Day 8 - Monday July 23

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Leaving Doncaster to Southampton staying at the Mecure Southampton Dolphin Hotel

Not a very busy exciting day, we Haddad bit of a sleep in, said teary eyed good bye to Jackie, and took a taxi to the train station!  We caught our train to Sheffield, and then had to complete a bit of a run to catch our connection, but thankfully it was late and we made it!!  It was a long 5 hours train ride after that, and our car list air conditioning---we were a little sweaty!

During the ride we were entertained by a granny and her two grandchildren-. Whew!  A little spoiled!!

We arrived at our hotel by Uber-- best thing ever!  Robert and I promptly went for a drink, then for a walk to find some supper which was at a tapas restaurant!  Yummy.
And back to our room for a few min of R and R- and a few Facebook chats. Tomorrow is cruise day!!

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