Although it's only a ten minute walk, I drove down to St John's Canton this morning to celebrate the Eucharist for the monthly Mothers' Union Corporate Communion with a dozen people present. I took the car so that I could drive straight to a rendezvous with Ashley, for a visit to PMR Products our radio supplier in Chepstow. He was so far behind schedule it was half past three by the time we left in pouring rain.
We talked so much on the M4 that I missed the junction for the M48, and we had to drive over the Severn Crossing, and up the hill to the Almonsdbury M4/M5 interchange then go south to the A38 Thornbury Junction before we could back track and use the old Severn suspension bridge to arrive in Chepstow. That lost us the time we needed to brief our radio engineer. All we could do was hand over the kit we'd taken with as, as their office was about to close for the day and let him go home. Both of us had skipped lunch so we visited the nice sit-down chippie by the bus station for a very pleasant quick bite to eat.
So annoying to have such a moment of inattention, and a toll to pay for straying across the border into England. Phil the engineer laughed when we told him "You're by no means the only one around here to do that." he said with a smile. Ah well. Back again tomorrow. Hopefully the weather will be better.
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