One of those days - or Wind in the Willows

My youngest daughter had a day off school today due to Teacher Training so we decided to have a Mummy/Daughter day. Unfortunately none of it went quite to plan.

We set off out quite early which was probably our biggest mistake but she wanted to see a doctor about the pain she's had in her back for the past few days and if you don't get down there by 8:30am you've lost all chance of seeing anyone.

We were first there and straight in and out - is nobody else ill at the moment? That meant that by 9am we were in town and raring to go - but where? Accrington was still asleep.

She fancied a look round Blackburn market and we thought perhaps we'd visit the cinema there so off we went.

It doesn't take very long to get to Blackburn so it was still mid morning by the time we'd looked around a few shops, she bought a scarf, and headed off towards the cinema to see what films were on and what time they were showing.

As we crossed the Boulevard it began to feel a little breezy. I looked over towards the cathedral and the sky was steel grey - looks like rain, I thought as we headed through the station and under the tracks to get to the cinema side.

As we emerged at the car park side where the cinema is the wind was howling and nearly blew us back down the steps again. We battled against it to reach the cinema/bowling alley entrance. Em said we could have done with a pair of those sticks skiers use to dig into the ground to stop us being blown backwards. I have never experienced such a strong wind. It was very difficult to remain upright.

Finally we reached the cinema, only to discover that the doors were locked and we couldn't get in to get any information about the films anyway, so back through the station we headed. "Let's avoid the steps" Em said, "In case get get blown down them!" Very wise, as we headed for the ramp we were blown down there so fiercely that we actually ended up running without intending to.

Thought we'd try the info machine outside the station, but it wasn't working so we had a go at the other one at the opposite end of the Boulevard bus station but that wasn't working either! Next idea was to head for the information centre to see if they could tell us what would be on at the cinema and when. The wind blew us in the right direction.

Alas, although they could give us the information it wasn't as promising as we had hoped. The only thing which was on in the afternoon, which wasn't rated 15 or above and therefore unsuitable for Em, was something she didn't fancy at all about battling aliens.

We did our own bit of battling through the wind again and got the bus back!


Meanwhile, back at the ranch, there has been a bit of DIY taking place. Geoff decided to find out what was wrong with one of the wall lights in the front room - result we need new wall lights. We had a look in Homebase and I spotted some I liked the look of. In fact I think I like them better than the ones we had before. They just need fixing up now.

I had another chance to look over the talk which is the subject matter for my Sunday Lesson, and tried to sort out some books upstairs. We seem to be overrun with books and the plan is to sort out the ones none of us need now and to take them to a charity shop. I'd got a large box to put them all in, but we ended up with just 3 so I transferred them to a small bag.

So, we never did get to the cinema but we might have another go tomorrow.