It was hotter than we thought when we went walking after breakfast. Just as we walked out of the horses field Ellie bolted. I saw the same thing as she did, a baby fox. Mal and I both called her but she had gone deep into the wood, eventually she came back having run a long way in the heat. Consequently our walk wasn’t as long as we had planned, she was already panting. It was still a nice walk.
Then we packed, left the cottage and headed to Hythe for lunch on the way home. Driving into Hythe we realised it was a big mistake, first day of the summer holidays, the car parks were full, the traffic moving so slow, so we changed our minds and decided to go straight home. That was when the nightmare began, I should have known when the sat nav started sending me down single track lanes! I have to say here, I did NOT vote to leave the EU!! And more fool them anyone in south Kent who did. Whichever way we went traffic was at a standstill. M20/Folkestone/Cheriton etc etc. After sitting waiting for nothing, I reversed 4 times and tried a different route. It was hot, we had Ellie in the back of the car but at least we had water but even so I was thinking we may just find a pub, when the cars did move and even stay the night somewhere. We were trying different sat navs. Don’t ask me how but Waze eventually got us out of it. I think we will be avoiding Dover and Folkestone for the next 6 weeks. I just feel so sorry for all the people sitting in their cars going nowhere.
I wonder if all the people who voted to leave the EU really thought about the consequences.
Eventually back home, unpacked, washing on and I sat in the garden. Mal watered at the allotment and he also cooked dinner.
I had a lovely “Thinking of you” card and pocket butterfly from my friend Zoe, who I went to college with. She is so thoughtful.
Thought for the Day – “Man is affected not by events but by the view he takes of them.” ~ Epictetus