A room with a view

This time yesterday we were about to leave this view behind and return home after our 5-days-in-the-sun. We knew, as we waited for the transfer bus at the hotel, that the flight was already delayed leaving England (isn't the Internet marvellous ?!) but our pick up remained four hours ahead of our supposed departure. It took one hour and twenty minutes to drive the fifteen minutes to the airport as we stopped at several small hotels and apartments on the way to collect other passengers. This was not straight forward as each time the driver had to go in search of the passengers. None of whom seemed to be in the right place at the right time ! One couple he managed to locate ON THE BEACH and when we drove off without them they chased him with phone calls demanding he return for them ! Once at the airport our flight continued to say "delayed" until all the shops were shut and every other passenger had been despatched to their destination. We finally boarded 75 minutes late arriving at Gatwick at 1.30am. We had been due to arrive at 23.55hrs. The enormity of the drive ahead (it seemed ok on paper !) prompted us to wend our weary way to the nearest hotel to beg a room for the night. But "No Room at the Inn" so we dragged ourselves, our luggage and our Gin(!) to an airport bus arriving at our car half an hour after the generous leeway for leaving had been breached. The kind carpark lady took one look at us and hastily lifted the barrier ! We arrived home (Lyme Regis) at 5.30am and fell into bed. We have surfaced today to wash, shop and start editing the Parish News (him) and have had no time to think of blipping unless the sight of wet washing excites anyone? Hence my rant and a blip of the view from our room - yesterday !