Date: Wednesday 9th July
Staying: Canterbury Camping And Caravanning Club Site - Canterbury, England
Distance Travelled: 0 miles
Song of the day: Flood - Tool
We have both been to Canterbury before, but ast time it was pouring with Snow. We went durin our Christmas break in 2005, and spent most of the time trying to fall down or skid off the ice covered footpaths. We were hoping, being summer, that this wouldn't be the case this time.
Of course, we hadn't acounted for one thing, we were in England. England hasn't had a summer for 2 years now (last year it was warm and wet instead of cold and wet in Winter), and it didn't look like that was going to change this year either. Plodding along to the bus stop in the rain, we were wondering why the hell we came back. A nice older couple from the camp site took pity on us and gave us a lift into town, which was really col, but only delayed the inevitable drenching.
We were to spend the day buying a few things for the van, and trying to find a dress for Laurie (again). Fortunately we had more luck this time. It is incredible how helpful people are when they understand what you are saying. I think we have lowered our expectations of service so much from living with the appalling London service, that to get someone who even says hi in a shop is a pleasant surprise. Anyway, we managed to find Laurie a dress thanks to some help from a lovely young lady (I sound so old) in Monsoon, which was excellent. We even managed to get the stuff for van. Apart from the incessant rain, it was a profitable day. (Wagamama for lunch probably helped too)
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