TARRAGON & THYME

I am just really busy at the moment trying to get ready for my holiday.  Will try and get a post up tomorrow. Hope everyone is keeping safe and well. Pattypan x

I have had some space to myself today as OH went on his first official fishing trip of the year.  His son had been pestering him for weeks to go fishing with him.  Needed some one to one time with his Dad.  I eventually persuaded him to go.  He has come back having had a good day.  The sun has really got him and especially on his face and knees.  He has Panda eyes as well. OH has been a fishing nut since the age of six.  He was a match fisherman, fishing rivers, drains and local competitions at which he was pretty successful. He also worked for many years in the fishing trade selling fishing equipment to the shops and private lakes. He then went off the fishing for a bit and has in the past 15 years or so been predominantly fishing private lakes and waters where you have to pay a hefty fee for the pleasure of so fishing.  Today he has been to a local set of lakes where you just pay for a day ticket  Apparently he had quite a few fish.  I...

Today, via Dunhelm to get some more items for the caravan, mostly the basics for the kitchen which we managed to get.  There are still a few more pieces to get but those are in town and I might pop up on Friday to finish off.  The back seat of the car was full again.  I also did a small grocery shop of tea, coffee that sort of thing for the van so that we can grab a drink when we are down there.  We have a squawking kettle  Cannot have a caravan without a squawking kettle!  OH loves it not! We then went on and I started cleaning, and putting items in place.  Couple of places might get switched around a bit, but that will happen when we are on holiday.  Basically we want to keep necessities that you would use everyday in the van so that we can just hitch her up and run when we want to go somewhere.  I need to get some more groceries but that will happen over the next week or so. Here are a few photos of the caravan with some of the items bough...

We arrived for our appointment to take ownership of our caravan this morning.  There is still some work to do in that the awning canopy had not arrived but is due this Friday so the work will be done then.  However the solar panel has already been installed.   We used Pioneer Caravans at Eye  https://www.pioneercaravans.co.uk/ .   We must say that we have been very pleased with the service and support that we have been given throughout this matter.  Totally professional with a "nothing is too much trouble" positivity  We also have the caravan in secure storage with them.  Thanks to Steve. Steve, gave us a thorough tour of the van and showed OH the operating systems. He now (OH) has to work it out for himself. We had left Missy at home and after matters had been concluded and we had bought more items from the shop, (we still have more things to acquire but I shall go back into town for these).   We then went home, retrieved Miss...

Well maybe not doing Nuthin, but lots and lots of things.  I started a further purge of the rubbish today.  There is a corner in the dining room that has been getting on my nerves and so I set about that.  Was up at 8:00am OH was flat out so left him too it and started sorting another load of boxes, washing and cleaning everything as I have gone along. Washing everything slows things down but it needed doing.  Although the house is now currently a mess and a state of chaos,  as things tend to get sprawled out a bit, with me putting stuff back where it belongs or its relevant room.  I did not manage to complete the corner but am about half way there.  I am starting to notice a difference spatially as a result which is quite frightening as it would appear that I am starting to get organised!  Now that is frightening. I will not be able to get back in there tomorrow as we take possession of the caravan and have to sort that out ready for a holiday....

I should have posted this a while back, however as we repeated the walk yesterday, it reminded me that this post was in abeyance and still current. It has been a lovely warm and bright day here in Peterborough.  It has been a lazy one for us finished off by a nice long walk with Missy for her constitutional. The location is Castor Backwater and is off a lane of this terribly pretty village.Missy always seems to enjoy this particular walk. It is one we tend to go on when we have a little more time. Wild in all her glory alongside the railway track which we have to cross to get to the walking area down by the river. Sheep are normally in this field but today it was empty. Safely over the Railway track into glorious unspoilt farmland. With Deep Hedgerows Looking back towards the Railway gates Now moving to where the river is Little one wanted a drink but could not get to the water as it is a steep bank so OH cupped his hands to make a bowl and got her what she wanted. The river at Cas...