Month: May 2016

Villa in north Cyprus for sale

I saw that Alfie Boe and Michael Ball are touring together later in the year. I like both of them and certainly wanted to see Alfie Boe (I have seen Michael Ball fairly recently). Tickets are not on sale to the general public until Friday but I managed to get us good tickets for London. I was sooo pleased that I have them!!

Off on our travels again after walking Ellie. She looked a little pained that we were packing again but she was fine as soon as she knew she was going with us. This time a couple of days in Rye. We have driven through often and stopped for a drink now and again. It’s a lovely place, so now  we have a hotel stay.

We stayed at the Hope and Anchor and arrived just at the right time as parking is horrendous around the cobbled streets but I managed to squeeze in the last space outside the hotel where it is permit parking only. The hotel provides the permit. We had a walk around Rye and stopped at “Edith’s House” which is a dog friendly quirky tea rooms. To be honest we were going to sit outside until they told us dogs were welcome inside. Ellie just lays under the table anyway and is no bother. We ordered drinks and then decided to stay for lunch as it was so nice and friendly.

 

We had a long walk around Rye.

In the evening we had dinner at The Queen’s Head where they had a ukelele band playing. They even let Ellie in the restaurantbut as I have said before she just lies under the table. There were three other dogs in the bar!

 

Thought for the Day – “You never know what someone is going through. A few nice words can help a person a lot more than you think.”

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Torin left very early for work so we took the three dogs out and then drove back home.  Lou and Rhys popped round as soon as we arrived home and then I went off with the Red Hatters to the Charles Dickens in Broadstairs for lunch. We always have such a laugh together and the food was good too.

Thought for the Day – “One day your heart will stop beating and none of your fears will matter. What will matter is how you lived.” ~ Henri Juntila

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I dropped Mal off at Warwick Uni and then spent the rest of the day at Kenilworth Castle.

Then back to Torin’s for the night.

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Torin and I took the three dogs out early in the morning. We then had fun playing games with Scarlet and Jack.

Mal has another meeting at Warwick Uni so we left later and headed for Kenilworth. We remembered a couple of years ago we had a good meal at Ego Mediterranean Restaurant and so went there for dinner. It was still as good as we remember.

 

We stayed the night at Chesford Grange again. We left Ellie with Torin as she loves being with his two dogs. I don’t think she even bothered when we left.
Thought for the Day – “For one minute, walk outside, stand there, in silence, look up at the sky and contemplate, how amazing life is.”

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Villa in north Cyprus for sale

A lovely walk with Ellie.

This is Rod’s pool still under construction but Judy has been swimming in it already (15 degrees!)

We packed up and went to Torins for lunch.

We went to the pub in the evening and then on to the Indian, Torin’s local and Tracey was able to join us when she had finished her very long shift.

We had a really good evening.

Thought for the Day – “Karma …Think good thoughts, say nice things, do good for others. Everything comes back.”

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We took Ellie for her walk through the fields and bluebell woods.

On the way back we stopped to talk to Rod who lives at Rose Cottage (my dream house). We must have stood chatting with him for about an hour. He is building an environmentally friendly swimming pool. Of course Mal wanted to know exactly how it worked. Then the conversation went on to things like property insurance for a thatched cottage and he told us one of the requisites was to have his chimney swept every month by a professional registered chimney sweep (he was not allowed to do it himself even if he did the training!!) He had put in an application to build a wooden barn on his land to put his tractor in, It was turned down but of course they have agreed to 70 houses being built in the village. This then went on to he is now being prosecuted for parking his car in a Plymouth car park, for which he paid £6 only to have a ticket slapped on it saying his vehicle was 20cms too long for the car park! He is going to court fighting that one. With all the other issues he seems to have going on, I don’t think we were surprised to hear he is waiting to have a triple bypass!! I have now gone off the idea of having the dream house, especially as he also told us that woodpeckers are destroying his thatch! Poor man.

In the afternoon Mal went to the allotment and I gardened the front garden.

Our postman wasn’t too impressed as he shouted over the hedge “I have two very heavy parcels for you.” I didn’t like to tell him, there are at least another 50 coming soon! That is the start of Mal’s exam work.

Thought for the Day – “Being honest may not get you many friends but it’ll always get you the right ones.” ~ John Lennon

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Sol is 18 today. I just don’t know where those years have gone. I started looking through some old photos of him and we did have some really good times with the 4 boys, our summers in Cyprus. Here’s one of Sol just finishing a plate of kebabs about 9 years ago.

We went for a very damp walk around the orchards and then Mal went to the allotment to get as much done as he can before he starts his exam assessment.

During our walk around the orchards,  Ellie found, a dead baby rabbit. She brought it to me and dropped it at my feet! She was so gentle with it. Well, she is a retriever! The apricots are starting to form now.

It dried up in the afternoon so I started work on the front garden.

Thought for the Day – “I want to live a simple life without stress or worry. I don’t need a lot of stuff. I just want to be happy.”