January beginnings

We start the year with the first full moon, a supermoon, the Wolf Moon.

It was incredible, watching it appear from behind the Tor. It literally took just over a minute to be fully visible and it was so big and so bright. Amazing!!

The day started off beautifully clear and bright. 

I took myself off, over to Coombe Hill woods.

It was so peaceful and calm.

That is something I want to do more of this year, get back to my walking.

If it's dry and I've nothing on, I want to get out and walk!!

Sometimes the thought of it is too much but once I am out, actually walking, it feels great to be out in the fresh air. I do prefer to walk on my own, at my own pace, taking photo's as and when I like. I must be stronger at carving out time just for me and not waste hours scrolling through social media!!

I have been using my time off to get organised.

Starting the year off with a tidy desk. Remove the clutter!!

I've also been LOVING the Traitors.

It's such a good show and I've managed to persuade Jeff to watch it with me this series. I love the fact that everyone has to watch in real time and that it's something to talk about afterwards. Although I do wish they didn't leave the episode on a cliff-hanger and we have to wait days to find out what happens! 

Daffs are back in the shops. Best £1 spent in January.

Something so simple.....

....brings me so much joy!

The weather these past few days has been dry and cold. Perfect winter weather!

This was the sky this morning!

So tomorrow marks the return to work.

Sam returns today. He came back from Bristol late Friday evening and is back in today 2 - finish. Jeff is back in tomorrow morning, a six week term ahead. And, I start back on Monday afternoon, invigilating an A'Level mock Politics exam. The Student exhibition opens this week, with the Private View on Friday evening and then I'm in for the following three Saturdays.

I'm spending today organising our next trip away, during the Easter break. We've had the flights booked for ages but haven't got round to sorting out our accommodation. It's slightly tricky as we fly out on Maundy Thursday, straight into the Easter festivities and we have no idea what public transport will be running, so getting around could be a little tricky. I like to spend January plotting and planning out our adventures. Gives me something to look forward to. 

Our Summer trip is 90% booked, just two places left to book and then we have our October adventure to organise. The flights have been booked but that's it, so I can start to research that. We most probably, won't be going anywhere at Christmas this year, as Jeff breaks up a little later, so I will turn my attention to 2027! We already have our Summer destination figured out, so I can start looking!!!