A Spring Day in Addlestone

We had such a good night’s sleep last night, thanks to finally not being too hot.  We had agreed to go out with Mark at 9.30 in the morning when he dropped Emma at Forest School, as Grant needed sneakers.  So after a quick shower and some breakfast with the family we all piled into Mark’s car for a tiki-tour to Weybridge.  Mission accomplished with the sneakers, we ventured on foot (it isn’t raining today) into Addlestone to sort out a UK bank account.  Nationwide couldn’t help us, as we have no proof of our own UK address.  We explained why this was but this was an insurmountable obstacle.  So it was over the road to Lloyds, who couldn’t have been more helpful.  So first hurdle passed, we now have a UK bank account.  We also found Frazzles (yum for Siobhan) and Badger beer (“Fursty Ferret”, yum for Grant) at the supermarket.

After lunch we went, at Emma’s request, to watch her gymnastics class.  Grant and I then walked back to Addlestone along the canal path which was very pretty, if somewhat soggy.  We made it all the way home without a) getting lost or b) getting rained on, so we consider our stroll a great success.  It was lovely to have a family dinner too; the fact that after the girls went to bed, supper consisted of jaffa cakes was a wonderful British bonus.   Our second spring day in Addlestone has been great.

Tasting Notes

Badger “Fursty Ferret” – Countryside Ales – This brewery says since 1777, but as you’d imagine from the name, it seems that all of the ingenuity went into the name rather than the recipe or brewing process.  Cool name, but you’d have to be a “fursty ferret” to drink this stuff.