I don’t like driving

 17th April 2021

MP3 track of the day - potato- Samwize gamgee

Weather: sunny but not too hot. In short ... perfect 

I thought today would just be a normal day of eating, crawling and bouncing in my ‘jumper-too’. How wrong was I! Everything started as normal however, my parents seemed busy, going back-and-forth to the car; I didn’t really pay any attention. That was until I got picked up and strapped into my car seat. I didn’t ask for this therefore I cried and cried and cried. After 30 minutes of continual crying at the top of my voice I knew it was no good so I went to sleep.

Next thing I knew, we were still in the car! I must have been asleep for at least 2 hours. Finally we stopped at a huge magical building called ‘Tesco Kings Lynn’. Finally I was out of my car seat; but straight into my pushchair! I decided to not complain until I knew all the facts; maybe we were going somewhere I could crawl. We entered Dobbies cafe and I was still seated however, I was not annoyed as I was being fed toasted sandwiches and chips therefore, for now, I was a happy chappy. Sadly once this ended we went shopping for mostly grown up food! I had enough. I was still in my pushchair and I wanted to get out! I cried and I cried. My parents tried to entertain me by driving my pushchair like an F1 car and giving me a packet of pasta to play with... but it was no good. I cried all the way back to the car. Then ... they put me back in my car seat! From previous experience it wasn’t worth crying again so I drank some milk and went to sleep.

When I awoke, I was in a place I kind of remembered. I could hear my parents say ‘aunty Jo’s Caravan’. Finally I was allowed to crawl around and boy did I! An hour must have gone past and I was still enjoying myself when my mum picked me up. This couldn’t be good. We went outside and closer to the car! Again I found myself being strapped in and this time I cried.

We didn’t drive for long. We got out in a place called Cromer and I heard my mum say the magic words, ‘fish and chips’. I like fish and chips so the drive was worth it. Still, I wasn’t going to wait in that huge queue outside Mary Jane’s fish and chip shop. I signaled to my mum and she took me on a walk while my dad waited to collect my dinner.

Fish and chips by the sea. Lovely; a little cold so we ate quickly. I don’t think that I was as cold as my dad as he had forgotten his jacket. Once back at the caravan I watched the F1 with great interest before doing a bit more crawling and going to sleep.

Hopefully I won’t be in the car tomorrow 

Toodle pip!