Monday (6 October) – more working on decorating the flat, changing our addresses on everything, who knew we had so many to do!
Tuesday, Northern Trains were doing a sale, £2 per journey, so after a bit of planning, Rog managed to book the following for £21 each.
Pocklington – York (Bus)
York – Leeds
Leeds – Settle
Settle – Carlisle (‘the most scenic rail journey in England’)
Carlisle – Newcastle
Newcastle – York
York – Pocklington (Bus)
We managed a walk around the city square in Leeds, and a fabulous lunch in Settle at ‘The Nettle’ a wine bar with small plates and organic wines.
It was a long but interesting day, because of the sights from the train, but also the sights on the trains, especially on the Settle to Carlisle route, with the coach load from Blackpool all of a certain age. One particular lady, spent equal time for the first three quarters of the journey admiring to view, and whinging about the fact that the catering trolley was not coming fast enough, then the final quarter of the journey asking her friend why they were on the train, rather than on the bus which was going to pick them up in Carlisle anyway!!
Thankfully all the trains were on time, and we got seats on all trains.
Wednesday, another day working on the flat, we were struggling to get hot water from an economy 7 system (over night electric), thankfully our new neighbour was having their electricity meter dealt with. Rog asked the Electrician, who had his head in the neighbours’s meter cupboard, if he had any ideas about ours, he explained that our meter was obsolete and needed replacing, so we rang our provider at 2:30pm, who agreed to send an engineer. We then went to the local arts centre in Pocklington to see ‘The Roses’ film with Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman, a good film with loads of choice language.
Thursday, the Ikea delivery driver arrived with 46 packages, the electric engineer turned up at 9:15am, now that’s service. In the afternoon we had another trip to the shops, Curry’s for a fridge, a freezer, a cooker hob, whilst there, also bought a new speaker and a coffee machine, then to B&Q for more paint and a toilet seat.
Friday, we moved accommodation again, still staying in AirBnB’s until the flat is ready, then more DIY at the flat, and the second Ikea delivery arrived, not sure why they couldn’t send it all in go?
In the afternoon, we headed in to York for dinner at ‘The Pairings’ another wine bar, then to see Alan Davies at the Grand Opera House. It was a good show, with at least part of the entertainment provided by our fellow audience members!
Saturday, started to build the Ikea packages, the wardrobes first (4 individual ones to do!)
Sunday, yes, you’ve guessed it, more DIY!
Travurple 