Month: November 2015

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Three more Christmas presents collected from Westwood (ordered online) and so we went on to Botany Bay with Ellie. It’s such a lovely beach but there was hardly anyone there but she did find another retriever to play with!

I was paddling with Ellie and playing ball and a huge wave came, soaked trousers and wet inside wellies! Oh dear, it wasn’t the warmest day to do that. I think Ellie did so much chasing around that she slept most of the afternoon.

Thought for the Day – “Never look down on anybody unless you are helping them up.” ~ Jesse Jackson

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Thank goodness the wind had dropped but it was our first frost . We went to the orchards for a walk and Mal dug his last potatoes at Wingham allotment.

Lunchtime we went back to the Cider and Beer Festival at the Anchor. Good music again and really friendly people, landlord and landlady. It is the first C&B festival they have had. Mal was sampling each one – half a pint. I think because it ends today, they were giving him three quarters of a pint!! Didn’t he do well, as always I was driving but didn’t mind because the music was so good.

We decided to leave at 3.45pm so that we could give Ellie her afternoon walk and also watch the Hammers v Spurs game! What a beautiful sunset on the way home.

The main event evidently was stuck in France, we didn’t hear quite why, obviously some sort of tightening of security.

Thought for the Day – “Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.” ~ Mother Teresa

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An early morning walk as rain was forecast and we managed a long walk before it started. But the temperature has certainly dropped and Torin has even had snow! It was also very windy.

This is an old cottage and along with the wind, we are discovering all the gaps. Of course there is no double glazing and it’s not an energy efficient house!! Can’t have it all!

Thought for the Day – “Life is short. Break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly,laugh uncontrollably and never regret anything that made you smile.” ~ Mark Twain

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As far as the pipe line for water from Turkey to the TRNC, didn’t anyone else see this coming?

The sun was out again for our walk and as we walked past Preston Court, their dog, Angus,came out and really wanted to walk with us and his owner couldn’t catch him. Very embarrassing for her .Preston Court is a really lovely, picturesque wedding venue. We walk past there most days. They even have peacocks in the grounds. I don’t think Ellie has noticed them yet.

Later I went to Westwood as I had some things to collect. In the evening we went to the Ale and Cider Festival at the Anchor at Wingham. They had some good beers and ciders and also music on all weekend. We watched a couple of bands.

We also bought tickets to see Dave Kelly there in December. He was the guitarist with the Blues Band the previous night and in our opinion the best musician on stage.

All in all a good night but we felt the temperature had dropped on the way home. Much more like November weather.
Thought for the Day – “Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.”

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We went to Minnis Bay, I think possibly Ellie’s favourite place. She was really lucky today as she had lots of friends to play with. Ellie is the one sniffing the ladies bag, feeling sure with two goldies she must have treats!

We called into the shops in Birchington on the way back. I do like using local shops if I can and there are some lovely individual ones there.Ellie likes it there too as everyone stops and strokes her!

We are certainly making the most of the theatres around us as we went to the Marlowe in Canterbury in the evening. The Blues Band were playing and what a band of talented musicians.  For those interested, the band consists of Paul Jones, Tom McGuiness, Dave Kelly, Rob Townsend and Gary Fletcher and they have been performing for quite a lot of years now !

A great evening and if you like blues, make a point of catching up with them.

Thought for the Day – “You’ve got 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to smile?”

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The sun was out, another lovely warm day. Ellie just loves seeing her horses every morning.

We had a bit of a cleaning up day. I did the windows, not a good idea as the ones under the thatch are covered in spiders! We also sorted out all the Christmas decorations to see if we could track them all down following the move. All the lights work too.

We also watched Murray lose!

Thought for the Day – “Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it.” ~ William Feather

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It was very warm again, the middle of November and spring flowers are everywhere. Nature must be so confused. The lady across the road has told us her tortoise always hibernates by the end of October…not this year, he’s still wandering around.

We decided to go to Petticoat Lane Emporium, not the original one but one in Ramsgate. We hadn’t been before and thought we must give it a try. We heard good reports and also bad reports. Well, Mal and I loved it and spent hours there. It’s an amazing place. There were a lot of craft stalls but also we spent half the time saying “Did you have one of those when you were little?”!

In the evening we watched the France v England game. Nice to see a few Spurs players on the pitch.

Thought for the Day – “Dreams aren’t what you leave behind when morning comes. They are the stuff that fill your every living moment.” ~ David Cuschieri