It’s Friday which means Rosie and I are back from our travels. As I mentioned in my last post Rosie and I left Grapevine on Tuesday (complete with Pete and Ali) and headed a further 130 miles up to Durham which is conveniently located between the three major cities of Newcastle, Middlesborough and Sunderland. Tuesday evening was a quiet one. We ate Pizza and drank beer, well Pete and I did, while watching some episodes of Friends on DVD.
A long sleep later and it was pretty much Wednesday lunch time. A quick look round the amazingly beautiful Cathedral, a very quick tour of the city and it was time for lunch. After lunch it we accompanied Pete and Ali to the biggest Tesco’s that Rosie and have ever ever seen! It was two floors. After returning to their flat we watched a couple of episodes of Red Dwarf before playing cards. Then we took them out for a meal which turned ou
t to be quite a highlight. You really can’t go wrong with good friends and good food. Since both Pete and Ali have a passion for China they suggested we all goto a local Chinese buffet. The conversations flowed, the food piled up, etc. Once we got home we put on the classic film Johnny English.
That takes us to Thursday morning. After another fairly long sleep it was time for a quick breakfast and refuel (and the aforementioned Tesco’s) before we hit the A1(M) for the 322 mile trip back down south. The drive was sweetened, in Rosie’s mind at least, with a quick visit to the UK’s biggest shopping centre in Bluewater, Kent. Sadly, she didn’t buy anything. I however did. A protective iSkin for my MacBook.
