May 24. Wednesday.

Got up early, went down for breakfast looking for Elsie, Judy and Keith, didn’t see them, so I ate and got ready to travel again. Last night I had asked the person at the desk how to get to the coach station at Heathrow, and he told me I had two choices: shuttle van for 5 GBP or taxi for 10. This morning I asked a different person at the desk where to catch the shuttle van and she said I had two choices, that van for 5 GBP or a free bus about a block down the road. Okay. So I trucked my bags down there and just missed the 8:20 AM coach, so I had to wait until 10:50.

The interesting thing about this bus station was that there are no seats near any electrical outlets, so I had to find one against a wall on the floor, sat on my backpack and used my suitcase for a table. Did some writing, then got on the coach and did more writing on the 2.5 hour ride until it got onto some very bumpy and curvy roads. I finally gave up, then realized we were already pulling into the city of Cheltenham. I expected a tiny little village. It isn’t! Nice place.

I got off the bus and Holly and Sharon met me. We ate lunch, then they drove me to Holly’s. What a beautiful place! Peaceful. Perfect. Just what I needed. We took a nice walk around the 100 acres here, then had a real nice time eating dinner and dancing around to the old The Harder They Come movie soundtrack that had introduced reggae music to the world outside Jamaica. Real nice day.