On The Island

I had a Sainsburys order, which included some groceries for Paula.

A walk with Ellie and then Paula and Gilly arrived to stay in their AirBandB in Deal. I had to collect them from Deal station and take them to the apartment.  It was very nice, part of a huge house in Walmer, not Deal!. They had assistance all the way down here as Paula is losing her sight and Gilly has bad knees and only one eye! I can’t say all the steps in the property helped.

 

An early morning walk for Ellie and then I drove the car to the garage for the MOT and service. We have changed garages, hopefully this one will be good. It has been recommended to us.

Yes, they called just before lunch, all done, no advisories and it was ready to collect. That was painless!

A work day. Very busy in the morning and then it eased off quite  a bit when the rain came.

After dinner we watched Spain v Cape Verde. That was a very good game.

We took Ellie to Knees Wood first thing. We then left her at home after her long walk and we went into town to Le Weekend. The French now have problems transporting food following Brexit so it is no longer full of French cuisine and goods. There are a couple of stalls. Others were ones that are usually at the town market anyway.

So, we went to the Quay and the Medieval day.

Our neighbours Sarah and Steve are in the last photo. Steve is a Blacksmith.

Shopping early morning and then late afternoon Lou, Ollie and Josie came round for a meal.

Sadly Rhys was working and so didn’t come. I told him I will have to book an Uber, then I can see him!!

It was nice to see them, a rare occasion as they have busy lives. Ollie is home for a few days from Padstow where he is now working for Rick Stein and loving it.

We packed up and then went to the country park for Ellie’s walk.

Then on to Hythe where we stopped at Truly Scrumptious for a pot of tea.

Mal went to the allotment when we arrived home and brought back loads more strawberries.

Rain forecast and so we were out on the beach straight after breakfast.

The rain started half hour after we returned to the caravan.

So, we decided to head for The Pilot for our lunch and my favourite skate. They are so dog friendly and as usual Elle just lies still all the time.

I have to say the skate wasn’t as good as usual, too greasy!

It was still raining in the evening so we watched the World Cup opening ceremonies. We have a family sweepstake which I have totally lost interest in!! Instead of picking one out of the top 10 for everyone first, so everyone had an interest, not done that way. I was one of the last pulled out and my best was 24th  – Austria. It is £10 each, so we have backed the team we think will win to cover our £20!!