Professional Rower

Thu 8 Jun

I started the day with a op-shop crawl to the city centre (I bought Bret Easton Ellis' 'American Psycho' for 60p) before meeting Meg at 11am to commence our road trip. She borrowed a car from a colleague and we drove north-west-ish to Gretna, Scotland. I've been to Scotland now. Gretna is right on the border and is famous for conducting Vegas-style weddings. over 100,000 at last count. Also, Gretna Football Club (who won the Scottish second division this year) qualified for the next UEFA Cup so there will be some big name teams visiting little ole Gretna next season.

Next stop was Cumbria's lake district, Keswick to be precise. We lunched in the sun before deciding to take a row boat for a spin on Lake Derwent. One observant member of the public asked if I rowed for Oxford. More honest.

Fish and chips (fush and chups) was our dinner and then we met Meg's friend for a drink at the Lemon Lounge and I checks Fatts out again to see if it was throbbing like Tuesday, but it was dead so I wents to bed instead.