Month: December 2025

We walked Ellie over the fields in Eastry. It was foggy but the sun was trying to get through.

We then went on to the vets for Ellie’s weight clinic. She is now 27.9 kg. Last time she was 27.4. That’s Christmas for you! But I will have to watch that no more weight goes on. They always make such a fuss of Ellie when we go there.

I went to Aldi as we were running out of the essentials – fresh veg etc and they were reducing fresh chicken dated 3rd January, so a lot for the freezer. Some I used to cook a Pad Thai in the evening. We didn’t stay up until midnight, our celebration was the previous day in London.  Pointless driving anywhere as then I can’t drink and it all makes me think of another year without Torin! We will catch up on Jools tomorrow.

We walked Ellie and then took her to Lou and Rhys’s , so they could  look after her while we travelled to London. This was made a little more difficult by Victoria closed for engineering works!

We had lunch out first at Thai Pot. I love Thai food and they are always so polite and obliging. It was very good food too.

From there we went to the Arts Theatre, a theatre we have never been to before. It’s a very cosy theatre and so good for the immersive show “Choir of Man”. We had tickets previously but gave them away as it was the day that Ellie had her operation. Lou and Rhys bought these tickets for us for Christmas and they were the best tickets in the theatre, centre front row of the circle.

Wow, what a show! Maybe because I was brought up in a pub is struck a chord but it really was immersive and so uplifting. They were handing out free beer, throwing packets of crisps into the audience and beer mats. On the reverse of the beer mats was a notice about CALM , who they support. (Suicide prevention)

London was packed, obviously lots for the Christmas lights. We had a wander around China Town and then caught the train back to Faversham and had a cup of tea at Rhys’s and some of Josie’s birthday cake.

The show is finishing early January. It is sold out until the end of the run but they are then touring. So, as soon as we were home, we booked for July in Canterbury!

Happy 16th Birthday to our grand daughter Josie….

A work day and we were surprisingly very busy. Worn out again by the time I had finished.

We planned on going to Knees Wood but on arriving there, it was all shut up and we couldn’t get in! Instead we walked along a public footpath, where the farmer had obviously pulled all the signs down and East Kent Highways have put up an official notice on keeping their footpaths clear!! More and more farmers are trying to do this!

Oh I forgot, I received this from work, which I thought was really lovely.

It is really nice to be appreciated!

Spurs played in the afternoon and won!  Yeah!

Another romcom in the evening…”Jack and Sarah”! It will be back to “normal” tomorrow.

We needed a breath of fresh air and so went to Deal sea front. It was more than a breath, it was very windy! It did us good.

In the afternoon we watched Hammers, oh dear, they lost.

Another film in the evening “Sleepless in Seattle”.

We took Ellie to Kearsney. It was cold but of course Ellie wanted to go in the stream and ran towards it and straight in.

Then of course she rolled in all the mud.

She really enjoyed herself and we were surprised how few people were out and about.

Lazy day and so we watched Turner and Hooch in the afternoon. Torin used to have a Dogue de Bordeaux, lovely dogs but very strong. I walked him once and he pulled me over! Torin told me to put his special harness on and I said I was fine and didn’t need it, so serves me right!

On Christmas Day Ollie brough us round a lot of fish, from his work at Wheeler’s, dressed crabs and freshly smoked salmon and so we had a day eating fish and salad…lovely!

Then in the evening we watched Love Actually. What a lazy day.