On The Island

 

I was up quite early and so checked on my courgette and tomato plants in the garden. One of the courgette flowers had a tiny snail in it , so that went over the wall! And then in one of the tomato plants, a tiny frog.  It amazes me when we don’t have a pond in the garden and neither of our neighbours do.

We packed our things up and drove to a caravan in Greatstone, New Romney, the one we have stayed at before.  On the way we stopped at the Ship Hotel for our lunch and very good it was too and so dog friendly.

A work day…busy!

A nice relaxing Springwatch in the evening.

A walk in Knees Wood, I had to run in front of Ellie to get a photo as she dashes ahead, not sure why she loves this place so much!

While we sat outside Colonel’s Cafe having our coffee , a youngish guy sat at the next table and we started chatting. He had walked from Canterbury and is walking the Pilgrim’s Way (Canterbury to the Vatican). Not all in one go. This leg was to Austria.  He will continue the next leg next year. He was heading to Dover for the ferry tomorrow. He had a back pack with ONE change of clothes, a one man tent, a passport and a credit card! Interesting.

I planted the bedding I bought a few days ago and also more basil which is thriving.

George VI park for our walk, very windy by the sea but the park wasn’t too bad.  We also managed not to get wet!

Rain for most of the rest of the day.

We watched the first of the new series of Celebrity Gogglebox as Nigel Havers and Julian Clary are on, just as they are in their annual panto!

I kept the new dentures in all day and then struggled to get them put as she has made them so tight and I now have a very sore side of my tongue! Just have to persevere.

 

Another trip to the dentist for my new dentures .I now have them but they are so tight. I will now have to try and get used to them. She made my mouth bleed trying to get the top ones out. This is all going to be a challenge.

Next on to Asda Optician as one of Mal’s lenses had scratched. They were so apologetic and made him a new pair which they will guarantee for 2 years. No arguments, just apologies. Excellent customer service. He failed to tell them he had been crawling around the bushes at the allotment! BUT they were supposed to be scratch resistant.

This was emailed to me from The Ivy, we will have to pay another visit!!…………………..

Introducing The Ivy’s £19.66 Menu

We’re kicking off our Summer of Sport with a limited-edition £19.66 Menu, a nod to the historic year football came home. Enjoy two courses for £19.66, featuring crowd-pleasing favourites, as we rally behind England during the FIFA World Cup and celebrate the spirit of the beautiful game. Here’s to doing it all over again! Available throughout the FIFA World Cup, Monday 8th June to Sunday 19th July, served Sunday to Friday from 11:30am-4:30pm on weekdays and 11:00am-4:00pm on Sundays.

Showers during the night but we managed a quick dry walk.

At least my courgettes in pots in the garden haven’t been beaten down too much by the rain.

 

Not so sunny so we took Ellie to St Mildred’s Bay as we know there are slopes on to the beach and wouldn’t have to carry her up the steps!  There were masses of winkles on the rocks.

A lot of rain in the afternoon so we caught up on Springwatch and watched some of the birds live in their nests and even eggs hatching.

In the evening we went to the Marlowe Theatre to see Jools Holland. We go every time he is on there and it is always such a good night, by the end of which we are all up and dancing to his Boogie Woogie!

As always we had middle seats in the second row.

So good!