Northallerton

The complexities, for my wife, of shopping for our eighteenth anniversary present (see 13/3/14 for the rules) were made worse by the added pressure of Mothers’ Day, with both occasions falling tomorrow, so my supporting presence was required for a shopping trip to Northallerton – always a pleasure as the county town of North Yorkshire has plenty of interesting shops, cafes and market stalls, not to mention Strikes garden centre just out of town; the expedition took a mere four or five hours to compete, at the end of which I had bought only a second hand book, but had also facilitated the purchase something nice for my mother-in-law and hopefully (and secretly) £18 worth of anniversary goodies for me.