Another Day Out….

I was up with the lark this morning because the roofer arrived not long after 8 o’clock. He was simply tidying up the last few bits and clearing away the debris. There are, however, some roof tiles to replace that were damaged as the work was done, so he’s promised to come back and do that sometime. Now, what do we think folks? Will he be back? What odds are you offering? My money is on him returning – but don’t know when.

John was also up relatively early, too, so that was good. He did a bit of fiddling about with his tax return while I nipped up to the pharmacy to get my prescription. And then, we said, “Shall we go to another park for a walk?” So we did.

I grabbed the picture frame we’d bought yesterday so that we could exchange it for a larger one, and I also picked up the trousers that I’d bought for Andrew at Christmas to exchange them, too. Off into Coventry we went. Did the exchanges and drove to the Memorial Park.

It’s such a long time since we’ve been there. We had no idea what to expect. Fortunately, it was flat and John was able to walk without too much difficulty and we didn’t bless too many benches with our bottoms today. We walked as far as the Aviary and had a little look at the birds before sitting in a sunny corner for a rest.

We then moved on to the coffee shop in the Formal Garden and bought ourselves a cuppa and a piece of cake there. The sun was shining beautifully and it was warm. As I looked over John’s shoulder, I thought it looked lush, almost as if we were in the Mediterranean, with a bright blue sky, sunshine, palm trees and ‘Le Bistro’. What do you think?

We had promised ourselves a McDonalds on the way home, so fought our way through various roadworks cluttering up the byways of Coventry and settled in for a ‘meal in’. At the time you have a Maccy-D’s you always think it’ll be great, but the by the time you’ve eaten it, you always feel like you shouldn’t have. John was excited because they had a strawberry milkshake on the menu – something they haven’t had for ages. Thoroughly enjoyed it at the time and then found it had offered him a little bit of indigestion, if he’d like?

Home again, and John cosied himself on the sofa for a sleep while I popped the TV on for a bit of a rest. Oh! Alright then. Sleep. We were both a-snoozing away for a while.

I had plans for the evening – colour my hair, compile a photobook, change the bedsheets….. but I was jiggered and all I got done was the bed. Yawn….. must be bedtime now.

Take care everyone. God bless.