Day 59 – A day off (Monday 10th June 2024)

Before we make our final assault on this holiday we thought a quiet day would be in order. A day to do the last washing of clothes and work out how we’d attack the last week. Emily was at work so we had to entertain ourselves.

Once the chores were done Kerry got our her craft and I got out my computer with the intention of catching up on this blog. Well, that certainly didn’t happen. I logged on to find that both the BHA and the CVS website were off the air, the latter made more urgent by the fact that back at home WIN television were kindly running our advertisement in the lead up to the Olympic Trials and the President had received a few calls from prospective members advising that the advertised website wasn’t working. Anyway, since both website were off the air I quickly out two and two together and guessed it was probably due to a bill not being paid. I paid the bill with my credit card and they sprang to life.

 

 

Around lunchtime, we got out of the house and walked over to the Bridgewater Canal, one of the important waterways in the whole system, where we grabbed something to eat at a local sandwich shop and wandered down to the canal to eat it. Via the American Diner themed cafe on the top of the bridge over the canal and the tram route we headed back to Wood Rd.

For dinner Emily had booked an Italian restaurant in Sale. We took a very pleasant 45 minutes walk along the canal to meet her there while she cycled in from Chorlton. The cafe was like any other Italian restaurant you’ve ever seen and the fare was too (except that they only did pizza, no pasta). But it was warm and cosy inside and very lively. We each selected a different pizza and shared them.

While there was still enough light in the sky, Emily headed off home on her bike and we walked through the quiet back streets of Sale to ours. Back home I organised train tickets for tomorrow’s adventure in Liverpool and a car for Wednesday.