Exploring

I am reduced to MacDonalds for internet... out on an explore of the local shopping facilities I find myself in West Auckland - home of the first world cup winners and on a massive soulless shopping complex which has provided some necessary basics, a couple of supermarkets an Argos which has failed to deliver quite what I wanted - I really thought Argos was like Mary Poppins and had everything stashed under the counter but this time they have seriously let me down!!! But a charity shop has fed my reading addiction and I can buy fresh veg with out too much trouble parking -  find my way home is a different matter and I came a very convoluted way so could be lost in a wastelands of county Durham for the afternoon.  There are worse things to do then drive around beautiful country side in glorious sunshine.  Anyway - The coffee is drinkable and at least I've got some posts uploaded and some other internety stuff done! roll on first week in March when hopefully we get connected back into the wider web!

Next stop Barnard Castle on a grey sky market day - but not unpleasant and I have joined the library and had a wander about, found some good charity shops but still not buying anything unless its beautiful of useful or a book.......

there a pleasant proliferation of interesting stone objects in this neck of the woods... nice back streets and alley ways - Barnard Castle is to all intents and purposes quite a nice little market town.