Early/late start!

The last few days leading up to our departure were fairly full-on. Nick was working, we had lots of appointments - and the packing was only being done in dribs and drabs.

It wasn't till Saturday afternoon that Nick and I started packing the trailer.  That is, I hurriedly packed boxes for Nick to arrange into the trailer.  Our proposed 2-3am Sunday morning start was looking rather doubtful but we kept working away and eventually Elmer and the trailer started to fill, then over-fill!

I stayed up far later than Nick because I wasn't driving.  We both were up early on Sunday morning, finalising last-minute missions.  We were finally ready to depart a few minutes after 4am - later than anticipated but still well before sunrise!