Well, immediately after mentioning a plan for going out to lunch the threatened cyclone arrived. Thankfully it has lost a lot of its power over countries to the South of us and in other parts, so we did have some rain and a serious drop in temperatures, but the garden didn't suffer much and we managed to do things indoors. I suppose it was unfortunate for Sheila that her planned sitting in the gazebo and on the swing did not materialise much due to uncertain, windy and cold weather, but it was still a good week.
One of the projects indoors was to create a Facebook page for Sheila and start teaching her how to use it. She is amazingly IT literate, so it was no problem. She now has about a dozen friends and is enjoying seeing pictures etc.
Talking of pictures: this one was posted by Alex and prompted the following comment from Roy: "What an angelic little boy! What have you done with my grandson?"
On Sunday we had a Skype call from Stephen with his two little monsters. They were rather active, so the pictures are not unduly brilliant, but I am posting a few of them below.
On the odd occasions when it wasn't pouring we even managed some garden work. We planted out some flat leaf parsley and today I put some straw under my strawberries, although it was a bit too late, as quite a few of the unripe strawberries are already muddy. The climbing rose in the front is this year's winner of the "first roses out" competition. They should be prolific this year as we no longer have a gardener to decimate them in the name of pruning.
Towards the end of the week we were all getting stir crazy from spending too much time indoors and we were also running out of some foodstuffs, so we decided we would go out whatever the weather on Friday. As it happens, the day was not too bad and it only really started raining in the afternoon. We managed to get to the restaurant we have been planning to take Sheila for ages and had a lovely lunch there.
After lunch practically the moment I got out of the car it started raining. I did look like a bit of a drowned rat when I got back and worrying about closing time for shops made me turn back before I got to part 2 of the cache. Part 1 was in the village on top of the village hall on a lovely lookout platform. The views were pretty, but threatening too due to the rain approaching.
Luckily we did find a shop still open en route home and the rain stopped by the end. On Sunday we decided to go out again, as the forecast was not too bad and I wanted to visit a village where I am planning to place my 5th cache. We saw some lovely old venacular houses and visited the village museum with old furniture, pottery, embroidery, kitchen and farm implements and a lovely big cantilever well.
Lunch on Sunday was spent in another restaurant, more like a roadside inn, which was very nice indeed and with enormous portions, even bigger than the ones on Friday.
Sunday was a really successful day. Especially that even before we got to the village I managed to find part 2 of my cache from Friday, so I could log another cache when we got back. Sheila's visit is over and we are taking her to the airport tomorrow. We will then stay in town for a week or so, as we are having lots to do there. In the meantime my cache had been submitted, but the moderators are having fun with it, as usual. "Forewarned and forearmed" is an excellent motto and as far as I am concerned, if they don't want it, that's their loss. I was careful not to place anything before I know that it can go ahead. If they reject this one I will definitely give up trying to place caches. I'll let you know how it went next time round.
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