Not as bad as I thought

I thought it was a foolhardy decision to go to the Trafford Centre so close to Christmas. I had visions of long queues to park and awful crowds.

In reality, no queue to get off the motorway, managed to park without trauma and managed to meet with our Russian compatriots without issue.

Spent 5 hours wandering around with Lisa, sorting some Christmas shopping, drinking coffee and eating cake, putting the world to rights and making up for a lack of time in each other's company in the last few months.

Tomorrow I go to hospital for my kidney scan. Clearly trying to get through a backlog of appointments if they are making weekend appointments!