A sad Friday

This morning I was up at 6.30 and made a pot of tea and my bowl of porridge H got up at 7.15 and had toast. He then made us each an espresso and I read a chapter of my book. I made the bed, dressed and washed the kitchen floor. I did a bit of dusting, we had a hot cross bun and got ready to go out on our bikes. For me it was very upsetting, my bike kept giving me trouble all the way round and finally, when we were just over 3 miles from home it gave up the ghost. The rear mec' flew up into my wheel and my frame broke. There was nothing we could do so H rode home to get the car and he came back to pick me and my bike up. H made the bike for our son and he handed it to me when he grew out of it around 22 years ago. I must have done over 20 thousand miles on it. It's so comfy to ride and I love it. We have ordered another one which is a hybrid, I don't know how I will get on with it. We were so late getting home we just had a pot noodle for lunch and for dinner tonight we had a fish pie and peas.

Thursday

I got up at 6 and put on a load of washing and made porridge for breakfast. After breakfast I made a loaf of bread and vacuumed all upstairs. Then I dusted it all and tidied it, did the ironing and took the cleaner downstairs. I emptied it and then vacuumed all downstairs. We then popped out to get a new doorbell, ours went wrong before Christmas and as our kitchen and lounge are at the back of the house we never hear anybody at our door. We had a cheese sandwich for lunch with  hula hoops and a little mini apple  tart for desert. This afternoon H raked a load of moss out of our lawn and I picked it all up and binned it, when he went in I stayed outside to do a bit of weeding. When I came in I showered and we had a glass of wine. I cooked dinner at the usual time, we had a minced beef and vegetable pie with new potatoes and broccoli. I then watched my soaps as usual.

Wednesday

I got up at 5.50 after a rough night, I think I was over tired after working all day in the field. I had toast for breakfast and then a coffee. I haven't done much at all today apart from a cycle ride to blow the cobwebs away. Tomorrow I will do all my housework!! We had soup for lunch and for our evening meal we had a beef burger, eggs, chips and peas. My ride was nice, I did 22.8 miles all on my own on my mountain bike in under 2 hours.
I forgot to say yesterday that as Andy and I moved from the leeks to the carrots we could see 3 magpies flapping around something on the ground. All of a sudden they threw it a few inches off the ground and we saw it was a leverit ( baby hare ) so we both ran and managed to scare them off. The poor little thing seemed to be ok and ran into our spring onion bed which is a mass of weeds. The magpies came back a couple of times and wandered around but it was well hidden and they gave up.

Tuesday.

I was up at 5.50, put on a load of washing, made a pot of tea and a bowl of porridge for breakfast. I packed a salad for my lunch, dressed, hung out the washing and went to work. I had to trim leeks all morning and was supposed to stay in the field till the men came for me at 12.15. but I committed the cardinal sin of forgetting my bag which meant I couldn't have my coffee break!! So the boss said I would have to go down to the yard. I sat in the shed with the men and 3 robins came inside to clear up our crumbs. The boss said I could leave my bag there and come down again for lunch. The men came to pick up the leeks I had done so took me down too, we washed the leeks and went for our lunch. I then discovered that I had left my fork at home so I had to eat my salad with my fingers!! Andy and I had to go back to leeks and trim 6 more boxes and pick a box of carrots. We went back to the wash area, washed everything and just had time to pack it all before it was my hometime. It took me ages to get home because they have closed one of the roads I use to get home, it's going to be closed till the middle of May. I had a cup of tea and a bath before cooking dinner which was Cornish pasties, roast cauliflower and jacket potatoes. I haven't got to go to work again till Monday.

Easter Monday.

I got up at 6am ,made a pot of tea and had a slice of toast for breakfast. We had a coffee and watched a bit it tv before getting on with a bit of housework. At 10 we changed into our cycle gear and went out on our mountain bikes. We had a great ride 22.8 miles. There was a fairly strong cold wind but along the track we were quite sheltered. When we got home we had a bacon sandwich with a cup of coffee and a little later a glass of wine. We watched a film this afternoon and for dinner I made a pasta thing. I fried an onion and a leek then added chopped chicken and bacon, a mushroom,a can of tomatoes and some tomato purée. I cooked it on top of the hob, added the cooked pasta, grated some cheese, sprinkled it over the top and popped it under the grill for a few minutes to cook the cheese and dished it up. It was very tasty. It's work for me tomorrow.

Happy Easter 🐣

I was up at 7 and put on a load of washing then I made porridge for my breakfast. We had a coffee and I made a loaf of bread. I hung my washing out, swept the kitchen floor and cleaned the work tops. I made the bed and at 11am I went round to our eldest son and daughter in law's with their Easter eggs. They had bought me a lovely plant for my garden. Our daughter in law has very green fingers and grows loads of things from cuttings etc. so she also gave me loads of other plants too. We had a cup of tea and a look round the garden which is lovely. When I got home again I planted everything, some in the garden and some in pots. I think some of the plants are a bit 'soft' and not they are talking about frosts next week, I hope they will be ok. After I had finished in the garden and H had finished his turbo ride we had a fried egg sandwich and a coffee for lunch. I have eaten loads of chocolate!!! We watched a cycle race and then I cooked dinner. Pork with new potatoes, broccoli and cauliflower. We watched Oliver the musical on tv and we are going to watch Maigret.

Saturday

H woke me up at 6.20, we both had toast for breakfast, I put on a load of washing, dressed and we went shopping. I spent £70 at Asda then we went to my butchers ( Clarks of Hevingham ) where I spent another £ 65. They are great butchers, I bought sausages, pork steaks, bacon, mince, liver, beef burgers, pork and apple burgers and a nice joint of top side. I also got a lasagna, 2 Cornish pasties, a chicken and leek pie, a minced beef and vegetable pie and 2 pork and Stilton pies which we ate for lunch. When we got back home I hung out the washing while H made us a cup of coffee. As soon as we had finished it we got ready to go out on our mountain bikes. We did our usual 22 miles passing two woods full of bluebells, they looked wonderful with the sun slanting through the branches of the trees. We had our pork pies when we got home with a coffee and watched some cycling on tv, I got the washing in all dry again, the wind and sun are saving me a fortune as I have only used the tumble dryer once this year. i did a bit of housework but stopped when H poured the wine. For dinner tonight we had lasagna with mushrooms filled with cheese and fried tomatoes.