We drove up from Cornwall yesterday, leaving home, after church, by 12.30, quicker than we had anticipated. The traffic was mostly very light and, with a quick comfort break at Sedgemoor, we turned into the marina few minutes after 4 o'clock. The boat engine had had its annual service on Friday so we came this way - on route to London for Wednesday - in case anything needing sorting out. Fortunately, the report was all 'Good'. No need to cook as we brought it already prepared om Saturday at home.
Today we opted to go by train into Worcester - Christine wanted to track down a new lighter-weight jacket: it now almost feels as if spring has arrived. If ;last year repeats itself (do they ever?) then we will see a period of snow and ice yet to come!
It is only 9 minutes on the train from Droitwich with around three services an hour in the non rush hour part of the day. We had been led to believe by the weather forecast that the day would be dry with some sunshine in the afternoon. Alas, they failed to spot the incoming rain clouds although it was never more than a light shower but enough to deter Mike from sitting outside every shop that Christine visited (he did at most!)
Christine had a clear idea about what she wanted but it was, sadly, not shared by the shopkeepers! The second shop was Laura Ashley and something almost suited but it needed thinking about so we continued from one place to another, nothing even beginning to match the specification.
It proved a tiring experience as Christine declared, as lunch time approached, that she fancied something tasty. We had not seen anything specially attractive until we spotted the Chinese buffet restaurant close to the cathedral, in the same block as the Travelodge hotel. We had been here once before, about a year ago and so we abandoned the plan for a main meal tonight and instead took full advantage of the wide range of dishes and bits and pieces that were on offer. At £8.95 for lunch it is good value and very tasty.
Once we had reached the point where we could not take any more (LTRU!) we wandered back up the shopping streets, finding more disappointment in further shops. Finally, Christine returned to Laura Ashley and after trying on a couple of options finally decided that one of them would be OK!
After that we made our way to the station - we had just missed one train so it was almost 20 minutes to the next one. Once on board it was just a short trip back to Droitwich, walk to the car park and a quick drive to the marina. We definitely needed only a snack for a evening meal!
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