Sunday 6 July
Yes it was noisy and smelly. A storm during the night meant that the bedroom was very damp-smelling and not nice. The noise appears to be the birds having a drink and a bath in the gutter outside the bedroom - not much I can do about that.
Warm but cloudy and humid so I stayed in bed and caught up with my sleep. No chance of weedkilling today so a bit of housework instead.
The Gardening Club met in the afternoon, tea and lovely cakes at Lyn and Phil's and didn't finish til 8pm so just time for a quick supper before bed.
There was a beautiful African Hoopoe in the garden when I got home.
No beer, no wine. Hope there's no noise and no smells tonight!
Monday 7 July
Noise and smells meant I didn't sleep too well last night and struggled to get up before 9!
Anyway, went to the shops to get food and bits for the garden.
I don't know if it's the cloudy weather but everyone is very subdued. The annual pilgrimage of trailers and campervans heading to the coast has not materialised, despite the fact this is the first week of the school holidays. Even the kiddies at the Poney Club seem to be pretty quiet. Many shops and businesses locally have closed down [including the Coffee Shop with all the books] and it's a bit depressing.
When I came back a dug a trench more than 50 metres long, well, re-dug it as it had been done previously. Still hurt my back though! I saw some more hoopoes and found a dead snake. At least it was dead, thank God. I think I might open the garden as a nature reserve if this goes on!
I cleaned up the caravan because Lyn and Phil are coming for coffee tomorrow and the house is knee-deep in cobwebs apart from the pathways I have hacked through in order to live!
A friend gave me butternut plant so I planted that and faffed around a bit before returning to painting the shutters. Didn't actually do any painting as it started to rain so I made a very unhealthy meal and ate it with several cups of tea to wash it down. Luverly!
I realised the end of the trench was in the wrong place so headed out after this afternoon's storm to see if I could dig a new bit.
Went to bed early so that I can get up and get on with killing those pesky weeds first thing!
Tuesday 8 July
Woke early, full of beans. Unfortunately it was raining heavily so all proposed jobs had to be cancelled. Turned over and snuggled down for a bit.
Had a good time with Phil and Lyn, once they got over the shock of seeing the state of the house, they were quite positive. I told them they should have seen it 4 years ago.
The weather was so changeable that I decided to go ahead with the weedkiller and so I'm going to bed with fingers crossed that it doesn't rain.
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