Two weeks to go!!

Ok so I only have two weeks to go until I depart and although I am really excited I must admit that I am a little scared....!!
Well I had a nice weekend in Somerset with my parents and grandparents, although it rained quite alot that didn't stop us getting out and about.
We arrived Friday afternoon at our little cottage and discovered it was just across the road from the village pub so after unloading the car that was our first stop, needed lunch!! It was actually really good food and so I stuffed my face with a Steak and Mushroom Pie - yummy!! My Mum and I went for a walk while the others went shopping!We just chilled out on Friday night.
On Saturday we made our way to Chedder Gorge, it was a bit windy but the sun came out. My parents and I went on the open top double decker bus along the gorge and then into some caves which were cool.
We then went in a museum which was over in a couple of minutes and then made our way to meet the grandparents in a pub for lunch, just soup today - not so hungry. Although we did pop to the ice cream parlour after!!
There was a 3 mile walk along the cliffs of the gorge so we left my grandparents in the pub and went to do that. It was quite a tough walk but lovely views. Took us about 1 hour 45 minutes which wasn't too bad but my legs wondered what the hell I'd done to them.
I realised that I would really miss the English countryside but we don't get out to do walks like that often anyway.
Well we got driven on a magical tour by my Dad and stopped in Street for a wander around and then some dinner in, you guessed it, another pub.... I had a Chicken Jalfrezi which was nice. Was getting a bit sick of having pub food. We went back to the cottage at around 7pm and relaxed there, did some reading etc.
On Sunday we went to Wells, it was a bit rainy. We walked about for a bit - they were filming some film there called Hot Fuzz, sounds good eh!!, so we walked round that and then into the Cathedral which was amazing!! The rain got quite bad after that so we walked and found a starbucks, I had a hot chocolate which wasn't as good as costa!!!
My Dad and his parents then went to a pub to settle down ready to watch the Watford match. My mum and I wandered about for a bit, went to the Bishops Palace and I got in as a student - I obviously looked young cos we just asked for 2 tickets!! Won't complain though. The actual indoor things to look round here were ok but the gardens were lovely and what, I feel, we were really paying to see. We wandered back down to the pub, had to stop halfway back while they filmed a scene....
After giving my Dad some cash at the pub we walked to tesco to get some sandwiches and fruit for lunch which we then ate! We went for another wander and bumped into this old guy, who said he would be 100 years old in a couple of weeks!! He showed us around these gardens where he lived as they are closed to the public so that was really nice.
We wandered back to the Cathedral after that because the back of it was closed earlier due to a service. It was so nice.
Well Watford won so the men were very happy! We ate in the pub across the road again which was ok.
We had to pack up on Monday morning and then we had decided to stop at Lacock Abbey on the way home. Lacock was a beautiful village and the abbey and grounds were also amazing. We had made sandwiches before we left the cottage so we had them for lunch. Headed home from there about 2pm. Finally got home around 5.
Anyway it was a good weekend and nice to get away. Now I have finished work so am sorting out my last minute things etc!! Just got Paul and Michelle's wedding to look forward to, along with the lunch the day after and then just need to prepare myself for take off!!!
Take care
Dawnie
xxx