I slept like a log and had a huge sleep in until 8am, I've normally left work 3 hours earlier so this is huge. JR and I pick up H and head to Hedge End, a massive M&S. Spend three hours wandering around and having coffee then head to The Jolly Sailor which is a pub on the marina to sit outside in the sunshine. We're underneath an umbrella, gazing out and enjoying a very leisurely lunch. Lunch was delicious but it wasn't busy either the staff pretty much left us alone so there was absolutely no hurry. It was lovely. We eventually retired back at JR's for more relaxing chat and a little wine for H and moi.
I didn't wake again until 8am, can't believe how my body and brain have disengaged so quickly. I do disturb early but easily and quickly doze off again.
Around 10am on Saturday, JR and I head off for Portsmouth Gun Wharf which is kind of an outlet village and I make JR buy some MBT's... I don't have to try too hard. Around noon, we head for H&M's charity brunch and I'm force fed a bacon barm, (I did say no thank you as it's on white bread which doesn't agree with me but I get one anyway.) Quickly followed by a sausage barm and a raffle. (I only usually have sausage if it's cremated.)
After that, we head back to H&M's then at 2pm, we leave for Poole, a drive around the millionaires liar, Sandbanks then onto Bournemouth. We stopped off at Compton Acres which is very much like Ness Gardens only with more steps and a sea view.
It was blowing a gale in Bournemouth and the walk along the beach was positively wind swept. I lost all feeling in my fingers and witnessed a woman in her thong getting changed by a rubbish skip... classy.
The journey home took almost twice as long as we kept diverting to try to find somewhere to eat, we even ventured into the New Forest which was beautiful but the pub was also booked up. We eventually landed at a Chinese Restaurant not far from home and we indulged in a banquet were M gave me his fleece as I was still shaking with cold.
I actually had an early night and was in bed by 11.30pm, I really know how to live on the wild side ;)
Sunday morning was lazy and lovely. JR and I headed for Emsworth, we headed into the midst of a charity dragon boat race and one of the teams was called, "Raglan." Funny huh? After we'd navigated around the throngs, we headed out on the coastal walk were it was once again, blowing a gale but we walked for a while then sat on a bench for a while looking out over the water.
After being blown to pieces, we headed to "Heidi's" for scrambled egg on toast and a filter coffee then back to JR's with the papers for a very lazy afternoon.
Before I knew it, it was time to leave for the airport. We stopped off at H&M's for coffee en route and then JR deposited me at the airport. Doesn't time fly?
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