Dad came over this morning and he and Ady went off to meet a tree feller we know who my Dad has been getting logs from for years. It’s a win:win situation really, he cuts down the logs and rents land to unload them onto and every so often burns them up there to get rid of them. Dad and us have open fires which cost a lot of money to run if we are buying fuel so are very grateful to take them off him and save him the job of burning them. They were gone for a couple of hours and came back with a good few weeks supply of logs :).
While they were gone the children and I watched another couple of episodes of Britain from above, Davies DS’d while watching and Scarlett and I unpicked a ragrug I’ve had 3 attempts at making and given up as a bad idea then started it again in a different guise. Scarlett had a go at weaving too and quite enjoyed it.
Dad came back for coffee and stayed a while to chat and we arranged a day trip to France next month with them and have booked the tunnel trip for it tonight. The children are very excited about it, it’s their first trip abroad :). The only day we were all available is Sunday 7th December, the day after Tarly’s birthday and the end of our busy week of being away at NicCamps but I guess December is always a manic month really.
This afternoon we went to the allotment. I’ve blogged about that over in the relevant place so won’t repeat myself here but it was a nice couple of hours.
We came home and the children had a bath while I got dinner on (roast chicken, stuffing, roast potatoes, honey glazed carrots and parsnips, yorkshire puddings, peas and sweetcorn, lovely :)), Ady lit a fire and he and Davies had a couple of games of draughts. Scarlett came and helped me make an apple tart for pudding. We had dinner, while watching a documentary about China which was quite interesting and then I started reading Spud Goes Green which was good.
Children to bed, bath for me and now as I slept badly (again, what’s that about?) last night and am feeling a bit wan and feeble along with developing a sore throat I’m off to hopefully have a better nights sleep tonight complete with lavender temple balm and sore throat spray :(.