The rain continues after two days, however, yesterday, I still popped out to go to my regular Tuesday lunch, with a group of friends. My friends are older and wiser so it's always a delight to learn and hold discussions with them.
Two had gammon steak and eggs...
... While I and another from the group had steak and kidney pudding. This was a change from a regular pie, and it was just what I needed to boost my iron and energy levels.
To switch things up, I had a lovely cup of cappuccino instead of my usual Latte after the meal, as I felt for a real treat.
This week our main topic was death; Not the most cheerful subject, but death is the one thing in life that's certain, so we have to discuss it at some point.
What brought on the topic was that one of the members is 90+ and he's lived a good life. He still drives, lives alone and is fully active; Doing his laundry, gardening, and household chores, even though he moves at a slower pace now. He also cooks his specific diabetic-diet meals, and his meal times revolve around the medicines that he takes.
I admire his tenacity in maintaining an independent mindset of taking care of himself, and I think all that is so beautiful, as I care greatly for the elderly and hate to see people being impatient and incompassionate toward them.
That lunch was the highlight of Tuesday.
... and today.
I was feeling a little cooped up today, so to relieve my cabin fever, I went for a train ride to a nearby town. I can only do so long indoors before I go stare crazy, so despite the prolonged bad weather that I'm experiencing, I looked at the weather forecast of 4 neighbouring towns and picked the one that promised warmer temperatures and sunshine.
On a stroll through the woods en route to the train station, I stopped to test my new mobile tripod to see how the remote control works, but I still need to toggle with it some more.
From Newton Abbot Train Station
To Exeter Central
I ended up at Exeter, which is a larger town than Newton Abbot, with what seems to be a more multicultured and vibrant town with a huge university.
I roamed around for a few hours and had something to eat from a food stall. I intended to take loads of photos but guess what, I just was not in the mood, so this was all I got.
Don't despair though. The train ride from Newton Abbot to Exeter is only a 30-min journey, so I'll return when the weather brightens up, and take many more photos.
I felt better for the trip, and tonight I'm gonna snuggle up and have an early night so that I'll feel fully restored tomorrow.
So long Peeps:)
All images are mine.
