So, my first day off today. Not sure how many more I'll be getting... anyway, I decided at some point today that I wouldn't really do a blog post, and that I'd have a "day off" but now I have nothing to do so I've relented. :(
Still up at the same time today - yes, I know: I'm crazy. I just didn't want to risk missing breakfast... Francis drove us to Newport, dropped us off and we walked around a bit. Visited Waterstones and, although I didn't get any books (gasp of surprise/shock/stunned-ness), I sneaked my card into the books that Carolyn bought and so got some Waterstones points on it :D yeaaaaaaa I'm cool...... I now have points worth £1.97 .... YAY! :D I didn't buy another book not only because I have my kindle but I'm in the middle of reading "The Bourne Ultimatum" already - if any of you love the films then don't read the books. The books ARE great... but they're also very different from the films... (for instance Conklin dies in the first film but is a major character in all three books)
I didn't buy any books, but I did get hold of a waterproof watch, which is useful when you're phone is allergic to the stuff and you're spending all day on the water. I also bought a little torch, though I thought I had one somewhere in my bag - maybe I should have checked - but it's bright and was cheap... I mustn't do any late night reading though... MUST NOT...
I didn't have lunch, don't really know why... it passed me by... I was reading in my room for an hour or two. Francis (the one with the car) has been off all day and Carolyn had her new books to read. We both got bored after that though and the day was lovely so I convinced myself and then Carolyn that we should go and do something. The first decent thing that appeared on the Internet search for tourist attractions in Cowes was Northwood Park... so off we set...
Helped along by a trusty GPS on my phone I navigated across roads, through treacherous terrain of potholes and tarmac, and even walking on roads when there were no paths! (don't worry; no one was harmed during this journey) Eventually we got to where the GPS said the park was, even possibly saw a glimpse of it... but we couldn't find an entrance. So we went all the way back... thinking about it, it reminds me of that kids book "We're going on a Bearhunt" because the (family?) spend ages going on the hunt and then when they find the bear the return journey takes place in a fraction of the time - from what I can remember. Similarly our return journey went really quickly.
Dinner came eventually :D :D I'd deliberately not snacked on anything or bought food after deciding not to have lunch. Going without food for a half day isn't going to harm anyone. Out of interest, I wonder where the structure of eating three meals came from... has it always been three? Or was it two meals at one point? I don't really know.
Anyway after dinner I came up to the cybercafe and sat down at this computer. Now I'm finishing, and it's rather exploded from what I intended to write. There is quite a lot to talk about. I think quite a lot, if I put all my thoughts down you'd all be here a lot longer.
Oh, tomorrow the three of us - Francis, Carolyn and myself - are off on a keelboat. which, from what I can make out, is like a massive dinghy, or small sailing boat. We'll have to see, but it should be comparatively dry. We may even go across to the mainland if the weather's good. Then for the rest of the week we're windsurfing. But for today, we have a reprieve.
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