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I am in Devon, introducing Julie to my parents.
I understand that this is traditionally a time of fear, uncomfortableness and the like, but it all seems to have gone very well so far (she spent a happy half an hour chatting to my Dad about research methods!). We arrived down on Friday evening, I introduced them, and then we crashed out shortly thereafter - arriving in Devon always seems to leave me exhausted. I've never been sure whether it's the travel, the air or simply leaving my stress in left luggage at the airport.
Saturday we have breakfast at 9am, then went up Hay Tor. Where we saw a variety of lovely views, including the incredibly pretty nearby disused quarry. We got caught in the rain on the way back to the car, but that just meant we got to come back to the house and sip hot drinks, which is (if you ask me) an integral part of the walking/holiday experience. Julie then marked a whole load of essays, which got a huge chunk of her weekend work out of the way, and I went through a checklist that my parents had given me, detailing all the computer problems they had. The laptop now prints to the desktop's printer, Norton has been removed, and the various email glitches are now fine. And then we played Ticket to Ride, which was great as ever.
Today we had breakfast at 9am again, and then headed off to a pony farm, to see ponies, pigs, sheep, goats, gerbils, chickens, peacocks, and sundry other cute things. A kid (baby goat) suckled at my fingers, which was unbelievably cute. Then lunch, and now Julie is having a nap, while I lie in bed next to her and type this.
All in all it's being a lovely weekend away.
I've got £$%$£% all mobile signal here, so if you've tried to get hold of me then you'll just have to wait until Monday night :->
Meantime:
I understand that this is traditionally a time of fear, uncomfortableness and the like, but it all seems to have gone very well so far (she spent a happy half an hour chatting to my Dad about research methods!). We arrived down on Friday evening, I introduced them, and then we crashed out shortly thereafter - arriving in Devon always seems to leave me exhausted. I've never been sure whether it's the travel, the air or simply leaving my stress in left luggage at the airport.
Saturday we have breakfast at 9am, then went up Hay Tor. Where we saw a variety of lovely views, including the incredibly pretty nearby disused quarry. We got caught in the rain on the way back to the car, but that just meant we got to come back to the house and sip hot drinks, which is (if you ask me) an integral part of the walking/holiday experience. Julie then marked a whole load of essays, which got a huge chunk of her weekend work out of the way, and I went through a checklist that my parents had given me, detailing all the computer problems they had. The laptop now prints to the desktop's printer, Norton has been removed, and the various email glitches are now fine. And then we played Ticket to Ride, which was great as ever.
Today we had breakfast at 9am again, and then headed off to a pony farm, to see ponies, pigs, sheep, goats, gerbils, chickens, peacocks, and sundry other cute things. A kid (baby goat) suckled at my fingers, which was unbelievably cute. Then lunch, and now Julie is having a nap, while I lie in bed next to her and type this.
All in all it's being a lovely weekend away.
I've got £$%$£% all mobile signal here, so if you've tried to get hold of me then you'll just have to wait until Monday night :->
Meantime:
