On Monday of this week, I drove home to see my mum and dad for a couple of days. It was nice to see them again, help out a bit with various chores, and take my dad shopping to some of the shops he can't usually get to. I also drove him down to the sea-front, which was nice as he has difficulty getting out and about these days due to ill-health, and he has always loved the sea and beach. I was also able to sort out the problems with the 'projection ratio' on their new rented TV. Nobody looks stretched anymore!
The drive there and back was ok -- about four hours each way. When I left on Tuesday afternoon, I was driving pretty much straight west, so I had the full blast of low angle winter sun in my eyes! At one point, the sun was right at the end of the road, glowing large and red! It looked like poster for "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", especially as this was at a straight section of the A143, and the setting was rural. If I had my camera with me, I may well have tried to stop somewhere and photograph it.
When I was at my parents' house, I discovered two of my old boardgames in the attic, and I decided to bring them back with me to play. They could be handy if we get visitors at weekends, or maybe to play over Xmas. These were "Creature Castle" and "Tank Commander", both dating from the 1970's. Thankfully both are complete and in very good condition.
Carla and I just had a quick game of "Creature Castle", which is a fun (if simplistic) little game. We weren't really prepared for the 'been in the attic for twenty-five years musty smell' coming from the packaging, board and cards though! *cough* oh well. You play classic 'Hammer horror style' characters who have to escape from the evil castle, by playing various cards which allows progress along the castle's corridors, and thus to freedom. I played as 'Igor' and only just won the game ahead of Carla, playing as 'Zelda'.
'Tank Commander' is a simple strategy war game, where you have to defeat your enemy by destroying their tanks before they destroy yours. We'll play that at some point. As a kid, I loved the little plastic tanks and trucks you move across the big fold out board.
Oh, Carla showed me the very basics of a 'kettlebell' workout this morning, and I practised some of the techniques. I'm going to try fifteen minute workout with the 8 kilo bell tomorrow! I'm sure it will do me the world of good.
Right, off now to watch (from the window) yet more fireworks going off in our area!
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