Brian came on time to drive me to the station. It’s been a good visit because I spent more time with him than usual. Sadly, I only had one visit with Barbara because of yesterday’s rain. I had plenty of time to claim my tickets and to get to the platform. I found my seat on the train and settled in for the ride to King’s Cross. I wondered why all the reserved seats were in my carriage rather than scattered throughout the train. The woman sitting in front was on the phone for about 20 minutes so I learned all about her plans for tomorrow and the fact that she might be hung over so she wouldn’t be able to do too much.
In London I got my exercise walked to the underground and finding the Victoria line to Islington. I walked the long corridor behind a very tall and well built man; I noticed that the top of my head didn’t even reach his armpits - he was huge but not obese. He also had a shaved head which made him even more menacing. I got off the train in Islington and headed for what I heard was the “above ground railway”. I happened to see a sign telling me to go there and was surprised when I ended up on a platform that was underground. The first train came along and it said it was going to Stevenage - Brookmans Park wasn’t listed so I decided to go to Finsbury Park to be on the safe side and then I waited for the Brookmans train. David was waiting for me with the car.
Mike was home from his Croatia trip so I was able to chat with him about John Lewis Stores, for whom he works. I love their advert on television. We had no idea what it was advertisiing - it’s just a fun thing based on children in a school concert. It is so much fun and imaginative; they must have spent a lot of money doing it but I’m sure it gives a lot of people pleasure.
We relaxed, chatted, ate, caught up with our lives and then we had to do the compulsory trip to the Woodman Pub with their friend Andrew and his dog Poppy who is a fox terrier. It reminded me of our Maureen’s Poppy, whom she inherited from our Alan. It’s a totally unsociable dog that is not at all friendly and just sits in a bed most of the day. Andrew’s Poppy is identical but she has the added trait of hating dogs, horses, hedgehogs etc. He had to hang onto the dog for our entire time in the pub and, if a dog came close it was hell on wheels. I think they were glad to see the back of us when we left.
Watching TV at The Brewer's |
On our return we had to watch “The Bodyguard” as it was episode four. I won’t see the final two but someone will tell me what happened. This week the ending was a bit bland compared to last week’s explosion.