For a start, it was Dad, Dan and I that took the dogs out for their morning walk at 8:30am. I remember back to a time where we all used to be dragged out for a walk as a family. Contrast that to now where I'm quite happy to go out and get some fresh air, knowing full well that the rest of the day will just be spent fitting in as much food as possible.
Whilst on our way down through St Catherines woods we discussed many interesting things, such as why we feed both dogs the same amount when one runs up and down like a steroid injected mountain goat and the other plods along at walking pace. It might explain why one is fat, and one is not fat...
We noticed that there's been a lot of clearance done in the woods lately, and they've cut the branch that used to hold the swing, which made us all vey unhappy. We can only assume that it's been done for health and safety reasons, which if true would be quite tragic and is not doubt going to spoil a lot of children's (and adults) walks when they rush to the swing only to find out it no longer exists.
When we got to St Catherines lifeboat station we began to discuss 'the harbour that failed' and that it was probably best that it did fail, as otherwise St Martin would probably be a lot more densely populated and not so much of the quiet, quaint parish that it is today!
By the time we had gotten onto the topic of sea wall construction, we'd got tired of walking and Bex came and picked us up.
Lunch and dinner were delicious and by the end of it I was almost sick of a sight of smoked salmon (emphasis on almost). 3pm rolled around and it was time to put on the Queens' speech. There was a moment in it that almost had me going, but no one noticed.
This post feels a bit lost without a photo. We traditionally go for a drink at the Dolphin on Christmas eve and Facebook trawled up a picture from 2011 when I think Jack must have drunk quite a few pints.
A very different day for you all with a good dog walk and good weather for a change. Shall miss that branch with rope swing ! Health and safety gone mad ! Thinking of you all xx
ReplyDeleteSteve - Lovely honest post (24th) as usual and thank you for letting us know how you are all doing; you 'reap what you sow' and your friendships clearly reflect that bigtime:)…... But what of the turkey??? Tom mentions he has had his fill of Salmon so are we to assume the bird didn't fit after all? Did the land rover (parts) baking become muddled with the bird? Your reader waits with bated breath (whatever that is! - I'll ask Shakespeare perhaps:)
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