Ah yes, I was telling you all about my week.......OK so I've got on this walking tour of some of the churches of the City of London which I'm sure is going to be jolly interesting. It was such a last minute booking - I was reading the previous weekend's Daily Telegraph, as you do, and the author was describing this tour and absolutely on the off-chance I contacted the tour guide and, unbelievably, she said - "join us" !!!
And the tour is this coming Friday, so that means I can't see my girlfriend this week either; she can only be in town on Friday. The dear girl doesn't drive, well, even I only learnt to drive two years ago; so she has to rely on her friend to get her to town. And you know, I'm still meeting young women who cannot drive which saddens but not really surprises me, for it takes an awful lot of determination and effort to keep going out in your little car, with a good friend or instructor beside you, to get the necessary skills. My dear SO was absolutely brilliant and my driving instructor very patient and helpful. I was also able to drive into Oxford every day which meant I had a great deal of driving experience before I took my test. Phew, was I glad to pass that day?
Today, ah today, well a good walk on a nearby airfield, with Alice capering about and sky-divers floating down through the crisp morning air. Do you know, they squeeze ten people into a small plane before soaring high up into the atmosphere and disgorging them over the fields below. And one chap was obviously making his descent last as long as he possibly could, and I bet once you get over the initial horror of falling out into a huge open space, it must be an enormously thrilling experience - floating downwards from the high blue yonder? Somehow I don't imagine it's something I'm probably not going to try!
Then it was the dear SO's daughter's birthday and she wanted to visit a nearby Christmas market, so off we went and I think the cold weather must have kept stallholders away, for it was all rather quiet. Luckily a chap was selling scrumptious toasties, which we eagerly sampled before we visited this super French Bistro, and here we fell on a mix of ham and cheese baguettes, leek soup and chocolate eclairs, and mugs of hot latte, of course!
Now quite stupidly of me I'd left my 'phone at home and so missed an important call; and getting into the car earlier I dropped my favourite woollen hat, that I didn't notice until we returned from our walk by which time it had disappeared - goodness knows where - so disappointing, for a good friend had given it to me for a birthday present many years ago - oh dear!
And I still had plants for a friends garden to put in, when we returned home, by which time it was very cold and quite dark - almost gardening by moonlight, hey? Goodness knows how many times I had to do this when my children were little? And of course, the earth was frozen and I still had not enough compost to bed in the plants, so will have to finish things off next week.
Ah but to morrow, tomorrow, we shall build my wardrobe and tidy my desk and possibly even do some of my ironing; it's good to get settled in - nesting I think it's called, and I'm all for it. What say you?
Daisy xxx
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