After a very early start to the morning, we arrived safely at Luton airport, our final destination, with all of our bags in tow (hurray!). Before we were to leave the airport however, we had an important task to complete – securing tickets to next years Glastonbury festival. This mission had to be a success at any cost, so we secured a corner of the coffee shop in the arrivals area and hunkered down. We set up our operations system which consisted of two iPads and two iPhones (ensuring they had a viable wifi connection..at least kind of..) and waited for the clock to strike 9am. And we were off! After goodness knows how many refreshes, clicks, swapping of devices and prayers it happened!!! Roisin had made it through to the confirmation page and with tears in her eyes and a squeal of glee (to the confusion and concern of most of the people sitting around us), Max and I inferred that the tickets were in the bag!

Our time in London was short but sweet. We managed to catch up with some friends and see some of the sights of London. We enjoyed some of the delicious food and live music (dancing along of course) that the Borough Markets has to offer. We enjoyed a final delicious dinner at Humble Grape and some wine with hints of fairy floss (yes really) while we discussed our best, worst and funniest moments of the trip. We even managed to squeeze in a karaoke session!

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It was time to close the book on this amazing adventure. The three amigos, the tripod, the unlikely bunch of Physio friends who had made it through the best and worst of times together over the last (almost) seven years were now separating for the foreseeable future. It was a mix of emotions – excitement for what was coming next, relief to be able to relax for a moment and not run from one exciting monument to another, sadness to not be seeing each other everyday (and probably also a touch of relief on that one), amazement over all of the incredible and “once in a life time” experiences we had, joy over being able to experience them together and also confusion that we wouldn’t be aware of each others every movement every second of every day. Most of all, we created an incredible set of memories that I know I will look back on fondly for the rest of my life, and whenever we happen to get back together in the future, I know we will reminisce and laugh over our thousands of in-jokes, mishaps and adventures.

~~~ If in doubt AROM ~~~