Day 18

Today is a rest day!! Whoop. Very excited and very needed. So what do I do on a rest day: laundry, resupply, blog updating while eating and drinking in a cafe.

In the night I did little resting/ sleeping as it was sooooo windy! My tent survived it, which restored a bit of my faith in the tent. But I only fell asleep after I put earplugs in to draw out the sounds. I wish I had done that sooner than 4 am…

I got up at 7:30, as Sue already offered to do laundry yesterday, so that box was ticked. She also drove me to a Chocolate factory with a restaurant. Unfortunately, the restaurant didn’t have wifi and it was very busy so I couldn’t claim a table for hours.

I left, resupplied, and headed for the tavern. This had wifi, plenty of space, and a comfortable chair. I spend hours there and posting a bunch of days on my blog. I wasn’t fully up to date, but I knew Sue had the grandchildren over and I wanted to give her a hand.

Oh, the kids were adorable at the age of 2, 7 and 9. Now I do know their names, but I’ll use their age rather than names on a public website.

The 9-year-old was very chatty and we played a game of checkers I felt that he could deal with losing, I played to my abilities. It became clear to both of us that I would win. However, instead of flipping the board, the 9-year-old grabbed some chest pieces and added rules, like bridges, horse jumps, and so on. As I want to play games as long as possible, I enjoyed the creativity and continued to play with equal enthusiasm. At some point, we did stop and called it a draw. Win-win for both of us!

I was served another delicious dinner and regretted I couldn’t stay longer. It was the perfect rest day!