On The Island

A work day and we were really busy.

Knees Wood for our walk, nice and cool and then of course the Captains Cafe for a coffee.

A slight diversion on the way home – Home Bargains, to buy some more summer plants!

Tris came round for lunch and stayed until evening. It was lovely to see him.

We watched the second half of Soccer Aid.

Another early morning Ramsgate park walk mainly because there is so much shade there for Ellie. Home Bargains on the way home as they had some amazing hanging baskets a fraction of the garden centre price. Lucky to have seen them as usually, as soon as they get a new wave of plants in, they are gone, so popular!

While we sat and had lunch outside our blackbird came to join us. I am certain he has a problem with one of his legs but apart from that he seems OK.

An evening sitting in the garden but we did watch the penalties when Arsenal lost!

A very early journey to the park in Ramsgate. We figured that we would have the sea breeze and then the shade of the trees….yes was probably the best decision .

Early morning the best time of the day. I remember getting up at 4 to walk Ellie in Cyprus.

As we returned to the car, I noticed Mal had been giving this butterfly a lift on his back!

I have another grocery order being delivered tonight. I am not sure how this had worked out but Asda, Sainsburys and Tesco have been offering me so much off for home deliveries (£1 delivery). I don’t usually do online orders but all 3 too good to miss, choosing their offers of things we always use and especially the bulky things . Tonight’s is £20 off £60 from Asda!! Apart from anything else , I would be spending so much on diesel.

I then had a long phone conversation (an hour) with Torin’s soulmate Lisa. They were so close for so many years. She is as upset as me at not having anything to do with the twins anymore. We have both tried making contact, but believe it is not them we were messaging. Mal confirmed it wasn’t the language of the then 15 year olds! So very sad when Lisa and we were so very close to them.  Yes the call made me cry but it did me good to know Lisa thinks of him every day and I know she means that.

 

Has the world gone mad? In Thanet alone 17,000 new homes. The effects are being seen now. They have no water in so many areas of Kent and I heard today that all the restaurants in Whitstable High Street are closed because they have no water and Southern and South Eastern Water are blaming us, the consumer.  The utilities can not cope with so many new houses and the water companies have spent nothing on improvements for years. We never ran out of water in Cyprus! Makes us feel like a third world country.

Sandwich town is a lovely medieval town with masses of tourists. The council has now put a 3 hour restriction on parking! I should imagine that will kill off most of the businesses now.

A walk around the orchards early morning. There was quite a breeze and so Ellie seemed much more energetic. Lovely views around the orchards.

From there we called into the farm shop to buy some more John Innes compost and of course lots more of their home grown Jazz apples.

I potted on most of my tomato plants in the afternoon.

Another early morning walk. I went on my own, Mal was still asleep! I can’t say Ellie was that energetic either.

I went to have my hair cut in the afternoon. Becky now has her own shop in town. She is such a lovely girl. She does talk a lot though.

Mal managed to get her installed at the Jubilee Centre a long while ago and as Mal discovered and Becky found out, the committee are not nice people. So, good to see her with her own place.

Pleased to see Springwatch back on the TV!