Final weekend before the trek...

went in a flash and I'm just as unprepared. Admittedly a bout of tonsillitis has not helped especially when I was supposed to be spending the majority of the weekend shopping, packing and sorting when I actually just wanted to stay in bed! I did manage to do some things like get my hair cut and do a bit of shopping for holiday clothes so all was not lost.
On Saturday I went down to Haddington to get my hair cut and coloured for going away. It really needed done as it was getting really long and untidy. It will be interesting to see how my hair copes with the humidity in China, I expect it not to. I was going to get my hair dyed darker than usual to attempt to blend in a bit more in China but decided against it and went with red, I'm going to get stared at anyway so why not? I also met up with some of the girls for lunch at the Tyneside afterwards which was lovely. I really started to feel like I was going away for the first time when saying cheerio to them and also after I had popped into another friend's house on the way home and was waved off. David and I went for dinner at night to David Bann's which was really lovely. I was starting to feel a bit woozy by the end of the night but enjoyed our meal, I would recommend it for sure.
I managed to have a bit of a lie in in Sunday but my silly tonsils woke me up before too long so I got up and pottered about a bit and made more lists of things to do and buy. If only the shops had been open I could have bought some of these things but being a Sunday then don't open until 11 :( Since it was Father's Day my sister and I were going down to Spott to visit Dad so we set off around lunchtime via the Fort where I managed to buy some shorts, a skirt and blouse for China from Next. In truth I haven't actually looked at them again and I was feeling pretty dreadful so they may be of no use at all!
Dad and I went for a short walk in the afternoon around Spott which was lovely. It was so warm though we couldn't go very fast. We still covered a few miles and my legs were pretty wobbly by the time I got home, I think I underestimated the tonsil effect on my energy levels! After dinner we set off back to Edinburgh and I had a very early night, must be on top form for the trek!