{"id":8708,"date":"2024-08-05T19:23:11","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T18:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/?p=8708"},"modified":"2024-08-07T00:19:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T23:19:25","slug":"day-1-still-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/08\/05\/day-1-still-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 1 &#8211; Still in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ok, so this is a bit of a cheat. We\u2019re still in the UK. We\u2019re taking the opportunity to swing by my (John\u2019s) parent in Northamptonshire for a night, before we head off properly on the trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But we have started and we are fully packed, except for the stuff we\u2019ve forgotten, obviously! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We head for the Chunnel tomorrow and then wind our way through Europe to Greece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And because we\u2019re in no rush, we stopped at Packwood House just off the top of the M40. A quick coffee and loo stop and a walk around the gardens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" data-attachment-id=\"8711\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/08\/05\/day-1-still-in-the-uk\/img_5057\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5057-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.78&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 14 Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1722868898&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.86&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00043497172683776&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_5057\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5057-600x450.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5057-2048x1536.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5057-2048x1536.jpeg\" alt=\"Packwood House\" class=\"wp-image-8711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5057-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5057-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5057-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5057-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Packwood House<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" data-attachment-id=\"8712\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/08\/05\/day-1-still-in-the-uk\/img_5064\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5064-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.78&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 14 Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1722869630&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.86&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00087336244541485&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_5064\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5064-450x600.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5064-1536x2048.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5064-1536x2048.jpeg\" alt=\"Packwood House Gardens\" class=\"wp-image-8712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5064-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5064-450x600.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5064-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5064-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5064-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Packwood House Gardens looking down the avenue of Yews<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Off to the Chunnel tomorrow for a 2:45 crossing, then probably two nights in Ypres.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, so this is a bit of a cheat. We\u2019re still in the UK. We\u2019re taking the opportunity to swing by my (John\u2019s) parent in Northamptonshire for a night, before we head off properly on the trip. But we have started and we are fully packed, except for the stuff we\u2019ve forgotten, obviously! \ud83d\ude00 We [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[53,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2024-summer-holiday-to-greece","category-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5054-scaled.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8yl38-2gs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8687,"url":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/08\/02\/summer-2024-drive-to-greece-overview\/","url_meta":{"origin":8708,"position":0},"title":"Summer 2024 Drive to Greece &#8211; Overview","author":"John Martin","date":"August 2, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"So... we're driving to Greece... as you do! 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