Delay Tactics

"Dad, what's that man doing sitting in a puddle?"

True story.

I knew what was facing me over the that bridge, so for Samantha it was a bit like trying to drag a dog by it's lead across the threshold of the vets when it somehow knows it's going in to get its nuts snipped aff.

As it was, it wasn't all that bad. A couple of quiet arty boutiques, a nice lunch and a glass of wine, then back over the bridge to watch Orcs, Dwarves and Elves kick seven shades of Hobbit out of each other in a near deserted cinema.

Then came the grocery (and drinks) shopping. That was just mental.