Year: 2019

We walked Ellie along the river, another nice day but a few black clouds along the way.

Mal went to the allotment in the afternoon. Asparagus and broad beans for dinner!

Thought for the Day – “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” ~ Confucius

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Another bank holiday!

We walked Ellie and then got ready for a BBQ with Lou and Rhys.

Mal and I now have matching aprons, courtesy of Tariq who bought them for our birthdays!

 

We had a lovely afternoon.

Thought for the Day – “Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” ~ Omar Khayyam

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We took Ellie for a nice walk, the elder flowers are coming out along by the riverside.

What a very pretty town we are lucky enough to live in.

We sat in the garden in the afternoon.

Thought for the Day – “Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty, they merely move it from their faces into their hearts. “~ Martin Buxbaum

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A day catching up with things and also Lou and Josie came over to take me shopping.

Everything in the garden was gasping for water and also at the allotment where Mal went in the afternoon, bringing back some asparagus.

Thought for the Day -” Life is not about having everything. Its about finding meaning in everything.” ~ Joel Randymar

Goodbye to Blackpool, it hasn’t improved much over the many years since I was last here! However, it was worth it to see Michael Ball, travel the Lake District and go to Blackpool Zoo!! I also have to thank Mal for being so thoughtful and extending my birthday!

We had to wait an hour and a half at the London interchange, waiting for feeder coaches and then because it was bank holiday weekend, the M25 was horrendous, so about 2 and a half hours late arriving in Herne Bay! Lou picked us up, we collected Ellie and she dropped us off at home. Her car is still not fully repaired and so she has kept mine.

Thought for the Day – “Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly and most underrated way to change a life.” ~ B. Kerrey

The morning’s jaunt was out to Fleetwood, where they manufacture “Fisherman’s Friends” but we weren’t going there, we had a choice of the 150 stall market or the Designer outlet. We went to the designer outlet but it was not very good, evidently nor was the market. Back to Blackpool where we had lunch on the sea front along with a gin and tonic, very nice in the sun.

We then walked the length of Blackpool sea front.

Dinner back at the hotel and then time to pack! I watched “Big Animal Surgery” on the TV later. Fascinating and an improvement on the evenings bingo and entertainment!

Thought for the Day – “Keep looking up! I learn from the past, dream about the future and look up. There’s nothing like a beautiful sunset to end a healthy day.” ~ Rachel Boston

 

 

Our day out this day was to the Lake District. Another lovely sunny day and away from the Blackpool coast it wasn’t so breezy.

First we went to Ambleside which is a very pretty place and we saw the Wordsworth family graves and also went to the Wordsworth Daffodil Garden. A lovely village to wander around.

We drove through a lot more of the Lake district and eventually stopped at Bowness on Windermere and had the rest of the day there and we found a nice pub to have our lunch in. A good thing I went to the loo there, the public toilets are 40p!!

Every evening there was entertainment in the hotel, bingo followed by a singer or comedian. We went out instead!

Thought for the Day – “Relax and unwind and get in a flip flop state of mind!”