Getting closer

Another week over with. That's my last day at work for a while. Just need to do that final bit of packing - the stuff you didn't know you hadn't packed until you move the books from the beside the bed and "OMG".
I've decided to vacuum pack my sleeping bag for on the way out. In it's stuff sack it's still cylindrical. And I don't have a hole that shape in my bag;I would have needed another bag. So I bought some of those storage bags where you hoover out the air from blankets before you store them in the loft. Now my sleeping bag is flat and on the bottom of the bag. Sorted. On the way back I'll probably have another bag for the presents, so it's not such a problem that I don't have the Portugese for "Please can I borrow your Hoover". Probably best thinking of the looks such a request may get!
[I had to wash the Jeep in Saudi so "Please can I borrow your bucket" / "Mumkin astaherr sad'lak" came in useful)

More soon
DBM