Hot Tubs and Glasgow

As we were heading to Manchester, I got a text message from Debbie Francis saying that they were spending the next couple of days in the Yorkshire Dales.  Typical!  Luckily they weren't leaving until Friday and Tom and I had Thursday free, so we arranged to meet up on the Thursday.  Debbie asked me where to meet, but as the forecast was awful and they had a hot tub, it made sense for us to go to them.

It's a hard life!

They were in Gisburn (20 miles from us) so after a morning of chores we headed over.  They had a lodge in a lodge park - quite small but nice and very quiet.  Luke and Tom clicked straight into being friends as did me and Debbie (and Adam).  We didn't do much - chatted, chatted, ate, went in the hot tub, chatted, played games, chatted.  It drizzled the whole time we were there, but it didn't really matter, it was good to catch up and not have to do anything.

Thanks for the invite.

Me and Debbie in the wind and rain!

Friday found us up early and on the train to Glasgow for a Scottish meet up of Matt's university chums.  Well Neil, Rory, Lewis and Gillian.  This got arranged mainly because train fares from Lancaster to Glasgow got slashed and we all like Scotland!  It was a horrible rainy day in Yorkshire and Lancashire, but as soon as we crossed the border to Scotland, the rain cleared up and the clouds cleared (of course).  We did a spot of sale shopping before heading to the Pig and Butterfly for lunch with Matt's friends.  A super cool place, I think we ended up spending about 2.5 hours there catching up.  The food was great (except mine - think I ordered poorly!) Tom's 'child' portion was the biggest meal of all AND he managed pudding as well (with a little help from Gillian).

Overeating in Glasgow

Anyway it was a good afternoon and of course a train ride is always a bonus!  We did a spot more shopping and then headed back.