what a busy day, and it poured with rain

The weather was due to be not so nice today and we had already decided that Wednesday would be the day that we headed North and visited Sarasota for lunch, followed by a film and then on to Costco to top up the freezer.

Soon after we left Rotondo West the skies started getting darker but we arrived and had lunch at the Five Guys Burger joint, if you love Burgers these are pretty much the best we have ever tasted. So filled with burger, fries and iced tea we headed off to the AMC multi cinema in the same zone as Costco which was handy. We had booked to see the film 1917 about two soldiers in the first world war who were charged with the responsibility of notifying another part of the army some very important information and the film is all about the relationship and the very severe challenges faced to do this task.

Having visited the trenches in Northern France some years ago it all felt very real indeed and it certainly made Jennifer and I have a tear at the end of the film. Its also won Sam Mendez the Director an award for Best Film and it really is very good indeed.
Following the film we headed in to Costco to purchase some steaks and lamb chops and a few other bits and pieces and as we left the building the heavens opened and we both got drenched taking out our  shopping to the car. On the way home it continued to really chuck it down almost like the rains you could get in Singapore every afternoon. Quite a few roads were flooded to a few inches however we made it home OK although we did see the result of two rather bad road accidents.
So a quiet evening looking at some of the ‘YES MINISTER’ series on the BRITBOX Channel whilst chewing on some rather nice gulf bay shrimp and a glass of plonk and then an early night was called for.
A  bit more shopping to be done locally tomorrow and then we are set for the next 4/5 days and just ready to relax.