Wandered round the German market...

Just looking!

...eating German sausages, watching the crowds waiting for the World Cup news and getting snowed on. 
   We dropped Charlotte off for her mega bus, it was only an hour late, and then walked up to the market as it was starting to get dark.  We called in at the Jamie Oliver restaurant to book a table for when Sara and John come to stay before Xmas.  But they do not take bookings for less than a table of 8.  Apparently Jamie wants to feed the world, and so everyone has to wait for a table.  The girl doesn't think we will have to wait for more than an hour[!] and we can always wait at the bar in the mean time.  I got the feeling Jamie was more interested in bumping up the bar bill than feeding the world and we don't really want to hang around waiting, with no definate idea of what time we will get to eat, so, as nice as it would have been to take everyone there, I think we will think of somewhere were we are sure of a table rather than just a maybe.
    It took as quite a while to drive home, as it snowed all the way back, but it was only as we came into Streetly that it showed signs of settling.