Alan and I bade farewell to our son and his partner and began our journey home. It is always sad to say goodbye to him but it really as a great visit and so nice to be able to see his house and also spend some quality time with him and his partner.
We woke up to rain and it rained really hard for most of our drive north. Really unpleasant road conditions that made us think about simply going home….
But the sun came out and we realised, after 7 hours on the road, we really did not need to drive another 3 to get home. So Alan found a reasonably priced hotel in Morecambe and we jumped at the chance to rest and relax at the beach!
When I say reasonably priced, it has begun to be a struggle to find reasonably priced hotels or B&Bs. It seems everyone is jumping on the bandwagon of all these folks doing “staycations” and prices are continually rising. I know the hotel industry has taken a hit just like so many other industries, but it also seems so unfair to make hotels so much more expensive.
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| This was across the street from our hotel |
But before I talk about that I will tell you about our stroll along the promenade and our lovely picnic dinner at the sea side. Ok, it was Burger King but there was very little to chooses from and this seemed the ideal choice.
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| View of tomorrow's destination - The Lake District! |
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| Our fancy dinner on the beach |
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| Morecambe |
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| this was a gorgeous way to be able to identify the mountains on the horizon |
After we retuned to the hotel, Alan went out to catch a different angle of sunset he is used to and then we went down to the pub for a drink.
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| I got a bit of sunset after our drink in the pub |
And lo and behold, there was an entertainer and people sat around the pub waiting for him to start. We found a table right at the back and settled Skye in as best we could. Of course, the entertainer noticed her and came to meet her, then he introduced her to everyone in the pub! The waiter brought her a lovely bowl fo water too, not just a dog dish but a nice bowl since he said she could not be in a pub without a drink!
As with traditional beach holidays, the hotel provided entertainment and one part was a music quiz. This was presented in a way that surprised me since it was not a “music” quiz, but a trip down memory lane about theme songs to tv shows and commercials. Thankfully Alan remembered most of these, I did contribute to knowing the theme song to Dr Kildare though!
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| Skye tried to help! |
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| A socially distanced prizegiving! |
And who would have guessed? We tied with another team to win, with 17 out of 20 answers! The entertainer asksed what subject we would like and the other team suggested geography, we agreed this would be ok. And the tie break quuesiotn was….what Is the capital of Peru, and we won!
A very different type of evening for us!
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