Holiday 2011 – Iain Douglas Stewart

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By Iain 2 August 2012ReflectionsNo Comments

So we're going to the Isle of Wight next week. Jane, Claire, Lewis, Ethan and I. Matt isn't going as he "couldn't get the time off work", even though he's the manager of the shop and he creates the rotas. I'm looking forward to getting away from everything more than the actual destination to be honest. I will be taking…

Holiday 2011: Day 8

By Iain 10 September 2011ReflectionsNo Comments

The drive home was pretty uneventful. We stopped in a random Tesco on the way back, visited the toilets and got some sausage rolls. The journey to get home seemed longer than the journey to get there for some reason. Smudge was so cute when we pulled into the drive. She was sitting at the semi-open window of the garage-room,…

Holiday 2011: Day 7

By Iain 9 September 2011Reflections, VideogamesNo Comments

We went to Teignmouth on day seven. It was raining, so we didn't really see much there. We went to The House Of Marbles, saw some guys blowing glass things, Jane and Myrtle bought some glass things, other than that, not a lot happened on this day. I got the impression Jane was still feeling delicate. In the evening we…

Holiday 2011: Day 6

By Iain 8 September 2011Reflections, VideogamesNo Comments

We went to Torquay on day six. This was one of my favourite days. Myrtle was obsessed with finding a Marks and Spencers in Torquay. I'm not sue why when we have a couple not too far away from where we live. The shopping area in Torquay was really nice, although it did sprawl a little. Lots of little streets…

Holiday 2011: Day 5

By Iain 7 September 2011ReflectionsNo Comments

Today was pretty much a washout as Jane was really hungover. She had drunk quite a lot the previous night. We all set out to go to Brixham, but we had to turn around and drop Jane back at home, she was that rough. Colin, Myrtle and I went to Brixham, it was nice. We saw some nice paintings and…

Holiday 2011: Day 4

By Iain 6 September 2011ReflectionsNo Comments

Day four was plagued with indecision. I got the impression that Myrtle wanted to go somewhere but wouldn't say where, waiting for someone else to suggest the place she wanted to go to and then say "YEAH LETS GO THERE". Maybe it wasn't that, but that's the impression I got. In the end we went to Tuckers Maltings. The most…

Holiday 2011: Day 3

By Iain 5 September 2011ReflectionsNo Comments

On day three we went to Bygones in Torquay. It is a place that revels in the past, and has around a million interesting artefacts from the 40s and 50s, mostly nostalgic packaging. From preserved biscuits (which look surprisingly like modern day biscuits), through racist gollywogs, to "titillating" images. It was quite interesting though, and fair play to them for…

Holiday 2011: Day 2

By Iain 4 September 2011Films/TV, ReflectionsNo Comments

Got up and had a shower. The shower was nice. The bathroom in general was quite nice too. Then we had a fried breakfast. This, supposedly, was to fill us up so we wouldn't want lunch 'til later in the day, but I found I was still hungry at the usual lunch time. We went to Paignton Zoo on day…

Holiday 2011: Day 1

By Iain 3 September 2011ReflectionsNo Comments

Holiday! I got up at 5am so I could jump in the shower first (I must have a shower every morning - I get terribly sweaty at night), and be ready for the designated 7am departure time. Funny - 5am is my usual Saturday morning wake-up time, so it wasn't too much bother for me. As I said, 7am was…