Vintage fun

Early Week

Monday was a bank holiday,  I did a 15.4km walk that day too, really trying to get the weight off. I was working Tuesday to Thursday as Friday was my scheduled day off.

Chams

I wore a brown wig -
not this one

Thursday was Chams, I went down in the Leaf, which was a more refined journey, but not that much fun. I had bought a fab safari style dress last month, and really wanted to wear that out. I put my fairly high brown boots on, which I can just about walk in OK.  Probably should have shaved my legs, they didn't look too good on close inspection.

I got there a bit early as usual, and had a nice chat with Lynn while attempting not to put her off the makeup too much. 

It was a lively night, Danielle had brought along a young friend who was very bubbly, and joined in as if she was a regular. There were also a few other youngsters back. A brand of trans specific underwear was mentioned which I should look into at some point - https://zoah.shop

Friday - Doncaster Shopping Adventures

I like trying new places, and I noticed there was an outlet village near Doncaster I hadn't been to yet, which was also next to a scenic lake with a war memorial on an island. So I got ready and headed out for the day - I decided upon my red boots and a matching red dress, with chocolate tights and the brown jacket. Maybe a bit too red looking back, but it's not too bad.

I arrived near lunch time, and after wandering the length of the outlet to see what was available, I chose a nice looking café. It was pretty busy, which was a good sign. I ordered a jacket potato and a latte, and found just about the only small table left. 

The server was really nice, I can't remember exactly what she said but it was nice. The food arrived very quickly and was really good.  

After this I wandered around the shops, got a new denim jacket from M&S, along with a top and a pack
of tights. I tried the jacket on in the changing rooms, as I wanted to check the arm length.

I looked in a few others but didn't find much, got some chocolate for my wife and kids from the Cadbury's shop. Then ended up in the discount makeup place and got a load of different nail varnishes.

Finally ended up in Next, where I nearly bought a dress, but talked myself out of it.

Then I decided to have an amble around the lake, it was a nice walk, I think it was around 2.6km around it. The memorial was nice, was just a shame it was a bit overcast. It was around 4pm by the time I got back to the car, so decided to head home.

In the evening I took some pics in some new dresses for Insta.

Saturday - Air Museum 

Decided to have a family day out, and I had seen someone I follow on Facebook had been to the Avro Heritage museum near Stockport, so decided to go there. I was not en-femme , I just wanted to try and get out with the family for a bit, as we've not been out for a while.

Had a cockpit tour of a Lancaster mock-up , then a light lunch and we spent a good while looking around the museum, and the Vulcan which was the star attraction, parked outside. 

We popped into my parents on the way back, partly as we were passing, but also because we were in my wife's new car, and my dad likes to look at such things. It was OK we didn't stay too long as it appears we were interrupting the preparation of their dinner, 

It was a good day out, boys seemed to enjoy it.  On our return it was Eurovision, which I couldn't be bothered watching, so just talked to my friends online.

Sunday - Church open day and Vintage vehicles

My friend Alice had posted about an open day at her village church, where there would be cake, and also a display of some of her vehicles. I quite fancied the idea of popping along in the Morris Minor. Cake friends and cars are a winning combination for me :)

I donned a dress appropriate for vintage motoring, and headed into deepest darkest Lincolnshire. It was a foggy start, but it soon burned off, and became a very warm day. I was a bit dehydrated by the time I got there - just before lunch. My friend had heard me coming, the distinctive sound of a vintage car approaching :)  

I bought some cake and jam from the church stalls, and we had a bit of a look around inside, then headed to a local café for some lunch - I got to ride in one of her land rovers. I had ham and pickle sandwiches, which were very nice indeed - on very ornate plates. The owner and staff were very welcoming indeed, Alice eats there a lot, I can see why.

On our return I got to see some of the work in progress vehicles in the workshop, and a tour of her veg garden. It was a most pleasant afternoon - and very peaceful location too, not much traffic, mainly bird song. 

The journey back was even warmer, but there was a short downpour that cooled things off for a bit. I got back before 5pm I think.

I got some video of the journey, so will have to upload that to YouTube at some point !