Digby Visit (Part 3)

After spending part of the afternoon going through a bag of old black n white family photos that went back as far as the 1920’s, Sunday evening saw all six of us out again for dinner at the Wilford Bridge. A great little countryside pub and restaurant - a little more upmarket than most, yet still very homely. The food was excellent, and superbly done. I can highly recommend the Chicken Djionaise, and the homemade apple pie n custard was tip top too. Everything looked good and no one was complaining! Once full, as the portions were certainly not small, we moved round to a table in the main bar to while away the rest of the evening with tales of family and relatives from the past century...

Monday came all too soon, and it was time to head back to London for the final day with the folks before they head off for their jaunt across Canada and the Rockies. Typical London/England weather for the day as it bucketed down all day. We said good bye to Aunt Edna, and then Steve n Eileen took the three of us to the train station, where we did the round of goodbyes before heading back to London.
Once back at their hotel, mum n dad still had their unused tickets for the London Eye, so despite the ordinary weather, we headed around to the other side of the hotel to discover that the line to get on was very short (for obvious reasons). So, while they rode the Eye, i went for a rather ‘moist’ walk along south bank in the other direction (towards Westminster). It was pretty uninteresting, so it was back to the hotel and out of the rain for me. It wasn’t long before the folks returned to tell me all about the ride as well as show off their photos.
Later on it was back over the road to the Troia Turkish restaurant for one last time. A mixed meze for three, and we were sampling about twelve different Turkish dishes in a similar way to tapas or yum cha. Like the other times we dined here in the last two weeks, they didn’t disappoint with the quality of the food. Back to the hotel for coffees and eventually the final goodbyes.
Nice to have had them here for a spell, even if I wasn’t the most fun to be around in my current situation. Good to see Steve n Eileen again too. Their local knowledge of Suffolk over the last four days really gave the stay that something extra as they showed us around. It’s such a lovely spot and with plenty to see. I could easily picture myself spending hours on the bike through this area.
You may think that hanging out with a bunch of sixty-somethings and an 84 year old would be rather dull, but the time spent with them was anything but, and with the Woodbridge regatta coming up in a few weeks, I reckon I’ll be back visiting Steve n Ei for that and maybe out on the water. Might be a chance to finally use those sailing skills I garnered from my time on the tall ship, the One & All.

For now, it’s just back to regular day to day life. At least the kilo of fruchocs that mum n dad brought over for me should help.