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Turns out that trepkos lives nearby! We've been internet acquaintances since forever, and this morning we met in person at the same cafe where Geoff and I had dinner last night: a great time chatting, and she has kindly offered to show us around some favorite places on Sunday!

But today she went to run errands and we headed off to catch a bus to a three-hour guided walk across the seabed where huge swaths are exposed at low tide (the sea floor slopes quite gradually and some of the tides are quite huge). I don't have time or brain to write it up properly but it was wonderful: lots of information about shellfish (she showed us a live limpet! I've always heard "clung like a limpet" and so on, but she knocked one off a rock so we could see the actual animal. And then put it back, and we could see it shimmy about a little as it resettled itself), and about neanderthal and later early human inhabitants, and anecdotes of people trapped by the rapidly rising tides, and just incredible views across the exposed sand flats and rocks, and channels still running with the tide going out (and later in again), and some commercial oyster beds. There were nine other folks on the tour, and we enjoyed chatting with them too.

Bus back to the main depot in the center of town, where we located the place to catch another bus at 9 tomorrow morning for our kayaking tour with a parallel branch of the same company (probably led by today's guide's husband; she's originally from Germany and met him when she came here and went on a kayak trip he led!). Then we stopped for dinner at a likely looking restaurant in a square on the way home: also very tasty. I pulled out my phone and booked us a table at last night's cafe for Saturday night (day after tomorrow); Saturday is Liberation Day, the 61st anniversary of the island's liberation from Nazi occupation, and there will be big celebrations (the guy in the tourist info centre said ten thousand people would be in town!), and we don't want to have to worry about finding a place that evening.

And now it is late and I must go to bed. The time change and being brain-fried yesterday led me to break my 220-plus Wordle streak, darn it!

Monday Me put it in a secure inner pocket of my backpack that At The Airport Me forgot even existed, but On The Plane Me found it! Hurrah for my health card, my British currency, my backup credit card, and my faith in myself. Also my UK eSIM is working.

Unfortunately, Geoff's phone is completely refusing to boot. Whee!

ETA: Also, while Geoff's checked bag made the transfer at Heathrow and arrived in Jersey with us, mine did not. They promise to deliver it to our B&B, maaaaaybe this evening, probably tomorrow, hopefully not later than that? Good thing this isn't the kind of trip where we're moving every day.

Now off to the nearest thing to an Apple store so Geoff can have them poke at his phone...

EATA: They prodded his phone with a secret special boot sequence and it started up fine. Yay! Now to hope my luggage arrives. Baggage assistance at the airport said it would arrive on the four pm flight, and I've received automated email saying it's being sent, but they missed a whole lot of bags, and they also admitted at the airport that until they knew exactly how many bags they had to deliver to what places on the island, they couldn't have any real idea just how long delivery would take. I think they have only one van for it.

We left the house at 10 am, and at goddamn four in the afternoon, after we've gone through airport security, I realize that I left my wallet at home!

I have my passport (or we couldn't have gotten this far) and the one credit card I had tucked in with it for easy access. But nothing else.

I am basically in charge of logistics for our trips, and in general I do it very well, but sometimes I REALLY FUCK UP.

Sigh. Nothing to be done about it now. But I feel like an idiot.

ETA: On the other hand, ee have a row of three to ourselves, so that's pretty great!

Do Before Leaving list: 72 items checked off, 19 remaining

Pack And Bring list: 33 items checked off, 16 remaining (including 5 items to be worn for travel, not packed)

Pretty good, for three days in advance!

A friend has offered to give us a ride to the train (that goes to the train that goes to the plane that goes to the plane that goes to where we want to end up, whee), so that's very nice indeed.