Today was a mix of cloud and sun, we set off on the bus into town, getting off at the station and walked down to Castle Marina we went the canal route as it is quite pretty. The only problem is all the bloody cyclists that speed past you, the more considerate one's ring their bells, but more often than not you have to jump out of the way because one comes hurtling past you as if a pack of wolves are chasing them.
Anyhow, eventually we made it to the supermarket there and queued up ( as you do) to be fair for a big queue it moved fairly quickly and must have taken roughly 10 minutes.
We made the most of the fact we could shop properly for once and stocked up, we were hoping to use our vouchers given us, but the cashier said because the wifi was out we couldn't. Personally, I think it was because she couldn't be arsed to tap the numbers in manually if you ask me. But, hey ho, we will use them another time. We say it every time we go that we never get good service there, and we should avoid it. But I think today was the straw that broke the camels back. I think in future we will get the bus into town and then get the bus to Arnold and shop there.
It was nice to see a lot more places opening up, and apart from the social distancing measures, it felt almost normal.
By the time we had walked back to the station to get the bus, my leg was starting to hurt and stiffen up... I'll bike in the morning in the hopes of loosening it a little. I might even take pain killers before I go to bed to make sure I can sleep.
Today is the anniversary of Bram Stokers Dracula being published, 123 years to be precise, and in honour of that, I'm re-reading it for probably the 20th time. I still love the way the story grips you and transports you to the Carpathian mountains, and I can hear Gary Oldman say certain lines in my head like " to you there will be many strange things"
Right, that'll do for now, take care...
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