Opinionated Bean

Yesterday doesn’t count as I had gotten off the plane and was quite knackered, but there was still some fun & some frustrations.

Landed at Gatwick, which seems to be under a huge renovation. Got through Customs fairly quickly, with the Brits believing I am no threat to British National Security. So that bit was easy. The difficult part came next. Had to wait nearly 40 minutes before the bag handlers started to unload our luggage onto the luggage carosel. I rang Ruthie, who was waiting for me, to reassure her that I was not in need of legal representation, and that I was not in the midst of being molested by Her Majesty’s Customs Officers. I finally got my suitcase and met up with Ruthie — to pass the time she bought a new wallet & a sturdy handbag which could knock out a few teeth on any would-be assailant.

We wooshed our way up to Cambridgeshire and had a lovely lunch before making it over to Ruthie’s palatial estate. I was suitably inspected by her two cats – Atilla & Ghengis, and they approved of me. Later we went into Cambridge for Ruthie’s tango lesson…I watched, was amused and impressed at the same time of the different students’ level of ability.

Today, day 2, I was asked if I wanted to go for a walk. I felt ambitious and chose a 5mile walk around Wimpole Hall. I wimped out, and managed to do 2miles…much to Ruthie’s eternal delight, and has promised to never let me hear the end of it. Did get some fab pics of some tiny bunnies, black goats, a folly, and Wimpole Hall itself.

Tomorrow, it’s off to Geeklawyer’s spacious accomodations before we jet off to Lithuania.