Woke at 0615 so got up and made tea. Porridge for breakfast. Need an early start today to beat the heat. Set off south-eastward at 0745, and headed for the M25, stopping in Manor House to put some petrol in the motor. Inspections for English Rural, so all small infill developments in hamlets and villages in Kent. Stopped for lunch in Ashford, and booked into the Premier Inn at 1500. Had resolved not to do too much driving in the afternoon heat. Did some work at my laptop in my hotel room. Bit alarmed that the window doesn't open, so hope the A/C is working!!! I did some work at the laptop, then had a lie down and dozed off for a bit. Aki's phone call woke me up...she was halfway through making a food shopping list for our trip to Darras Hall. I drove back into Ashford and dined at Unit 4, a fairly new Italian in the town centre where they make their own pasta on site. Friendly staff. Had arancini for starters, followed by tagliatelle in an egg yolk sauce with wild mushrooms, fried lemon courgette, topped with sliced sirloin steak. It all left no room for dessert, so I drove back to the hotel. Watched a vaguely interesting documentary about the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as experienced by the likes of the younger Alexei Sayle, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Eddie Izzard. Read some "451" before nodding off in my air conditioned room...
No comments:
Post a Comment