On The Island

Knees Wood followed by a coffee. Ellie seems to find some energy when we go round the wood and leads the way!

At lunchtime we met up with Jem and Dom and had lunch with them at The Bell in Minster. It was nice to see them.

Men’s final of the tennis in the afternoon. Pleased to see Sinner win.

Another early morning walk and watching more tennis. Then of course watching England beat Norway in the football.

Another early morning walk to avoid the heat of the sun.

A message from the surgery, following from the blood test, to collect some meds from the pharmacy which I did. I also had to make appointments for more blood tests.

We both decided we made the right decision not going to London today. It was hot already at 6.45 at Pegwell Bay for our walk.

Garden in the afternoon and in the evening the France game! Yes, they won.

Up early again and to Ramsgate Park in the shade but I have to say there was a slight breeze walking along the sea.

Later my blood test at the surgery. Three attempts to get blood. The last nurse there managed first time! She did keep apologising though.

In the afternoon,  tennis again. Arthur Fery had a fantastic match and is through to the semi finals.

We decided it is so hot and hotter in London predicted the following day that we would not go to see the show “Sinatra” as planned and so we put the tickets up for resale.  We couldn’t see the point of all that time on a hot train.

We arrived at Kearsney at 6.45! Lots of other dog walkers there taking advantage of the shaded wooded areas and Ellie wasn’t the only one to go in for a paddle, she enjoys it even more this weather.

During the afternoon somehow we both decided that rather than go to a lodge in Poole in October, we would rather stick with what we originally planned, the Isle of Wight and so we changed the booking but had a better lodge than last time, luckily one was still available.

In the evening we went to The Swan at Westgate to meet up with Mal’s brother and sisters. Steve, his brother lives in Tewkesbury so we don’t see them very often. They are staying at The Swan.

We had a nice meal and it was good everyone being together.

As we left, this was the view, a typical “Margate sunset”.

 

We have a young seagull who shrieks at 4.15 every morning. I knew I could rely on him to wake me. So, 4.30 I was downstairs watching the England match on iplayer. Of course I had to make sure I didn’t look at anything else in case I saw the result! What a good game!! Mal came down at half time. This all meant that I could watch the entire match and then go to work !! Unlike Jack (youngsters can’t stand the pace!!) The stand in manager was there but Jack did come in , in time for me to go to lunch!

We watched Fery in the evening (Wimbledon). He has made it to the next round. That was followed by the Spain v Portugal match.