On The Island

We drove to the cricket pitch, so Ellie didn’t have to walk too far and this was at 6am.  Quite a lot of people out walking their dogs.

So many more tomatoes in the garden, our menu has changed slightly to accommodate fresh tomatoes! Delicious.

Up and out at 6, Mal walking Ellie and Me going to Dover to shop before it became far too hot! I can’t even contemplate going anywhere in the opposite direction as Southern Water has closed the roads.

What with that and the toll bridge closed maybe we are under siege! They are now putting concrete barriers up as idiots were still trying to cross the bridge!

So much for our plans to attend the Ramsgate day on Saturday. It looks as though we may get there but no way are we doing a 31 mile diversion to get home. It will be bad enough heading home from work on Monday!

A walk around Sandwich in a lot of shade.

We then showered her as it has been a while and it will hopefully make her feel a bit fresher.

I transplanted some of my spider plants. I am hoping someone will want them! A partial eclipse in the evening, nowhere near as good as the one we watched sitting on a beach in South Cyprus in 1999, that was in the middle of the afternoon and quite spectacular.

We went into Eastry to collect Ellie’s food from the vet and so walked her in the shaded woody part of the fields.

We think this part of the fields may have been someone’s private garden in the past as there are walnut trees, peach and plum trees and so many damsons.

Later in the afternoon the doctor phoned and told me that following my last blood test, she has made an appointment with the gastroenterologist. Interesting!  She said it will take about a month.

The book , Volume 1 is now complete!

 

A busy work day.

The garden is flooded with tomatoes and now they are all ripening.

Knees Wood followed by a coffee. Ellie was only up for half the walk.

Then we had Pam’s belated 70th birthday celebrations opposite her flat in Palm Bay. A picnic of sorts where we all took some food. A lovely afternoon by the sea, with the fun fair in between but the sun was hot.

A very early morning walk along Deal sea front. It was so nice.

Thank goodness we headed for Deal as the Toll Bridge road is now shut. One of the water tankers hit it!! WHY are they allowed over the bridge?! They predict it will be shut for a couple of months. At least the culprit has owned up but it is always chaos when the bridge is closed.

Spurs had a friendly match in the afternoon. A draw but we actually watched Hammers

This really is no joke all this has happened today in Sandwich!!!!!…….