English Summer

Friday  8 June 2012  - Rain Rain go away

Day 57 and 102 to go

It was quite a blustery night with rain being driven into our bedroom window for much of it.

When we woke it was still grey and miserable. Oh England! 

We dragged ourselves out of bed and had breakfast. All I felt like doing was slothing on the couch.

I rang Mary and organised to go to her place in Soham on Sunday. We will go for lunch and then go and check out Ely, the nearby town.

With our morning slipping by Paul decided we needed to get out in the cold and wet so we took the car to Letchworth. We needed to get more pounds as we have spent all the money we put on our travel card. I am so glad work keeps paying us to do this lark! We then did a wander through the local shop where Paul was able to buy some more of the beers on his list.

We returned to Chell’s and waited for Dario to collect us for lunch. We then drove round to Maisie’s and picked her up before heading to The Anchor pub for lunch. The pub is a typical old style and quite quaint. We ordered our meals and sat around chatting. It wasn’t particularly busy so we were fed quickly.

At 3pm we returned to Maisie’s for a cuppa and we watched Letters and Numbers or Countdown, as it is known here. We enjoyed the competition between us and when it finished Dario drove us home again.

Back in the comfy seat we parked ourselves in front of the TV where we could watch the first of the Euro 2012 soccer matches.  Greece v Poland that ended in a draw with the help of poor officiating. 

With the weather clearing we decided to check out the fair that had been set up in Hitchin town. Expecting a lively atmosphere, we were quite disappointed when we got there and it was virtually empty. We did a very quick lap through the muddy ground feeling sorry for the owners of the attractions and then returned home 15min later. 

We had dinner while watching the next Euro match, Czech v Russia.  I did some checking of things to do in London before we had more pudding for dessert.

Russia demolished the Czechs 4 – 1. With the soccer over it was time for bed.