January 6, 2013

• There and Back Again

  How could I possibly resist that blog title

  This is the story of when I went to see The Hobbit.

  

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  The plan was to go see it in our local cinema, which is tiny but probably good enough. But my brother is a bit of a stickler for quality and suggested we instead drive 3 hours off to the nearest city to see it in 3D This actually was a good call because I really enjoyed the film and was glad of the higher quality, even with the intervening 3 hours of uncomfortable car ride between.

  The trip out was easy enough, though I did feel a little queazy as I often do in cars. And we arrived early giving us time to wander about the various shops near to the cinema. I spotted a shop gilr struggling to carry some clothing rack frames and spent so long considering the connetations of offering to help that the oppertunity passed me by lol as they so often do sadly I have yet to overcome my incredible ability to get caught in thought rather than just taking action and seeing what happens.

  Out side there were some very cool clouds too:

  

  

  

  During the wander about we found a Maplin which had some very cool little tool keychains for only £1 each couldn’t possibly resist those so we got a few each:

  

  Then it was film time and the cinema was thankfull pretty empty so not that many rattlers or talkers. The fim as I said was brilliant! very nicely constructed to add more filmic qualities to the books story and also extend it since it is a little short perhaps for the same level of detail Peter Jackson wanted. One amusing thing that happened at the start when all the Dwarfs were arriving was after 12 were there and the final knock came at the door a chap behind us whispered under his breath ‘Thorin’ hehe :] it was nice to hear someone who was so into it.

  After the film it was shopping time and as we entered the large Tesco there was a whole crowd of Starlings on the sign

  

  Before the film my bro and mum had found a pet store and suggested I go check out the critters while they shopped, so off I went to find it.

  

  

  There were Bunnies

  

  

  And Hamsters…or maybe Gerbils not sure.

  

  

  

  

  Rather attractive tiny fish

  But best of all…

  

  

  

  

  Some lovely lizards and a few snakes even. Plus plenty of little kids either saying ‘awww’ or ‘eewww’ depending on the tank they were looking into lol

  After a quick wander about the pet shop (and some sneaky photography) I headed back to the Tesco, had the always fun task of locating people I knew in the vast area, by wandering at a fast walk through the central corrider of isles with a de-focused stare trying to spot familar shapes and coats and eventually caught up with everyone.

  Then after all the shopping and packing and general hassle, it was back home time. 3 more hours in the car, but at night this time which makes it less sickening for me. And just as we came back near to home we decided to stop at an Indian restaruant to pick up some food…then just thought ‘why not stay here and eat?’ so ended up having a lovely selection of curry dishes. Mine was lamb with a sweet sauce that had honey in it :] it was amazing…and best of all the restaruant didn’t list a website address on it’s brochure, so if i’m lucky I might be able to get some work out of the whole adventure

  And that was it, we got home in the mist and pouring rain. Unpacked and crashed out.

  • 7:30 am
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