Friday, June 06, 2003

 

Day 43. Saturday 07 June 2003. A Lay Day

I could not manage a full English breakfast this morning, the Beef Stroganoff still lay where I had placed it in my stomach last night at the Heron Hill Hotel.

We went up town and had a lazy day; the town was all a buzz. It was Saturday shopping day. We managed to find a parking slot on the top floor of the parking building. I was glad we had the little Mira again; we were able to slip in to the tight parking spot. The parking building in Kendal leaves a lot to be desired when comparing it with our efficient NZ parking buildings. But then that is what one gets in England when trying to modify the old to take the new. Perhaps I shouldn't have said that. However it is true.

I was glad to see Saturday shopping was still a weekly ritual for people as it was in the 1950s and 1960s. People looking, buying and the pubs full for Saturday lunch.

In the afternoon we finished with a light meal at Morrison's and a few items of shopping. Tomorrow we were leaving for West Cumbria, to the place of my birth.

posted by OldEric 7:54 pm