Final day! Home by early hours of Monday, if all goes to plan, so this is an adieu for now post!
Well, we actually got up a bit earlier today! At least Jane & I did. With the “chauffeur” picking us up at 6:30pm, we decided to make a bit of the day, and get one last pool & sunbathing session in.
It really has been a superb holiday, in a great location. We are sold, hook line & sinker on this part of Turkiye & Jane & Gareth’s generosity in letting us use their apartment, has smashed it out of the park. The location & layout has been ideal.
It was aitch-ow-tee, HOT today! Weather app was suggesting 35C, but we saw a few posts on Oludeniz Facebook groups showing pictures of thermometers in the sun showing 45C. It certainly felt the hottest it’s been, although it’s never been below 32C anyway. Certainly will help cope with the forecast temperatures for Manchester on Monday & Tuesday! Thankfully, I’m on holiday Monday, so we can chill & enjoy being home & being reunited with Toby.
After enjoying the pool for a final time, we’d decided to take a stroll back to the Turtle Restaurant for a late lunch, as we weren’t sure when or what would be our next meal.
A couple of Bomonti Unfiltered beers helped with dehydration risks and lubricated the throat, whilst the double cheeseburger & chips (they do make fabulous chips over here, btw!), was demolished.
As some know, I’m an avid Manchester City fan & seasoncard holder. I couldn’t help but notice that the guy serving us had a passing resemblance to one of our players.
It seemed less odd than you may imagine, to see title-winning Ilkay Gündogan cleaning windows in a bar in Ovaçik. I reckon he’s an all round good lad, and would help out like that.
A hot walk back to the apartment and then the clean down & packing began in earnest. Our ‘luxury transport’ arrived bang on time, and we set off on the hour long transfer to Dalaman Airport.
As we were driving in to the terminal, I spotted that there was a military jet on the taxiway, looking like he was about to take off. As we stopped at the departure terminal, there were 3, maybe 4 huge roars as these fast jets took off as if it was a ‘scramble’!
Dalaman is a decent, modern & clean airport with good facilities (take heed Manchester!) and so after a relatively painless bag drop-off, we were straight through security and into the departure lounge. Which had a McDonalds. Which meant an order was placed.
The flight left after a short delay & we headed the 4h10m north west to Manchester.
Where the pre-booked security fast passes didn’t work, so by the time they gave up & just let us through, we were no better off. That was followed by a 30 minute wait for the baggage, but once collected, we headed out, grabbed a black cab & headed home. Which is where I write this from, at 2:31am!
So, the end of another great holiday & therefore my blogs, which I’m sure will delight some!
Hope you’ve enjoyed them in whatever weird way you do. Anyway, it may be that you’ve not long to wait for more, as we go away again in 12 working days (for me at least)! Off to Pembrokeshire for a week, one of my favourite parts of the UK & a place with many, many wonderful memories stretching back decades.
I can’t promise a blog, and even if there is one, it may not be daily, but we’ll see!
Ta-ra for now!
Chris x