Excitement is Brewing

Plans have been finalized for quite some time now for our return trip to Cornwall.  Filming for Season 9 of Doc Martin is scheduled to begin the week we arrive.  Kay and I have splurged this trip as a reward for my survival of recent medical issues.  We have rented Fern Cottage which is known on the TV show as the "Surgery" in the series.  We are very excited to be staying there as well as meeting up with a friend we met last filming, Susan Hill.

Kay and I are not traveling over the pond together this trip.  We both had miles on different airlines to use so she will fly and arrive a day before me.  I'll meet her at her hotel when I arrive and we will drive to Devon to spend the night at Larkbeare Grange.  We are staying at the B&B this time rather than the cottage.  We are looking forward to seeing our friends Julia and Charlie.  They have a lovely property and are gracious hosts.  This will cut our driving time to Port Isaac on Saturday by more than three hours.  These are some of the reasons we came back to watch.

Packing and gathering is at full speed at this point and I'm wondering how all this will fit in the luggage....I'll make it work.