Ruth woke me about 4am we had a taxi booked for about 5am, so i just had time to shower and dress. I could hardly speak to Hamada i was too choked and feared once the tears started they would not stop. So i left him in bed so he could sleep a while longer, he doesn’t like goodbyes either.

Our taxi arrived to take us to Cairo airport, our flight was 6:30 to Paris. The flight was on time and without problems. When we arrived at Paris we had two hours before our next flight was due, plenty of time for refreshments and Ruth and Doug to have a cigarette. But no, by the time we were driven all around the airport to our departure terminal our flight was boarding, it was ridiculous. We boarded our flight and by this time we were hungry again, but all we got was a cheese sandwich made from one round of bread !

We arrived at Manchester airport on time and our taxi home was waiting for us, the weather was typical of our climate grey and miserable, just how i felt. I was staying at Ruth and Dougs and fell asleep soon after we got in. When i woke up they’d eaten, they said they couldn’t wake me for mine. We got ourselves ready and went out for a few drinks. We weren’t out late because we were all fairly tired.

I spent the Sunday at Ruth and Dougs, we didn’t do anything just flopped out ’til she took me home in the evening.

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