'So what's been happening here' I hear you say... you didn't? Well tough!
I am afraid to say the usual daily routine is very boring with rounds of food, drinks, phone calls, time on FB, dog walking, occasional housework, washing clothes etc. I manage lunch out at Wetherspoons once a week with John. Pub quiz night is most weeks, where we usually win enough to cover costs of going. It is a fun night out too.
I go to a weekly singaround session most weeks. Then there is our own Folk club once a month. With Jenny having her own social life too, Jen and I share a home but are rarely here at the same time!
I have managed to get to a few concerts lately, the most recent being Fairport Convention at North Boarhunt, nr Havant. A long way to go but a great concert. The tour schedule is a punishing one, 6 nights gig then 1 night off, for the whole of May. The 'lads' looked tired. They had driven down from Durham to Havant that day and were driving back to Banbury that night. Since all of them are close to 60 or well over, being on the road is hard work.
Things are rolling along with Swanage Folk Festival.
I am well on the way to my 10% loss initial target with Slimming world now :) I did have a 'wobble around the stone mark but well past that now.
I had a lovely week's holiday away with Linda at a cottage on the Isle of Wight.
The cottage was bright and modern and fitted out to a high standard. It had a small deck and a patch of grass for the dogs to toilet on. The garden opened onto a huge field of long grass which we were allowed to walk in. All 3 cottages had people staying with dogs, and the owners had 2 dogs too so it was doggy heaven.
I would certainly recommend the cottages to anyone. Little Pidford Farm Cottages, Blackwater, IOW - they have a website! http://www.littlepidfordfarmcottages.co.uk/
Honey got on well with Yarna, Linda's guide dog. They loved chasing each other around the field.
Although having a blanket each to lie on, Yarna did try to share Honey's when she could sneak on :-)
The one souvenir I brought back from the holiday I could have done without! I caught a cold off someone on the ferry coming home so spent the first week back home nursing a streaming nose and raw throat.
That's all cleared now apart from a little catarrh now and then.
It's a busy weekend ahead with friends from Suffolk staying with John and Roz from today until Saturday. Saturday night is Eileen's 80th birthday party ceilidh & concert.
Should be a good 'do'.
I have been sitting here typing while I was cooling off after a couple of hours in the garden working on the urban jungle! Now is the time to go have a long soak in the bath and wash my hair. I just feel all sweaty and sticky :( bleugh!
I will try not to leave it so long til next blog. xx
