Jan 8
Shrewsbury to Wimbledon
When the morning broke it had stopped raining. We had a good breakfast at the hotel. Prunes & figs, followed by smoked haddock. Excellent. Even the coffee was hot and strong. We checked out, leaving our bags at reception, and walked into town. There we took lots of photographs, visited lots of shops and generally entertained ourselves for a couple of hours. |
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At 11, the car was returned to the hotel by the valet service and we loaded our stuff and drove out of Shrewsbury. The sun shone all the way to Bicester Village. We managed to find a place in the very full car park and joined the massed hordes of shoppers. Unfortunately, the stores have become very upmarket and are obviously aimed at label conscious youths with more money than sense. We failed to find anything worth buying and, with all the cafes being packed to capacity, we drove to Tesco and bought coffee and sandwiches. |
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We drove for another hour to Ruislip, where we had wine and Christmas cake. With the darkness gathering, we then did the final leg of the journey to Wimbledon, remaining on the straight and narrow for most of the journey before becoming lost in Kingston and having to take a couple of attempts to find our way on the final leg. Once there, we walked up the road to a local Thai restaurant, had a very acceptable meal and returned to the house.