A day together

 My cousin S has an elderly uncle who lives in North Norfolk about a hundred miles from here.  Every month S drives to Norfolk to visit him, a routine which takes a whole day.  Yesterday was Uncle William's 91st birthday so S wanted to see him and she invited me along for the ride.  

Wells next the Sea

We left home at around 8am and got back at about 6pm.  We had a coffee stop along the way and then S left me in Wells next the Sea while she went to the care home to spend some time with her uncle.  The plan had been that I would wander around Wells but the weather drove me into a cafe overlooking the haven to drink a very nice hot chocolate and watch the world go by.

On our way home we had a late lunch at Walsingham, sometimes known as England's Nazareth and then she paid a brief visit to the shrine (my feet couldn't manage that) while I had a second coffee.  Then home with another coffee stop on the way.

Walsingham

That sounds like a pretty boring day, just sitting in a car with brief stops for coffee but I really enjoyed it.  There is something very conducive to conversation about sitting together in a car.  I rarely spend a whole day with just one person.  Satnav meant we didn't have to worry about the route most of which S knows well anyway.  We just chatted and enjoyed each other's company.