Why Eye Pet

Well I made it... here I am in sunny South Shields! My morning was a tad fraught, with lots of running around doing last minute packing, putting petrol in the car and sorting out all my flight documents, but finally at 9.20am we set off for Cardiff airport.

I hate flying... at least I think I do, my stomach was churning all the way up in the car and the first place I headed for at the terminal was the bar for a large glass of wine to steady my nerves. Luckily it was a very short flights, less than an hour in total. The plane was a twin propeller small one (don't ask me to be technical). Despite protesting that I hate flying, once we were up in the air it really was quite lovely, as long as I don't think of how many thousand feet I am off the ground in a tin can! The flight itself was uneventful and not very busy so I had a seat on my own, and by the time I had eaten my sandwich and drank my glass of wine we were landing at Newcastle,

I got a taxi to the hotel, not really wanting to tackle the Metro and once I had checked in I headed to the restaurant for some lunch, just a toasted sandwich which I ate outside in the sunshine. I now have a long lonely night to get through on my own, with just my computer and no doubt a bottle of wine for company before the course starts tomorrow morning.... hark I think I hear the bar calling....