Tags: friends and family, outdoors
Date: 06 August 2007 20:50:53
I wasn't working this weekend! For the first time in several weeks I had a whole weekend to play with :D:D:D So I'd planned a weekend in Bristol with Chris, with no plans! And it was mostly sunny as well, anyone would think it was summer ;)
I got down to Bristol Parkway (my favouritest station in the world ;)) later than I would have liked on Friday evening, but with no major delays, spent a nice evening doing not a lot, eating dinner and chatting about life the universe and everything. On Saturday, after a lazy morning we headed out to Cheddar for a lovely walk along the gorge with a stop off in Cheddar itself in the middle for (late) lunch in a nice pub. Then up the other side to complete the circle, although whoever thought lunch should be at the *bottom* of the hill was slightly misguided. And though a short ramble along either side of Cheddar Gorge can't really be called a walk, it was nice to be outdoors again. And it meant I managed to educate/scare/bore/amuse Chris with my botanical geekery.. I think he's learnt his lesson about taking me near anything plant-shaped for a while!
That evening was a birthday celebration, which involved a meal we didn't know about till that afternoon, but which was nicely veggie friendly and rather yummy (with chopsticks a-plenty but no moving food this time!), and then drinking in various locations which meant I ended the evening completely knackered and quite a bit less sober than I've been in a while... but it was good fun, and nice to just relax for an evening. And we still managed to be up for church in the morning :) Church was followed by a nice relaxed sunday lunch, sitting in the garden enjoying the sun, and flopping in front of a film before having to catch the train home.
All in all, a rather wonderful weekend, with some good quality 'us' time, spending time with the family and with friends, and just chilling out and enjoying the weather. But now I don't want to have to go back to the 'normal' routine of things.. bring on the holidays!!!