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'Right. Ok,' he said. 'I just wanted to let you know that I've had a word with the chef
downstairs, and you can have whatever you like off the menu for dinner. I've also left £10
behind the bar so make sure you have a couple of beers each, too.'
Scotland was bloody brilliant.
Colinsaidgoodbye,butthenreappearedafewminuteslatertogiveusapairoftracksuit
bottoms that he had salvaged from lost property.
'I think I better have these as you've got your suit trousers and a pair of shorts,' said
Ben, staking his claim on the tracksuit bottoms immediately.
'Ok. But you did have a pair of tracksuit bottoms before. Remember? And you decided
to just cut the legs off them.'
'Yeah, well Iwon'tbecutting the legs offthese babies,' hesaid ashepulled onapair of
dry, cosy tracksuit bottoms. I sat on the bed in my damp pants looking on enviously.
After dinner and a couple of beers we returned to our room. It was only 7.30pm and we
had accommodation and were showered, fed and watered. Most nights we would still have
been on the road at this time.
'What shall we do now?' I asked.
'I don't know. We could just have an early night?'
'Let's have a wander around Dumfries. This is our first night in Scotland after all.'
Dumfries didn't have a lot going for it during the day. There was even less happening at
night. To be fair to Dumfries, it was a wet Thursday in September. I'm not quite sure what
we expected.
We then spotted an old cinema down one of the back streets.
'Fancy the cinema?' suggested Ben.
'I can think of nothing better. Let's try.'
Wecheckedthelistingsboardoutside.Therewasjusttheonescreenanditwasshowing
a film called
John Tucker Must Die
.
'I think I've heard of that,' said Ben. 'It's supposed to be shit.'
'Well it doesn't look like we've got much choice.'
Thefoyerwasempty,andthegirlbehindthecounterdidn'tlookoldenoughtoseeaPG
on her own, let alone work in a cinema. She was texting on her phone and finished writing
her message before looking up to acknowledge us.
We gave her our sob story about how it was our first night in Scotland, and how we
wanted to relax etc. She just shrugged her shoulders and said: 'Whatever. Doesn't make
any difference to me. Just go on in.'
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