What a splendid day. Light and crisp and even – frosty and clean this morning so dragged my fat gut out of bed and got on the road for a five mile jog it was lovely.
Waited for Tesco to deliver – they said 11 – 12, by 12:30 they still had not turned up, so the boys were home now so off we went. (The delivery driver quit half way through his shift) Half hour into Cardiff, and we could tell it was busy as we drove down Newport Road, as we got into Cardiff the signs said three of the car parks were full! Parked in Knox road which was the car park I used to use when I very first started to work in Cardiff a scary 14 years ago. Bit chilly.
Walked down the central drag and came to Santa’s Grotto and lots and lots of people. Then down the Hayes where I happened to spot a large German sausage seller, then some beer, then some pig roast – things were looking up. After sampling some cheese and having a look into all the little Christmas sheds we headed back to the sausage man – yummy. Big thick and delish – Kate had a Greggs and a quite nice eclair.
Full of German goodness we braved Hamleys which has now opened in Cardiff – same as any other toy shop but with a 20% Hamleys mark up. It was packed. Off to the Lego shop to spend Kate’s voucher then over to Marks for a “coffee”. This is new for us, never go for “coffee” – so I had a tea. Odd.
More walking in the cold, then back in the car.
Got home expected the smell of cooking pork, but the Tesco man had not delivered it – he said it was not available and there was no alternative – no alternative to a pork loin, in a massive Tesco’s! So we had to phone a curry. Stuffed. Bed.