Day 1 - Italy here we come ( well Gatick first of course!)

So - after getting over the shock of waking up to an alarm (6 am no less) I headed off for the train station. Now you have to understand that I have a pathological fear of being late .  Thus must be the reason why I arrived at the station at 8:45 when my train left at 10:19!!!! There's early and then there's early!  Cue a costa coffee in the sun.


After battling with case  ( yes I used the lift to go over the bridge) and talking to other holiday makers I collapsed into my first class seat - loads of legroom and almost like an arm chair. Cue offers of toast / Danish pastries / bacon roll / porridge / yoghurt and granola with fruit juice / coffee / tea / water plus refills.  I had left without breakfast so took the bacon roll / orange juice / coffees and water option.

My train arrived at Kings across but Julia and Trisha would be arriving an hour later and our train to gatwick left from st pancras. So I headed over there to secure a table - boy was it busy - and have a light lunch.   I presumed they would have something on the train but would wait with them if not.

So - at 12:36 - I am on my 6th cup of coffee and using my free 20 mins of wifi to write this blog so far - and yet cannot work out how to load the images I've taken so far - this will be a steep learning curve!!!!!!!

Update - it's nearly half past 4 and we've reached gatwick. A little bit of duty free before tea and then boarding. . Still haven't mastered loading photos from my phone it I am quickly running out if battery so will call it a day and try again tomorrow xx