Hawes

More catching up. Here's some pictures of the weekend me, Jayne, Aaron, Bethany and Mum spent up in Yorkshire. I reached the milestone age of 40 whilst in we delighted in Hawes - a small market town in Wensleydale and nothing to do with partaking sexual favours with morally-defunct women. Hawes, however, is populated by inbreds.

There was a party at Jayne's Uncle Dave's for the family - everyone came up from Liverpool. It was a lot of fun and I was presented with a big cake!

The hotel we stayed at was awful. We'd been at Uncle Dave's, and arrived back at the digs before the rest of the party. Upon coming into the bar, it went silent - all eyes on us. A very unnerving experience.

A little later on, when the rest of our entourage arrived, there was a clear division between locals and us. They all stayed by the bar, sometimes looking across and snarling. I didn't really get hung up on the tension, and left the bar early, but not before who I thought was a punter tried to dance with Jayne's Auntie Viv. Viv was rocking her grandson in her arms, and this bloke came behind her and danced in a lecherous fashion. Turned out this was the landlord!

Our room wasn't too bad - clean and tidy, but the sliding door to the en-suite bog/bathroom kept coming off its' hinges and banging me on the head. Aaron and Bethany slept next door, in a room without functioning heating. It was absolutely freezing when I went in there the following morning.

On Sunday morning, we couldn't get out the place quick enough. The landlord was hanging around, pretending to be busy. His attitude was shocking - he just didn't give a shit. No apology for the previous night's antics.

Likewise, we couldn't wait to get off for home. Hawes was a nice enough place, but there was bog-all to do. We spent most of morning waiting for people to show up or not as the case may be, and when we got our chance, we were away.

Both me and Jayne said beforehand that we could have done without this trip because it was enormously expensive. And as much as we had a laugh, it was nothing we wouldn't have missed. But we should treasure these little trips away, because they're gonna be few and far between next year with saving for our wedding.