On The Island

Into Deal as Mal had to go for an eye test. We walked Ellie along the sea front first. It was windy and freezing. It started raining just before we were back in the car. I ended up waiting in the car while he went for his appointment, didn’t want to get any wetter.

Ellie obviously felt the cold and snuggled down when home!

In the afternoon it was so miserable we watched a film that has been nominated for an Oscar… “A Friend of Dorothy”. A short film but good.

The Pro Palestinian protesters are out again in Sandwich. They start off in Discovery Park where they (Instro Precision) are making the drones and weapons and then go through Sandwich, letting fireworks off and I have heard they have clashed with Police.

The Traitors Finale in the evening. A good ending!

We walked Ellie and then went to Faversham to take Lou’s birthday present. It is next week but we have to find a time  anyone is in! They are busy people.

I phoned Paula and Gilly is back home after her op and doing OK.

I had to laugh at this……………….

It does seem like it!

Heavy rain in the morning. I had to go to Westwood Cross to collect a birthday present. It is now a nightmare going there, more and more houses springing up all the way and the road disrupted where they are putting in services. Thanet will soon be nothing but new housing estates.

Meanwhile Mal and Ellie got very wet on their walk!

Traitors again in the evening. Only two more to go!

 

I sorted all my washing out. Mal had done all of his! We went to Kearsney and it was really nice and sunny. We also stayed at the cafe for a coffee. It really was so nice to hear the birds singing.

The first Winterwatch in the evening. They explained it is now on at 7pm, so as not to clash with Traitors and also introduced their own version of Traitors!! Amusing.

We then watched the Spurs game and they won!!!! Yeah!!

 

Up, packed and left our cases at the coach and then into breakfast. Ready for the trip home.

Back on the ferry.

We think the driver, Bill, was in a hurry to get home. He was not hanging around at the drop offs or the services.

We were home by 4pm. Mal was cooking dinner even though he had a really bad cold.

It was a very nice weekend.

Breakfast and Angie and Janet decided to go on the trip to Alum Bay and Newport. The other 3 of us decided to take part in the quiz. We were hopeless. Well who knew who has won the most Grammys? And what is a flock of flamingos called? I knew how many hearts an octopus has (I watch so many Natural History/ Wildlife programmes. )

We then sat and played Rummy. Later we walked into Yarmouth.

We went for lunch in Gossip’s Cafe.

Even in Yarmouth people were stopping us and asking all about Red Hatters. We should have printed a sheet out with Jenny Joseph’s poem on it!

Back to the hotel and again  we sat outside the hotel overlooking the sea. We were so lucky that we didn’t have any rain. Of course we did sit wrapped in our coats and maybe the Guiness helped!!!

Eventually back to the chalets to get changed and ready for dinner and the evening entertainment.  It was an Abba Tribute band. We danced quite a lot.

 

I was up early and had to be at Westwood Cross for 6.35 as 5 of us Red Hatter were off to the Isle of Wight to Warners Norton Grange. Not too bad for the pick ups on the way apart from having to go via Dartford. They gave us the back seat of the coach.

Of course, the whole coach were asking who we were and why we were dressed the way we dress. We got to know a lot of them, all very friendly. We caught the ferry at Lymington having driven through the New Forest.

The ferry stops just round the corner from Warner’s Norton Grange where we were staying. So, we arrived at 2.30 and although we were given keys, we couldn’t enter the chalets until 3.00. We sat outside facing the sea, having a drink!

We were chatting so much and drinking that it was 5.30 when we decided we ought to go and collect our cases and go to our chalets!

Pam and I were sharing and she was getting a little tipsy!

Entertainment in the evening with Sweet Sensation. We all had a few dances.