Another bright, cold, sunny day which started with a cooked breakfast and some more leisurely packing.

We did well at leisurely today what with little traffic on the road and Heathrow resting after dealing with an estimated 2 million passengers yesterday. This trip we had no catering voucher to spend so we had to invest in our own pre-flight wine. We drank one bottle and sneaked the other onto the flight which was almost empty with rows in front of us and behind us of empty seats.

The catering onboard turned out to be crisps, coffee, wine and a Celebrations chocolate. This being Christmas there was a second bottle of wine each so we arrived very relaxed.

At L’s parents the tree was up in the front room with present around it. After the final packing we had the best beef stew I’ve eaten in a long time and headed out to Michael’s for a few drinks, listen to the Pogues singing Fairytale of New York and trying to sneak home before Santa calls.