For anyone reading this before Monday 31st, you
will get a bonus chapter. For those who only look for it on Monday, you will
get a short weeks-worth. As we will be travelling on both Sunday and Monday, I decided
that a short week was better than an off-kilter week, so here we go.
Once again, it was a week of fits and starts as people who
suddenly realised that we would be leaving at the end of this week, began
dropping in from time to time to wish us farewell and bon voyage. It was so
kind of them to do so but it did sort of interrupt everything else. However, we
have made great inroads on the furniture and boxes that have filled the
conservatory and part of the garage for the last five years, and I think that
sorting through everything and throwing things away has been quite therapeutic
for Carol and, quite literally given her a bit of breathing space.
On Tuesday we went to visit friends and cousins who live in
Warrington and Wilmslow, respectively, having a light lunch and a chat with one
and tea and cake with a longer chat with the other. As the two towns are on
opposite ends of Manchester, it was a day full of driving but Carol seems to
enjoy it and even took a huge detour on the way home for us to have a look at
some carpet tiles in an enormous hardware and homeware store, in order to
finish off the carpeting at home. We found some good ones in a contrasting
colour so went back the next morning with our sample to make sure and to take
advantage of the Wednesday discount! I think they will look fine.
The Garstang Ukulele Group had a booking to play at a pub
not too far away on Thursday night so off we traipsed again. The pub was
crowded and with the twenty-odd players in the group, it was very full and very
hot! I think the heating was on high because within minutes the perspiration
was glistening on everyones foreheads. In spite of that though, a very good
time was had by all. They sing well known songs and ditties, so the audience
tend to sing along which is always more fun. Oh dear! Another late night!
On Friday it was my birthday and I was overwhelmed with
calls and texts. A lot of people hadn’t taken the time difference into
consideration, England being an hour behind everyone else, so there were a
couple of really early wake-up calls but I enjoyed receiving them all. A bit
later when I eventually did get up and get to my computer, there were a whole
batch more, of e-cards and messages. Thank you to all of you. It was so lovely
to know that we may be gone, but are not yet forgotten!
On Saturday, today, we did our furniture removal act again.
An elderly gent phoned up in quite a tizz yesterday to ask if there were any
beds still for sale as his had collapsed the night before and he was sleeping
on a two-seater couch! There was still one, so he came around right away and
paid for it. Then this morning there was much pushing and shoving, and huffing
and puffing as we loaded a huge double bed and mattress with headboard into
Carols trailer then the same in reverse to get it out again and into his tiny
house. I think he was really chuffed with his ‘new’ bed and it was certainly
and improvement on the couch! Apparently his little terrier-type dog usually
sleeps on the bed with him but kept on falling off the couch, so eventually
went to sleep in an armchair where he “snored all night”! We wished them a good nights sleep tonight.
We haven’t had a whole lot of photographic opportunities,
but the weather has been grey-ish most of the time anyway, but I did manage to
get a shot of the three Acer plants in my cousin’s garden which are simply
glorious at the moment.
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