Meeting

A longish, and somewhat tiring day, but a good one, and certainly worth the effort. I left my accommodation at 8:15 this morning, to catch the first westbound train. A relatively uneventful journey found me arriving about 15 minutes before my daughter, her train being on time as well, allowing us to meet up more or less exactly at midday. We wandered around the shops, with two aims in mind, both successfully achieved - we replaced my daughter's lost phone, although that wasn't a cheap option for me, and bought her a new pair of 'sensible' shoes for her to wear during her week of work experience, which begins tomorrow. Those purchases made, we headed to Wetherspoons for a very leisurely lunch, which proved to be a congenial couple of hours, including plenty of conversation, with a couple of slightly controversial issues being sorted out, my first alcoholic drinks for almost three months, a couple of pints of beer which went down very nicely, and a delicious cutie a few feet away the whole time we were there, which made for very nice viewing. The trip back was a bit of a chore, seeming to take forever and a day, before I finally made it back to base a quarter of an hour or so short of twelve hours after I'd left. All in all, a pleasant way to spend the last day of my sick leave, before I head back to work tomorrow. Back to 'real life', whatever that might be.

Love & best wishes to all
Sammy B