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Wednesday Weekly
So back to regular Sunday blogging, now that our Greek adventure seems a distant memory. We came home to hot, sunny weather for a change. Although heat here in the UK is very different to heat in Greece! You just avoid being out in it and getting too hot!!!
So the big thing this week, was the partial eclipse. We last had an eclipse back in 1999, the year I was pregnant with Sophie, so we had photos!! Sophie sensibly ordered the glasses the day we got back from Greece, so we were sorted, unlike a lot of people.
Initially I wanted to go somewhere and view it from a hill,
but we ended up just stood out on the drive!!
The Tor looked extremely busy!
I took lots of pics, over the duration but at the final moment.....
...we had cloud....typical!!!!!
I've had a catch up week here, coffee with a friend, Sam came here on Tuesday to collect the Micra after it passed the MOT. It was nice to have a meal together, before he headed back to Bristol and then Sophie went back to Cardiff on Thursday. Jeff went to see the Odyssey on his own on Thursday evening, not my cup of tea!! Then on Friday Jeff and I went to Bristol, third time I've been since we've been home, to see The Bodyguard. Not the best production I've seen but it was a lovely evening to go to Bristol, sit outside and have a drink, felt like you were abroad!!
Then yesterday, I had an invite to lunch with a few of my fellow invigilators, which was lovely. Delicious food, great company and the perfect weather to enjoy sitting outside. A 1pm lunch saw me arrive home at 8pm, so as I said, a lovely afternoon of nonstop chat!!
Today has been a slow Sunday. Jeff decided to strim back the wild lawn area,
as it was pretty much dead due to the heat.
I just finished my holiday read on my kindle, so I can get started on the above.
And we have turned our attention to getting accommodation booked for a few trips we have in the pipeline. We book flights a soon as they open, then think about the accommodation down the line.
Our trip to Italy during October half term is all sorted, but we have booked a different trip for December as easyJet cancelled our original flights to Verona and we have booked our accommodation for our trip during the Easter break. I have given some initial thought into next summers adventure but I need to really deep dive into the islands and work out what we want to do, where we want to base ourselves etc. Ferries are easy as they run daily, so our movements can be quite flexible. It's worth getting an overall insight whilst Jeff is still on holiday and not in full on work mode.
Sadly it won't be long before the term starts. A 'level results were out this week and then GCSE results are out on Thursday. You can't help but nudge slightly into work mode. I am trying to squeeze in a lot over the next couple of weeks as I'm in the Gallery pretty much full time for all of September, up until October half term. Then we go away, Jeff's around for half term, it's Sophie's birthday and then November mock exams.... My calendar doesn't really have much free capacity until mid November!
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