Still Friday

 I am feeling better I think. Our daughter came round anyway and on her way home she was going to bike and see her husband who was working in Horsford . So H got my bike out of the garage and I went with her it was only a short ride, just over 5 miles. I felt better after the after the fresh air. For dinner tonight we had steak and kidney pie with new potatoes French beans and carrots. Last night we had chicken thighs, cabbage, potatoes and carrots. 

Friday

 I have been looking forward to today all week because we were going out on our bikes with our daughter. We haven’t done that for ages. Well I have been up all night with the runs! Typical! It’s now 7 a m and I am still not right so I had to ring and cancel. It’s 2 years ago since I had my stroke (4th September ) so I should think myself lucky that I can still ride my bike at all. I feel as if I have let everyone down. I didn’t do anything yesterday because we were doing this ride and I wanted to be able to keep up with the others. I feel as if I wasted a whole day, and the way I feel now, after getting no sleep is that I am going to waste another one. H has just brought me in a cup of tea. I daren’t eat breakfast. 

Tuesday 3 rd of September

 Yesterday we went for a bike ride (20 miles) . Today it was pouring with rain when I got up. When we went to Lidl it had stopped. At 12.30 I decided to go for a walk but by the time I got my shoes on it had started raining again, so I sat down with H to watch the Tour of Spain bike race. When they had 87 kilometres to go the rain stopped here so I went for a walk knowing that I would be back for the end of the race. I walked just over 2 miles. For dinner tonight we have got meatballs and pasta in a tomato and pepper sauce. The pepper  I have just picked and chopped up.

Saturday

 I didn’t write a blog yesterday because I didn’t do anything except shop in the morning and go out in the afternoon for fish and chips for tea. My back is still bad but not as bad as it was. We went out our bikes today to pick some Myra bellas ( wild plums ) we did 10 miles. On the way we saw 2 cyclists coming towards us. When we got level with them they stopped to chat it was our daughter and son in law. They had just about finished their ride. For dinner tonight we had paella, and dessert was tiramisu. 

Thursday

 I didn’t have a very good sleep because every time I moved my back woke me up. As soon as we finished breakfast H got the bikes out. We didn’t go out till about 10.30 , we went looking for black berries. We found some but they were small and didn’t taste very nice so we decided not to bother. We carried on and did our ride. On the way home their was a house with apples 🍏 in a box that says please help yourself. So tomorrow we will have stewed Apple and custard for dessert. Our ride was lovely and I enjoyed it. We did 19 and a bit miles. For dinner tonight we had sausages and mash with peas and gravy.

Wednesday

 Yesterday H trimmed our hedge, he made a good job of it considering he didn’t use a ladder. I didn’t want him up a ladder because he often goes dizzy and that would not be good with a hedge cutter on a ladder. I cleared up the bits  as he cut them off. Then at dinner time I got a bad back. I don’t know how I did it. We were going out on our bikes today but  I am in too much pain. Riding my bike usually helps but as I can hardly stand up I wouldn’t be able to get on. We will try Tomorrow instead, we are going to look for blackberries. 

Thursday

 I got up at 6.10 pulled up my blind and it was raining and blowing a gale. I was very disappointed because I was supposed to be going to Yarmouth for the day with my daughter and son in law and the great grand children. Well after breakfast the rain stopped and it brightened up. We went and as we got out of the car on the car park, the sun came out. We had a lovely day taking the children on the snails and other rides. Donkey rides on the beach and paddling in the sea. The wind was too strong to sit on the beach it was blowing the sand along the shore and it was quite painful. We had sausage and chips for lunch on the market. A good time was had by all. When I got home I cooked dinner which was pasta and meat balls followed by fresh fruit. I walked over 3 miles.