Whitehaven 3

The last 4 days in Whitehaven have sped by, as the end of a holiday always does - we had a trip to the dump with the old carpet that we lifted from Wils and Esme's living room, visited Doug and Pam, Alice, Joan and Norman where we also had a stroll to St Bees beach, and we took Wils and Esme (in their car of course!) through to Carlisle, Brampton and then to Dobbies Garden centre on the way home. That night we joined Mark, Tracy, Kaitlin and Mia for an easy dinner at Wetherspoons - curry for us seeing it was 'Curry Night'.
And I had forgotten to say that, in our first week in Whitehaven, we had a very nice Italian meal with Joan and Norman at Casa Romana before going to the local players production of Fawlty Towers in the Civic Hall - a brave play to do with everyone already knowing the characters and script so well but they did it well. Manuel was the highlight for me as he just seemed like the same Manuel as in the TV series but Basil also did pretty well and we enjoyed watching, even though I enjoyed a 5 minute sleep half way through!

Len enjoyed his Friday night at Wetherspoons / Paul Jones with Doug and Harold, listening to the live band of Weathered Rock and catching up with old friends, this being followed by a good crack with Mark at The Sunny Hill on Saturday afternoon. Saturday night Len and I went to Zest,my favourite restaurant in Whitehaven, with its great views over the harbour, as a birthday present treat from Sandra and Matt - delicious and a very nice night, thankyou S & M!

Our favourite Whitehaven Eating place - thanks S&M!

We are now on a Virgin Pendolino tilting, high speed train heading from Carlisle to Euston where we will take the tube to Heathrow in time to get our flight to Bangkok for our 6 nights in Thailand before heading home. Apparently there is lots of flooding there, especially in the north around the Chiangmai area where we are heading after Bangkok. I guess the plane won't fly there if it is too serious!

It is sad to leave Wils and Esme and their amazing hospitality but good to see them both looking so well, and with "all their marbles" at 93 and 88. We will be rapt if we can follow in their footsteps!