Wilf picked me up at the unearthly hour of 6:30am this morning so that we could journey to the Midlands Motor Museum in Dudley, the home of his beloved double decker bus, Mavis. When we arrived at 9:57am, having stopped at a Welcome Break service station for a much needed Ginster's steak slice and latte en route, my beau was treated like royalty. We were given a guided tour of the whole museum by the curator David Frobisher who asked whether Wilf would honour us by allowing Mavis to be used as part of the Dudley Retro Festival. When he answered in the affirmative I noticed a bearded gentleman in overalls giving Wilf a filthy stare. When I tackled him about this later over a warming plate of beans and toast in the cafe Wilf told me that there was a huge rivalry between the bus, coach and tram community and that the latter tended to be more aggressive regarding getting their vehicles into the public eye.
Wilf dropped me off in Dudley town centre in the afternoon to do some shopping and handed me £200 in cash, which was generous of him. He then returned to the museum to 'carry out essential repairs' as he put it. After purchasing an £18 cardigan from M&S and a pair of flat fronted trousers from Debenhams I was rather tired and was glad that Wilf arrived to take us back to our hotel at 3:45. I am now writing this from the wifi enabled lounge of The Dudley Royal Hotel which boasts links with Queen Elizabeth I who, according to the aged looking computer print out in reception, was supposed to have enjoyed a jacuzzi bath with suitor Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester in the Royal Suite.
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