Closure

So work continued night after night till mid September when I had to take annual leave because my holidays for the year were needing used up.
I spent a lovely few days in Ireland visiting old friends before coming home and preparing for the road trip I was dreading.
When my ex partner left the house, he took a lot of stuff with him, some of which did not belong to him, but he also left property which he knew he could not be without. His plan, I am sure, was to retrieve this at a later date whereby giving himself the opportunity to persuade me to change my mind and stay with him. This would have involved leaving my friends and family and, as also became apparent in a very short time, being step mother to his 8 year old daughter.
He found himself unable to collect the property himself and, as I wished closure, I agreed to drive my car south to England and deliver it. Stupidly I believed his promise to pay a share of my expenses. It would involve a trip of 420 miles that I had never undertaken before. Never having travelled on my own outside Scotland, this would be a daunting trip.
My daughter requested to join me on the journey and although concerned with her health issues I agreed and was glad of the company.
We purchased a satnav ;) all I had to do was listen to it :)
Half way south we stopped to visit friends in Co Durham, a brief but wonderful interlude in what was to turn out to be a stressful day!
To cut a long story short, I was met at my ex partners new house by a member of her majesty's constabulary! Apparently they had been told I was going to cause a breach of the peace when he pled poverty and said he could not contribute to the trip costs! Laughable that the shaved headed, tattooed 6ft 2" tall muscular bloke who had controlled my life for the last 3 years needed protection from ME:)
He refused to return most of my things and mr policeman said he could do nothing so calmly we drove away from there, hopefully never to see or hear him again!
Yes, I had a bad evening alone after my daughter continued her trip by train to Kent, but I was free.