Random musings from Bury St Edmunds.
Just a reminder.
Whether weather? Wherefore art thou, summer weather? This is a tiny gritch in the big scheme of things, especially considering the man above and his possible 2nd presidency, but kinda surprised about the weather we’ve been having. It seems as if April may have been our warmest month. I think we may have had three days in Bury where it has reached 70 degrees F, but they have been quite spread apart. We are definitely not freezing but a bit surprised that we’ve had days in June that haven’t reached 60 and mornings still in the 40s.
Food. Bob and I rarely do big grocery shops while we’re traveling. While this would likely be more economical, it’s easier to carry smaller loads, and we enjoy the daily walk to the shop and also frequenting different stores. We have had a wealth of options here. To date, we have shopped at Aldi, ASDA (super store), Tesco (super store), Nisa Local, Waitrose, Co-op, and Sainsbury (super store). One of the things that we appreciate about the stores here is the markdown items section to help the older items sell. It always pays to check out this section for items we like anyway, especially produce, as we feel like we’re helping reduce food waste and they still cook or roast up nicely.
Books. Bob and I attended another book talk this week. This one was at the library, where they aren’t keen on pictures, so no photos, and was for a series of mystery books by the author Tom Mead. It was an interesting talk, although the moderator jumped right in with questions without presenting any background or introduction, but maybe that’s how these things go and we should have read the book first? Anyway, it was still an interesting talk, and we did learn a lot about the settings of the novel and some of the thinking of the author in terms of the 4 books he has now written. We have been surprised that these presentations come with free wine and/or juice and sometimes nibbles as well. I don’t know that this would be the case in the States for a book reading/discussion at a museum or library.
That’s it for now. We’re off to a gin festival tomorrow night at a cathedral, as you do, so will let you know how that goes.
Peckish Travels 