My son and I go out to do some present shopping today, after the dog has been walked and PopMaster listened to. First stop is North Walsham railway station to collect the tickets for his journey to Dorset on Thursday (this time I remember to note down the codes required to collect the tickets from the ticket machine). Mission accomplished, we drive to Tesco in Sprowston to enable my son to buy a birthday present and card for my wife (it’s her birthday on Thursday). I intended to drive over to Longwater Retail Park to shop for a rucksack for my son’s Christmas present, but it turns out that what he is after is so specific that it will be easier to find it online (it needs to accommodate his laptop, iPad, camera and drone), so we decide to return home and shop for it from the comfort of the sofa.
It’s already starting to get dark by the time we get back to Southrepps, so I take the dog out for her afternoon walk, split a basketful of logs and light the fire. My son persuades me to accompany him to the Vernon Arms for a pint of Abbot Ale (I’m easily persuaded), and then we have our dinner and await the return of my wife from work.