September 25th & 26th - two travelling days

We left Penzance on the train at 1000 on the 25th and spent almost the whole day travelling.  We had bought some refreshment and reading material to take with us and so the day was not wasted.  The train eventually arrived at Reading about 15 minutes late and we transferred to the bus which goes to Heathrow.  We had travelled by car, tripper boat, Scillonian, taxi, train and bus to get to Heathrow in about 27 hours.  We stayed at the Premier Inn (very comfortable!) and had a good view of planes taking off.

By now I expect you may be wondering (or probably not) where on earth we are going.  Anyhow we had to be up very early the next morning to check in for a flight to Sardinia.  It was different seeing the sunrise over large aircraft.

We have never been to Sardinia but had heard good reports and so we have come seeking the sun and warmth.  The flight was good but the BA food was awful - when will the flight meals improve?  We landed and safely negotiated customs etc.  We had arranged to hire a car and then went to pick it up at the airport.  Sorting the car out took a very long time, there was along queue and they did not seem very active behind the desk.  In the meantime Christine realised she had left her reading glasses on the plane and spent some of the time I was waiting in retrieving her specs.  We eventually got going but the car being right hand drive added complications to a low mileage driver!  Christine had thought hiring a car in the circumstances was not a good idea and I soon came to agree with her.  As we went on the 90 minute drive to the hotel it started to rain and for time it was like a monsoon and as we got further away from Cagliari the road became very bendy and hilly.  The rain did abate and by the time we arrived (thank goodness for satnav) it had almost stopped.  One good thing is that the hotel and our room seem OK although as we walked round everywhere was damp.  The weather looks better in Scilly and so we shall have to see how we get on.