The Boyf arrived Thursday afternoon and after a short potter round the shops (and him buying me a lovely new top), we headed off to the cinema. That afternoon we went to go and see Salmon Fishing In The Yemen. It was a brilliant film! Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt and Kristen Scott-Thomas were the main actors, so I had high hopes from the start and they weren't disappointed, the story was wonderful and very well played out, and overall there was a feel-good vibe that made you think 'Why do I always give up so easily? Maybe things that seem impossible can be done'.
That evening was then spent at home eating home made chinese and watching tele.
Friday was spent in Shrewsbury, which as I keep saying is a wonderful town. Yet again my town driving skills failed me and we got well and truly lost, but managed to eventually get to the cheap car park I know of near the Abbey. The main reason for going to Shrewsbury was to take The Boyf to the Shropshire Regimental Museum, also so that I could go round a bit slower this time as I was trying to leave enough time to visit the other Museum in Shrewsbury last time I was there (the other museum isn't as appealing to me or the Boyf, so we gave it a miss this time). We both really enjoyed it, and although the weather was no where near as nice as when I went before, we climbed to the top of the tower and got some lovely pictures of the views over Shrewsbury.
Please excuse the dire weather...
After going round the shops for a little bit I decided to treat myself to a lovely new bag, it really is lovely, if a little pricey. I think I deserve it though, for no particular reason. It's the Cath Kidston 'Be a Good Sport' bag and I am pretty sure that I'm going to take it to the Olympics with me.
The evening was spent with the Engineer Boys and Yorkshire Friend, after cooking them all dinner we spent the evening watching various Friday Night Telestuffs and had a totally enjoyable evening. It was really nice to have a social gathering of sorts to kind of make up for the lack of social gathering due to the battle being cancelled.
On Saturday we went to the museum at RAF Cosford. It was brilliant! and I don't really like planes so that's saying something. I found it really interesting and loved finding out about things and with the Boyf there with his geeky plane stuffs knowledge he was there to answer all my questions.
Highlight of my day was definitely the 1:1 Scale Airfix Spitfire that is there, the one that was featured on James May's Toy Stories. I am pleased to be able to say to people that I've now seen it!
In the shop I purchased another model plane to make and have got part way through it so far. I really wish that they were already built and I could just paint them, that's the fun bit!
On Saturday evening we went out for a meal, and ended up going to the pub that was my Grandpa's old local. It was weird but lovely to be back there, as the last time I was there was 30th June 2009, as that is where his Wake was held. It was still a rather happy affair that day though, as everyone knew he'd have hated to see us at said pub being miserable.
Many other memories lie within that pub, so it was special being back. The food was great as always, but I've got a feeling that now it's owned by a different company, that Paul the Landlord that was there for as long as I can remember and was a great friend of my Grandpa may not be the Landlord any more. I was too shy to ask and find out, but partly because if he's not, I'd rather not definitively know that.
Sunday was a very lazy day, nothing of interest happened but it was mice just to have a relaxing day with the Boyf and not feel like we should be doing something.
On Monday morning he went home and I then spent the afternoon at home doing as little as possible. It was a Bank Holiday, I was entitled to do so!
Tuesday and today have been much the same as the usual, attending lectures and starting on some revision, the proximity of exams is a dreadful thought, but hopefully nothing will be too daunting once the time comes.
Overall, it was a good way to spend a Bank Holiday weekend once original plans had been dropped, and I did really enjoy it. Currently in the process of deciding whether to go to an event in Sheffield in a couple of weeks times, but that will depend on who else is going I think.
In the mean time, have a good few days!
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