Retirement with No Problem

It was party time ‘dan saff’ over the weekend, and Vic and I took the train down to Portsmouth for Vic’s daughter Louise’s 40th birthday party.. “It’s going to be a bbq on the beech” says Louise.. Yeah yeah yeah I thought until we got there and then I realise that the location of the house was, in fact, right on the beach.. the water comes up to the wall at high tide, but it was out… good timing Louise!

So there was a huge bon fire, and plenty of food on the bbq cooked by Louise’s brother who just happens to be a chef at one of the big golf clubs in the area.. yummy yum, so much for the diet this weekend I’ll tell you.  We had a great time and really enjoyed.. thanks Lou!  .

It was also Happy Birthday time to my Auntie Doe who lives in Winchester, well near to anyway.. so happy birthday to you too Dozzy Doe!!..

The bus fare from Semington to Trowbridge was £4.80 for a single ticket.. yet a single train fare from Trowbridge to Portsmouth was £4.50…. its a crazy world sometimes!

It was also nice to spend some time with the grandchildren over the weekend, and I sorted with Kiera and Jessica some time to come see me over the summer holidays.  It will be the first time that Jessica has been away with me on her own, so maybe a couple of days to start with I think… I don’t want her to be homesick..

Yesterday we pulled the pins on Semington after waiting for a Tesco deliver and a visit to the Post Office. It was nice there…

I was going to catch the bus to Melksham, but the weather was absolutely glorious so took a walk instead over the fields to Bowerhill to get to the Post Office there.. cruising along in shirt sleeves, it wasn’t long till we were back again at Bradford on Avon.. no chance on the visitor moorings, the 24hour ones are still taken up with the same boats that were here the last time we visited, so we are moored against a rough old bank.. email to BW me thinks about that!