Sunday 2nd August 2026

Knees Wood followed by a coffee. Ellie didn’t want to go all the way round the woods, we just follow her and see how far she wants to go.

Lunchtime we went into Margate and to Chrissy’s garden (Jem’s mum). It is lovely and looks right over the sea. Jem had a bit of trouble putting one of the chairs up.

After a great afternoon we made a quick escape as they were shutting all the roads as the Carnival procession was on its way and we had left Elle for long enough. If we left it any later we would probably have had a two hour delay! We hadn’t taken her as 28 degrees was a little too hot with no shade!

Saturday 1st August 2026

I went to Whitfield to get some shopping whilst Mal took Ellie but she just wanted a wander around the field opposite and no more, so he brought her home.

It actually rained later when Mal went to the allotment. Nothing significant but a tiny drop of rain. Spurs beat Chelsea in their pre season match in Australia. Let’s hope the season starts as well.

After sitting in the garden in the evening, we then started another series of “Slow Horses”.