On The Island

A storm and pouring rain to wake up to, winter is here! I went into Ramsgate and really heavy hail stones.  I bought some really nice Christmas crackers in Waitrose. They are all half price!

Horrified to keep listening about the beads polluting our seas. 50 miles. 300 million bio beads and do Southern Water even care? It is now as far as St Marys Bay…getting nearer. Absolutely disgusting, the damage they will be doing to wildlife.

A dry walk with Ellie (only just) and then the torrential rain started.

I met the girls, Kent Lavender Ladies and we went to Lemongrass Thai Street food. The ladies in there are so lovely and the food likewise.

We had a really good lunch and a good natter and put the world to rights…as if anyone could! My prawn Pad Thai was so tasty.

The weather was horrendous all the way home but at least we didn’t have snow as some did!

A walk around the cricket pitch, Ellie even did a bit of running!

I made soup for lunch (getting a bit cold for salad!) Lovely olive bread with it.

Mal went to the allotment. I painted some more memory stones, some of the stones we collected in the Isle of Wight. Ellie jumped up on to the sofa, the first time she has done this since her op. Good progress.

A busy day at work and the temperature had certainly dropped.

Another dreary day. I drove to Faversham and met up with Lou and Josie and we went to the Kent Showground to the Christmas Gift and Festive Food Show. It was wet and very muddy. It was a lot like last year, not too much different and it was very busy.

And yes they were reindeer behind Lou and Josie!

I went shopping in Whitfield (Dover) while Mal walked Ellie. It was sunny as I drove towards Dover and then as I finished my shopping, the fog had come down and my car is also covered in Sahara dust! What weird weather. In the afternoon I sat and watched a Christmas film. Unusual for me! Mal was practising his Christmas roast (the vegetables!) He decided he is going to cook Christmas lunch, so has started organising it.