Dog legs

Today had meant to be a leisurely day-trip to Nottingham to see our friend Emma and visit her new house. A quick 2 hour whiz down this morning, a look at Emma's new house, a spot of lunch and a whiz back up the M6.

Unfortunately, my husband and I have a curse when it comes to driving to and from Nottingham. For some reason, we always miss the turn offs and end up doing some sort of dog leg (this time we actually drove there via Birmingham - a first even for us!)

We took 2.5 hours getting there, 2 massive arguments, lots of Audrey backseat wailing and 3 hours to get back.

The bit in the middle was lovely though. A tour round Emma's new house, a walk in the sunshine round West Bridgford and an Italian for lunch (although Audrey was restless she was really well behaved).

My husband pictured at one of the petrol stops. He wasn't in the best mood today and neither was I, truth be told! Why is it when you have one precious day off together, it seldom goes to plan :(