Budapest to Yorkshire

This was quite an exciting day. Left the ship at 9.30am to travel to the airport. The tour company has us all organised and there was no trouble checking in and then enjoying a cup of coffee with REAL milk.

Arrived in Heathrow at 2.40pm, picked up the hire car, and headed for Yorkshire. \the day was fine and the drive easy. After a few stops (including one for tea) we reached Abbey Cottage at around 9.40pm. Then we ran into a little trouble. The security panel behind which our cottage keys lay would not open. We tried all sorts of things - no luck. After 15 minutes we decided that a bed was needed without delay and so we retraced our steps a little to reach the village of Ripley and a pub we knew thanks to Jan and Dave taking us to dinner there once - the Boars Head.

We were both relieved to find that they were still open. And extreme;y pleased that they DID have some room in the inn! 
Rather expensive usually, they were prepared to give us shelter at 10.10 (at a great rate, too) and so we had a rather luxurious night, wonderful breakfast, and left our keys to the future.