We've had a lovely coffee in town and a mooch around. There's a market there today and I sampled the fudge, but it was so small a piece I could hardly taste it! But at £6 a very small slab, it was easy to resist buying; I love fudge but at that price I can leave it!
We'd seen a shop selling all manner of stuff, but never been in, such a small frontage, but inside it went right back and appeared huge. It had beach toys, crab lines, screws, tools, and hardware stuff and all manner of things, an Aladdin's cave! My boys when they were younger would have loved it and I could remember times, when on holiday down in the West Country, they would have been in a similar shop every day buying bits and pieces with their holiday pocket money.
We went in there for some glue to stick the frame on my prescription sunglasses and spent a lot more than we intended.
BUT.. When we got home I went to check on my tomato plants and sad to see some had blight. In the little plastic green house with the sun on it, too humid and insufficient air, so I'll sow some more seeds right away in my little propagator.
We drove home and detoured through the village and down past the 12th Century church.
We drove on down to the beach, just to look at it and reminisce of times we used to stay in the dog friendly B&B there. Shame they gave up, as it was perfect for us; there was a kitchen for your use and a café where we used to have tea and a cake in the afternoons.
Home now and someone's mowing their grass, so too noisy to sit outside for lunch, but we can't complain, as it was their first time and we've cut ours three times already! But we did sit and have a decaff coffee outside, admiring our garden and watching the birds, all the feeders being used now and the bird bath, none here when we first arrived; the sounds of their song is magical. Loads of hover flies and small bees around as well, I think our gardening has been a success.
We've even planted our vine, which we've had in a pot ever since we bought it 5 years ago. We have had grapes in the past so hoping for a lot more now its in the ground
YEH, come on summer. we're ready for you!
Chrisxx
3 comments:
Blight already? Oh, no, what a disappointment for you. xx
Sounds like you had a lovely day out and remembering your past. What a shame losing your friend at such a young age, so sad. The weather is so lovely this weekend, roll on summer!
Such a sad memory from long ago. When we go through school we expect to all live forever. Shame about the mowing, I remember it used to drive my Dad up the wall. A bit of sun and they're all out there making a racket, he'd say. The trouble is people have limited time to get things done before they rush to the next thing, or go back to work.
All the best with your replanting. Cx
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