The first of many farewells!

Yvonne and Drew (Yvonne's youngest son) saw Andy, Thomas and Jay (Yvonne's Husband, eldest Son and dog) onto the Queen Mary 2. Jay is 15 years old and we were told by his vet that he was not fit to fly to the USA. No Jay in the USA, no Thomas in the USA - no USA!!! The only way to get a live animal to the USA from the UK if not by air is by sea......and the only way by sea is on the QM2 - lucky things!!! I couldn't believe how massive the ship is when you are next to it! The farewell was hard, but the boys will have the adventure of a lifetime driving from New York to Dallas in their hire car! I must have looked a state when they went, as a woman came over and asked me if there was anything she could do to help me! Drew and I returned to Cowes, Isle of Wight, where at 6.30pm we were stood on the sea wall waving furiously at Andy and Thomas (found out later they had gone inside as Thomas was cold, so goodness knows who we were waving at!!). Returned home to a very empty house and sat on the doorstep (with a G & T) listening to the Stereophonics live, who were playing at the Isle of Wight festival.