As part of my week's home alone time I'd planned a few days out and about, one of which was to meet up with a fellow member, Helena.
A plan was formulated, messages exchanged, all was sorted!
So it's Friday, the plan says morning at home, an early light lunch, change of clothes, face on and out the house albeit covered up to do a quick change away from home. Got to that point, so far so good. Then I put my destination into the Sat Nav and it's at that moment the plan went belly up. I knew roughly how long it'd take but I'd got my pre journey preparations all to ****. I was running an hour late! Muppetry, idiot, buffoonery. So a quick WhatsApp to reschedule and off I went. Of course it's only then that someone decided to park 6 cars into the armour guard of the motorway slowing traffic to a crawl, one which thankfully didn't last long but coupled with roadworks just made me ever later.
Finally arrived and Helena and I spent a few hours wondering around an old castle and then stopping to an afternoon cuppa and cake. I could see Helena was more than comfortable in her life, being fully out at work and having the respect of those she works with as well as a supportive partner. We talked about our journeys, possible futures, all the usual stuff we talk about when two of us get together.
I'll say it because it needs reinforcing. Both of us were treated with the utmost of kindness and respect by those we engaged with. No drama's or glances, we just were like all the others exploring this old ruin ( I'll wait for the jokes to come!).
Ended too soon due to my failure to work out timings correctly but as ever it's so nice to see each other face to face and not just posts in the virtual world. Just wish I had more opportunity to do so. So my sincere apologies to Helena for my shoddy time keeping and hopefully we can meet again in the future and I'll get there on time as planned.
