On The Island

Dentist (Canterbury) in the morning.  I had a very long chat with Zareen. Yes, she had received the letter from periodontal.  She informed me periodontal are no longer taking new patients countrywide!! We decided to have my tooth extraction in January as perio would not be operating for a long time, so she said she would draw up a “plan” for me.

I called in at the huge Canterbury Asda on the way home and was impressed by the ranges they carry.

A bit of a shock to receive an email from Cancer Research (to ALL volunteers) informing us that they will be closing 90 shops by May and up to 100 more in the following year. They sent it to all of us at the same time. Obviously then we are all contacting our Managers. Wouldn’t it have been a nicer way for the Managers to let us know face to face? Poor Jack with all of us getting in touch with him.  Thankfully ours is not one of them.

A nice sunny day and so we took Ellie to Ramsgate. She really was ready for a long walk.

We bought a new kettle last week and even though we boiled it several times, it tasted of plastic and so we returned it and received a refund. We will have to look again. We are frequently finding buying anything nowadays is a gamble.

Spurs game in the evening, lucky to get a draw!

The day at work.

Another nice day and so over to Shepherdswell for a walk around Knees Wood. Ellie decided she was more than capable of the steps as she dashed ahead of us.

It was very busy over there with all the train enthusiasts and today was a special treat….

Of course we then went to the Colonels Cafe for a coffee.

We then met Tris at The Crispin Inn for lunch. It’s his birthday next week, so we wanted to give him his present. His girlfriend couldn’t make it. It was nice to see him.

I went shopping in Westwood and at least managed to get some clothes I was looking for in M&S, joggers for both Mal and I and on my part, managed to find some without those horrible wide legs.

Primark have some lovely cosy Christmas throws. Yes, I bought one with dogs on! I couldn’t find anything in TKMaxx which is unusual.

When I arrived back home Ellie was on her bed. We bought it before she had her op and this is the first time she has lay  on it, it must be winter!

Spurs game in the evening, not brilliant, levelling in the 94th minute!

We packed up ready to leave. Mal took Ellie to the country park and I collected Gilly and Paula and drove them to the bus stop to catch their bus to Ashford.  Only a short break but I hope it gave Paula a bit of space from all her moving problems.

Ellie had her back seat back with the hammock, having been in the boot all the rest of the time. Then we headed for Hythe and had a “brunch” in ‘Truly Scrumptious’ the cafe we like, as soon as we sat down they brought treats for Ellie!! We ended up having scones and tea. The scones were huge!

A wander around the shops and then back home.

We walked Ellie and went past the pods on site. A really nice walk.

Because of Ellie’s op, we haven’t showered her for a long time. They have a Paws Dog wash on site but I knew she’d prefer in the lodge than outside.  So, that’s what we did and here she is drying off in the sun!

Paula and Gilly wanted to go on the Dungeness to Hythe train and wanted me to run them to the station. I think they drank too much last night and changed their plans to having a lazy day!!

We picked them up to go to the Warren Inn for dinner.

We had a really good meal and then I dropped them back at the caravan so they could pack to leave in the morning.