Fish and chip lunch
May. 10th, 2024 04:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
heleninwalesTwo of the other Friends (Quakers) have occasionally had a fish and chip lunch with M the 101-year-old member of our local meeting. I've not joined them before, but this time I did. This meant going later to M's so I could stay on for the lunch. As the car is in the garage getting the warning sensor fixed, I walked up the hill to M's via the Co-op so I could collect her newspaper.
After our usual crossword and xygolex puzzle it was almost time for the other friends to arrive with the fish and chip lunch. Sadly M's deafness is getting worse, so she misses a lot. However, we enjoyed the lunch and a chat. I had worried that fish and chips would be too much for me because we normally only have a light lunch, but the local chip shop does small fishes and we shared two portions of chips between the five of us, so that worked out well and I will still have an appetite for my dinner.
After walking down the hill and picking up pizzas and a cake for dinner, I was plodding back home past the garage when I saw that the car had been moved from the "holding pen" where cars awaiting repair are parked and was not in the garage being worked on. I then spotted it in the area where they leave cars waiting to be collected. I went up to the enquiry window and was delighted to discover that the part had arrived and been fitted. Yay!
So I shoved the shopping into the car and drove the last couple of hundred metres back to our house. All seems well and it will be so lovely to have the car again. The store cupboard and fridge were looking decidedly empty. I did say before that we could manage without a car, but I'd have to do things differently and get heavy groceries and staples delivered so I could just walk in and buy fresh produce in person.
Eowyn Challenge -- weekly progress report
Walking to Rivendell
Miles travelled today: 3
Miles travelled this week (walking & cycling): 17½
Miles travelled from Bag End: 86
Miles still to go: 372
Percentage complete: 19%
Point reached on journey: We left Crickhollow, riding slowly on the ponies. We passed through the tunnel under the Hedge and entered The Old Forest. After passing the Bonfire Glade, we followed the clear path which is now climbing gently through the forest.
After our usual crossword and xygolex puzzle it was almost time for the other friends to arrive with the fish and chip lunch. Sadly M's deafness is getting worse, so she misses a lot. However, we enjoyed the lunch and a chat. I had worried that fish and chips would be too much for me because we normally only have a light lunch, but the local chip shop does small fishes and we shared two portions of chips between the five of us, so that worked out well and I will still have an appetite for my dinner.
After walking down the hill and picking up pizzas and a cake for dinner, I was plodding back home past the garage when I saw that the car had been moved from the "holding pen" where cars awaiting repair are parked and was not in the garage being worked on. I then spotted it in the area where they leave cars waiting to be collected. I went up to the enquiry window and was delighted to discover that the part had arrived and been fitted. Yay!
So I shoved the shopping into the car and drove the last couple of hundred metres back to our house. All seems well and it will be so lovely to have the car again. The store cupboard and fridge were looking decidedly empty. I did say before that we could manage without a car, but I'd have to do things differently and get heavy groceries and staples delivered so I could just walk in and buy fresh produce in person.
Eowyn Challenge -- weekly progress report
Walking to Rivendell
Miles travelled today: 3
Miles travelled this week (walking & cycling): 17½
Miles travelled from Bag End: 86
Miles still to go: 372
Percentage complete: 19%
Point reached on journey: We left Crickhollow, riding slowly on the ponies. We passed through the tunnel under the Hedge and entered The Old Forest. After passing the Bonfire Glade, we followed the clear path which is now climbing gently through the forest.
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Date: 2024-05-11 01:36 am (UTC)And your car being ready instead of going back, tata!
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Date: 2024-05-11 04:40 pm (UTC)