Month: July 2016

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Another lovely day so we went off to Minnis Bay early morning.

In the afternoon Lou and Rhys came round with Roddy. Our turn to do a bit of dog sitting as they are all off to Spain. It will be the last holiday that they all have together now the boys are older. I hope they have a good time. Roddy soon settled down. I think he gets far more walks here than he does at home!

The Turkish “coup” is over. This is interesting reading, many people just don’t understand what is going on! The man is nothing short of a dictator. Make your own minds up.
Thought for the Day – “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams & live the life you imagined.” ~ Thoreau

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For people interested in the lovely baby turtles, this is from Karsiyaka Turtle Watch – TONIGHT! ;

“Nest ‘Trev & Jen’ hatched, but it was a training excavation. However, there are at least 44 hatchlings which didn’t want to go last night and we will be releasing them tonight. If anyone would like to come along and see them being released, please meet at The Turtle Shack, Guzelyali Beach about 7.30 pm.”

We took Ellie to Minnis Bay, her first really good walk. She loved it and also the sea water would do her foot good. There were a lot of dogs she played with. She really hasn’t enjoyed being restricted to the garden.

The only problem was that the sea is usually so clean at Minnis but this time of year, masses of seaweed always comes on to the beach. We managed to find some relatively clean sea but of course Ellie likes rolling in the seaweed there was!

She was worn out when we got home.

In the afternoon we went to Wingham Wildlife Park. It is only 2 miles from home and we have season tickets and we love going there.

We listened to the penguin talk. It was really interesting as the keeper was very knowledgable and had worked with them for over 6 years. They take all the penguins for a walk every morning!! She knew them all individually and their characters as well

It was also nice to see the Red Panda. They have a pair of Red Pandas but they are very shy and rarely seen.

It’s not looking good in Turkey, sounds like an attempted Coup.

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We took Ellie for her first walk since Saturday, a short one but we have to see how her paw stands up to it. She loved being out again but we really couldn’t go too far. Mal went to the allotment, an every day occurence if it’s not raining! Potatoes, mange tout, broad beans and more gooseberries.

In the afternoon I met up with the Red Hatters at the Walpole Bay Hotel for afternoon tea.It’s quite an unusual hotel, in fact really from a bygone era.

Thought for the Day – “A smile happens in a flash but its memory can last a lifetime.” ~ Bertrand Russell

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Lou messaged me yesterday and said she had heard my comment about an election on the Jeremy Vine show on the radio! I seriously thought she must have heard it wrong. This morning I listened to the podcast and sure enough someone has messaged in “Maggie Daniel from Preston.” I guess it must be the Preston “up North” because I don’t think there is another one here. It certainly was NOT me!

We took Ellie to Elgar’s field again. I know she would love to go for a long walk but after a while she is limping again. At least now I can see where the gash was and it is quite huge, no wonder it is taking so long to heal.

In the afternoon we went to Broadstairs. It was very weird weather but thankfully we seemed to go everywhere the rain wasn’t!

I do like Broadstairs, such a lovely beach but very few people using it.

We had our dinner in Prezzo. The one in Broadstairs is really nice, look at the view, overlooking the beach. They do a very nice chicken salad.

Thought for the Day – “A beautiful face will age and a perfect body will change but a beautiful soul will always be a beautiful soul.”

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We took Ellie to Elgar’s field again, so she can just have a wander on the grass. I tried throwing her ball a short way but then she started limping. More time needed for it to heal.

It was a nice morning, so Mal went off to the allotment. I worked on the garden and then we went to the farm shop to get more compost. Then the rain started! I needn’t have watered the garden!

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We decided to take Ellie to Elgar’s field so that she could just have a wander around on the grass. It is no good exerting her foot until it is completely healed. It is not quite as bad today but she will still have to be restricted.

I learnt this morning that an old friend who sadly had been crippled with cancer, passed away yesterday. Rest in Peace Joe. He really was the salt of the earth.

We enjoyed the garden in the afternoon, both sat out there reading. Later I went to Fat club. For the first time since I have been going I have put on weight, half a pound. I am not surprised I had a huge Thai meal at the Folk festival, a three course meal in Dover (including cheese cake!!) and a lot at the BBQ yesterday. Not my most sensible week, I’ll make more effort this coming week.

Thought for the Day – “The life you have left is a gift, cherish it. Enjoy it now to the fullest. Do what matters now.”

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We tried to take Ellie to the sea at Minnis Bay but her foot is obviously still painful so she only managed a walk on the grass and we decided to put her back in the car, it was too far for her to walk to the sea. She wasn’t too impressed with that. More rest needed for her foot. Of course we were going to take her to Rhys’s but she would be jumping around there and her foot really needs to heal. We left her at home and went over for Oscar’s 8th birthday BBQ.  They had the pool out so it was a lovely afternoon in the garden and a very good BBQ. Rhys sent a sausage home with us for Ellie!

A quick change and then I was off the Margate Winter Gardens to meet the Red Hatters as we were going to see Grumpy Old Women with  Jenny Eclair, Susie Blake and Kate Robbins in it. No wonder Turner loved the views around Margate. I took this while I was waiting for the girls.

It was a very good show.
We always have a laugh anyway where ever we go!

Thought for the Day – “Live life to the fullest because it only happens once.”