Weather has been poor today, windy and rainy with short breaks of midgey inbetween. Makes it easier to head away tomorrow though.
I did manage to get down to the walled garden and plant out the peas though so that is all I had wanted to achieve before we go off done 🙂 Yay. I have ordered some more netting which should hopefully be here when we get back or soon afterwards and the polytunnel is now ready to start working in so plenty to get busy with once we come back. I think we have a WWOOFer due the week after we get home, then we are off for a couple of nights and I am pondering taking the kids down to see Mum & Dad, Frazer, Kat & Robin and my granny for a few nights, maybe in late July or August. Scarlett has never flown and so I am thinking maybe we could book some super cheap flights to and fro, stay with Mairi or Dave in Edinburgh / Glasgow and catch up with family in a slightly more normal environment than them visiting us. Not sure yet, will chat to my Dad and see what he thinks about the idea.
The rest of the day was spent making some cookies, baking bread, making dinner, Ady made some meringues with the separated egg white leftover from yesterdays quiches which we had with some harvested strawberries – if only self sufficiency always tasted so good ;). We packed ready for tomorrow which meant the usual fussing over which clothes to take. Â I trimmed Davies’ hair, everyone had showers, I finished the monthly community newsletter and emailed that to the school to print.
Scarlett and Ady took the pet ducklings down to Sean and Nicola who are duckling sitting for us, along with dropping off Bonnie’s food with Mel & Em who are Bonnie sitting so that we don’t have to do anything in the morning other than get up, do last minute packing and get ourselves and Bonnie to the boat – Mel & Em will meet us there to take Bonnie from us as they think she settles faster with them if she sees the ferry taking us away and then bringing us back. I’m not at all sure I believe it but they are happy with that arrangement so we run with it. Not at all sure what will happen about Bonnie sitting once they go next month as in theory there is no one here who would take her for us. I guess we have to start taking her off with us and finding suitable accommodation. I know the wigwam camping place we stay at south of Fort William is happy to have her there and some Travelodges take dogs for a surcharge too.
I’m bringing my chromebook off with me so there may be updates while we’re away but certainly not tomorrow. I think we will arrive at Dave’s at about midnight and will then be up fairly early to be at day one of the show on Thursday.