This morning we went down to the village to join in with Mike’s Coastal Otter Walk. To our surprise we were not the only takers – a family of three (mum, dad, 10yo daughter) and two other women (couldn’t decide if they were a couple or just friends, lovely women though) were also there. For a while we assumed all five of them were together but actually I don’t think they were. The family had been here before in the summer and been on the Sheerwater with us one week and later I vaguely remembered them although the woman said she’d met Davies, Scarlett and Ady but didn’t think I’d been there so obviously I didn’t leave must of an impression on them either! 😆
We walked along the coast, to the ferry point and took shelter in the waiting room for a while as a huge downpour of rain blew in so we waited for it to pass and admired Scarlett’s picture in the waiting room :). Then along to the otter hide and beyond. It was very changable weather and cold while sitting on the beach watching out for otters but very warm while walking as it was a clamber across the beach and through woodland. We didn’t see any otters but we saw loads of seals and plenty of gulls and eider ducks just out to sea.
We chatted to the tourists lots, they all thought we were very lucky to be living here and the girl loved the idea of being on an island – she likes Rum a lot anyway. We finished the walk and called in to Fliss and Sandy’s to collect some meat for dinner from the freezer. We ended up staying a while – the kids played with Joss, we chatted, Norman came round for a bit and Claire popped in too. I then walked home with Bonnie who had been in the car so she got to stretch her legs a bit (and because I like walking – another good 6 miles or so today, I think every bit of outdoor time is a bonus to be savored this time of year even if it is in full waterproofs and pouring rain!).
A very late lunch (as in nearly 4pm). Ady fed the animals and I did some knitting. We watched Be Kind, rewind and I had planned to make some bread and get dinner sorted but the mince was still frozen and so we dipped into tinned supplies and had tinned ham, egg and chips instead, which meant the oven wasn’t lit so I didn’t bother with the bread after all.
Facebook has been all Autumnwatch tastic tonight and my Mum rang to say they’d watched it too. We sadly have not as it’s not on iplayer yet 😆