomorrow morning too), etc.
And I will check countless times that the passport, money, cards, etc are all safely tucked away in my bag because just checking one isn't enough, is it?  At least I don't have to worry about travel documents - One Traveller deals with all of that.

A friend will be staying over from time to time, just to check on things.  She can reconnect anything she wants to use.  Thanks very much S, very much appreciated.

Less than a day to go now.

I won't be posting tomorrow morning, of course, but fingers crossed that I can post later on, once there and unpacked and accessing the hotel wifi.  There should be photos too.  :-)
Have a lovely Monday, everyone.  xx