Moving on

WelshmansDaughter

Most cafes have rooibos tea now I have found.

Cherryfudge

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82103781#Comment_82103781

That's a new tea to me - is it available in supermarkets?

rtandon27

I get mine either from a friend whose family lives in greece or online at a herbal store. It's much nicer than the herbal tablet form that is available here in the UK. Probably best to ask a herbalist if you have one near you.

Cherryfudge

I don't know of any herbalists round here - but there's a really good delicatessen and it's always worth trying there. These are the people who stocked 20 varieties of strawberry jam and I forget how many types of caviar!

Today being Saturday, we were both on days off and DS1 invited us to join them on a forest walk in Guisborough. H was away so he was needing a way to entertain the children and there was a children's forest trail and a very good play area: I think we will try to do a family get-together there some time though it would be a long way for D and E to travel. Good for those with small children, though.

DH and I treated ourselves to fish and chips for lunch - can you believe £12.50 for one portion now? I expect that's cheap compared to some places but I'm glad we no longer have it very often. It made a nice change though.

We both of us dozed off after lunch then DH went out - errands or bike ride, I don't remember which. I got some housework done and emptied last night's bath water into the water barrel and watering can. Handling it all in buckets makes me appreciate how much water a bath uses! We don't have a hose pipe ban at present but that may come and everything's so dry. At least the water barrel is full again and the latest heatwave has passed: we actually had light jumpers on in the forest.

Some spending in addition to the takeaway: DH bought chicken and potatoes for tomorrow, I saw an ideal stocking filler for DD on V1nted and bought it (about £7 if I remember rightly). I've just sold some boots that are too tight for me, so the cost is covered. I've also got a refund for some socks I bought at the beginning of the year: oddly I had a message that all lockers were full so they had been returned to sender. Tracking then said they were left at the person's door, but they never received them. Odd it's eventually been counted as a cancelled sale.