Tuesday, September 9, 2008
webbed feet gardeners
Verns bit.
We have now organised ourselves to work 1 day a week and 3 days the following week. This allows us Tuesday morning to Sunday night to take off somewhere.
Ireland was our first excursion with Tony King (Blenheim). The ferry is very luxurious compared to the Cook Strait ferry and took our car. Stayed at B&B’s. The Irish are friendly and were most helpful. One guy we asked directions from, drove his car, us following, for at least ½ hr, needless to say we didn’t find the people we intended to visit.
Next time we come I’m going to take up weather forecasting. Can’t get it wrong. Predict rain, and you get it whether you want it or not. Consequently we have had to work in the rain, as the grass keeps growing. Makes it easier for the moles and rabbits to dig!! The moles certainly make a mess and we don’t think they like it when we squash down their heap of dirt with the mower. Last night we saw a badger, quite a big animal. There are squirrels and rabbits around the property.
The Pub is the local meeting place where we have met some interesting people , on Tuesday we are going to help them by painting their new extention (the dunnies)
Its interesting to note that the average Brit walks 900 miles per year, and drinks 22 gallons of beer. Thus is getting 42 miles per gallon. Slightly better than our mighty Vauxhall.
Like Marlborough we have had floods this weekend. We hit the flood waters of the Severn river(at 5.45am and dark and raining0) at 40mph. We just kept going and made it through. The road has been closed, but we didn’t know as we live between the barriers.
We have now organised ourselves to work 1 day a week and 3 days the following week. This allows us Tuesday morning to Sunday night to take off somewhere.
Ireland was our first excursion with Tony King (Blenheim). The ferry is very luxurious compared to the Cook Strait ferry and took our car. Stayed at B&B’s. The Irish are friendly and were most helpful. One guy we asked directions from, drove his car, us following, for at least ½ hr, needless to say we didn’t find the people we intended to visit.
Next time we come I’m going to take up weather forecasting. Can’t get it wrong. Predict rain, and you get it whether you want it or not. Consequently we have had to work in the rain, as the grass keeps growing. Makes it easier for the moles and rabbits to dig!! The moles certainly make a mess and we don’t think they like it when we squash down their heap of dirt with the mower. Last night we saw a badger, quite a big animal. There are squirrels and rabbits around the property.
The Pub is the local meeting place where we have met some interesting people , on Tuesday we are going to help them by painting their new extention (the dunnies)
Its interesting to note that the average Brit walks 900 miles per year, and drinks 22 gallons of beer. Thus is getting 42 miles per gallon. Slightly better than our mighty Vauxhall.
Like Marlborough we have had floods this weekend. We hit the flood waters of the Severn river(at 5.45am and dark and raining0) at 40mph. We just kept going and made it through. The road has been closed, but we didn’t know as we live between the barriers.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Staffordshire,Coventry,Cheshire
Rain and more rain, but luckily when we are travelling around the weather has been great. We spent 3 lovely days with Trish and Barry on their canal boat. Lovely little villages, with fascinating names. Miss Worthingtons Field, Coven, Acton Trussell, Great Haywood. The canals are very busy,holiday here, We would park the car and then travel on the boat, with our bikes and then bike bake to pick up the car and move it up to the boat. Lovely rural countryside and not as many locks as was in the Birmingham area.
We had a delightful day with Valerie and Alf Youall at Coventry. They are the benefactor of the Blenheim Trust, of which Vern is a trustee. Alf is 95, and sharp as a tack. They took us out to lunch and we were able to look around their beautiful property in Coventry. We hope to return again to visit them, its only 1 1/2 hr drive on the motorway.
Tony king is visiting us at present, wow!! hes a great visitor, has been working in our huge garden with great avengence. Up with the larks as we sleep on!!
We went to Chester on Friday, tried out the park and ride, which makes visiting a tourist town so simple. A fascinating place eith Roman walls, we walked right round it, lovely views, we also went on the hop on hop off bus.
Yesterday we went to a local A&P show, wow!!wish you could have seen the vegetables, huge and looked delicious One of the carrots was over a metre long.
today we are meeting up with 2 other kiwi couples for lunch, they on other estates close by.
We had a delightful day with Valerie and Alf Youall at Coventry. They are the benefactor of the Blenheim Trust, of which Vern is a trustee. Alf is 95, and sharp as a tack. They took us out to lunch and we were able to look around their beautiful property in Coventry. We hope to return again to visit them, its only 1 1/2 hr drive on the motorway.
Tony king is visiting us at present, wow!! hes a great visitor, has been working in our huge garden with great avengence. Up with the larks as we sleep on!!
We went to Chester on Friday, tried out the park and ride, which makes visiting a tourist town so simple. A fascinating place eith Roman walls, we walked right round it, lovely views, we also went on the hop on hop off bus.
Yesterday we went to a local A&P show, wow!!wish you could have seen the vegetables, huge and looked delicious One of the carrots was over a metre long.
today we are meeting up with 2 other kiwi couples for lunch, they on other estates close by.
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