She's leaving home

The removers came today, it is truly amazing how much stuff we managed to pack into that little flat.  It was a bit stressful for the 2 packers as they had expected less than half of what we actually had (by volume), and they actually had 2 more jobs booked in for that day.  My laptop was amongst the things to be boxed, so I'll be updating this blog when I have access to Julian's netbook.  And maybe get one of my own.  I was really set on the idea of the Lenovo Skylight as it looked perfect in terms of battery life, size, weight and connectivity, unfortunately the release date has been pushed back until July, which is truly a bit late for this trip.

Back in London again

We're about 2 days work (maybe 3) from putting the plane into the paint shop, but.... the paint shop is only ready for us in 2 weeks time.  So we're back in London, letting my fibreglass allergy rash die down, organising the house and relaxing.  Well ok, it feels like I'm constantly putting on loads of washing, but apart from that!

We picked up the Leatherman we ordered on Amazon from the post office today, it's a really neat little tool.  I got the extra bits kit so that we can take it with us everywhere and have the right hex driver for each job on the bike / plane, as well as screwdrivers etc.  I'm also eyeing off the saw blade for bread cutting.  It has a very nice strong steel blade as well & I'm not sure whether we shouldn't grind off the latch mechanism to avoid the possibility of having it confiscated as a 'weapon'.

Tonight we're going to an Argentinian steak house with friends, in what was meant to be a celebration of getting the plane ready for paint, so it's going to be a bit of a pre-celebration, oh well!