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So I left you last Sunday.
Monday was a quiet day, I got a text from Nic, a good mate from school, asking if I was free at any point that week. So replied and told her that I'd be free the next day Tuesday. Since she was having trouble with her back I suggested driving down to her's again. I don't mind, still loving the driving!
So I set off on the Tuesday about 10:00. It was pretty quick as I took the A45, M45 then M1 towards Luton. The M1 was a bit congested, but I've now decided that the M45 is my favourate road, so quiet and fast!
The slowest bit was coming off at Luton and taking the A505 round the southern outskirts of Luton then across to Hitchin since they're upgrading the road there.
Got to Nics at about 11:45 so not too bad in all. Had a brew then decided to driver down to Hatfield for a look around the Galleria shopping centre and a spot of lunch. I've been there before actually, when I went to visit Nic the week she moved to Hatfield for uni in 2002, 5.5 years ago, so shocking how long it's been!
After we'd had our fill of Hatfield, we drove over to Letchworth Garden City, it was a nice little place, but after looking around for a few mins, the weather took a turn for the worse and we decided to go back to Nic's. She seemed fine, and was brilliant to see her.
On the way home, leaving at 17:30, I wanted to try a more direct route back to the M1, meaning I could miss the A505 and those damn roadworks. So got onto the one-way system but took the wrong direction and ended up half way to Bedford on the A600. Still I turned around and regained the way I wanted, cut through to Burton-le-Clay on the B655 the through to Harlington and onto the A5120 and finally the M1. It would have been a bit quicker had it been light, but hey ho!
Wednesday and Thursday I was on earlies and nothing really all that exciting happened.
Friday I was off and spent most of the day cleaning and tidying until about 5 when I made my way to Birmingham Airport to pick up Michael, our mate who lives in Paris nowadays. Was really good to see him, having not seen him since last August. We went to Buffet Island, a chinese buffet place near my old place in Erdington.
Saturday, Gavin and I made a full English brekkie, though the aftermath of it means I'm no longer permitted to cook, something to do with too many cooks causing too many arguments! After brekkie we went to Leamington. I've never been before so set the sat nav which, as usual took us the most bizarre way, along the A45 to Coventry then on the B4113 through the rather attractive Warwickshire countryside and into Leamington on the A452. After driving through the town centre a couple of times we finally found somewhere to park. I was really impressed with Leamington I have to say, it reminds me of a sea-side town actually, and it has a good array of shops and some very attractive architecture too.
Once we'd done with the shopping etc, we set the sat nav to take us home. This time we ended up on the A452 all the way to Balsall Common, including Kenilworth town centre which was far from quick! Then it took us on the B4101 to Knowle before joining the A4141 and home on the A41 and B425. Would have been a nice scenic route had it been light!
Roast beef for tea once we got home!
Sunday it was time for Michael to go home and Gav to go back to work, so we dropped him off in Solihull first of all before me dropping Michael off at the airport for his 12:00 flight. After that I went home to go and get the laundry ready for when Gav's mate Rachel came over on Sunday evening. Gav cooked a lovely potato bake with sausages and veg, and we all had a few drinks too which was good! ;)
Monday Gav and Rachel rose early and off to work, leaving me at home all day, and yes I did absolutely nothing!
Today I needed to get the valentine stuff sorted so set off for Solihull, but half way there I decided to go to Leamington instead. This time I took the A4141, then the A4177, then the A425 into Warwick where I got lost for a while before regaining the A425 then the A452 into Leamington town centre to park. I returned the same way we'd come back on Saturday. Was lovely to go back, especially since it was gorgeously sunny and warm today!
Anyway I realise this entry was pretty boring, but wanted to make sure I listed what I'd been up to!
Still no word from my lovely employer East Midlands Trains, it sounds like it will be early next week before we hear anything since their meeting was postponed til friday from a couple of weeks ago. It's driving me crazy!