Playing Catch Up

Having not been able to get to see P on her birthday and with all the events of recent months it had been quite some time since I had been able to speak with the gang and find out how they are doing and how the kids are.
I went over at lunch and took her presents. We chatted for ages over a good cuppa and informed each other of all the latest developments, some good and others not so. The point had been made though that nothing was to prevent our all keeping in contact. Chief had already made that clear to me on a number of occasions but it was encouraging to hear it from P too.
One at school and the other fast asleep, the kids were not to be seen but arrangements were made to visit again and soon, there is also a massage in the offing ! ! !

Happy birthday P, albeit a few days late...

Homeward Bound

Everything went smoothly this morning and there were even reports that the motorway may be opened later on.

I left at about 1pm in the end, having to go back via the hotel to check-out as I wasn't sure if I was going to end up having to stay another night or not. I had a call from Chief which was good, I needed to catch up with him and he always makes me laugh. It was a nice way to start my return journey.

The drive itself was quite smooth. The motorway was still closed near Yorkshire but a diversion around the closed junctions was almost as quick as if it had been opened anyway. I made it home in very good time and quickly got ready before heading out to see how brown she had got.

We spent ages catching up again and I listened intently to the stories of her holiday. She showed me the photos she had taken and all of the places that she used to call home. It's a place that I would love to see before it gets too commercialised, whilst it still looks something like her hometown.

A walk in the sun

We met up and decided to walk together to find the pub we planned to go to for lunch. The weather had decided to turn and was for once sunny. We enjoyed the stroll along the canal bank passing under overhanging branches which offered some respite from the midday sun.
A Corona each whilst we chatted and caught up with one another's lives saw the time fly past and our reverie was broken by my alarm. I needed to be somewhere else though I didn't wish to be.