A Lidl Adventure

The Gorse Fox had planned to pay football today, but when he logged on to book the sessions, they were both full and had waitlists. He decided he wasn't going to hang around on the off-chance 

With Ellie at Dizzy Ducklings and Urban-Cub off doing Santa runs, the Silver Vixen and Gorse Fox decided we should go an have a look at the new Lidl in Chichester. After all, with Urban-Cub training to become one of their store managers, it would make sense to become acquainted with their layout and range.

The Gorse Fox should interject here: he had planned to order several items from M&S for Christmas. Their online ordering widow was due to close today. The Gorse Fox logged on, first thing yesterday morning, and found they had already closed the window. The Gorse Fox was not amused.

The car park was very quiet and as we entered the store the Gorse Fox caught sight of a little tot with a miniature shopping trolley headed straight for the exit. There was no sign of a mother in tow, or giving chase. We stopped the tot before she ran out into the car park and the Silver Vixen engaged her in conversation until a somewhat flustered mum came charging along to try and find her. Somehow, it came as no surprise to find that her name was Ellie!

We finally got into the store and started to work our way back and forth along the aisles. All of the produce looked excellent, best from the bakery, the vegetable section, the fresh meat section, fish, and so forth. We picked up the odd items here and there and were pleasantly surprised by the prices. We picked up a bottle of spiced rum to try. The Silver Vixen likes Captain Morgan's Spiced Gold, but we decided to try the Lidl offering. It is £5 a bottle cheaper than Captain Morgan's, but only time will tell whether it is as good.

Back home we found that Simon the Landscaper had made more progress, but had, again, hit a snag. He will have to redraft his plan for part of the patio, as his original drawing hadn't matched his measurements. The Gorse Fox had suspected this from his work with Sketch Up, but wondered if we had just taken measurements from different points. The Gorse Fox feels quite sorry for him as he is metaphorically tearing his hair out.  What has been laid looks fabulous, but we just need to keep it going.