Marathon Day 55, Monday 9th May - NI, Londonderry

Up early to finish packing and get Benji ready for school then cases into car and off by 9.15am, en route to Glasgow via Wetherby to pick Nikki and her luggage up.  Arrived Glasgow about 4pm and after being dropped off by Nikki, another 30mins saw me eventually installed in my hotel - I lost it for a while (the hotel, that is)!!
Andy, in the meantime, had reported dreadful weather conditions in Londonderry - driving rain and extremely strong winds but he soldiered on as he does and finished in 7hrs 30mins before dashing  to Belfast to catch the 9.30pm flight to Glasgow.
My musings and Blogging were interrupted with the sudden  realisation that I had left Ellie's overnight case in the bedroom at home! Oh, God - I am dead!!!!!  I cannot describe just how I felt at that time - what could I (we) possibly do?
When asked about late night shopping facilities, the hotel receptionist told me that everything closed early on Monday night - Oh joy, it just got better!
She then advised me, however, that if we wished to go to one of the out of town shopping centres, we would find  a number of Major Fashion Retailers open until 10pm. So solution in hand - now, how should I break the news to Ellie?
Unfortunately, I didn't have long to wait 'cos Ellie arrived by taxi and I simply had to blurt it out! She immediately saw the funny side of it, however, and with the prospect of acquiring several new outfits, we  retained the services of her taxi for a trip to Braehead Shopping Centre.  Some 3 hours later and with a significantly lighter wallet, we arrived back at the hotel in time for a shower, rapid change of clothes and dinner (and a much needed drink!!).

The new outfit - well, one of them anyway!

Dinner was a delight and the company superb so replete and very tired but happy, we retired for the night.

Early start planned  in the morning to relocate the RV to Polock Country Park before the inevitable build up of  morning traffic.