Early days at uni 2017

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How is everyone settling in?

DD starts on Wednesday.

57 mins till we go! Yikes.

Good luck to those travelling today.

Oops, I have a bit of a hangover today!

Good Luck Morvah, hope you have a good journey

Something weirdly fitting about a jolly end to the day in company with Greggs... and somehow reassuring in an uncertain world that their AGM should be fun not dull men in a conference room discussing the fat bottom line.

Good luck to everyone travelling today.

Are you going home today Horse?

I'm with you on that Errol . Wonder if they had canapé sized sausage rolls and pasties available? I do hope so! Safe journey home Horsemad and safe journeys to all those off this weekend.

For those of you going to Southampton today - the M3 is closed in both directions at Winchester following a major incident.

rogueantimatter, map my run is handy for running routes, I use it when I'm away with work and want o find a route, a fair few posted around the Barbican/ City:
www.mapmyrun.com/gb/barbican-eng/
Have picked up Dutch style fixie bike for DS to get about on although his halls also offer free gym and it looks pretty good. One of the benefits for a new build I guess, which makes up for a 4 mile commute to campus.
Still a week to go for us so appreciate all the tips on the thread and all best to those setting of this weekend.

We are staying another night - wanted to explore this area for a while, so thought we should do it whilst bringing DS this weekend.

Any communication from DS Horse? Are you planning on seeing him before you go home?

DD's housemates are all arriving today. She's had 3 days with the place all to herself, so she'll be glad of some company I think.

Best of luck to all those moving their DC into Uni this weekend.

Not heard from him today Sparklingbrook but we are doing a BIG food shop at some point today.

Also going here catpawcinocatcafe.com/

That cafe looks amazing, and right up my street.

Don't forget to get him to check freezer/fridge space before the shop I think DS was a bit late to the freezer and there wasn't much room left.

I stayed one hour (clearly not a proper parent..... that was last Saturday - arrived at 11. They said you can park the car for 20 mins. and then travel a distance elsewhere. I said we'll clear it by then and they chased us after an hour - the delay was their fault by keeping the new students alone for a while to show them the room and then not suggesting the cars be parked right near the entrance to the room where there was lots of space to park... but the hour was fine and he was fine. When I started telling him about the lovely fig tree with seat around it by his front door and the history of fig growing in England I think he made it clear my time was over......

lovevelo thank you for the link. Will send it to
DS who will probably ignore it but you never know

DD's room with the view of the gents loo!

She'd have enjoyed a story about a fig tree too

Aww. If it's any consolation DS looks onto the bins.

We are stuck in Southampton bound grid locked roads......

My DS's room looks directly onto the building site which is going to be the new sports hall. So far they have only dug the foundations. I'm guessing he won't be tempted to try and lie in during the week with the building noise

Horse that looks great,.

Rights I hope the traffic cleared in the end.

We went for a visit today, left v. early as the traffic is usually terrible; it took no time at all to get there. It was quite funny because many students are from overseas and so they have been talking about how long it took to get there - 14 hour flights etc etc whereas the journey mine had is an hour

They have also discovered how appalling most people's geography is as the other students (the home ones, not the overseas ones) have no idea in the country where people are from and thought we were from somewhere near Scotland!

Did you get to Southampton ok Rightsofwomen? Took us an extra hour which wasn't bad considering how bad the traffic was. Quite a slick operation I thought, when we got there. Nice accommodation (his hall is only one year old). Though the usual capsule arrangement. Only 3 of DS's 7 flat mates had arrived - all girls (his gf won't be impressed!)

He was a bit moist eyed at one point last night, and a bit tearful when we left home this morning (clearly couldn't bring himself to say bye to the dogs 😥

2nd university delivery in 6 days so feeling shattered and a little sad at going back to an empty house.

I've still got three out of my four still here!

One drop off tomorrow and then another the following Sunday. ds is getting ready to celebrate (he has just gone into sixth form).

The roads sounded terrible today for Southampton Uni.

Dropped DD off at her halls earlier and the other flat mates were waiting to greet her.
All seemed super friendly, offering her cups of tea etc.

DS goes next weekend and then it'll be me rattling around as DH has to go straight off to a partnership thing in the US.

Dd and her boyf came home late last night as both poorly and Dd had an upset with a friend. I’d had wine so had to wake dh up hehe
Anyway. They’re full of snot and miserable but they’re home 🏠