A weekend catch-up

There is nothing better than a semi-impromptu visit from your best friend. Especially when that visit coincides with a weekend when you really need a few days off from normal life, which was definitely the case this past weekend. Meg lives a good train ride away, in our home town which means our visits are intermittent, making this weekend even more special.

So how did we fill our time? Chatting, chatting and more chatting! Despite having big plans to go out in the evenings life interfered and we were both exhausted by 9pm, resulting in Netflix watching and snack eating, whilst catching up. What could be better right?

On Saturday morning I had to work for an hour in Bristol, so we caught a early train, and walked through the city to Park Street, meandering through the knick-knack shops on the way, and drinking our first of many cups of coffee. The rest of the day was spent shopping in Cabot Circus. Which is always incredibly busy on a Saturday, and slightly overwhelming!

Sunday was spent exploring Bath. Consuming a huge breakfast (Pancakes and Maple syrup for me!), at Cafe Retro and again leafing away through as many independent stores as we could find.

We are both big readers, so a lot of this time was spent in bookshops. We first explored Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights, with it's book bath, reading nooks, and three stories of books to peruse.

On the way to the second shop, we stumbled across the set for BBC's Sherlock, where they were filming the next day. The street was in the process of being dressed like a Victorian Christmas, and it was fascinating to see them change the window dressings, and shops signs.

We finally managed to squeeze in one last book shop, Topping and Company Booksellers, which had one of the best selections of Young Adult books that I have ever seen in a store. I will definitely be returning to both in the near future.

Overall it was a wonderfully busy weekend!