Travelling On

themadvix

It sounds like the 'getting there' can be a learning experience for the future independent travel I know what you mean about the self-directed travel - I'm not sure cruises would be to my taste (but as DH gets seasick on a flat calm river, whilst steering, I doubt I need to worry about this).

International rail travel is just so expensive too - we'd love to go that way, but price-wise it just doesn't compare to flying

We had a thunderstorm here too last night - major rumbles!

Karmacat

You're on the same page as me, madvix Your poor OH getting seasick so badly! He can never go on the ferry across the Mersey

I've not done badly with my to-do list: SB, YouGov, bit of cleaning in the bathroom, a few organisational emails and phone calls for various events, photo scanning, gathering garden rubbish, most of the supermarket delivery is put away.

It's now glorious sunshine, and I think a nice evening walk might be called for :cool:

beanielou

Lucky you with sun.
Windy & raining here

Cheery_Daff

Good financial update there KC, and you're making good progress on your lists too You've reminded me we have blackberries down the bottom of our fields - I must go and check. We've lost all our gooseberries to the birds sadly - just a week after I noticed we had a bush :rotfl: Hope the blackberries don't go the same way (there are rather more of them so hopefully we'll get *some*)

Karmacat

It *is* sheer luck, beanie, though our averages are higher than yours, sorry! I really hope the very hot weather doesn't return, I was hiding for a lot of the time, I didn't do nearly as much as usual.


ETA - Hi Cheery! Thanks for that. And thats what I can do, I can go pick the blackberries

Suffolk_lass

We are off on our self-directed hols from today but we have a neighbour's lovely daughter coming in to pick and water while we are away (DS is on house and cat-sitting but his watering is haphazard so at least there will still be raspberries and tomatoes when we get back). I completely agree about hermetically-sealed holiday experiences - we like being with the locals

Karmacat

Have a wonderful time, SL! Good to know.

Anyway, my sister's coming over today to actually book the deal, so that's going to happen. I could rattle on for ages about it all, so I won't

I'm definitely meeting Great-Nephew Number 5 on Sunday, which is good. A more distant baby has also just been born (other side of London, near where I'm catsitting), and the poor parents have had so many visitors they've put a moratorium on visits. As family gets more distant, and friend groups get larger, I guess that becomes a thing?

Today: same as yesterday, bit of admin, bit of tidying, and as much gardening as my fingers can cope with. Must do a blog post, I didn't do one in July, grrr.

Karmacat

Just watching a 30 minute tv programme about the heatwave, it was on itv last night - it made lots of comparisons with 1976. Hmmm. I think resiliency to heat definitely goes down with age I remember being hot, but I don't remember struggling, or changing my actions. Mind you, I graduated that year, and I was working at a local factory on a 7 hour shift, and in the evening I cycled to a local bingo hall 3 nights, where I worked as a barmaid . None of this hiding from the sun for 21 year old me

Karmacat

Karmacat wrote: »

I'm definitely meeting Great-Nephew Number 5 on Sunday, which is good.

Nope! I have an infection, can't collect the antibiotics till tomorrow, and can't visit a newborn baby when I'm infectious. Grrr. My sister's still going.

beanielou

Hope that you are on the mend soon.
Take care.