Down for the count

Wednesday, November 5th

I woke up at 3 am and was texting my sister at home and realized how crummy I felt.  I decided then that if I took a shower and had breakfast and still didn’t feel better, I’d stay here today.  Not just for my own recovery but also out of fairness for my van-mates.  Then I saw that it was absolutely bucketing down rain and would be all day and that sealed it.  I decided to stay here and rest.  So this will be a short blog entry.

Breakfast was wonderful. I had porridge with mixed berries, malted toast with marmalade, fruit cup, coffee and juice.  It was very tasty and certainly a change from the yogurt I’ve been eating for over a week.  Lunch was the prepared bagged lunch that I would have had if I went out today:  cheese and onion jelly sandwich, potato chips and a caramel bar.

I spent most of the day watching British game shows (Lingo, The Chaser, Tipping Point) and drinking water.  

I got up for dinner at 6:45.  The group had just gotten back and they were all a soggy mess.  Many said that they didn’t enjoy the day out and weren’t getting many good photos due to the rain blowing sideways.  They also didn’t go anywhere that I would have been sad to miss.  So I feel I made the right choice to stay here.  For dinner, I had the same starter and main as last night (the hotel had not changed up the set menu yet) but instead of the gingerbread, I got the pear and plum tart which was good, but not as good as the gingerbread last night.

Back to watching game shows.  Hoping to be back on the road tomorrow.