Travelling in the sunshine to see friends

in #bestmate5 years ago

Today I’m heading cross-country on what feels like the last weekend of the summer.

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Apologies but there won’t be any data post today as there has been for the past month. I did have a quick look this morning and it seems like there is more engagement on the higher valued content - whether this is now being gamed as a result of listing this data, I am not sure.

One thing I have seen during this time of Bid-bot re-evaluation is that there seems to be a growing number that will take bids in SE tokens for a STEEM vote. Personally, I’m not a fan and feel the vote should be like-for-like, and disrupt the Tribe Hot/Trending pages.

Anyway, I’ll not worry about any of that today, the train is here.

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My destination this weekend is Ely, a fairly affluent part of the UK with lots of surrounding countryside, and plenty of agriculture going on.

A school friend moved there as it is a suitable commuter town for London, if you don’t fancy living as well as working in the Big Smoke. I think he made a good choice, as he’s now got a family and the schools and quality of life is pretty decent to say the least.

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We met in college, and he followed me to university so he’d have someone to keep him on ‘the straight and narrow’. I was a good student, not the brightest but at least I turned up. The roles switched during the first couple of years at Uni, and it would be him knocking on my door in the morning to see if I was ready for 9am business, on a Wednesday morning, after a student night. I mostly wasn’t, but did pick up the pace in the final year and we both collected a decent 2:1 grade.

After those 6 years or so, we have seen seen each other a lot less. Life has a habit of doing that should you not be located close by. We did manage 6 weeks in Asia not long after our studies, but since then (almost 20 years), it’s been the odd weekend here and there.

I was best man at his wedding, and my daughter a bridesmaid - that was a super day, apart from my speech I think, but it’s done now and they are still happily married so that will do me. They have two boys now, and the youngest who I think is about a year old I not seen in person. The eldest is a bit of a footballer, and I’m hoping I’ll get to see some silky skills today as we have a game of footy-golf planned.

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I’m due to arrive shortly, and hoping they’ll collect me from the station as I forget the walk to his place. Time for a catch up.

Have a good weekend, the EL post will be late tomorrow but I hope it will show that there are still some people kicking around and making the effort to keep the Steem train going.

Cheers

Asher

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This planet really must be dying. Blue skies and sunshine in the UK?? hahaha.

Have fun and Cheers.

Haha 😎

Yep, something definitely isn’t right but I’m going to be selfish and make the most of it. Have a good one buddy!

Thank you very much!

Enjoy your weekend of catch up, which I assume means a few liquid meals. Footy-golf sounds like it should have dedicated sports post to go over the rules.

After a hard game of footy-golf, I suspect a few beers will be had.

Hopefully I’ll get to find out the rules and have some photos to pad out an actifit post later.

Have a nice weekend 😎

Sounds like a "make up the rules as I go along" kind of thing.

Glad to see you've got great weather too and a fun weekend planned.

We've got a friend arriving tonight, just in time for the thunder storms apparently. There goes my plans for a trip to the Sunday Market. 😂

Have fun reminiscing. Nothing like a good old chat about the "old days". And catching up on more recent times. 💙

Thanks Gillian, I hope the weather holds for you although I suspect that you’ve had enough sunshine this summer 😛

We have a year or so at least to catch up on, might even be two! Best done over a drink and a game of sorts. Have a nice afternoon 😊

Sounds like you are going to have a lovely weekend. Ely sounds like something from a fairytale.

This weather will make most weekends lovely 😎

The Fens are a nice part of the UK, everyone has a few quid and the pace seems to be slower, ahhhh.

Looks like a nice sunny day out. I went out yesterday on a bit of a pub beer garden tour so missed the sun today 🤣

Enjoy the last of the sun m8.

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Cheers mate.

I think you could pull yourself together in an hour or so and still be out for a good part of the day - hopefully the weekend sun shines over the west too.

Yeah, I got out in the end to visit my mum 🙂

Sat in the garden drinking coffee, catching some rays and nursing the hangover. Got a post lined up to go out on schedule so all in all a good day ☕☀️

Looks like the day is clear blue skies all over them. It's stonking up here

Glad to hear that buddy! It looked like the summer was long gone a couple of weeks ago when you were outside reviewing ale. I hope you can make out for some rays today.

Oh aye, man. Scots folk can't miss the chance of drinking and fighting in the sun. Can't let the side down ;0)

Have a good trip m8! Have fun! Here in Portugal ( and probably spain too) it's cloudy and raining, hope this weather doesn't go up there xD

I'm sure it will, but yesterday was top notch, cheers!

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