Porky The Pig Goes to England

after a 13 hour flight spent in a shopping bag in a side drawer, Porky arrived at Heathrow on a bank holiday
Porky of course had no idea what that implied
but as he later found out, it meant delayed transport and crowds.. lots of them.. everywhere

since it was too early for the coach (to Loughborough), Porky made a trip to Buckingham Palace
but he was too short to see anything except the golden statues

Oh.. how Porky envied this man who could see above the crowds!..

Porky was dismayed that he'd checked his luggage in at the train station..
but of course, it was really a matter of survival;
he couldn't risk killing himself (or his friend The Wolf) lugging it up the stairs every 10 mins

so Porky gave up on the palace and went to eat lunch at a roadside cafe
where The Wolf told him to stop calculating in singapore dollars

after lunch, Porky spent 3 hours in the overhead luggage compartment of a coach bound for Derby
Porky thought the route reminded him of a stretch in Khatib back home on the little red dot
.. save for some cows and horses on pasture
how excited Porky was to see those cows!
after a few false hopes (the coach serviced Leicester too, and had to stop for a toilet repair), Porky finally arrived in Loughborough

Loughborough was sooo quiet on a bank holiday, and The Wolf thought Porky would die of boredom within a few weeks
but Porky tried to reassure himself that some quiet would be good for the soul

the Forest Rise hotel looked like any old house from the front..

but it was very warm and cosy, and Porky loved the room decor!

and even the toilet..

alas, there's always a fly in the ointment
in this case, the hotel Wifi and its Guardian Dragon gave Porky a hard time

when The Wolf went back to London, Porky was left to his own devices
with house-hunting done, lack of internet access made Porky a very dull pig
he considered getting mobile internet
but the service providers didn't think the bank-account-less Porky was ready for commitment

so Porky resorted to running errands to the town centre, staking out the new house, and haunting the campus
he found the town centre to be a bustling place, and it shattered his visions of a peaceful retreat
it reminded Porky very much of Bedok/Tampines central on a sunday

books on sale beckoned from every corner.. and Porky said no, not before i move out
but!
with just 2 days more to go, Porky succumbed and bought 3 books from charity sales
.. and a 10 pack of dark chocolate kitkat - only 106 calories! (whatever that means..)

Happy Porky is currently half way through the second book
and so, the town centre, Shelthorpe area, and the campus are now free of Porky sightings
Porky just needs a very nice taxi driver who will help with the luggage tomorrow

~The End~