Day 19. 🤯

I got up at 7.20 and put on a load of washing. As we were actually GOING OUT! On our bikes I decided to have toast for breakfast. It’s the first toast for ages and it was delicious. I fed the birds, they love their mealworms, I hung out the washing. H got the bikes out of the garage, wiped and oiled the chains and then he had to pump up all 4 tyres, it’s so long since our bikes have been used.  I made the bed and took some liver out of the freezer for dinner tonight. At 9.30 we got ready to go. It was a wonderful ride and we both enjoyed it. We did 30.84 miles,most of which was on little country lanes. All of it was on the road but with our nobbley tyres so it was hot work. It took us 2 hours and 11 minutes. H says we have to try to do it 2 hours before the year is out.! When we got home I was naughty and had another slice of toast, I was even naughtier when I poured us each a G&T and we had it with a cake 🧁! We sat in the garden in the sun for a while. All my washing got dry again. I put the bikes away , made a pot of tea and we watched tipping point, we had our baths and dinner, liver and onions in a rich gravy with leeks and potatoes. It was yummy. I have got a couple of soaps this evening!

Day 18.

I got up at 2 minutes to seven. H was up and had made the tea so I had a cup. Later he made a coffee and said he was going up for a ride in a while so I said I would wait till he was gone before I had my porridge. I fed the birds cleaned out the bird bath and filled it and when I came in I started on the housework. I made some coconut and sultana buns and time was getting away, H was still downstairs so I made and ate my porridge anyway. We had another coffee and I asked him when he was going to ride. He said later on! So I said in that case I would ride now. I went up and changed and did 21.1 miles average 19.1 mph. He never did ride so it’s a good job I had my porridge! When I finished we had a cuppa soup and one of my buns. I sat about most of the afternoon, had a bath and cooked dinner after tipping point. We had sausages, chorizo, tomatoes, fried eggs, potatoes and peas. It was a yummy dinner. H had a yogurt and I had an apple. I am being spoilt this evening with all my soaps being on.

Day 17 !!!!

I got up at 6.55. H was up and the tea was made. I put on a load of washing and he poured me a cup of tea.  I hung out the washing when it was done and fed the birds. Next I had a bowl of porridge and dressed. I put my cycle gear on and at 10 I did an hour on the turbo.   I did 21.3 miles in 1.06 so my average was 19.4 mph. When I finished I had a quick shower and put my shorts on to sit in the garden
The sun was lovely but the wind was awful, blustery and cold. H sat outside in a thick jumper and his coat! I am tougher than him and I braved it all afternoon in shorts, flip flops and a sun top. We had a cheese and beetroot sandwich for lunch and a glass of wine. When H went in I did a bit of gardening and filled another bucket with weeds. H ran me a bath so I went in, I made a pot of tea before I went up and poured it when I came down. Just before I went up for my bath no 2 son rang ( face time) today is his 43 rd birthday and he has had to spend it on his own. Normally he would be in Greece on a climbing holiday, let’s hope he will be able to do that next year. For dinner tonight we had steak and kidney pie with cabbage, cauliflower, potatoes and leeks, it was very tasty. I don’t know what I am watching on tv tonight because I haven’t checked to see what is on.

Day 16

I got up at 6.30 and took the sheets off the bed and did a load of washing. I made my porridge and had my breakfast. H had already made the tea. We had a coffee and I read my book till the washing was done and then I hung it out, I fed the birds and put our sun loungers on the lawn. At 9.30 H went up to turbo and I took our daughters washing back. When I got home he had almost finished his ride so I made us a coffee and cheese and biscuits for lunch. We both sat in the garden, the sun was lovely but the wind was strong and quite chilly. Ie was too cold for H but I stuck it out right till 3 o’clock when I went in and put the sheets back on the bed. We opened my last bottle of wine 🍷 🙁now I am not working I won’t be buying any more. I have to watch the pennies. When I had finished mine I went up for a shower before cooking dinner. We had salmon with jacket potatoes and baked beans.
We were going out on our bikes tomorrow but H thinks it might be a bit busy so we are going to to stay in our garden and sunbathe and will go out on our bikes on Tuesday instead.

Day 15!

I got up at 7.10 and put on a load of washing, H was still in bed so I made a pot of tea and had my porridge. He came down just before 8 o’clock. We had a coffee and I hung out the washing, fed the birds and got the bin back in. Next I made a batch of rock cakes and made the bed. I took some chicken drumsticks 🍗 out of the freezer for dinner tonight and did a bit of housework. For lunch we had a pot noodle and then I went outside and worked in the garden for nearly 3 hours. 2 of my cousins phoned me today to check how we are. How nice. I came in from the garden at 4 to watch tipping point and cook dinner. We had chicken and chips and it was nice. I had a bath and washed my hair. I actually have 2 soaps this evening so I am being spoilt.

Day 14 of isolation

I got up at 6 o’clock after an awful nights sleep. I put on a load of washing and made a pot of tea. As I was going to do a training ride this morning I decided not to have porridge so I had 3 cream crackers with butter and marmite. I had eaten them when I looked at the tv and they said it was Thursday! I have no idea what the days are they all roll into one. I always weigh myself before breakfast on Thursdays. It was only 3 crackers, if it had been my porridge it would have been heavy. Anyway I weighed 133.4 pounds. Last week I was 134.8 pounds! I don’t know how I did that. When the first load of washing was done I hung it out and put on a second load. H got up at 8 and made me a coffee and then I went up for my ride. I did 41 miles av 18.9 mph. I did just stop in the middle of my ride to hang out the second load of washing. I was going to ride 50 miles but my bottom had enough. When I finished we had our lunch, an apple custard puff and a cup of coffee. H went up to ride . He went further than me in less time. We both had showers as we finished our rides so after tipping point I cooked dinner, stewed steak with purple sprouting broccoli, carrots and new potatoes. I am going up to watch tv but I only have 1 out of my 4 soaps that are on! It turns out that my tele’ magazine is wrong and I have no soaps on today at all!🙁

April 1st. Wednesday. Day 13.

I got up at 6 o’clock and put on a load of washing. I made a pot of tea, a bowl of porridge and had my breakfast. When the washing was done I hung it out and also fed the birds. H got up at 8! When he did I emptied the dishwasher and put everything away. We had a coffee and H went up for a ride so I went outside to work in the garden. When he finished I went in and got us cheese on toast for lunch, he had a cuppa soup with his and I had a coffee. I got a text from our daughter to say she had got our groceries for us so we said we would pop round to pick them up. As we drove up she came out with her husband and daughter with 3 bags of shopping and a bag of washing as her machine has gone wrong! When we got home I put everything away and got ready to do a long ride for the first day of the month. I had only done 7 miles when H brought me the phone. It was my bosses wife just checking we were alright. I had to stop peddling and I was on the phone for ages. They have a new woman taking my place! When she rang off it was a bit late so I made my miles up to 11 and now I will have to do a long ride tomorrow. I had a shower and then a G&T and a gorgeous cream bun our daughter bought us. I cooked dinner, it was chicken breasts with cauliflower, potatoes and an egg. Fruit salad and squirty cream for pud. I am now going to watch tv.