What with the busy work, the building work going on in the house and other time-drive seasonal things (like an MOT), it's getting quite tricky to slot a leisurely trip to Bristol in.
However, the call of the Orchids, together with the prospect that a new credit card will probably have arrived there, and just the need to be in a slightly more homely space (our house is really anything but, at the moment) drove our decision to do an evening journey.
I had a full day at work - including two longish meetings to attend - so we decided to aim at a 5.30pm departure from Eastbourne.
It's a very different experience than our usual late morning start but spending the evening travelling, rather than the middle of the day makes it feel a bit more useful day.
We were due to arrive at 9.30pm but the journey was delayed by faulty points and we got into the flat a little after 10pm. Oddly, whilst we could easily have popped around the corner for lasties - we never do when we make this journey. We go through the "arrival" ritual of preparing the place for our residency, sit down an chill with some TV and a glass of wine and then go to bed. To be honest, I was so shattered when we arrived I'm not sure I would have been able to drag myself out to the pub.
There is something really nice about waking on on the first day here without really having to contemplate travel - even though we both like the train, and our journey had been pretty untraumatic.
I'd picked up bread, cheese, wine and milk at the Sainsbury's across the road so all the essentials are in place, and I've a grocery delivery arriving shortly.
We work when we're here so it's not a holiday but it definitely feels like a break in the offing. The only thing now is to decide where we're beering later...
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