Time Table

All the times I threw a look at the time throughout the day.

03.33 – woke up
04.20 – drove away from home
05.35 – Arrived at Rygge airport
06.21 – Freaked out discovering the gate closes at 06.35 and the queue to get through the security check was not moving.
06.29 – Reached gate.
06.41 – Slightly frustrated, ‘cause there was still a long cue to board and the gate was very much not closed.
06.50 – boarded.
07.05 – Take off.
07.36 – looked at the clouds.
08.21 – Bored.
08.35 – Seatbelt sign switched on due to turbulence.
09.01 – The plane’s wheels hit English ground.
09.08 – Set my watch back one hour.
08.28 – Found the bus that would take me to Southend.
09.00 – x30 (the bus) left the airport. Busfare 15 pounds.
10.42 – Found a taxi in Southend.
10.54 – Reached Pleasant Court Guest House. Taxi fare 4 pounds.
11-ish – Fell asleep.
15.26 – Woke up.
15.38 – Left to explore Southend.

16.16 – Saw a Starbucks sign! A welcome sight for sore eyes.

16.30 – Another Starbucks!

17.11 – Ate a Big Mac. 'Cause McDonals was next to me when I was so hungry I couldn't take a step further, and I felt like being unhealthy.

18.05 – Back at the guest house. Only roughly two and a half hours exploring, but I was completely spent. I felt like slag and looked like pit. (And only one person will know why I used to those words to describe myself.) 

This is what came home with me:

Great finds: Starbucks, 1 pound shop, post office, Arts and craft store.

Missed: A food store. I found something called Tesco Express, though it was more like a large-ish petrol station (minus the petrol) than a proper food store. For all my walking and looking around I couldn’t find the smallest trace of a decent food store. Either the English hide them away real well, or they have a really smart food-system-store-thing that’s efficient I couldn’t even see it.

What I will do now: See if Google can point out a food store for me. Relax. Sleep.

                                                Pleasant Court Guest House.