"Driving Home for Christmas"

When i used to live in London with Jim and Bishop the drive home to Fleet was always something that i looked forward too. We would normally get a lift from Jims sister Beth .Through the driving rain to the melody of Christmas songs we would wind our way to Fleet and The Oatsheaf pub.

Ahhh heady days which today feel a lifetime ago.. !

Traveling home to Fleet from New Zealand is a different ball game altogether! First its takes ages and second there was no Christmas music... in fact there was nothing at all as the damn back seat TV on my lovely Quantas flight didn't work... ALL THE WAY HOME !!!

What i went back to....



I was by the window seat and the seat next to was empty. In the isle seat was an old lady from Wales who had been to her brothers birthday in NZ. She said that it was going to be her last trip home. She was born and bred in NZ and now lived in Wales. She didn't mind that the tv wasn't working as she was spending the flight knitting... she knitted enough scarf to wrap everyone on the entire bloody plane !!

The lack of TV bothered me for a while but i read a book instead and finished it by the time we reached the fog of London!. If any one needs a good flight read then i can recommend Gene Wilder's Autobiography called "Kiss me Like a Stranger." Very funny.



As the flight descended through the thick fog in London ( god knows how the pilot knew where he was going!) the "coming home for Christmas" feeling really kicked in.
I was to see Jo, My mum and Dad, my brothers and my little sister... All my friends... even though i had only been away six weeks it was quite an emotional feeling.
Jo greeted me at the airport and the first English accent i heard as i got of the plane was an Indian man yelling "F@*K off " down the terminal corridor....... ahhh welcome home.....

We drove through the fog back to Fleet with the Christmas tunes playing on the radio .
I couldn't help raise as Smile and well -up a bit when i heard the first few notes of Jona Lewie's "Stop The Cavalry"......

Dub a dub a dum dum
Dub a dub a dum
Dub a dum dum dub a dub
Dub a dub a dum
Dub a dub a dum dum
Dub a dub a dum
Dub a dum dum dub a dub
Dub a dub a dum
Wish I was at home for Christmas.....