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After a busy, sociable time in London we are enjoying our lazy days in Ely. We are pampered by our hosts, who bring us food and drink and books and crosswords and quizzes on television...
Yesterday we got up late and did all of those things; I finished the book I was reading and started another (which is my idea of a holiday). Whether for this reason, or just because it was randomly one of those nights, I lay awake for hours.
So today we made a point of going out. We needed, in any case, to replenish the supply of breakfast cereal. So we parked at Waitrose, and shopped there: cereal, milk, a lemon and a potato masher (not an impulse buy, but something I have been wanting to replace). Considering that today is Saturday and tomorrow is Christmas Eve, this was a surprisingly painless exercise, and when it was completed, we had fun looking round the market.
D. is dismissive of the Saturday market: it's the tourist market, he says, and the real market is midweek. But we are tourists, and enjoyed looking at things without buying them:
I also did not buy a necklace, a Spode plate in an unfamiliar pattern, a watch strap - I need a new one, but this was identical to the current one, which has not proved durable - and several different kinds of bread. I did buy a small cake (pear, chocolate and pistachio), some of which we ate for lunch.
This afternoon we might have visited the cathedral, but we were distracted by the Christmas crossword, and it didn't happen. Oh, no! We have finished the crossword! How will we get through Christmas?
Yesterday we got up late and did all of those things; I finished the book I was reading and started another (which is my idea of a holiday). Whether for this reason, or just because it was randomly one of those nights, I lay awake for hours.
So today we made a point of going out. We needed, in any case, to replenish the supply of breakfast cereal. So we parked at Waitrose, and shopped there: cereal, milk, a lemon and a potato masher (not an impulse buy, but something I have been wanting to replace). Considering that today is Saturday and tomorrow is Christmas Eve, this was a surprisingly painless exercise, and when it was completed, we had fun looking round the market.
D. is dismissive of the Saturday market: it's the tourist market, he says, and the real market is midweek. But we are tourists, and enjoyed looking at things without buying them:
I also did not buy a necklace, a Spode plate in an unfamiliar pattern, a watch strap - I need a new one, but this was identical to the current one, which has not proved durable - and several different kinds of bread. I did buy a small cake (pear, chocolate and pistachio), some of which we ate for lunch.
This afternoon we might have visited the cathedral, but we were distracted by the Christmas crossword, and it didn't happen. Oh, no! We have finished the crossword! How will we get through Christmas?
