Sunny Tuesday

A nice day at last!! Porridge for breakfast with a mug of tea. I put on a load of washing and we had a coffee. H then went into our garage to get his bike out and our sun loungers and the wind break. I couldn't go out on my bike because I have spent all night coughing again. He put the windbreak up so I could sit behind it. He got ready and went off to do a ride and when he left I washed the kitchen floor, hung the washing out washed up and then changed into my shorts to sit out in the sun. I was out there from 10.45 to 3 o'clock only going in to make tuna sarnies when H came back. He also came out to sit in the garden for a while. I had flip flops on and I can see a mark across my feet where the strap goes. We had spaghetti Bolognese this evening which was nice. I have to work again tomorrow so I hope I am not coughing too much.

Monday

I was up most of the night coughing so I feel pretty tired tonight. I had toast and a giant mug of tea for my breakfast,packed a couple of turkey sandwiches for my lunch with a few little tomatoes and a bottle of water and off I want to work. I had to pick 12 boxes of rhubarb first and 25 bunches of radishes next. Then I had to walk to the leeks and trim them till 12/30 . I managed to do 7 boxes. We washed the leeks and then I had to go to the greenhouse, fill 17 trays with peat and seed them. I managed to do them all but 3 which I will have to do on Wednesday.there are 308 seeds in each tray so I put in 4,652 seeds!! I was glad to get home to my nice cup of tea. We were supposed to go out on our bikes tomorrow but H says he doesn't think I will be well enough to go. He rode along the track this morning to the City and saw 2 otters in and out of the river.

Too windy again

I had porridge for my breakfast for a change. H went out on his bike at 7.30 and rode 66 miles at over 20 miles an hour. He said he felt really good and wants another pasta bake next next Saturday to see if it works again. I just worked about the house but my cough is so bad I felt I was doing everything in slow motion. When H got home he was hungry so we had bacon sandwiches and a bun for lunch with a glass of chocolate milk. Our evening meal was a roast, pork with veg and batter puds. I wish the wind wind would drop,we seem to have had it for ages. It's work for me again tomorrow, one of the men I work with is on holiday this coming week which only leaves 2 of us to do all the work,( our boss helps out but he has a lot of tractor work to do, ploughing etc. )  I may get an extra day.

Wet Saturday

We were up at our usual time and toast for breakfast.we decided to go out on our mountain bikes along the old railway track " Marriotts Way" . It was a nice morning so after we had had a coffee and a hot cross bun we thought we might as well go and get it over with. We were going well but after we had gone 12 miles it suddenly turned much colder and began to rain. We were 10 miles from home and it rained all the rest of the way. Luckily it's quite shelterd with the overhanging trees so we didn't get too wet but I had to take my sunglasses off because I couldn't see. There were several trees down along the track since we last went and 2 were newly down because they were still across the track. H is going out tomorrow with son in law for a long ride so I made a nice pasta bake for dinner this evening to get him round. ::: 5 rashers of bacon, 8 mushrooms, an onion, some peas, 5 oz pasta shells, 4 oz cheese and a jar of Asda tomato and garlic sauce. :::: Cook pasta and while its cooking, dry fry bacon, then add onion to pan and cook till its soft, fry mushrooms ( add a little oil if needed ) and add frozen peas. Put it all in a casserole dish, pour on the sauce, grate and add cheese and bake in oven for around 30 mins at 200 degrees c. It makes 2 large dishes and you will be able to fly on your bike the next day.

Sun at last

We went shopping after breakfast, I spent £88.36. When we had unpacked, put everything away and had a coffee H ran me into the City so I could go to the bank and get a couple of things we needed. I caught the bus home and when I got back H had gone out on his bike. I changed into my shorts and sat in the garden for 2 1/4 hours to try to get a bit of colour into my pasty white legs. My white camelia has finally come out and so has my japonica.

Thursday work.

I took salad leaf sandwiches for my lunch at work but by 3 o'clock I felt sick I was so hungry. I will have to add cheese or something next time. I had to trim 4 boxes of leeks and do 2 boxes of loose carrots before 10 am and then after coffee break i had to pick 46 bunches of radishes. After that I had to go back to leeks and do 6 more boxes. I then had to go back to the greenhouse to fill and seed 6 trays of leeks, it was then home time. My throat is sore and I couldn't wait to get home for my lovely cup of tea only to find H had forgotten to make it!!  It's the first time I have come home from work to no pot of tea since he retired 12 years ago. He made me one straight away and poured me a nice hot bath with loads of bubbles. We had pie, carrots,cauliflower,potatoes and gravy.

Some of the radishes I picked.

Wednesday

I feel rubbish today again, my throat is so sore from all the coughing and I am worn out. I didn't have much to do luckily, just a few bits of washing and a load of ironing this morning and this afternoon we went to choose some granite for the kitchen worktops. H went for a ride this morning on his own and rode 63 miles. I am going to work again tomorrow so I hope I get some sleep tonight.