Sunday 17th January 2010

Today started earlier than most Sundays as we had arranged to deliver the old TV to a friend in Sandgate at 9.30. I used to work with her and we've kept in touch since she left 8 years ago. Mostly through the internet of late, Facebook and Yahoo. It was the first time I'd been to her new flat. Getting down the stairs to the ground floor was a bit tricky but between 3 of us we managed to guide the TV inside.

Back to Ashford via the petrol station. Dave gets twitchy if we've got to go anywhere and the petrol gauge looks low! To quote one of my favourite lines from the Punt and Dennis show..... “Oohh, I think we can make it to the next one.” I had time for a quick cuppa before going to pick Matt up. Then off to Maidstone early so that we could do some shopping before visiting time. I was able to sneak into a couple of my favourite shops too but managed to leave without buying anything. We went to Richer Sounds for the new DVD player. It is very compact. Not much thicker than an actual video. The shop, although small, had more assistants in it than Currys, and they were more helpful and friendly than any other shop of electricals. Under Matt's recommendation, we had a look around Cex shop. Not that sort of shop!! They sell pre-owned goods including DVDs and games. Some of their DVDs were as cheap as 25p. Not that we'd possibly want those ones, but we picked up a couple of bargains. The Sahara DVD I've got was only 75p. It was soon time for Maccy D's and then back to the car to unload before going to sign in. There was a really scary girl in the queue. It was very difficult to tell how old she might have been. She could have been anything from 14 to 40. She had bright pink blusher on that looked like it had been layered on. She had lovely shoes but they were high and she seemed very fragile and delicate in the way she walked. I think it would be safe to say that she was a sandwich short of a picnic. There's always at least one interesting character there. Anyway that's the end of an era. Somewhere we won't ever need to go again.