Lunch in the Lord Nelson

This morning I went into Salisbury first thing to pick up a pair of steps from Argos and also bought a new DVD player for our bedroom TV as the old one we had acquired on "Freecycle" had stopped working properly. It was time to consign it to the recycling skip at the amenity tip. The steps will be useful for painting and decorating and for sorting out the high shelves in the study and family room. Other than that it was a quiet day in the village today. Tom wasn't feeling too well so stayed at home. Sara worked in the Lord Nelson's Arms this lunchtime and as I hadn't really expected Tom to be with us today, hadn't organised any food for lunch. Tom and I, therefore, went down to the Lord Nelson for lunch. The pub was very full with "Seniors" and Roger only had Sara and Will to help him. Sara was having to manage the bar and serve the food with Roger and Will cooking the meals. Tom has a burger and I had scampi and chips to keep things simple. We went into the bar and played darts whilst we waited for our food. It was quite clear that he has insufficient resources at busy times and less patient customers would be likely to take their custom elsewhere. This evening I took Mary into Salisbury for her rehearsal of the dance show at the City Hall. Sara and I watched Eddie Izzard again doing his 43 marathons around the UK.