Tues 27 Oct to Tues 3 Nov I arrived back in the UK for a week after a very comfortable BA flight from Cape Town, in a premium class seat which was a far better experience than my next trip (see below for lots of whinging). But after breathing in the germs from several hundred fellow passengers, most of whom seemed to be coughing and sneezing, I picked up a bug en route and was not very well for the first half of my week back home. I couldn’t even drown the bug in alcohol as I had to drive. Despite feeling as if I had swallowed razor blades, I managed to have some lovely farewell dinners with friends and family, including a delicious final Sunday dinner with roast beef and all the trimmings. It was
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