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Happiness Is The Road
It had rained on and off most of the night. When we awoke it was overcast and there were still some showers about. Normally it's Jay who comes back from the amenities with horror stories but today unusually it was my turn. All was good as I went off for my shower. I met Claudia the cat on the step of the amenities block looking cute. She purred at me and I bid her a good morning. I then entered the mens amenities, the one with men written clearly in big letters next to the door. I'm a man and therefore I went into the mens. It's very straightforward if you're a man you go into the mens and if you're a lady you go into the ladies. (Although Jay's experience in the ladies is that ladies are anything but ladylike. Nose snorting, bottom *******. make up slapping pigs would be more appropriate but it would no doubt be seen as offensive, although true, to put up a sign with this on outside the ladies). Anyhow I was just completing my shower when I heard what very much sounded like a 'lady' talking to a man in German. Said man was in the shower cubicle next to mine. Maybe it was just a very womanly sounding bloke?! I got dressed and emerged from my shower cubicle to find to my horror a 'lady' with a young child blatantly stood in the mens amenities. The old me would have just let this go but I've had enough of people's idiotic **** on this journey and felt that something needed to be said. I said "excuse me the ladies is next door" to which she looked at me with an arrogant stare. She then said "but there is no family room". I just stared back at her and reiterated "the ladies is next door, you shouldn't be in here". She then stepped into the shower cubicle with child and said "Gunther" followed by a load of harsh sounding German words. The cheeky cow. This sort of behaviour may be acceptable in Germany, who knows, but not here. I'm sure if it had been the other way round and she had stepped out of her shower in the ladies to be confronted by a man she'd have complained. And what if I'd come out of the shower naked like some dirty gits do? What if someone had come in to use the urinal? It was all wrong. I went back to the camper and told Jay what had occurred. She was as annoyed as me. We watched a few minutes later as Gunther with odd beard, the child and the 'ladyman' came out of the mens. Luckily they left the camp site shortly after. We chilled out all morning and then went for a walk into the town later on when the showers appeared to have stopped. The town centre was set around a large square and was very quiet. Although not scary like some places we've been to Martinborough still had a bit of a strange vibe. We were not local and it felt like strangers were not welcome. We had a mooch around the shops and bought some rather nice organic wine from a big wine shop that stocked bottles from all the local producers. We had been hoping to visit the organic vineyards but their cellar doors are only open at the weekend. Just before we went into this shop an absolutely gorgeous tabby cat spotted us and came ambling over for a cuddle and a bit of fuss. He had the cutest face I've ever seen on a cat. Once back at the camp site we did what we do best for the rest of the day, relaxing!
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