Durham bound
35 min swim this morning then home for a bacon sandwich. Could have done another 10 mins before the pool session finished but have a lot to do today so had things on my mind.
Arranged to pick up a prescription from the dentist tomorrow morning. No time today as off to Dirham to pick up Hannah. Before I go I have to book some tickets for Julian Clary gig in October for Anne. They go onsale at 10am so this bit of diary is just filling in some time before that happens.
Also paid the car insurance for the “new” Peugeot. Received a “payment overdue” letter on friday but I hadn’t noticed the first bill when it came in.
Just before I set off a parcel delivery arrived. It was a Fitbit surge sent to me by Fitbit themseves to use on the Coast to Coast walk. Really good of them to do so and the device is already on my wrist acclimatising (I haven’t worn a watch for decades). I will report back on this.
The drive to Durham is a bit tedious. A few 50mph stretches. I only have two more trips to do with Hannah as she is now home for Easter with only one more term to go. Arrived at around 13.10, slightly delayed due to road works. Picked the girl up, waved goodbye to her mates and then stopped off at a garden centre for lunch – the pub we had chosen wasn’t open.
We then headed for Richmond and the Alt Berg shop to sort out my boots. Ended up buying a pair one size up. They gave me a substantial discount fair play. The lesson is that when purchasing boots in future I’ll have to go for a size 10 and wear two thick socks on my right foot (size 8). For the moment I have two different sizes of boot. At least it should get me through Snowdonia and then the coast to coast.
garden centre trolleys
After we got home I popped out to GoOutdoors to buy another Berghaus fleece – last day of the sale for the specific fleece. I had one on the walk yesterday and was very impressed. Very good wicking properties. Got the last one and then headed to the Morning Star for a swift un before dinner.
Charlotte arrived today and we had a nice dinner (without Anne who is out at Craft Creations) before she and Joe themselves headed out to a pub quiz at the Widow Cullen’s Well pub.