Kev got up early and did the washing. We had a lazy morning because we were meeting Alice in Derby at five. So we had coffee with Charlotte at home and then got ready to get the half two bus.
We got into town and walked to where the Red Arrow bus picks up. We got on (£7.30 return) and got off at Derby bus station.
I was so shocked when we got there, the city centre has changed so much, so many shops shut, the assembly rooms boarded up, city centres are dying. It must be at least eight years at least since we were there, it's so sad. We moan about Nottingham city and its empty shops and boarded up areas, but it looks to me like it's a disease creeping throughout the country. I dread to think what a few more years will bring empty dead spaces where once places thrived.
Anyhow we met Alice in The Standing Order, that hasn't changed a bit, and neither has Alice. We have matching canes, she broke her ankle around the same time as me!
Jet was with her and has grown up to be a lovely young woman. She is alternative, and works for Cats Protection. Kieran turned up and he too is a great lad. He graduates tomorrow which is why Alice is over from the Isle of Wight. He wants to stay over in the Midlands somewhere, as jobs are pretty scarce where they live. I hope he manages to find what he wants.
We left around 7.15, to get the bus and we got the Red Arrow and then we caught the Vectare home, first time catching that new bus, and I must admit I was impressed
, friendly and quick, we were home in 20 minutes. Mainly because they miss out Bridgeford. We will use them again and we will still call it the Venga bus.
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