Thursday 11th May 2023
Sunny and 12c, with a promise of 16c. The forecast suggests a similar day to yesterday, but, a degree or two cooler.
Today it is necessary to do some chores.
A shopping trip for essentials, including bread, milk, wine, to the nearest supermarket, which turns out to be a small and expensive Coop, It is just under 3 miles, there and back, and, as I said, expensive, I think I will cycle to the Tesco if we need anything else!
Kathleen dons her "washer woman" gear and washes some clothes.
We decide to stay here longer, and, after checking with the lady who runs the place, all is arranged, we can stay up to Friday 19th May, if we wish.
Ominously, having decided to stay longer, we have a thunder storm, and, heavy rain!
Friday, 12th May 2023
Dull, windy, and 11c, by lunch time, it has started to rain. I do hope we have not screwed up the weather by deciding to stay!
This site has no toilet block/shower block, so, we have to use the van shower etc. This is not really a problem, particularly if you are "plugged in" to fresh water and waste water systems, (which we are here), so, no lugging fresh water and disposing of waste water.
However, Kathleen's "hair washing events" usually pose a problem in these circumstances, since a volume of water just short of a small reservoir appears to be required, plus, the hot water boiler only has a capacity of approximately 10 litres, so, none stop hot water can pose a problem.
I bought a little gadget off Amazon (where else) which allows you to stop/start the flow of water at the shower head, without touching the on/off control, and potentially, unintentionally, altering the temperature setting.
I am pleased to report, it worked superbly, grumbling level reduced by 75%, a win!
Saturday 13th May 2023
Dull and cool, 10c.
The forecast says 17c and sunshine by shortly after lunch time, well, that does not materialise.
The woman who owns the site has told us at least twice about a pub called "The Blue Bell" at Glinton, and, how there is a pleasant walk, along the river to it.
We have actually cycled to Glinton a couple of days ago, but, the walk takes follows footpaths, rather than roads.
The instructions we were given are reasonably easy to follow, and, 3.91 miles later, we arrive at "The Blue Bell", just shortly after 12:00 noon.
It is a very pleasant pub, and, a pint of Landlord (J2O for Kathleen) and a light lunch are ordered and consumed.
We try to make a circular walk of it, by returned via a slightly different route, not much of a circle, but it is further at 4.25 miles.
8.16 miles for the day.
It looks like you are having mainly good weather (bonus for UK) although there are the inevitable fallbacks which seem to be a feature of this Spring season. It had better stop by next Saturday for our trip to the Ull ferry!
ReplyDeleteYou may laugh to hear that my driving licence still hasn't been returned and on Sat 13th they asked for details of my skin cancer (a BCC rarely to never spreads and was taken out last December) which they have known about since January! Liz has taken up the challenge of doing the driving until Peter can send me a photo of my new licence if it ever happens!
Is your Magic Shower Device a push switch fitted in the shower head/pipe? (had one of those but the seal washer failed)?
Oh dear, hope the licence turns up. Swansea joke factory is my name for DVLA.
DeleteYes, the shower "thing" is a small collar, with a sliding button, On/Off.
Assuming I will not see you before you go, safe journey, and, have fun!