On The Island

After Ellie’s walk we drove to Faversham. Mal took Ellie to the park and I went to Maxillofacial/Periodontal, whatever they want to call it nowadays. He did more checking , cleaning, measuring and said he can’t give a date for the next op until I have the wobbly tooth out, so I have to book it with my dentist for the end of January. I took a pain killer before I went in there and it still hurt!

Managed to get booked with the dentist  Zareen for the end of January for the extraction.

Just had to donate to Sara Cox (Radio 2), she is doing so well. Over 3 million pounds raised so far.

I forgot to mention how many police were out and about in the Isle of Wight.  We are not used to seeing that many Police and so many unmarked police cars stopping drivers.

In the evening watched the winning game for England.

The grandad I never knew….Thiepval Memorial

We took Ellie to Kearsney, the first time she has been here since the op. We wondered if she would go in the stream….straight in and she managed to get in and out.

Mal put his wellies on just in case she couldn’t get back up but she managed and then rolled in the mud!!

She had fun!

A day volunteering at work , quite quiet as far as customers but plenty of stock to sort. We also have to sell the “Superdraw” lottery tickets and we came first in the area for the amount sold!! I do try hard as we have targets for that as well.

Didn’t feel too good in the morning, I felt as though I had a hangover, usually do after bad migraine. An easy day, catching up with Strictly.

We packed up all ready for the 9am ferry. A much better ferry, this time the lift went all the way to the pet area. Plus, as we were there early, we were right at the front.

And leaving the island……….

And in no time at all…Portsmouth….

What a lovely holiday and we will be back again in March!

Back home just in time to watch the Spurs v Man U game…..a draw! Later Hammers won. I had migraine along with sickness and went to bed early.

We went to Ryde in the morning for a wander along the front and around the shops. A lot of charity shops and they all seemed to have dog treats.

In the afternoon we sat outside the lodge and played cards. (While Ellie watched the red squirrels).

 

 

We had a long walk through the woods and on to the beach and Ellie coped really well with it all. Lots of fungi in the woods.

We booked for lunch at our favourite pub The Blacksmith’s . The views from there are so good.

They do my favourite dessert ever….White chocolate and raspberry creme brulee. It is full of raspberries, no one else seems to do it as good as they do and Mal is rather partial to their cheeseboard!

I think it may be Ellie’s favourite pub, she knows the doggie welcome at their entrance (treats and blankets to help yourself to) and then she is very content.

We love the amount of countryside all over the island and started looking at houses. There were a couple in East Cowes that seemed really nice and so we drove past them, no, not a place for us to live! Too towny!

In the evening of course the new Race across the World followed by the Traitors Finale and a few drinks! I was hoping Joe would win.