Errands and departure

This morning was busy here at the house as SCA Garb and other items that were to be mailed home in lieu of lugging through England were set aside in various rooms and boxes that were available were filled. With the traveling ahead of them, we opted to feed our guests pancakes and lil' smokies for breakfast as this is one of David and my favorite ways to start a leisurely day in which we'll need breakfast to stay with us. We added to our normally filling breakfast some of the scones, clotted cream and jam that had been picked up along the way so that our guests could enjoy another "English treat".

Once breakfast was finished and the dishes were in the dishwasher it was time to get moving. First stop was the mobile phone store where my phone had returned from being repaired. It was Michka's hope that they could pick up a disposable phone at the same location but unfortunately the store was all out of those types of phones and plans; so they referred us to the Orange store nearby where Michka was able to get a pink phone - very hip - although David was disappointed that the Racoon plan was not available.

Communication in hand, we headed over to Forbidden Planet. This was my first trip to this iconic store and I'll admit I had no idea what I had in store to see. Wow. This place is amazingly full of all sorts of goodies for Science Fiction affictionatos, Comic Book Fans and Role Playing game types. Both couples were picking up things, putting them in the basket and carrying them around the store only to look at the overfull basket at the end and decide that some things had to go back on the shelf. In the end, David and I opted for the Doctor Who Electric Screw Driver / Laser Tag set which have provided us much entertainment around the home office.

Well, it ws enevitable . . our guests had to leave and we couldn't put off their departure any longer especially since they were going to need to catch the Doctor Who exhibition in London. So we dropped them off at Bristol Temple Meads train station and said our goodbyes. On the plus side, I'll get to see them in a month or so when I head home for a bit.