I only get Sundays off now and I guard them with my life. As an added bonus I get the house to myself every other Sunday since my son has a new girlfriend and prefers to spend weekends with her and not me!
I always get permission from my hubby (not that it would make any difference) to take it easy and do absolutely nothing on my Sundays off but that is easier said than stuck to. I have already done 2 loads of washing and the washing up left from last night so I have been quite busy actually.
As far as food is concerned I have just eaten a gorgeous plateful of easy prepare snackiness and have a coffee laced with Hazlenut syrup standing by so the day is looking good.
After blogging I intend learning how to use Netflix which is a new addition to our family, introduced by my son and not us you understand.
We do manage to get out and about occasionally when Steve gets a Sunday off work and last week we went to Newark.
What a surprise that was. Although it isn't that far away for us we have never visited apart from when we went to the theatre there. The problem was that we entered Newark from another road and I was under the illusion that it consisted of a couple of merky shops and a theatre and that was it. No No No I tell you.
We entered the town this time and immediately found a Waitrose supermarket. Now that in itself is quite amazing as neither Doncaster, Retford or Worksop have one of those so I was immediately impressed.
Further down the road we discovered the most amazing castle.
Now from the road this does look very imposing and beautiful. We later found out that the castle had been dismantled/demolished by invaders at some time or another and as a result there isn't a lot to see from the other side, however this was still impressive.
Before reaching the castle we walked through a very pretty park and came to the river running between both. There was a lovely big lock which was manned by the lock keeper and as the weather was so lovely we were able to watch several boats passing through.
We stopped at a little river side cafe for a light snack before discovering the town. There were all the usual shops but also some wonderful little boutiques and gift type ones too. There were also three vintage shops, unfortunately only one was open. I must point out that Sunday is not the best day to visit should you wish to enjoy the full Newark shopping experience.
Back to the river to listen to a lovely chap singing his heart out by the floating barge bar and a good walk before returning to the car with our batteries fully charged.
We thoroughly enjoyed our visit and would recommend you all to go and have a look for yourself. We will definately be going back soon.
