yes it’s that time of year
I do declare it is raining again. This is fine. It is after all April and totally expected. In fact if it was August it would be totally expected but we put up with it in April because that is when it is supposed to rain.
I am in the conservatory as usual but this morning with the doors open to the garden. I’m enjoying the fresh air whilst I can before any offspring turn up and complain about the cold.
This morning I’ve been for my swim (40 mins) and had brekkie (bran flakes, banana and raisins) and am now settling down to write some blog posts. After that I’m going to do some anne’s Vans marketing. Anne herself is painting the lobby area by the back door. It’s the one room that has hitherto stayed untouched in her Forth Bridge-like decorating endeavours. We wouldn’t have it any other way.
Later Joe, John and I went into town to sign them up for EE phone packages. £16.49 for 16GB each – they were on Tesco mobile £10 for 750MB. Not useful in this modern comms world. We bought some bread and ham in M&S for lunch, fwiw.
This afternoon I’ve spent sorting out some travel. Trains to London for Anne and I to see ELO etc. Also looking at a train to St Bees on Sat 30th April for the start of the coast to coast. It’s a 6 ½ hour journey. I’m pontificating on which to catch. The decision making process is influenced by price (£37 – £65) and the number of changes – 3 or 2. Also I don’t want to get there too early. There is absolutely bugger all to do in St Bees.
Ajax has said he will take my kit so all I need to do is carry the day bag. Even the drive is 4 1/2 hours! I will wait to see what Tom is doing re travel before booking.
It is less than a month away now. I’m feeling a lot more confident than I was a couple of months ago. Ajax’s knees are knackered so he hasn’t been able to do any training for the walk. Looks like Im getting 8 ish hours out of the Fitbit btw – with GPS enabled. May fit the bill after all.
Featured image is of the replacement Gopro housing latch next to the waterproof housing. Arrived today. Gopro are a good company. Resolution was swift and satisfactory.
Booked on the 11.44 from Newark Northgate arr St Bees 17.55 btw – via Newcastle and Carlisle.
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