Month: October 2026

Ellie had a good sleep right next to the bed, so she knew where we were.  We brought some carpet runners with us as she is slipping on hard floors. We use them at home now, so packed them all up to bring with us!

A little like having a child all the things we have to bring with us for her but she has seen me through some bad times, so the least we can do.

I had an online order from Sainsburys to be delivered first thing in the morning.  This included butter and eggs. My fault that  as I said I didn’t want any substitutes, they had none of the free range eggs I ordered so no eggs were delivered. On unpacking everything (the driver had gone). There was no butter, the red pepper hadn’t turned red and was damaged and the bananas were green and the bag of carrots were bad!! This has to be  the worst online order I have ever had. As time was getting on and we wanted to eat something we tried the bananas, we threw them away, they were disgusting.  The best laid plans heh?

So, we had to drive down to the local small Tesco where everything is about twice the price and buy replacements.  I have to say I wasn’t happy as we are on holiday! It all should have been so easy. Not a good start. Actually I forgot to say the ferry yesterday was delayed.

Mal did no more than phoned Sainsbury. They added up the refund for missing and bad goods and added £5 goodwill . The only problem is, that it is for another online order! Better than nothing.

Coming back from Tesco we stopped by reception, left the car and walked Ellie through the woods.

We didn’t risk going as far as the beach as the meds make her legs a bit wobbly.

We decided to have an easy rest of the day out on the terrace.

Then the football and we beat Croatia 7-0 . At last England seem to be playing as a team.

After that we watched Strictly, Johannes should stick to dancing and Josh should not be a presenter either. It really puts you off watching it.

Our much needed holiday in the Isle of Wight! Ellie seems more settled with the additional pain killers and slept most of the journey. We went on deck on the ferry to let her get some fresh air.

We arrived at Woodside Bay about 3.30 and the lodge was ready and so they gave us the key, check in is officially 4pm.

We booked Wroxhall this time to try a different lodge. It is quite huge with three bedrooms and a lovely view from the terrace. The sea in the distance.

It is quite secluded where we are, right at the back and very quiet but I think it will mean driving to the other end of the park to walk Ellie to the beach but that is no problem.

We unpacked, had a wander around and then Mal cooked dinner. Of course, second part of Celebrity Traitors!

Ellie slept well, so the pain killer must be helping.

Mal took Ellie for a walk around the cricket pitch and she was fairly lively considering. Meanwhile I went round to the doctors querying what happens next as some results from the blood test are still outstanding. The receptionist told me to fill in an anima form. I told her no, I had walked to the practice and I was not going to do it. I asked her again should I book another blood test while I was there as there was no way I was doing it through their AI reception again..

Her reply was “I am not medically trained”. So helpful…NOT! Finally she agreed that SHE would fill in the anima form for me and asked me what to put!! I replied “exactly what I have told you, that the doc said she would ring me to discuss the results, some tests outstanding” etc etc. By the time I had arrived home I had a message saying a telephone appointment was booked with the doc for 2 weeks time. I don’t think me filling the form in would have progressed as quickly!!

Time for the first episode of Traitors in the evening! So was that a clever tactic from Richard E Grant?