Wednesday 2nd September 2026

We went to the cricket pitch with Ellie and fairly early as I had a “Phone call” with the doctor (booked three weeks ago. ) You can see that Ellie has given up chasing ducks!

She was very nice  and went through most things that were said before but I did manage to pin her down that she thinks it may be Haemochromatosis which is why she is sending me for another fasting blood test. Haemochromatosis was the original test that she wanted but they have so far refused!! At least she was very honest about it all. So, then I had to ring the surgery to book the test. It is now all AI!!!! It didn’t seem to understand that the doc had just referred me and so we went over and over and over things. Horror of horrors. Now I wait for the surgery to ring me back to book a date.

In the afternoon I went to a new fitness class in Eastry. It is seated as when I did pilates I struggled with my knee which was why I stopped going. It was really good to music and kept on the go for a solid hour. I think I may ache a bit tomorrow!

Tuesday 1st September 2026

The beginning of Meteorological Autumn.  Rather sad summer is over and days are getting shorter.

A trip to Kearsney and although a shorter walk, Ellie still wanted to go in the stream but Mal had to help her out as it was a bit slippy.

It may be autumn but a lovely sunny day later in the morning.

My garden is looking like a jungle. I have let my tomatoes go a bit wild. I have had about 10 kilos off them already and so many more to ripen and eat! This one has taken over my olive tree and I have ten more!!

Unbelievable that all these came from two Piccolo tomatoes.

John at Kent Weather Updates used one of my photos and gave me the credit for it! Better than the BBC, they have never used any of my photos!

A good game from Hammers – they beat Wolves 4-2