Learning at the launderette

For the first time in years I visited a launderette and how interesting it proved to be.  The cover off the sofa bed needed washing in an industrial sized washing machine so after a bit of judicious research, I found a launderette not too far out of the centre of town.  I spent a surprisingly relaxing and enlightening hour, chatting to an American academic couple who were on holiday investigating the local historical and archaeological features.  It was great to be able to hear their stories and share some of the less well publicised historical anecdotes of Carlisle with them