Off shopping – 29 December 2025

Looking for somewhere new to take our trolley through.

I decided it wouldn’t be Tesco, so that left Morrison’s or Waitrose.
Again, I chose, and it was Morrisons. Now which Morrisons?

There were two options:
1. The Fort (it would be busy)
2. Morrisons in Falkirk (it’s traffic light city!)

Between us we made the choice of The Fort and headed off as soon as we could. Two spaces when we left the house and headed on to the motorway.

The Fort itself was busy, not excessively busy, but busy enough. The bonus of going to any of the Morrison’s is the breadth and availability of the produce. I think it’s better than Tesco, but for the ‘thing you forgot’ Tesco wins. Morrison’s lived up to its promise and soon we were heading home. Unfortunately I got in the wrong lane and that means a drive round and round the circular car park until you can find the way out. It took me two tries before I could find my way out of the maze. Then it was just an easy drive home.

When we got home there were still two spaces in our car park, but by the time I’d unloaded the car those spaces had been taken. Driving is crazy at this time of year. My cousin had an answer to it. He said you should treat everyone on the road as a drunk. That’s a really good idea. I’ve used it often, especially at this time of year.

Lunch was a ‘well fired roll’ (the means black!) filled with a banana. Then Scamp sat me down and between us we chose an ‘under counter’ freezer to replace the very old one in the hall. It arrives on Friday and cost a lot less than the equivalent model in Currys. Sorted.

I went out in the afternoon to grab some photos. The best of a bad lot was a dried up Willow Herb which, with a bit of care and attention became PoD.

It was pasta for dinner, it being Monday. Scamp wasn’t really impressed with it, but I liked the different sauces and spices that went in to it.

We watched our trilogy of quiz programs later and Scamp beat me hands down getting most of the answers correct. I must work harder at these quizzes.

Tomorrow we may take the bus somewhere interesting.