We all drove back to Cambridge for our last night with Cathy, as he headed off to London to start his Contiki trip the next day.
Accommodation this time was the Cambridge YHA, the last planned hostel on my trip. Hostels are very hit-and-miss: some are great, some are crap, you can't tell till you've stayed, and it sometimes comes down to what room you get. Our dorm had odd bag-like sheet things, effectively two sheets sewn together at the bottom. The showers were a bit concerning - the one across the corridor from us didn't lock, which I found out by barging in some guy just-out-of-the-shower.. oops - and water pressure and temperature were generally low. You had to hold down a button to get any water at all.
All this was made up for, though, by the fact the breakfast that was included was cooked, and included hearty bacon and egg options!
Tom shinied up the car a little, we parked it somewhere picturesque, and we put it on Craigslist and Gumtree (an Aus/UK version of Craigslist) to a pleasant result - 8 people called within 24 hours! I sold the car later the next day. It went to a good home - some recently-arrived Australian expats. They had bought a Fiat, which broke down horribly in Scotland, and caused many Scottish mechanics to turn their noses up at its crazy Italian-ness. Offering my nice parts-available British car as a replacement, I was happy to accept their offer of 90% of the purchase price - not bad for a month of ownership.
After our second night at the YHA, Tom headed off also. I stayed another couple of nights at the ex-Casa Jansen, helped Sam and Zoe move the last of their stuff, and then ran away to London on the £4 bus.
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