Thursday 15th July
Today Mary and Alan caught the bus into Ipswich to check out their old haunts. I was pleased to go with them cause I like the bus ride around the houses. Mary knew exactly where she wanted to go and suggested to Alan that they meet for lunch and do their own thing. After a sandwich lunch at O’Briens they set out together to find Alan a jacket to wear to Buckingham Palace. After trying on a few rather nice but ill fitting and still quite pricey numbers in TK Maxx, Alan said he had seen a few in charity shops. So they headed to the other end of town and found a perfectly fitting sports jacket for £5. The intention was to drop it off at another charity shop later to save bringing it home, but as it is pure fine wool and made in England, not China, Alan thinks he might keep it.
For once Alan seemed to be the shopper. When they met he had bags full of stuff including the whole series of only Fools and Horses on DVD. Mary had seen a rather nice leather bag in Clarks so raced back to get it without feeling guilty at all. After buying a couple of cheap towels for camping, they headed back to the bus stop to catch the Route 66 bus to Martlesham Heath.
Kathy and Mary went over to Kirton to an afternoon tea party for Ann who used to teach at Maidstone Infants as well. There they met up with several others who have now retired and had a wonderful time catching up.
Alan got the Tom Tom out to plan the route for tomorrow and it is going to take over 4 hours so they decided to get an early night before heading out in the morning.
Hi there Mary I have been commenting but see that it is ll in vain. I am thoroughly enjoying all the places and stories, and have encouraged others to read as well and Stephen actually did although I am going to jog him in to keeping up with developments. Well done Hamish - an amazing accomplishment,thoroughly wonderful. Cheers Rose.
ReplyDeleteHi Rose
ReplyDeleteI am getting your comments and it is not all in vain. Thank you for your kind comments. Hope you get to read this. I wake up early every morning to write this. It is actually my diary, but in the past I have tried to keep up with emails and this is way better.
Love Mary