Today has been a bit of a lazy day and the weather has been abysmal; the sort of Saturday to keep warm in the house and ignore the wind and rain! We'd all been looking forward to the rugby this morning but within minutes I realised there wasn't going to be a good outcome as England weren't playing particularly well, or maybe South Africa were much the better team. Either way we lost, so that was a huge disappointment after the victory over New Zealand last Saturday.
Sophie was meeting Laura and Daisy for lunch at the Cromwell Cottage pub in Kislingbury, so I dropped her off in Moulton where Laura was picking her up, and returned home to have some lunch of my own.
All thoughts of getting out into the garden or doing anything outside was hopeless so I just gave in to staying inside! I had a lovely bath in the afternoon and a snooze before getting ready to go out to Miller and Carter with Keith in the evening.
Mum and Dad had given us a voucher to use in the restaurant and before we went we popped to Mawsley to get some cash from the machine near the shops. Unfortunately, our "quick" visit coincided with hordes of people descending on the village for their fireworks so the traffic was horrendous! Keith hurriedly got some money and we fled to Walgrave for a drink before our meal.
There were still some men in the pub who had been in the bar since this morning to watch the rugby and they must have been drowning their sorrows! We sat at the bar and chatted to Ian while we had a drink and then made our way in the rain over to Miller and Carter. The A43 up to the Round Spinney roundabout was closed for roadworks so we had to drive through Moulton to get there - the road will be closed all weekend, which is a bit of a nuisance!
The restaurant was quiet and we sat just inside the door. I had suggested to Sophie that she meet us there later as after going to the pub in Kislingbury they were returning to Laura's house and then going to Yardley Hastings for a bonfire and fireworks. Rather than have Laura's mum take her all the way back home, we thought it was easier if she was dropped off at the pub, then she could join us for a drink!
We had a lovely meal and shared some cheesy garlic bread to start. I sipped a mocktail while Keith had two pints of a good beer, which surprised him as he wasn't expecting to get one! He chose a T-bone steak for his main course (a hefty £30!) while I opted for chicken but I received two large breasts so it was definitely not a lighter option!
Sophie texted to say they were leaving Yardley Hastings and soon she was with us and ordering a cocktail, which was lovely. We had a good chat about what she'd been up to and then we paid the bill and returned home (it was still raining).
Before bed we relaxed for a while and I really hoped I'd have a good night's sleep and a lie-in tomorrow!
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