British GP, Wimbledon men's final, Janet and Bernard and Xander too

The end of last week still in the village was not particularly exciting.  The weather was rather hot, so we didn't really go anywhere. Had to do a little tidy up and cleaning in the Farmhouse in preparation for our guests the following week and then on Sunday we left for town.  We managed to get into BP by about half 2 and caught the last half hour of the British GP. Lewis won again, which pleased me no end, especially that he did it in fine form. He was only 4 points down on Rosberg after his win, which later reduced to 1 as Rosberg was given a 10 second penalty for being advised while still on track by his garage how to d rive to save his gearbox. This has been outlawed some time ago and the stewards deemed the information as beyond that allowed. The next GP is at the Hungaroring, but we are down with friends in the SW that Sunday, so I will have to watch the highlights.

A happy and confident Lewis with his trophy

On Sunday we also had the Wimbledon men's final, which was pretty good too. Andy Murray's opponent was supposed to have the most frighteningly powerful serve in the game at the moment, but he must have been either tired or affected by his first appearance in a Wimbledon final, so he didn't put up too much of a fight.  Murray could collect his second Wimbledon title, which I was quite happy about.

Finally, the European Football Championship finished with extra time, but no penalties, and Portugal, in spite of losing Ronaldo right at the beginning to injury, won 1 : 0. A truly scrumptious sporty Sunday with everybody having something to enjoy.

Andy Murray with his trophy in jubilant mood

On Monday I went to see my homeopath and she confirmed all that has been wrong with me in the past 3 months: bad nights' sleeps, low energy levels, reflux, etc. She prescribed galaj tea and Salvus water, which I am still to get as life has been a bit hectic lately. En route to the Jelen for lunch I bought some new hiking maps, as my old set is now not complete, having lost a few of them.  And anyway, they are all too old, so I need new copies anyway.

That very typical Xander happiness in evidence

The weather was terribly hot on Monday, but it got even worse on Tuesday when we were due to tidy up and clean the flat, make the beds etc. At the end I was exhausted and probably dehydrated too and I had several bad bouts of arrythmia.  This horrendous heat is very bad for me, the only thing that safely saves me from bad turns, (and even then not always), is staying indoors, do as little as possible and have all the fans on. One special treat, however, was still on its way for me and it materialised in a special Skype call from my beloved little rascal by the name of Xander. He was in the bath and he had his Dad all to himself as Mummy and big brother Elian were away.  He looked very pleased to see me and was his naughty, restless little cute self right through. Finally, Janet and Bernard arrived in the evening, looking not a day older than when we last saw them 7 years ago. Their ages, 79 and 83, is totally unbelievable, and we are very pleased to have them.

With Daddy all nice and clean with nappy on

On Wednesday, when they promised some drop in the temperatures we decided to do a tour of the city. There was a very small improvement in the breeze levels and a very small, barely discernible, drop in temperatures, so by midday I was totally overwhelmed by the heat yet again.  Fortunately the trip included a river boat ride, followed by a leisurely stroll along the full length of Margaret Island, where we had the benefit of a lovely breeze.  Unfortunately, we missed the musical fountain performing, so after a small rest we took the tram to the Jelen for a lovely and extremely cheap lunch.

After that I went to fetch a digital table clock I ordered from the department store nearby and then we walked to one of the ruin pubs not too far before we made for home.  Most of us had a little sleep and I started writing this blog post.

Got to have a little rest now myself, so I bid you good bye until my next missive hopefully next week. Taraaa!!!