I’ve been heading to bed way earlier than usual as it’s been so midgey. They all flock to me once it gets dark and I have my laptop on as the light attracts them so I just get really fed up with them and go to bed. I remember the same happening last year. It means blogging doesn’t happen though as that is usually my final online thing each evening.
So, Monday… in the morning I walked down to the village to drop off Lesley’s phone which she had left here on Sunday, post Lovefilm, check for post from the weekend and get stuff out of the freezer. The paracord had arrived so I rethreaded guy ropes and replaced all the bell tent ones. I got all different colours of the rainbow which looks really cool on the bell tent and means I have a load more paracord to make bracelets to sell. Having said to Ady that I was surprised none of them had sold yet we walked down to check on the shed that evening to discover that two had sold that day! Another one sold today, so I am glad I have more stock for that!
I started sewing on the fruit cage netting in the afternoon and got a large amount of that finished. Another job ticked off the list. It was Fliss’ birthday and we called in to the shop to collect a sack of potatoes which had arrived and in the hopes Fliss might be around for a beer. She was not but a beer in the sunshine was nice anyway. Home for dinner which was a mish mash of leftovers for everyone – curry for Ady from Saturday with some extra rice cooked up, pizzas for the kids with leftover pizza dough from using the cob oven the day before, leftover sausages from the barbecue for me cooked up with onions, garlic and potatoes, herbs and some red wine. So different dinners all round but loads of space in the fridge afterwards!
Tuesday – We’d planned to not have to go to the village at all as it is such a time suck. I spent much of the day stitching on fruit cage netting. Almost done but the cheaper netting on the lower area was beyond repair really so I have ordered some replacement stuff. Â Ady cleared out the top shed which is going to be the compost loo for bell tent customers and the kids came out and played by the river and watered the polytunnel for me. Davies picked the ripe strawberries, I think there were about 10 in all so we had a tiny portion for pudding with lashings of cream.
Ady cooked roast chicken, almost entirely outside on the barbecue, I rang my parents, we watched Lost.
Today I made bread first thing and then while Davies and Scarlett did some tidying up Ady and I went down to the boat to meet my friend Cally, her husband and their two boys. It’s about 8 years since we last saw each other and I’d never met Seth her husband or Arthur their son before. So, so lovely to see her and have a few hours together. We walked them all back up to the croft, nipping into the castle for a sneaky look around before the public tour started. We sat and had a cup of tea enjoying the view, the kids all disappeared and then we had some lunch and Cally and I shared a bottle of fizz, it felt appropriate! We walked back down to the village, collecting the kids who were playing on the beach along the way. I think Cally and Seth were starting to fret a little about their boys missing the ferry although we had offered to send them back to the mainland on the boat tomorrow if the worst happened!
We waved them off and then came home, via the shop to get ice pops and check for post. My missing greenhouses had arrived – huzzah! Now all that remains is the refund for the greenhouse covers. We came back up to the caravan for a cup of tea and then Ady and I took the Rangerover to the Jeep, swapped all the rubbish in the Rangerover for all the animal feed delivery and greenhouses which were in the Jeep and then brought the Rangerover back up. I watered the polytunnel and in the spirit of not putting off til tomorrow what you can do today while it’s not midgey I quickly made up the greenhouses too.
Kira disappeared for a while and it had suddenly got very midgey. I was having a mammoth quiche making session for dinner tonight, lunch tomorrow, Scarlett’s dinner tomorrow (the rest of us are having burgers and she doesn’t like them but loves quiche enough to have it again!) and one for the freezer but kept popping back outside to call her and suddenly she appeared running up the hill to me. She has clearly been having adventures 🙂
Ady is working tomorrow and I am planning crochet during the morning as I have sold another 2 midges today so am down to just three in the shop – stocks need to be replenished fast!