Leave is short.. Just too short

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The first annual leave for a long time and it's over. I don't really want to return to work after having such a great and varied time. All has been good the past two weeks, I've not been cycling which is a downer but that will change in the weeks ahead. Last week I fixed up Bert the camper van for the festival. We travelled to the Isle of Wight on the Thursday. Arrived in Cowes at 8pm. It took some eight hours to get the festival grounds due to the traffic chaos the weather had caused. We were parked up out side the entrance to go sleep in the van, we woke to police, tractors amd hundreds of revellers walking around the festival grounds. It was a good atmosphere, the mud making it that much more fun watching folks wheel spin around the fields covering everything in mud. The festival was great, probably the best one yet. No fading about driving and travelling in and and out, we lived on site and got to experience the whole thing for a change. We even chose different places to stand instead of the same safe distant places of years past. Sunday we found ourselves in the VIP to watch England go out of the Euro and Bruce Springsteen rock the festival to a close with an epic three hour set. Brilliant! Arrived home on Tuesday and travelled up to the midlands Wednesday to tile my brother in laws bathroom. I took the opportunity to go see the family and check in on Caroline my T2 camper, she's really coming together. Terry bought maccy d round for lunch and Friday bought extra special orange chips :-) I know I'm a saddo always having to have orange chips from the Black Country. Saturday bought the General Auctions were Bert was sold. Sad time really, got some real good memories with him. Late night cooking before sleeping, fighting his wayward gear box into submission and filling him with a pint of oil every fifty miles. He got me to the festival and back in good time, only the Lord knows how. He really was in a state. Loosing power when he got warm, burning and losing oil, constantly cutting out and stalling. Sounds wonderfull eh? VW campers highly recommended fun times. Can't wait for Caroline to come home :-) This last weekend before going back to work has been great, spending time with Michelle catching up. We had food and drinks at the Jazz cafe in Reading, whilst we were there Cilla Black and John Madejski came in for a drink. I woke this morning in the hotel to Breakfast from room service. The rest of the day I've spent fixing cars and driving around in the sunshine with the roof down. That's it now, holiday is over. I wonder if I can return to work and do things a little different to stay stress free. The job is taking its toll at the moment, I need to get a grip I think and do some praying. In fact that's what's missing in my life at the moment. Prayer and time with God, I need to make myself less busy and spend time with him... So here's trying... Gob bless us all....

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