On The Island

Horrified to keep listening about the beads polluting our seas. 50 miles. 300 million bio beads and do Southern Water even care? It is now as far as St Marys Bay…getting nearer. Absolutely disgusting, the damage they will be doing to wildlife.

A dry walk with Ellie (only just) and then the torrential rain started.

I met the girls, Kent Lavender Ladies and we went to Lemongrass Thai Street food. The ladies in there are so lovely and the food likewise.

We had a really good lunch and a good natter and put the world to rights…as if anyone could! My prawn Pad Thai was so tasty.

The weather was horrendous all the way home but at least we didn’t have snow as some did!

A walk around the cricket pitch, Ellie even did a bit of running!

I made soup for lunch (getting a bit cold for salad!) Lovely olive bread with it.

Mal went to the allotment. I painted some more memory stones, some of the stones we collected in the Isle of Wight. Ellie jumped up on to the sofa, the first time she has done this since her op. Good progress.

A busy day at work and the temperature had certainly dropped.

Another dreary day. I drove to Faversham and met up with Lou and Josie and we went to the Kent Showground to the Christmas Gift and Festive Food Show. It was wet and very muddy. It was a lot like last year, not too much different and it was very busy.

And yes they were reindeer behind Lou and Josie!

I went shopping in Whitfield (Dover) while Mal walked Ellie. It was sunny as I drove towards Dover and then as I finished my shopping, the fog had come down and my car is also covered in Sahara dust! What weird weather. In the afternoon I sat and watched a Christmas film. Unusual for me! Mal was practising his Christmas roast (the vegetables!) He decided he is going to cook Christmas lunch, so has started organising it.

We took Ellie to Botany Bay (in between the rain!)

We were the only people down there. Lots of mussel shells on the beach.

It was Mal’s sister Marion’s birthday today so we took her present and card to her. She had a new phone and so that took up all morning for not just Mal transferring all her numbers but trying to teach her how to use it. Marion has disabilities and a good thing Mal has so much patience with her.  But I had to entertain her, not easy and she gets louder and louder. We were both exhausted by the time we left.

I spent the rest of the day tracking Sara Cox, then watching live when she finished. Very emotional during the day.  She did so well raising  9.5 million pounds! Then of course Children In Need in the evening.