I had another flare up with my gall bladder, my own fault - wrong food. I received another reply from an author on twitter and I've been experiencing all the symptoms of a migraine without the actual pain.
I was very unhappy with the referring decisions on Friday night, so much so that I left the ground early to ensure I could catch the train home. I missed the penalty awarded to Ipswich thankfully. I've watched the highlights and the commentators weren't happy with his decisions either.
Day 215 the day started with a coffee and a new book which I finished in between setting up the awning and laying the ground sheet out to dry and washing the van blankets. They’d not been washed since before Stephanie died as I didn’t want to remove her presence. The blankets were filthy after 10 months with mud from grandchildren’s shoes, dirty hands and nappy changes.We binged watched Built in Birmingham. Brady and the Blues.
Day 216 I slept till 9.30am. We went into town at 11am for coffee and a browse through the shops. Picked up some wood. Home to more washing and drying, took the tent down, empty the van to start cleaning it. Moved shrubs to temporary homes while we start work on front garden.
Day 217 I was rudely awoken by the cat around 9am. By 10 I was sifting and moving soil in the garden. By 11am I was lugging bags of stones into the car from B&Q. By 1pm I’d removed a small tree that had been in a pot for over 23 years and by 2pm I’d finished cleaning the van (still have to reload it with the camping gear) and sat on the door step supervising the new border ready to plant a hedge tomorrow. By 6pm I was in the bath absolutely shattered, but it’s been a productive day.
218 Photos printed, nails done, coffee drunk and lots of blogging. I signed up to a charity walk to raise funds for Bowel Research in Stephanie’s memory. Rest of the day spent in the garden, moving soil, replanting trees, pruning and harvesting veg. Evening spent watching TV, making up new photo frames and drinking tea.
219 Awake early and outside to read. Met up with an ex student and her mum for a coffee, then home to dig and sift more soil, dig up the old tree stump in the front lawn, blanche and freeze the parsnips. Watched some TV and had a nap, then re packed the van before putting the camping gear back in the attic.
220 International cat day Out for coffee and get some more photos printed for family and to go on the wall. More work in the garden, shower and train to Birmingham to watch the first home game of the season in the Championship. We drew 1:1. Train home to Worcester and Peter picked me up at 11.30pm.
221 Had a lie in then finished levelling off the front garden, it will settle and we'll need to add some more soil, but we've plenty left from removing a flower bed to lay a new path. Had a shower, some lunch then out for a coffee, a bit of shopping and home to potter around, watch the TV and just relax.
The cat just doesn't leave us alone these days, she's 16 now and is slowing down, but she also follows us from room to room, from the front to the back garden and when we go out she sleeps on the door mat, shouting at us when we get back.
Things that made me happy:
Finding some raspberries, growing melons, Pushkins on International Cat Day and getting the work finished in the garden (for now)
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Days out in the camper van July 2025
That's rubbish about the flare-up it's difficult to manage a condition where you have to avoid everything you enjoy eating.
ReplyDeleteYou've done a great job with the garden, I'm slowly weeding and tidying ours. The front garden hedges are wild but that's a problem for another day.
I loved seeing the photos of your cat my old boy used to adore being in the garden when I was pottering around.