A little mooch!

Keith went to Tesco this morning, while I stayed at home and caught up with housework. When he returned, I suggested driving to Market Harborough to wash the VW, which was dusty and dirty after the trip to France.

The weather continues to be beautiful, warm and sunny at the moment, with no sign of any rain. Our garden needs some serious work, but this will have to wait until it cools down a bit. We had the car washed, and they did a fabulous job, as usual. I wondered how much the car wash machine cost, since it uses a conveyor system where you sit in the car and it moves along the track through different washes. The end bit, where long furry arms dry it, is especially good! I should think it was a significant investment, but the car wash is always busy.

After the car was restored to a gleaming state, Keith suggested we drive to Sutton Bassett to see if a pub we used to go to had reopened. The Queen's Head was always a favourite place to go for a drink or a meal and had stunning views over the Leicestershire countryside. We passed by in 2017, and it was firmly closed, but when we drove past today, it had gone altogether! In its place was a new house!

How it used to look

It was a shock, to be honest! We drove on to Weston-by-Welland and made sure that The Wheel and Compass pub was still open! We weren't out for drinks today, but it was lovely to mooch about the countryside and enjoy the gorgeous weather.

Before going home, we passed through the village of Braybrooke and noted that The Swan was still doing business. Maybe on a Wednesday in the future, Keith and I will revisit our old haunts!

I went to see my Mum in the afternoon and sat with her for a good while. One of the carers was in the room when I arrived and said she'd been taking part in more activities, which was good news. The chocolates I'd taken in last week had all gone! I was looking forward to having one!

In the evening, when Sophie arrived home, we booked our train tickets and a taxi for next Wednesday, when we have tickets for the Quarter-finals at Wimbledon. An anytime return ticket from Kettering was £100! We don't know when we'll be returning in the evening, so we couldn't book advance timed tickets. In the end, we booked tickets from Northampton to Euston for £43. It was crazy that two train tickets from Northampton were less than one from Kettering or Wellingborough!