The Crappest Bank Holiday Monday Ever

Posted on 2007/05/29 22:36:36 (May 2007).

[Monday 28th May]
OK maybe the title is a bit of an exaggeration - but it was a pretty dreary and disappointing day.

As is often the case we only have ourselves to blame. Well, mostly only ourselves to blame. We didn't really plan anything in advance, so did the usual thing of getting up late, then starting to panic we'd already wasted half the day, whilst engaging in a futile quest of looking on the web to try and find something to do.

In the end we thought we'd just go out for a "nice lunch" some where and do a spot of shopping. However, even this relatively low-risk plan was notably less than successful. We randomly headed for Marylebone High Street, having an image of it as being bursting at the seams with nice restaurants with convivial atmospheres, but on arrival we found an icy cold and windswept road where places alternated between being closed or packed out (probably because the other places were closed). We eventually settled on a branch of Giraffe, which in fairness wasn't bad, but somehow I couldn't seem to pick my enthusiasm up off the floor.

When we got back outside again it was bitterly, bitterly cold. And wet. We decided it might be nice to go to Fortnum and Mason's, and ill-advisedly we braved the terrible weather and walked there given that the public transport links would have been a bit awkward. On arrival we found it was closed - we should have guessed really. After that our general lack of enthusiasm and ability to bear the cold got the better of us, and we basically just headed home.

It was just so hard to believe a day with weather as wintery as this could occur at the end of May. Oh well.

Had several nice hot cups of tea on arrival back at home, which did seem to cheer me up, and Chie set about on something of a frenzy of cleaning, which seemed to work out her frustration a bit too.

Had sausages and mash for dinner which came out quite well. I did that old classic the Pineau reduction with mustard, garlic and shallots. OK this isn't a classic, I think I invented it, but it definitely makes a good base for a gravy.

Spent the remainder of the evening daydreaming about going somewhere nice on holiday.

Well at least you have tried to make something of the bank holiday, if you had been home all day biding your time it would have felt worse!

Posted by Lox at 2007/05/30 10:16:01.

Told you the Pineau was good! Just need to find where you can buy it in London when you have finished the bottle.

Posted by John's Mum at 2007/05/30 10:25:09.

Have a look at this weather page, although you can probably guess content from title!http://uk.news.yahoo.com/skynews/20070529/tuk-bank-holiday-britain-colder-than-lap-45dbed5.html

Posted by John's Mum at 2007/05/30 10:30:21.

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