Month: May 2016

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We went out over the fields, thankfully it was only a light drizzle. a different day to yesterday!  The final part of the walk was through the woods, I love walking through the bluebells.

Mal’s glasses have broken at the nose clip and no one wants to repair them and so he wanted to go to the opticians to buy replacements.  He managed to find buy one get one free, just as well as he has varifocals, a difficult prescription, so a few hundred pounds anyway! I always have to go with him as obviously he can’t see properly when he tries glasses on!  It was a miserable  morning anyway , so we didn’t have much else to do. He also looked for a new jacket but about 8 shops later, couldn’t find what he wanted.

It stopped raining in the afternoon so Mal went to the allotment.

In the evening we watched the Hammers v Man U game, a good result as it was the last game at Boleyn.

Thought for the Day – “Should you ever find yourself the victim of other peoples bitterness, smallness or insecurities, remember things could be worse……you could be them.”

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Another beautiful day and so we had a long walk over the fields followed by shopping and of course Mal went to his allotment. The broad beans are doing really well.

More gardening at home for me. a lot of the flowers have started to bloom now.

Thought for the Day – “In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take, relationships we were afraid to have and the decisions we waited too long to make.”

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Torin took all the dogs for a long fast walk , with his 50kg back pack. He told me I would slow him down! So we stayed at home with Scarlet and Jack.

Later we all went to the swimming pool but Mal and I didn’t have our swimming things with us, so we just watched.

Everyone was hungry after all that exercise and so we went to Letchworth to the Chinese for our Sunday lunch. I think the kids wanted to go there because of the chocolate fountain.

After lunch we drove back home.

Thought for the Day – “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

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I drove Mal to Warwick Uni straight after breakfast. It also seems weird going back there as I worked for the Students Union there 46 years ago! Those were the days when I used to do a lot of work for the Social Secretary and then she gave me free tickets to all their events!  A lot of the big groups.

Back to the hotel and packed all our things up and then Ellie and I went for a walk to town and then on to the park.

Mal finished his meeting quite early and back to Torin’s. They were all doing acrobatics in the garden. Daddy showing off that he may be nearly 44 but is fit!

Thought for the Day – “Don’t allow society to transform you into something you are not. If you are not following your dream STOP” ~ Paulo Coelho

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I took Mal to Warwick Uni and then Ellie and I went to Priory Park as it was such a lovely day. She has a good run around and I just managed to call her back before she jumped in the lake. Another lady I spoke to wasn’t so lucky, her black lab dived in and caught and ate a fish!  Poor woman was so embarrassed.

From there we went into Kenilworth town and had some lunch. We spent more time in the hotel grounds and then collected Mal.

Another nice dinner in the hotel. The previous night I asked for the strawberry dessert which should have been accompanied with blueberries and raspberries. It wasn’t but by that time I thought I had imagined it on the menu. I spoke to the waitress about it and she told us there was someone new preparing desserts and she would have a word. Mal also said his cheese board had been the smallest he had ever seen. True to her word amidst a lot of apologies, I had all three fruits when I ordered it again, Mal had a much bigger cheese board. It also transpired, she had knocked the price of dessert off the bill.

(Not a good photo of Mal, he does like to pull silly faces.)

Thought for the Day – “Live your truth. Express your love. Share your enthusiasm. Take action towards your dreams. Walk your talk. Dance and sing to your music. Embrace your blessings. Make today worth remembering. ~ Dr Steve Maraboli

 

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Another glorious day. Torin had a lie in, until 5.45 as we said we would take all the dogs out. Usually he takes them for an hours run before he leaves for work. Yes, he is usually up at 4!!

Later Mal and I took them out and of course they all three went in the river. It didn’t matter today as they dried quickly.

After lunch we left for Kenilworth. We arrived at the hotel only to be told that we had a room on the third floor. I asked the receptionist why they always did this, put people with dogs high up! She agreed and said she would change our room. What a bonus she gave us a room on the ground floor, looking out to the woods and we have our own patio door and chairs outside our room! She has upgraded us, how very nice of her. Last year we stayed here and they charged us £15 in total for the three nights we stayed  for Ellie. We were told this year it is £20 per night but the receptionist then said it is only £15 in total so that was a bonus.

Ellie thought the room was great, she could just sit and watch the rabbits running around outside!

We took her to the woods at the edge of the hotels grounds and the bridge into the woods has been broken and you no longer have access, so we had to find another route.

Dinner was very good with a lovely Greek waitress serving us. There don’t seem to be many people staying here at the moment. The restaurant has a really nice outside area where we had a drink before our dinner.

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Mal has his exam meetings at Warwick Uni and so we packed our things again and drove to Torin’s house so that we can do the journey in two stages. Torin arrived home from work shortly after we arrived and did no more than took all three dogs for a walk with his 50kg back pack. He is training for Ben Nevis!  We were going to go with him but his pace is a lot faster than ours and we would hold him back!

In the evening we went and had a meal at the Bengal Raj in Biggleswade. It’s Torins local and they know Torin well as it is just along the road from him. It is the most I have seen Torin laugh in a long while which was really good to see after he has been ill for so long. He has also started putting weight back on as he lost 3 stone.

 

Thought for the Day  – “Life is short and temporary. Don’t waste it with your stress just because you can’t get what you want. Love and appreciate what you have.” ~ Robert Tew