Had a nice long weekend in Southend - went home for Dad's birthday and Mothers Day. It was hard coming back to work after having the weekend plus Monday and Tuesday off!
Saturday we went to Basildon for lunch in a cafe near where my brother John works. (Ok, so Basildon's the last place you'd think someone would look forward to going to for lunch, but hey.) They do giant fried breakfasts and things and it's fast, cheap and yummy. Yay! After that we went to Wat Tyler Country Park, which has changed a lot since I last went there. It has lots of new trails and a new visitor centre. The trails include an Explosives one, since it was the site of Alfred Nobel's Pitsea Explosives Factory. (Perhaps it was just me, I had no idea he made his money in Explosives!)
Sunday Rob and I cooked a roast and in the afternoon Rob, John and I went for a walk over the fields. (Mum and Dad's house is on the edge of town, so the fields are only just over the road.)
Monday John had to go to work but Rob, Mum and Dad and I went to Hadleigh Castle. From the castle you can see the Olympic Mountain Bike track. We also went to the tea rooms run by the Salvation Army as part of the Hadleigh Farm Colony. This was originally set up by William Booth in 1891, to help people who were in trouble (workhouses etc). Today there are various things run for people with 'special needs or circumstances'. It would be hard to find a cleaner or more friendly cafe to eat in! In the evening we went to the Halfway House on the seafront for a carvery, which was fine but they tried to kill my mum (gave her normal coke instead of diet coke, and since she's diabetic she was up all night until her blood sugar settled down).
Tuesday I spent a bit of quality time with Mum and Dad, and after dinner Rob drove me home...
So that's my long weekend!
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