Back in the Boro

So once again I find myself in Loughborough. I got back from France last week and have had an easy week living at home. I even found myself some paid employment, re-felting my Nana’s shed and acting as chauffeur for my mum. It was great to have a proper beer down at Barrels, my favourite Northern drinking hole.

So this week I decided to travel down to Loughborough on the train. My course mates all had their final, final exam at 4 p.m. so I got a train which would get me in at 4.30 so I had plenty of time to sort my stuff in my digs, get some booze and meet everyone. As it was points failure at York station meant trains were one in one out on that line. Having changed at York fine (the train I needed to get on was stuck in the queue behind my train) we then missed the connection at Derby, meaning I finally arrived at 5.40 into Loughborough. Had just enough time to grab a taxi to the Union, buy some cans and get to the exam hall before everyone finished.

The night was a good one and it was great to bump into various friends as well as those on my course. FND surprised with some great music in the Fusion (Jimi Hendrix, The Smiths, The Jam, etc.). Got drunk enough and on the way home, via the Purple Onion to get some cheesy chips, I got challenged to eat a chilli in the P.O. Won myself two pieces of chicken so I was pretty happy – at least once I’d got back to my room and drunk a whole lot of water anyway!

So the plan this week is to try catch up with as many people as possible. On Tuesday we have to give a 10 minute presentation on our dissertation. At some point I’m expecting to have to present on the projects I completed in France but of course there has been no confirmation on that yet.

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