We've had to make an itinerary!!
Posted: 27 Nov 2012, 20:11Every time we go to the UK it's always packed full of people to see and things to do. 
This visit is no exception!!
Here is our list..subject to additions!!
Thursday: Land at 1pm. Jump on the bus at the airport and go to Yardley..stuff to sort out for Don's mum at the bank. Lunch at a nice little diner, back on a bus and off to Ashley Lodge in Moseley to see Joanie. Another bus to Judi's house to see her (it was going to be town but she's said it's too busy with xmas shoppers). Jump on the final bus to get to our dear friends Gez and Sharon for a meal and a few (well deserved!) beers.
Friday: Up at 7am..I've got an appointment and Don has the solicitor to see. I'm then meeting Agenoria and his wife for a coffee in the town centre. After that I'm meeting my best friend Jackie to go shopping and have a bite of lunch. Then meeting Don and do more shopping! Bus to AL to see Joanie. Bus back to Erdington to Gez and Sharon's. Craig and Leilani will by now have arrived. Few drinks in the kitchen then we're all going out for the night. Yippeeee.
Saturday: Breakfast in a cafe in town with Don, Craig and Leilani. Back to Gez's to pick up our luggage. Say cheerio to Craig and Leilani..they're driving back to Nottingham. Jump on a bus into the city centre and check into our hotel. Get showered and ready and then another bus to AL to see Joanie. Another bus after that to King's Heath where lots of friends will be waiting for us...early doors at the Hare and Hounds. After beers and boogying we're then going out for a meal. Back to the hotel..pooped I should think!
Sunday: A day for just me and Don. Con would've been 64 today so it's a bus to Kings Heath park where his ashes were scattered. Another bus to the Robin Hood where Don's dads ashes were scattered. Another bus then to New Oscott cemetery where Don's eldest brother Eddy is buried.
Don reckons after that he'll fancy us going for a nice walk somewhere. Later on we'll have a beer and a meal then back to the hotel.
Monday: Bus to AL to see Joanie. Back to the hotel at noon, check out but leave the luggage there. We're then going to do our Christmas shopping!!!..I have a list and due to time restrictions will not be wavering from it!
Back to the hotel, pick the luggage up and get a bus to Marston Green where my friend Jackie lives. We're going out with her and her husband Martin for a few beers and a meal. We're staying the night at her place as it's really close to the airport.
Tuesday: Up at 4am, Jackie's driving us to the aiport, check in and our flight is at 6.30.
We should be back home, in our own house by 11.30-12.00
Don had got us tickets to go and have a tour round a local brewery near the jewellery quarter but we've since sussed that is not going to happen!!
Shame..you get to see how beer is made and get 2 pints...each!!
I love beer!
He's rang up and checked..we can use the tickets in the spring time.
It could be..maybe, just maybe, we'll have an early night next Tuesday!!
This visit is no exception!!
Here is our list..subject to additions!!
Thursday: Land at 1pm. Jump on the bus at the airport and go to Yardley..stuff to sort out for Don's mum at the bank. Lunch at a nice little diner, back on a bus and off to Ashley Lodge in Moseley to see Joanie. Another bus to Judi's house to see her (it was going to be town but she's said it's too busy with xmas shoppers). Jump on the final bus to get to our dear friends Gez and Sharon for a meal and a few (well deserved!) beers.
Friday: Up at 7am..I've got an appointment and Don has the solicitor to see. I'm then meeting Agenoria and his wife for a coffee in the town centre. After that I'm meeting my best friend Jackie to go shopping and have a bite of lunch. Then meeting Don and do more shopping! Bus to AL to see Joanie. Bus back to Erdington to Gez and Sharon's. Craig and Leilani will by now have arrived. Few drinks in the kitchen then we're all going out for the night. Yippeeee.
Saturday: Breakfast in a cafe in town with Don, Craig and Leilani. Back to Gez's to pick up our luggage. Say cheerio to Craig and Leilani..they're driving back to Nottingham. Jump on a bus into the city centre and check into our hotel. Get showered and ready and then another bus to AL to see Joanie. Another bus after that to King's Heath where lots of friends will be waiting for us...early doors at the Hare and Hounds. After beers and boogying we're then going out for a meal. Back to the hotel..pooped I should think!
Sunday: A day for just me and Don. Con would've been 64 today so it's a bus to Kings Heath park where his ashes were scattered. Another bus to the Robin Hood where Don's dads ashes were scattered. Another bus then to New Oscott cemetery where Don's eldest brother Eddy is buried.
Don reckons after that he'll fancy us going for a nice walk somewhere. Later on we'll have a beer and a meal then back to the hotel.
Monday: Bus to AL to see Joanie. Back to the hotel at noon, check out but leave the luggage there. We're then going to do our Christmas shopping!!!..I have a list and due to time restrictions will not be wavering from it!
Back to the hotel, pick the luggage up and get a bus to Marston Green where my friend Jackie lives. We're going out with her and her husband Martin for a few beers and a meal. We're staying the night at her place as it's really close to the airport.
Tuesday: Up at 4am, Jackie's driving us to the aiport, check in and our flight is at 6.30.
We should be back home, in our own house by 11.30-12.00
Don had got us tickets to go and have a tour round a local brewery near the jewellery quarter but we've since sussed that is not going to happen!!
Shame..you get to see how beer is made and get 2 pints...each!!
I love beer!
He's rang up and checked..we can use the tickets in the spring time.
It could be..maybe, just maybe, we'll have an early night next Tuesday!!
) and the walking that we get between the stops and our destinations. 
Coming home we left the theatre at 10, were in the car by the Mailbox 3 minutes later and didn't get to the roundabout by the Childrens Hospital until 10.55pm because the Queensway tunnels are closed nightly for maintenence (for those who don't know the city, that distance is walkable in less than 10 minutes). After that though it was easy and I was putting the kettle on by 11.15pm.