in Between Days

Thursday. 

Well, what an adventure. We went into Bridgeford to get passport photos. We'll, that was an interesting premise. Kev did his really easily in the booth. Me, not so, after six attempts to get a compliant pic I gave in and we walked to The Test Match for lunch to be met by the barman cleaning the windows saying they had no chef today. 

Strike two... Lol, then we walked past Timpsons who advertise passport photos taken on the premises. Lovely bloke took a photo or two, then checked online to see if it was compliant with the gov.co website. Job done, we walked back to Stratford Haven for lunch. Never been in there for lunch before, but I have to say it was lovely. We had steak and chips and peppercorn sauce. For a reasonable 12.50 each. The steak was well cooked and the chips were chunky and freshly cooked. Not ping food. It had a few punters in but no music or tvs it was heaven. A real treat to get a traditional pub ( Castle Rock) so decent beer for Kev and cider for me. No one bothered us, service was good, not splash and dash as you had to wait while it was cooked, but pleasant, I think we'd go again. The only other time we'd been in was at night when it was fairly packed. I can see why. 

We got back home and low and behold my rant at FedEx proved fruitful and my parcel was through the door. Along with a rather nice gift from Phil Roach who sent us a couple of CDs. They are another couple who we miss from Burton, Phil and Jackie. 

We were supposed to start taking down the tree today. But we were too knackered from our tramping up and down Bridgeford. I still have to remember that although I am walking more than I did before Christmas I still have to pack up when I've done enough. 

Oh, one more thing, we nipped into Peacocks like last year and found some January sales bargains. A set of pj's for Kev and one for me,very snazzy elf ones and no, I won't save them for next year... I'll pop them on tonight and see how comfy they are... For saying I hate elf on the bloody shelf, I shall mostly be goth turning into a sloth... Lol