I have been looking forward to this trip since it was arranged a couple of weeks ago but today i've had all the (minor) anxieties associated with leaving my home for a while. I have over-fed the fish and over-watered my plants, i've been checking the train times and tickets every 20 minutes, packing and then repacking the same few items of clothing, adding and taking away things that I won't need if I take them but will need if I don't... I used to be able to pack with my eyes closed, I could just look at the contents of my packed suitcase and/or trunk and identify what was missing, but since I moved to Knaresborough 8 and a half years ago, i've hardly been anywhere. I have, it seems, inverted the habits of my nomadic and 'pack the kids off to boarding school' parents and the restlessness of my own youth. I need more practice at going away, clearly.
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