Of the week offered:
Friday – I walked down to see Lesley on Friday morning. I had planned to be an hour but was closer to two, arriving home for lunch after Ady had already left to go and collect animal feed arriving on the ferry. Les and I did have a good old chat though, which was good. I spent the afternoon in the sunshine weeding and mulching. I’m getting there although it won’t get finished in October given I am away from 12th to 26th of the month…
I made pizza dough and then Ady and I went down to the shop for a couple of beers in the evening.
Saturday – My usual peaceful Saturday morning date with Graham Norton didn’t quite happen as Scarlett was up at the same time as me. I had a shower and then supervised her making cupcakes while trying to listen and crochet. The recipe which had worked so well last week for eggless sponge failed this week as we used bicarb rather than baking powder and they came out really bitter and bicarb-y. A shame as they look beautiful… Scarlett has definitely been inspired by watching Junior Bake off.
In the afternoon I cleared the polytunnel and generally tidied up in the growing area. It still needs a little work but looks so much better now. Petrol was due off so we met the second boat, fortunately it did arrive.
Today – more weeding and mulching, a quick trip to the village for post and collecting pig feed. It was overcast this morning but gorgeously sunny again this afternoon.
Ady has been doing lots of tidying up type jobs, cleaning the oven, checking the loo, de-molding the door. He is ghillying for the next 2 days, I have Baby Dougal tomorrow afternoon and Tuesday morning. We just have a bit of last minute tidying up and then packing to do. Weather is still looking good for ferries and everything remains crossed for smooth arrangements.