A Word Of Advice.....

[gness]

If you decide you visit the super new shopping centre in your area......super because it is built on a lake with birding trails.....don't take Dave with you.......

A couple sitting on a bench were petting their dog.....Pippa.....as we passed....

Dave loves dogs.....looked at the trio and announced.....Wow! She's a stunner!!!

We walked on....followed by the man who wanted to know why Dave was calling his wife a stunner......

I left Dave explaining..... :-(

[marval]

Advice taken, but it did make me laugh.

[-SharonA-]

Lol!!!! Let's hope he managed to do that without getting wife and dog mixed up.

[bookbinder]

The wife should have approached Dave and said, 'That's a lovely thing to call me!' Then, turning to husband, 'Why don't you ever talk to me like that?'

[Patsy33]

Think a lot of their selves don't they gness?? Haha.... Is Dave ok?...

[Mamyalynne]

Is the lake deep? Throw him a life belt in case.

[ummmm]

Is that Rushden lakes?

[Barmaid]

Are you two safe to venture out in the absence of an appropriate adult?

[gness]

Sort of thing I'd have done, BookB..... :-)

Dave's fine, Patsy....just a tad red faced....x

Very deep, Mamya.....and it is Rushden Lakes, Ummmm........first visit and it's lovely......apart from House of Fraser where the music was loud and intolerable......x

[gness]

I think Dave was once, BM......lord knows what's happened to him of late..... ;-)

[ummmm]

I'm just peeved that Two Seasons have moved there when they were just up the road from me. My Fav shop... :-(

[Peter Pedant]

// Dave loves dogs.....looked at the trio and announced.....Wow! She's a stunner!!! //

yeah dont say to your darg - oh good boy!
if you are somewhere like Brixton or Longsight
Luckily the dog played the part on that one ....

another one not to try is - my botch wants to join your girlie gang
same place - same confusion
sorted after a while by the botch playing the part and oiling up to the girls in question and making goo goo eyes and just being a wonderful dog etc ....

[gness]

Hi, Peter....xx

Didn't go in, Ummmm but the lad from Two Seasons came out as we were passing and had a lovely chat....
Said how much happier they were working at RL....it's open and airy ....lots of lovely planting, sculptures etc....they don't feel so closed in now.

I think the atmosphere of the place is having a lovely effect....all the staff.....bar H of F were chatty and cheery...
If you've not been it's worth a visit and if you tire of shopping you can go for a sail in a canoe or a swan pedalo.... :-)

[sunny-dave]

I'd like to say I've been the victim of exaggeration or 'creative posting' - sadly every word is true.

The (frankly excessively tattooed) man was (I eventually established) joking ... but it was an 'interesting' few seconds of doubt ...

Rushden Lakes is a fine place - the cafe & birdwatching area is great, there are some nice walks around the lake (with more to come) and the shopping is pretty good - happy staff, good products and a genuinely pleasant environment.

Except for HoF which is a disgrace - ridiculously loud (and frankly rubbish) music and snooty/disinterested staff - and pricing which I'd call 'hopeful' or perhaps 'you must be joking'.

I went into a Primark for the first time in my (sheltered) life and was surprised at what a nice place it was - not the Chav Central I'd been expecting at all. Happy staff, jovial customers and some (very) cheap and decent quality stuff.

To celebrate the money I'd saved, I then had serious credit card 'incidents' in Fat Face and L'Occitane ...

[Ellipsis]

SD> Wow! She's a stunner!!!
TM> Why are you calling my wife a stunner ... ?
SD> I was calling your [i]bi*ch[i] a stunner ...

And it went downhill from there ...

[aelmpvw]

i suppose panicking and saying 'pippa's a bit of a looker as well' wouldn't have helped

[gness]

Not with the....as well......bit, Ael....Dave was trying to get out of the hole..... :-)

[NoMercy]

You two just can't keep out of trouble ;-)

[Islay]

A word of advice don't let me go to the bar when I have had a couple of gins!! Hubby now has a rather large bar bill!!

[Tilly2]

Thank you for this post, Gness. I was looking for somewhere different to take my visitors next week. That is just the ticket. :-)

I won't be taking my stunner, Tilly. I'll leave her at home just in case you and Dave are around and we become confused as to who is the stunner.

[gness]

Ahh....but we can laugh about it, NoM....

Nice Wildlife centre, Tilly......they have bins so you can birdwatch when you're there.....you'll enjoy it.....x