Keith and I showered, dressed and left earlier than we'd planned, at just after 9am. We were forced to go to the post office in Brixworth to send the old BT equipment back, and then I planned on driving down the new relief road that had finally opened. Except, it hadn't. It was still closed by Church Brampton, which annoyed me!
We continued on to Northampton, and I realised neither of us had eaten breakfast, so I suggested we stop for something while we were out. Nearing Sixfields, we went to the pub we visited last time, The Walter Tull, but it was boarded up. What is happening with our town at the moment? Reluctantly, we went to The Sixfelds Tavern, which was open and ordered a cooked breakfast each. Two breakfasts, extra toast and a mug of tea and coffee came to just under £17! If nothing else, it was good value! I managed to drip egg yolk down one of my favourite tops, which was another annoying niggle!
On the way out of Sixfields, we also noticed that the restaurant chain, TGI Fridays, was also closed, with the site looking almost derelict! I was beginning to feel a little depressed! We headed for Morrisons, purely because they were selling bottles of white Sablet we'd seen advertised in the weekend You magazine. We didn't know Sablet made white wine! The plan was to buy some things we needed and then head next door to The Malt Shovel for a lunchtime drink.
We made straight for the wine section and picked up two bottles of the white, priced at £10 each. Keith took three bottles of beer off the shelf, but then realised that, like Tesco, the lower price was for loyalty club holders only. We also wanted a bottle of vodka, but these were actually locked away in cabinets and were cheaper if you had a loyalty card, which we didn't have.
I threw a hissy fit, and we decided to leave with just the two bottles of wine, a box of Fevertree lemonade that Tesco don't stock, and the newspaper. Outside, it was humid and hot, and I had the devil of a job returning the trolley and getting my little token back, which made me even more irritable!
Keith and I walked over to the pub, only to find we were forty minutes early and it didn't open until 12pm. We had a feeling that was the case, and I said we'd left home too early this morning! We texted Sophie and drove to Brackmills to see her and how the office move was going. She was in with three other members of staff, and the moving men were busy dismantling the desks and carting them upstairs in the lift.
The new offices were lovely, cool and air-conditioned! I wish I could have stayed all afternoon!
As they are now on the first floor, there were lovely views over the treetops from the huge windows that wrapped around the office. We stayed for a little while, chatted to Sophie's coworkers and then headed for another dreaded destination, the wonderful Weston Favell Centre...
Whilst shopping, we met two old acquaintances and stood chatting with them for a while, which was lovely. I was convinced I would see someone from work as the third person! It was a relief to get in the car, switch the aircon right up and enjoy a little coolness on the way home!
The afternoon was spent catching up with some chores, and I managed a nap for half an hour. I had been awake before 6am this morning, so that was my excuse! By the time Sophie came home, we'd almost completed the shopping list and had installed the fan in the kitchen to cool us down before dinner. Our breakfast had kept us going all day, and we had a light supper of paté and toast. It was uncomfortably hot in the evening, and I was just glad we had a fan alleviating the muggy air!
We sat and enjoyed Masterchef (one of the contestants had been edited out!) and took a box of mochi out of the freezer to keep us cool!
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