student life

It takes less time to fly from Newcastle to Bristol than it takes to drive from the airport to our house. How mad is that?
I had a really lovely time with my daughter. She has such a well balanced life it seems - with friends, her theology course, work in Sainsbury's and the little pub over the road from the student house where she lives, boyfriend David, cooking, reading, being Martha.

We did cafes.

and played scrabble

David came up with some very inventive uses for all those o's - including a type of lava which sounded entirely plausible.

We met up with Graham and went to the Seaside! Here is the pier at Cleaveden on a grey rainy day

and the fabulous Clifton Suspension Bridge

And we shopped

Bristol has nice shops. We ate really well

I finished this sock

though now I have to cast on and make it all over again - I do find that the most boring part of making socks - having to make the second one, and here I sound like an expert, this is only the third sock I have ever knitted, unless you count the tiny ones I made for Cala

I took my little wooden needles in my hand baggage, but didn't have the nerve to knit on the flight. It would hardly have been worth it as the captain announced our descent just as I had got comfortable!

Thank you Martha for a really lovely weekend. Nothing bad happened because I went away, unless you count Geoff having to go and see Mission Impossible Three with Owen.

Comments

[wendy]

Looks like you had a great time. It's lovely to see your children happy and well adjusted.

[Zoe]

Glad you had a nice time with Martha. The sock looks good. :))

[Dad.]

Two lovely people spending some time together. How wonderful. You appear to have had a very successful visit and that pleases Mum and me so much. As usual the pictures, better as they are than a thousand words were wonderful but that said the words were pretty good as well. Happy for you.
Love. Dad.

[michele]

Sounds like you had a lovely time - enjoying your blog!

[martha]

lovely lovely weekend mum, you're very very nice, we are eating your lovely food and mike is teaching me to jive. all is well, i hope you are, love you lots and a great deal xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx see you soon in l'afrique du sud!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Gina]

Love, love your colorful socks!