End of an era

We took Kirsten to Nursery for the last time yesterday. She finishes next Monday and, when she goes back she will be in Reception and full time. We won't be required as Amanda is changing her hours. After the flood, we didn't go across and it was really strange. We had so much time. So it will be mixed feelings when we don't have to go across weekly. Both the kids were on good form this week and were a joy to be with most of the time.
Barbara says that I am getting paranoid about the car. It only has a rudimentary "computer" but it does feature average MPG (miles per gallon). It makes it interesting, especially as I am usually a passenger. I keep flicking through all the functions and driving Barbara round the bend. The car certainly responds to economical driving with us reaching around 45/50MPG as an overall average. After all, that was one of the reasons that we went down the downsizing route. I am delighted to say that the boot takes a full shop no problem. In fact, because it's relatively tight, it means there is less movement.
Spoke to Mum tonight. Apparently she went in on Tuesday for a Barium meal and was sick afterwards. Barbara and I had both told her to get in touch if she was going in. She must have known when we were talking to her and never let on. Hopefully she will take note next time. I guess less time with our grandchildren will give us more time with their great-grandma!

What to wear!

It's pub quiz night and I have been in shorts and T shirt all day. Now do I venture out like that and get soaked? Is a puzzlement. I managed to get away with it at PARKs. In fact, I even caught a bit of sun as I played football in the drive. The rain only came on Tuesday evening. We were sat watching the box when the fireworks started. The thunder and lightning were quite spectacular from PARKs window. They weren't as spectacular when we were trying to sleep at 3 in the morning.

Our new jalopy performed very well on the run across to Leeds and back. Any lingering worries about motorway performance were blown away. I drove there and concentrated on maintaining a steady average to see how the fuel went. Barbara drove back and had to be restrained a couple of times when she was dragged along behind some speed merchant. I went to top up the tank today and reckon we averaged 45mpg which isn't bad over three days. We'll see how we go this weekend.

We are going up to Seahouses for a couple of days with the intention of going out to the Farne Islands. As usual, the weather is unsettled when we get the bags out. I reckon that we ought to be paid to take our holidays abroad by the British tourist industry. Whenever we plan something the weather takes a nosedive. Have we packed the right sort of clothes. Only time will tell.