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I woke up much earlier today fresh from a good nights sleep and was prepared to leave the hostel to go see Joan my buddy Lester's mom. I tried to reach her the night before but i left a message instead. So when I was all packed up I called her and got ahold of her finally. She was a little hard of hearing to say the least. She thought that Les was coming as well so I felt a bit bad to dissapoint her. Ohad was leaving to Manchester as well so we took the bus to Windemere to wait for the train which was gonna work out to be the fastest option, but it was way more expensive and the bus was only gonna be a short while longer so I decided to walk around Windemere for abit and explore. Not a whole lot to see so I went on the net at the Travel Info center by the station.
After that I wondered into the store to get some lunch and a couple beers for the trip down. I was wearing shorts because it was a nice day but the weather changes REALLY REALLY fast here so you
just never know. So it became really windy and cold and the bus never showed up at all. I was kinda stumped because it just never came and i was on a tight schedule if i was gonna make it to stay at another couch surfers house RORRY. So I had to make a decision and that was to get to Newcastle so I never ended up making it to see Joan which i was really dissapointed. I called her from Carlisle and told her so that she wasnt waiting too long. It took about 2and a half hours to make it from Windemere to Kessick to Carlisle. Then the next bus wasnt for two hours and it wasnt direct at all either so I decided to jump on a train to make it Newcastle in two hours.
I got to Newcastle and called up Rorry who told me he was just on his way down to the staion and was gonna have a buddy meet me there. Sure enough after i did a quick stroll a guy comes up to me and says are you Andrew (i guess he could tell from the Vancouver Canucks hat i was wearing!!!).
Rory showed up soon after and we walked down to this jam spot where they were gonna do some rehearsing and Rory was gonna try and play bass for them. Quite the heavy metal band the singer who i met at the station you couldnt tell what the hell he was saying. It was super loud because we were jammed in there with the amps and the drums. I could only take so much of it but it wasnt that bad. Rory got on the bass and i left hahaha to go watch some tv and relax my ears.
Hung out there for a bit and they finished up the practice. The guys all left and Rory and I went to the pub to talk about my travels and what not. He was actually the first person I ever got ahold of on Global free loaders before i became a hardcore couch surfer!!!! haha
We chatted for a couple pints and then headed to his flat for some supper. Got there and met all his roomies which were nice, and Rory made an excellent dinner for us both like a curry veggie dish with some sort of meat protein.
We
darkness in the room
no flash to set the scene watched a bit of tv and by then it was past midnight and everyone had school so i just stayed up on the computer writing emails and my blog. Not the best day of travel but still an adventure!
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