Today our daughter was going to take me to the coast ( my favourite place). So I got up and had my breakfast. I did a load of washing and watered the garden. The forecast was rain but I still watered because they keep saying it’s going to rain but we never get any.But today we had some. We left my house in the pouring rain and drove through floods, but when we got to the beach it had stopped. It was a “girls day out” my daughter, youngest granddaughter, my great grand daughter and me. We had chips and then went to the beach, we all had a paddle, the sea wasn’t as cold as it looked. After we had been there for a while it started to rain so we packed up and went to the amusements. When it stopped raining we went back to the beach. When it was time to go we had candy floss and a drink. So I had a lovely day. For dinner tonight we had Beef Bourguignon with roast potatoes and mushrooms.
The mundane life of an 84 year old.
Sunday, 6 July 2025
Saturday, 5 July 2025
Saturday
As soon as I got up I went outside and watered the garden. When I had finished I went in and made a pot of tea.we had our breakfast and H got my bike out for me before he went up to turbo. I went out on my bike, first I rode down to the surgery and posted our prescriptions through the door. Then I went for a short ride on the track . It was busy, there were cyclists, dog walkers and ramblers. I did 14 miles and my back didn’t hurt once. As soon as I got off my bike my back hurt again. This afternoon we sat and watched the first stage of the Tour de France and then we had our baths and I got dinner. We had green beans, broccoli, carrots and new potatoes with cod fillets,,
Friday, 27 June 2025
Friday
we have had a good day. I was up at 4.30 because my back was so painful I couldn’t sleep. So I washed and dressed and emptied the dishwasher and put it all away. Then I got breakfast ready H came downstairs, he hadn’t slept well either because it’s too hot. We had our breakfast and then I got on with some housework before it got any hotter. At 10.30 our daughter arrived to ride on the turbo trainer. H put her on a hard course where she had to ride up a volcano. She did really well. Before she left we sat in the garden and had a cup of tea. When she left we got ready to go out on our bikes. It was H’s first ride outside since he had his accident. We did 18.2 miles. It was terribly hot but it was a nice ride and he did well. When we got home we had our cheese roll for lunch and a pear 🍐 for dessert. We hadn’t been home long and our no 1 son rung us from his work. He began to talk about his motor bike! I didn’t know what he was talking about . He said he had broken down, I asked why he was telling me that when he was atwork, and he said because I might wonder why his motor bike was outside our house without him. We hadn’t seen it and didn’t know it was there. For dinner tonight we curry 🍛.
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Wednesday
I went to bed last night feeling fine and woke up this morning with a bad back ! It’s typical because we had planned to go out today nd I was looking forward to it. Well we went anyway but didn’t walk as far as we were going to because of my back. H did really well and we enjoyed our day. We went to Blickling, we had a coffee as soon as we arrived and then we walked through the gardens and went and had a look at the lake. We watched a play and went round the walled garden. We had an ice cream before we left . It was hot 🥵 and we were glad to be home. We didn’t go round the house because we went last year. For dinner tonight we had chicken bits in bread crumbs with chips and peas, a peach 🍑 for dessert. Yesterday we had chops with carrots, potatoes and kale, with strawberries for dessert.
Saturday, 21 June 2025
Saturday
Today is our great granddaughter’s 6 th birthday so I decided to bike 🚲 round with her birthday present. H got my bike out for me and oiled the chain for me. It was so hot, I had to have a bag on my back and it stuck to me. Any my ride went well and I enjoyed it I didn’t hurry. She had got some lovely presents and both the children were so pleased to see me. When I got home H was sitting in the garden in the sun but he went straight into the kitchen and made me a coffee while I was upstairs changing out of my cycle clothes. For dinner tonight we had cod, chips and peas. It was very nice.
Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Wednesday
Today I went to the City to meet my sister in law to shop and lunch. I walked 3.07 miles. It was 🥵 hot .We had a coffee in M& S for a change. We then went shopping 🛍. I bought some shoes for a wedding I’m going to. I bought 2 t shirts 👚 and 3 pairs of tights. I also bought our great grand daughters birthday present. We had a panini for lunch with salad and crisps. When I got home H had been on the turbo trainer for an hour. For dinner tonight we had a quiche and chips.
Monday, 16 June 2025
Monday
I washed all the clothes I had on when I fell in the pond and all the mud came out thank goodness. I had got my new clothes on. Our youngest son and I went for a bike ride. We did 19 miles. We sew 7 buzzards and 3 deer. It was a hot ride. H rode on his turbo trainer. As soon as we get back I got lunch because son had to leave. We had fried tomatoes,mushrooms, sausages, bacon and eggs. Strawberries, blueberries and cream for pudding. Tomorrow if it’s nice I will have to garden.