The first thought I had the other Saturday when The Girl came to visit was “err, what do I call her?!” because in this house, she is referred to as The Girl, because that’s what her old blog was called. I know her real name and I know that there are several diminutives of her name and that mostly on facebook her friends seem to call her by her surname. (I’m easy – people call me Heather or H or they get a kicking/no response.)
The second thoughts I had were “I hope I am not more boring and/or fatter in real life than I am on my blog” because on my blog, I have plenty of time to come up with things to say and I can make myself look interesting but in real life I have to you know, talk to actual people without the aid of the internet. Oh, and because The Girl is tremendously witty and a really fun person. I’m only witty and fun with warning and preparation, The Girl is the kind of person who is a fun person spontaneously.
But yeah, I was worrying needlessly of course because she’s awesome :-) Her mum was worried that I was going to murder her but I didn’t really feel like doing that, so we went yarn shopping and tea drinking instead. Andy joined us for lunch at our favourite pizza place (the chance of a sausage pizza and he’s THERE hehe.) which was great until it started to rain. We were sat outside as it was packed out but fortunately a couple of people had left and we upped plates and scurried inside to enjoy our food in the dry. It was a bit surreal actually, sitting outside eating pizzas in the rain.
I wanted to get some photos of the Autumn-nosity that is happening at the moment so after a bit of shopping we went on a quick canal walk along the path that goes under the castle. Lots of Autumn was happening down there, sadly it’s also rather damp so my hair went on strike while we were taking photos. I like this photo because we look the same height. It’s a total lie of course – we had to use techniques last employed in Lord of The Rings to accommodate my hobbit-height and The Girl’s taller than the average bear’s height. But it’s all good – we have a nice photo of our day and a pic to show her mum to prove that I’m not a fifty year old man. I was tempted to get a copy of today’s newspaper and hold that up to prove the date too …
There is a lot of Autumn happening here. I really LOVE the colours of these photos – still green enough to be gorgeous but with the added red and yellow hues of Autumn. Pretty!
The waterfall looks very different from the photos I took on Boxing Day when it was frozen. There was considerably more water here the next day after the torrential rain we had overnight!
There’s always an element of first date about meeting someone in real life for the first time. We’ve been commenting and emailing and facebooking for about 18 months so we were hardly unknown to each other, and of course we both have chatty blogs which helps too. I’m glad we met, I had a great day and I’m looking forward to my return visit to Hull at some point.
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p.s I feel like I should just point out that if you are going to meet someone you’ve met online, you should bear in mind your safety and not meet anyone that you’re not sure of. If you want more info about meeting people from t’internet then you can click here.
Great to see The Girl and yourself looking so at ease with one another….isn’t it wonderful that we can have cyberfriends who are great to be with. Lovely photos as usual.
Lovely pics Heather. So pleased you didn’t murder The Girl as she looks rather nice xx
Glad you enjoyed your meeting Heather, the pics look great. I met one of my best friends online, through an antenatal forum when we we’re both expecting our 2nd and we only live 10 mins away from each other, couldn’t imagine life without her! K xx
It looks like you had a lovely day together. Murder… hmmm… maybe you could start a blog posing as a 50 yo serial killer then you could give them a heart attack when you proposed to meet someone! Oh no, that would be just too evil, bwah ha ha ha!
xXx Helen
I met a bloke online. We then spoke a bit on the phone and then, not long after, we went on a date. I, being the modern girl, picked him up. I rang on the bell and entered his flat. I only told one of my mates and didn’t give out any of his details to her. I figured the history would be on my laptop. So naive. So dangerous. And look where it landed me….house on a hill filled to the brim with boys. Yes dear reader, I married him. But yes, it is sensible to be sensible….
I fully intend to meet you if I am ever up you way (or your down south). I wouldn’t care one jot about the size of your thighs. And I’m certain I’d find you as charming in real life as I do on t’internet. You funny little onion, I bet The Girl was just as nervous as you.
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I met up with somebody that I met via Twitter, both of our husbands were worried that we may not be who we said we were! She has now become one of my closest friends in real life as well as on line! Always best to be cautious though!
Hello Heather! thats so nice that you and the girl got to meet up! I’m sure you are just as witty in real person and I think that anyone who cares what size we are is not really worth the time of day!
Yarn shopping and tea drinking sounds great… maybe I should pop over one day?! :OD
Love Alice XXX
“taller than the average bear” – hilarious! Now would that be a honey bear or a grizzly bear or a polar bear or just a bear from a toy shop?
It was an amazeballs day – that pizza! I need some more immediately.
And I totally forgot how nice those brambles tasted as well.
Mum is well pleased you didn’t kill me. Mainly because she still has someone to keep looking after the cats when she goes away.
HURRAY FOR MEET UPS WITH INTERNET PEOPLE!
Awww well I met you – albeit briefly! And you didn’t kill me nor I you for that matter. I was a bit stressed with the kids at the time though. Maybe someday we could aim for a proper meet up – pref kid free lol. xx
Looks like you had a lovely time Heather.
C
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Sounds like you Girls had a wonderful time! Sounds like so much fun!