Another day of birthday related stuff. 

Me and Tom watched MOTD and then a cooked breakfast before dropping the hoover at hers; punting her in the direction of a train station (she wanted to cycle to see her sister - 38 miles was a bit too much, but a train for most of the journey seemed like a good plan on a crisp cool sunny day)
Meanwhile we headed to see their grandparents; lunch and presents ahoy!
Macaroni cheese and choc bread and butter pudding; tasty.  The boys charged around outside; we chatted about the 40 odd years of living there. 
Martin duly arrived after 3; the first move on the Valencia trek. He got the early ferry and had the bike in the back of the van; spending the night with the folks; then to Peebles to hook up with Chris and take the bikes to 'south of Birmingham'.
Tuesday is to Plymouth and a 4pm ferry to Santander. 
Wednesday they arrive in Santander and are planning to get to Burgos (give or take)
Thursday to Albaraccin and arrivin Valencia on Friday. 

Meanwhile I grab a flight on Friday morning to Barcelona, meet Basile, then a train to Valencia in the evening. Not nearly as exciting, but gets all 4 brothers in the one place at the one time. 

So with a plan in place we headed home; and tired boys managed one last hearty meal before collapsing into bed. 

I spent the evening printing boarding passes and train tickets....