Tracey and I drove to Cornwall on Wednesday night in order to be on site when the eden project opened on Thursday morning.
Road trip!
Adventure!
It rained really heavily in Swindon all day so I was a bit worried about camping, but it was beautiful in Cornwall!
We arrived at 9, set up the tent then went for a nutritious wine based dinner.
It certainly helped us to sleep well on the hill!
Yesterday, Ray showed me her 5k running route.
I'm under no illusions, I know that it's going to take me a lot of training and perseverance to get to that point, but as i'm trying to be a healthy new me I thought i'd try it.
Right now, the route is like a swamp.
Whilst I wait for the water to evaporate a little i'm going to walk the route and map it so that I have a time to beat.
So, today, in a gap between rain showers I dutifully went off to map my first 5k powerwalk. In wellies.
As it happens I only managed 3k.
It all started so well, it was quiet, the rain held off and I saw a kingfisher.
Awesome.
It all went downhill remarkably quickly after that.
It started to piss down. Then my glasses were impossible to see through.
And then some bloke exposed himself to me.
Never a dull moment.
So far, I do not like embroidery.
It's too fiddley, and slow to show progress.
It's not difficult.
Just repetitive.
I am determined to complete this goldfish pond embroidery even if I die from insanity, frustration, boredom or all 3 at once.
Maybe i'll learn to love it?
Either way, I don't think it's going to become my new favourite past time.
Today, I am on a mission.
Get the chores done = I don't have to think about this again for a while so that I can relax and enjoy my time off work.
There are so many weird little jobs that I just haven't had time to look at for ages, like organizing the kitchen shelves, tidying the front room, hanging the curtains or just odd tidying up jobs.
So, today, whilst the weather sucks: it is mission on. Tidy up the house.
Put it on the board then cut our around the outside...
In the wind and rain.
What could possibly go wrong?
This is so much more inconvenient than I had imagined!
22ft of fabric doesn't really fit in the loft.
Ray forgot her calculator. Her final engineering exam is on Tuesday.
So, Traff and I dutifully took it to my parents house for her.
I also took my mum a watermelon plant.
We were invited to stay for dinner and had a bbq, which was ace.
And I my mum cut me a posy of sweet peas.
So, I got the compost to sort my watermelons into their own containers (some have new homes to go to too).
We got the expanding coconut fibre compost as it was the easiest to carry. I now have a barrel (80l) of compost in the garden so I thought i'd better do more than 6 plant pots!
So, I have my 6 watermelons, 4 cacti, peppers, cherries, blueberries and peaches all on the kitchen windowsill now.
I'll post progress photos!
I'm feeling very productive. More so that I was this morning when we were drinking rum in the pub. Drunk gardening. It's a thing!
Somehow today's banana bread has come out like a sponge pudding.
Ah well, still looks, smells and tastes,awesome!
I had a whole load of bananas left with me after pgl. I don't like bananas on their own.. and crushed bananas do limit theur usefulness.
I still have 3 left so I might do a banoffee pie for work.. or another banana bread. I am undecided.
As a thank you for helping her move house Tracey bought me a flamingo lunch bag!
It's awesome!
So, now I need to attend lots of picnics all summer.
I was pretty honoured this week at work, as I was given two personal invitations to attend 'Matilda the musical'.
Tracey and I went this evening as it was brilliant!
Certainly brightened up a rainy evening.
😁
