Day 870 a wee tinge of anxiety when things don’t go my way…. but a super lovely evening to end the day! ā™„ļø

I’ve got loads of very thoughtful and positive memes to share today.

We’ve just had one of those days where plans had to be rearranged at the last minute as things didn’t go quite as planned…. But I’ll get to that.

A funny thought to start with…. I drive through a wee village called Drybridge to get to work. It has a humped back bridge that goes over the railway and despite having a large river run into it, there’s no need for a bridge over the river as it’s a huge u shape… hence the name Drybridge. Jeez that was a long, dull story!!

So this morning when I approach the traffic lights on the bridge I saw a brush sticking up over the other side. It made me smile… as it seemed pretty random…. simple things eh?!? Tonight when I left… heading the other way… the same, or another brush stuck up on the back of a truck. What are the chances?!?

Anyway…. I’ve had a good day at work, busy, focussed…. But Craig’s car is in the garage for an ABS fault and the part has to be sent away to be reconditioned. It might take 5 days!! So we’re back to a one van family for the short term! I had to dash home from work to let Craig get out to work. I had to rearrange my plans to meet my friend tonight. We had finally arranged to meet in Gro Coffee in Irvine for the first time in ages….

So now…. Aileen is winging her way to my house instead, with her daughter Kirsty, and Craig has rustled up a vegan lasagne, (K is vegan) he’s a good lad!

I’ve had to run round like a maddie since I got home to try and bring the house up to presentable.

I definitely stressed at all of that and yet sitting here now, I’m as cool as a cucumber.

It took a couple of hours but I got there!

Oh in between all that I realised the home insurance was due up tonight and renewal was extortionate so we had to sort that between us before Craig left. He cancelled the old one while I found a new one. Been meaning to do that for AGES….. obviously!

I’m also not an entertainer…. I have realised this on my journey through life…. It brings a level of anxiety as I have to be on my game. I rarely feel in control enough to be on my game. I can write this because Aileen will totally understand. She’s one of my oldest friends… in years… not age šŸ˜†šŸ˜˜šŸ„° we don’t see much of each other these days but I always know that she’s there and I hope that she knows that about me too. We always enjoy each other’s company so much and will say after this that we should do it way more often. Yet life catches up with us.

So we deserve a round of applause for getting our shit together enough to organise tonight!! Craig deserves a HUGE round of applause for coming to the rescue with vegan lasagne!

It’s 9.30pm and I have had the loveliest evening.

The lasagne was great! We had vegan desserts from the Co-op and Nosecco.

It was so good to see them both and have a good catch up. Kirsty heads off to Australia next week for a year and I’m so pleased that she’s doing that. It’s such an amazing experience and one that she will remember for the rest of her life.

It just shows you that you don’t need to see people often to know that they are there and appreciate them being a part of your life.

I managed to smash my lovely engraved ā€œJulieā€ Nosecco glass (its a champagne flute style but it feels wrong for me to call it that….šŸ˜†) while I was tidying up but hey… that’s just life keeping me grounded. Dammit.

Stay safe everyone ā™„ļøā™„ļøā™„ļø

Day 869 a good run of the mill day!

So nothing new here today….. the Fit Body Farm at 6am was a team challenge but involved a whole lot of running! It was actually ok…. Which always surprises me.

We collect points for every 250m run round the garden and for every basketball basket we throw. We have to stop every minute and do a bunch of exercises! All before 7am.

Work was quick today, lots of customers in which always keeps me busy.

So yeah… I’m still feeling good. I feel calm and in control. I’m appreciating every moment for what it is.

I’ll be honest that I’ve had waves of anxiety for various different things but I’ve managed to think beyond it. Almost chuckling to myself slightly for being aware of how ridiculous my thoughts can be.

So long may this continue. As long as the wind doesn’t pick up I should be ok šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™€ļøšŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™€ļøšŸ˜‚šŸ˜˜

Stay safe everyone ā™„ļøā™„ļøā™„ļø

Day 868 a lovely morning, drive home, van all cleaned out and a long nap!

After the noise of the wind yesterday, it was lovely and calm last night.

The sky was lovely after the sun went down.

There were loads of midgies around last night. We had to light our Smokin Midge last night.

This is really good! Super basic but seems to do the job. It’s just a wee tin with holes in it and Clava cones which you light up and smoke the wee b’s out!!! I just ordered some more cones for the next time we are away.

I see questions on lots of Scottish travel pages asking what the midges are like.

Lots of folk get really terrified of them but we have been really lucky and rarely get bothered by them.

So this little baby slept with me last night. I had to move her to get into bed!

I woke up to this…. It’s so calm and just truly beautiful.

The dogs leads hanging from the wing mirror look really pretty. They are very rarely fanned out like that and usually in a total tangle šŸ˜†

A lovely set up!

How funny that I should see this today…. That wind was really talking to me yesterday and winding me up something chronic!

I loved the silence after the noise of the wind…… and this next one….. I’ve seen so much since I stopped working my ass off and I started looking around.

I really am learning to live for the moment, in the moment and appreciate everything for what it is. This moment… right now… is life.

It’s not the stuff we buy, the clothes we wear….

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It’s not the job we hold or the amount of money we have.

It’s how we choose to live our lives and the memories that we make.

It’s the memories that we take with us.

We only get one shot at this so…. do you. Do what works for you. Do what makes you happy and think outside the rat race. Think outside of stuff.

I never had any boundaries and now I have so many I’ve almost built walls around me…. But that’s what works for me. It’s what keeps me happy.

We were home by 11.30am, lucky that beautiful campsite is so close to home.

Abbie is all hoovered and cleaned out. I love that bit too and will be all chuffed when I got out to the Farm at 5.30am tomorrow and she’s all tidy and smelling lovely.

And then I showered and then collapsed in a heap on the couch for a few hours and had the best nap. It’s been a while but I musta needed it!

Here’s to having a lovely week and appreciating every minute of every day.

The pups have been great this weekend but they are very happy to be home.

Stay safe everyone ā™„ļøā™„ļøā™„ļø

Day 867 a beautiful day by the Loch after a very wet night! ā˜€ļøšŸš£šŸ½ā€ā™€ļø

The rain was torrential overnight last night. We were forecast to get 15mm and considering I’m already parked in a puddle, I did go to bed a wee bit anxious 😬

Thankfully my body didn’t listen to my head and I was out for the count until 8am. I heard the rain on and off but managed to keep falling back to sleep. Was super comfy!

I only stayed up until 10pm as I couldn’t stop yawning after a busy day of doing precious little!

Visiting my neighbour Craigie last night šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™€ļøšŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™€ļøšŸ˜†

We had croissants and coffee for breakfast.

Then headed across to Milarrochy Bay for a dog walk. It’s a beautiful morning and the forecast is for sun all day. Its really windy though!

I was going for a photo of the stones with the mountains when it was dive bombed by a passing Freya! I caught it perfectly.

The burns are all swollen from last nights rain.

The famous tree I got at sunset the other night.

Loved this next shot though they are all a bit far away. This was a beautiful beach and we spent some time letting them play around here.

Here come the girls….

The Loch is so inviting. I’d love to do cold water swimming sometime. Just not enough to actually get in the water and get cold! I’m sure it will be my next thing though!

There’s a lovely heat to the sun.

The dogs had a blast. Freya never actually goes in the water, just runs around like a maddie while the others do!

Leave no trace! It’s sad to see the amount of bottles that are left lying around after someone’s night out. Would have cleared it up if I’d had bags with us. This next pic shows where we were and now gone!

The walk back to the campsite.

Love the rock formation heading into the water.

There are loads of trees with exposed roots around here.

So I am now sitting here writing this. I wish I could say it was peaceful but the wind is blawin’ a hoolie.

The noise is raising my anxiety levels. Calaidh keeps barking and trying to get down to the water, she keeps tangling round my seat. Then she got hold of a bramble branch, covered in thorns and proceeded to chew it cutting her gums and then wouldn’t let it go… for me, that is… truth be told my anxiety takes over and I don’t even think that a small piece of food would change her focus. Only get carried away by the drama of her cutting the inside of her mouth…. I’m not going inside the van as Craig is watching the football and the noise of that has the same effect as the wind at times. I’ve been so calm this time and yet I feel myself getting properly wound up. By noise. Go figure.

I know it sounds ridiculous but I swear it’s a thing.

I’ve actually just put my hood up and that has helped a wee bit. I also put Calaidh and Freya in the tent for a bit to have a sleep. I know I need to calm down.

I almost had a nap with my hood up, it really did help. Thankfully the wind has died down to a gentle breeze and I’m back down to earth again.

I am usually very stressed camping with the 3 dogs and worry about every eventuality. I’ve not felt like that this time as I have done some work on it through Health Kinesiology. I’m not sitting here with dread that the worst case scenario might happen and that feels really good. Yet with every small gain something else rears it’s head that needs some working on. I still don’t like not being fully in control of everything I do. When I’m on my own I can control that. When you have 3 wet, muddy dogs, things aren’t always as perfect as I might want them to be. I know that dirty things will clean but the noise of the wind just blew it all out of proportion for me.

This makes me smile though…. Craig’s away to the toilet block. They have not moved since he left.

I like this waiting game we are playing.

I am crocheting.

I am calm.

Just created a few hours of drama to get to this stage.

Happy Saturday!

Stay safe everyone ā™„ļøā™„ļøā™„ļø

Day 866 still by yon bonnie banks šŸ˜†

It’s 11.30am and I’m sitting right here, right now, writing this.

I didn’t have the best sleep but then I left the 5am alarm switched on so I’ve been up since then. It’s different having a dog with me. I have to be a little less selfish and a bit more responsible.

Last night I got a notification on my phone that Aurora Borealis was on Red Alert 🚨 at 20.53…. I was already in bed and actually hummed and hawed but had to get out of bed to check. Wasn’t lucky enough to see anything but it’s the closest I’ve been to somewhere without light pollution when there was a red alert!

So this morning, We lay and read… well one of us did, until 6.30 then I got ready to take her out. The heavens opened…. But only for a minute. Think we woke the ducks! Just wait till Calaidh and Freya get here!!

We managed a lovely walk along a stretch of the West Highland Way, turning left out of the campsite instead of turning right down ti Milarrochy Bay.

It’s sad that since COVID, signs like this are necessary to stop people ā€œwild campingā€ wherever they feel like it.

Scotland introduced the ā€œright to roamā€ back in 2003 and the way things are going I fear this could be taken away from us.

So many people quote ā€œfreedom of accessā€ but everyone and their auntie are trying to camp everywhere just now. Locals are up in arms at hoards of camper-vans outside their houses at local beauty spots… there are people pitching tents along our beaches and think it’s wild camping.

Now as you know, she who cannot upset anyone intentionally gets very bent out of shape at this. I can’t believe where some people stop and park their van, get their awning out and think it’s ok.

There were 2 vans in Portpatrick last Saturday that were parked right next to the no overnight parking sign! I just couldn’t!

They were both at great access paths to the sea and I sooooo wanted to walk into their ā€œpitchā€ and head down to the sea right in front of them. If they can stop where they like then I can walk where I like.

Ooooooh now where did all that come from?!?!? I’m envious of their lack of concern where my mind would work beyond overtime on that. It’s exactly that. I am way too considerate of others, maybe at the detriment of myself?

Anyway, back to our walk!

I spotted some flowering Scottish Heather for the first time in ages. Just this one tiny patch.

Loved this old bridge. Bhru stopped to have a play in the water!

Then back into the campsite with Abbie the Campervan in the distance!

So we’ve had a very lazy morning since we got back. I’ve read some more, had a nap, it rained on and off and then the sun came out so we’re out at the side of the Loch soaking up the atmosphere.

I did my first voiceover Instagram post today. I rambled all over the beauty and sounds of the water lapping at my feet. I may do a few more, who knows.

Ok so some early afternoon drama. Was sitting reading wondering why so many caravans seem to be driving out of the site at midday up to one o’clock. Wondered if they had late check out?! Is that even a thing? It would appear not….. so I watched a guy drive out of the site and turn left earlier on…. Seemed strange as left takes you up to Rowardennan and a dead end. I wouldn’t want to be driving a caravan up there….

Then I watched another one turn up left to Rowardennan but he didn’t take the corner wide enough and I heard a sickening crack as he scraped along the gate post to the the left hand side of the entrance.

My anxiety goes into full overdrive…. I feel a gulp of emotion welling up inside me. I struggle to swallow it down. I am almost in tears for them. My mind races around every scenario…. How can I possibly get them out of their predicament. The man is angry. He is raging when he sees what he has done and shouts out loud.

I sit for a bit and then think I’ll go and offer some morale support. Let them see they’re not alone… I would like someone to do that for me in that situation.

Instead I find a couple very angry at the campsite!!!! For turning them away as it’s not 1pm yet… ā€œI don’t know what this campsite is coming to….. it’s been going downhill for the last 3 years… not like it used to be…. Rules keep changing and no-one tells usā€ā€¦. Like wow mate…. You drove out of here angry because they wouldn’t let you on site…. you’re here before 1pm. You didn’t take the turning properly and that’s all the campsites’ fault?!?

I ran to reception to get someone to help and he got it both barrels.

I heard myself say… ā€œI’m sorry but that’s not fair, the boy just works here and follows the rules as they are laid out, he came straight away when I asked for helpā€ā€¦. I stopped short of saying you drove away angry and caused all of this yourself.

They both then started on about how they were turned away at reception and quite frankly, I can understand why they may have been met with a frosty reception the way they were speaking. It was so entitled.

So I guess the moral of my story is…. That couple are going to go away mouthing about the campsite and how it’s gone down hill… blah blah and making up a huge dramatic story to cover up the fact that he drove away angry and didn’t take the corner properly. End of.

It’s left a horrible taste in my mouth. I only went to help. The poor lad says they get that all the time from people. What a shame eh?

The ducks here are not shy at all… they don’t even disappear when the dogs are around!

Mid afternoon Craigie arrived so he’s all set up now and it’s lovely to have some company…. Other than Bhruic and ducks…

While he was setting up it’s started pouring again…. it made for a lovely pic in the rain!

The colours are amazing!

So I’ve done very little today…. Lots of reading and moving inside and outside the van weather dependent. We’re sitting outside now in the evening sun and just had fish fajitas for dinner.

The rain is to be pretty epic early doors tomorrow but hoping for a bright day from about 10am. We might be swimming by then but hey… the joys of Scottish camping!

Happy Friday night!

Stay safe everyone šŸšā˜€ļøšŸŒ§

Day 865 ā€œby yon bonnie banksā€ šŸŽ¶šŸ“󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁓󠁿

So work today as usual then headed straight up to Loch Lomond as quickly as I could!

Don’t panic, Craig is joining me this time but I’ve come away tonight as he had a meeting tomorrow that he can’t miss. I only got here at 6.30pm as I popped home to pick up a pupper.

Check Lady Bhruic acting as if butter wouldn’t melt!

We have an Overland and Borders Instagram account hence the logo on the seats. Prior to COVID we managed to get away a lot and used to post our adventures on the @overlandandborders Insta page. These days it’s fallen by the wayside and we really should get back to it. For those early blog followers you may remember the blog started out as Overland and Borders but it didn’t really feel right to me and after much musing and rumination, The Rambling Sloth was born! I do have an insta for that too but it’s mostly video clips of the places I go! Feel free to follow! @theramblingsloth

Anyway I digress!

So I got here at 6.30pm and the heavens opened as soon as I parked up and had a quick wander round.

This…. Is Loch Lomond and it’s about 30 steps away from Abbie the camper van!

Calm

It was torrential! Stotting down!

I made dinner for myself and Bhru while it rained and as soon as it stopped we were off out for a big walk along Milarrochy Bay.

Love this wee lane (when we came back that puddle had gone!)
Reflections in a big puddle
Very dark rainy skies
Finally the sun!
One of the famous Milarrochy Bay trees…. Bhru says ā€œkeek!ā€
The sun makes the mountains look all moody
Very heavy clouds
Lovely rock formation
Pretty view
Suns almost setting

Was so lucky to get the sunset! I’d have missed it if I’d been 10 minutes later! I have always wanted to get a shot like this.

The famous Milarrochy Bay sunset pic!
More giant rocks!

I love this next photo as the clouds look like they are following the shape of the beach.

Heavy sunset clouds

Back at the van. We have a prime spot on the water front right next to the pier. Wish we had paddle boards with us as it would be amazing for that! Ok so we don’t have paddle boards but that’s a minor issue….

I’ve had another really good day. I’ve been calm and in control. I only got a real fear when I had to climb a 10% incline hill in the van just outside Balmaha.

I hate that hill…. Hate is a strong word but I have to go down to first gear to get up it…. It just gives me the fear. šŸ˜±šŸ˜†

Craig will be up after his meeting tomorrow with Calaidh and Freya. The forecast is not great but we’ll be outside the minute the sun shines… making hay…. šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™€ļøšŸ˜‚

Bhru and I are going to settle down early for the night!

Stay safe everyone ā™„ļøā™„ļøā™„ļø

Day 864 I ran like the wind this morning! šŸƒšŸ»ā€ā™€ļøšŸƒšŸ»ā€ā™€ļøšŸƒšŸ»ā€ā™€ļø ok not quite but it felt like I did!

I bloody loved the Fit Body Farm this morning.

Some days I feel like a lead brick and when we do the 5 minute warm up run and yet today I settled into it quite easily. šŸƒšŸ»ā€ā™€ļø

We did some more barbell weights which I really enjoyed. Then we run for 3 minutes in between each weights session and I really loved the running. Every time!! That’s so not like me! It felt really good. ā™„ļø

So I’ve had another good day. I’ve been really focussed and got loads done.

When I came home I met my neighbour Jane outside the house. She was heading off for a walk so I popped into the house to get Calaidh and went for a walk with her. I knew if I came into the house I’d have slumped down on the couch and not moved.

It was good to get moving and blow off some cobwebs after a busy day and Calaidh loved it!

My evening visualisation says that I have to imagine I’m out walking along a beach and I start to run…. And soon I’m running like the wind… just because I can. It just felt so good today to run without being absolutely exhausted.

Nothing is more important to me than living in peace.

I’m meeting the Crochet Hookers tonight so there won’t be much peace tonight šŸ˜† but it’s great to catch up on the news…. And maybe manage to get another couple of granny squares under my belt!

Stay safe everyone ā™„ļøā™„ļøā™„ļø

Day 863 a really good day for no real reason šŸ„°

I must start by saying I did not have a meeting in the village hall last night…. Everyone who is more grown up than me and actually keeps a diary, knew it was Monday 5th September. She who just can’t seem to do that really needs to take a leaf out of their book. šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™€ļøšŸ˜‚

I knew the minute I issued the blog…. But hey…

So I use Google Calendar for reminders but it was so cluttered with info that I couldn’t see what was actually in it! I can see Craig’s work calendar and I also had my work logged in it… like I didn’t know I was meant to be there 4 days a week from 8-4 šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™€ļøšŸ˜‚

I’ve cleared it all out and just left the things I need to see.

So who knows if it will make a difference but I already know I’ve two things after work next week…. I mean check me, that’s progress šŸ˜†

So back to my day…. I should start by saying I’ve been a bit bored by the mundane recently. I must say that this is in no way a slight on anyone or anything in my life but I don’t drink so there’s no ā€œahhhhh that’s better momentsā€ and I’m not stuffing my face full of sweets anymore so I don’t get any excitement from that… I’ve just been a bit meh with the day to day.

I wasn’t looking forward to my day today and so did a meditation before work and I tried really hard to focus on the positives and things to be grateful for and found myself with a spring in my step.

I found lots of great positive things on FB today too. I feel like I’m manifesting lots of good thoughts if that’s possible?

This time 4 years ago my world was unravelling.

I was pretty much in tears all day at work back then. My careful spinning of a million plates was coming to an end. My incessant people pleasing was finally taking its toll. In a few weeks time I would head into work on that Monday morning, 3rd September 2018 and start to cry and never be able to stop. I would drive home around midday unable to see the road in front of me and that was the start of my sick leave.

When I think back to that time I remember just how afraid I was… of absolutely everything.

I was living my life on the edge, I was exhausted, I felt like I was failing everyone around me…. Oooh that brought the tears….

It’s painful but important for me to see how far I have come. I felt I was letting everyone down, I could no longer be everything to everyone. I couldn’t keep anyone happy anymore and it felt like my whole life was falling apart before my eyes.

I was slowly slipping into the most terrifying phase of my life so far.

And look at me now (never start a sentence with ā€œandā€ā€¦. let alone a paragraph!!) I might be at the other extreme where I put myself before everything else. There may need to be some happy medium. šŸ˜†

I have learned how important it is for me to relax, to take time out and to make decisions that protect my mental health. I have to stay away from drama at all costs!!

So yeah, it’s been a lovely day. Chatted to lots of lovely customers at work, enjoyed the other work that I did and feel really grateful for such a good day.

This is a perfect example of my manifesting things today…. I was listening to an old ā€œJulieā€ mix on Spotify and every song really hit me in the gut. The swell of emotion with each turn, the memories stirred, my life flashed before my eyes in that one playlist…. And then I see this!

I have always envied people who could listen to music all the time…. I can’t always take the emotions that music stirs up for me.

So who knows what’s next in my journey…. Jeez, I’m very philosophical tonight.

Stay safe everyone ā™„ļøā™„ļøā™„ļø

Day 862 IT’S RAINING!!!! ā˜”ļøā˜”ļøā˜”ļø

It was so difficult to get out of bed this morning….. will we go? should we go? are we going? All these thoughts ringing around my head. But we got out of bed and we went to the Fit Body Farm. I was really chuffed I did it.

We were also lucky to get a dry session at the farm this morning. It was 19°C when we left the house which is positively roasting. There were apparently loud thunder storms overnight but I didn’t hear any of them. Don’t know if it hit us or not but the temperature has dropped a fair few degrees through the day.

And since about 7.45am it has not stopped raining. It’s good for the grass and half of England is crying out for rain, we should be very grateful. I’m not sure I am that much, if I’m really honest šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™€ļøšŸ¤£šŸ˜†

I made some lovely fajitas for dinner and we have a meeting in the village hall tonight at 7pm about speeding traffic through our village. We’re meeting a local councillor to voice our concerns.

It’s been a quiet, calm day and long may that continue.

Stay safe everyone ā˜”ļøā˜”ļøā˜”ļø

Day 861 a day spent in the garden… another beautiful day! ā˜€ļøšŸ“ó §ó ¢ó ³ó £ó “ó æā˜€ļø

Ok so this is definitely Scottish summer…. All plans go out the window as we rush outside in case it’s the last sunshine we see this year. It’s been 25°C here which doesn’t happen very often.

And yes I have been known to do an ironing in the back garden before… just because it was sunny!! šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™€ļøšŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™€ļøšŸ˜‚

So we’ve been out in the garden since about 8am. We started by tackling the weeds that have taken over the world this year. I guess it means that we haven’t stayed on top of them as we should.

I also moved some plants… maybe not the best move but hey we couldn’t see them where they were anyway!

I then spent most of the day pressure washing the grass….. we are very lucky not to have the quagmire that we used to have when we had real grass but now have to wash the artificial grass. With three dogs, winter played havoc without beautiful lawn and the dogs were trawling mud through the house ever time it rained. This shows how bad out grass got….

And today before cleaning….

And after!!

It’s like we hoovered the garden and it feels great. So many weeds in the bin and so much garden rubbish tidied up.

By 2pm we were both pretty narky and in need of food but it was a job well done.

This weekend has been wonderful. The hot weather has made it feel like a real holiday and a break from work. When you stop waiting for the next best thing to come and start appreciating every day for what it is, then life feels so much better.

The girls have been warned…. No mess on my clean grass!!!

I did knock one of my lovely roses off the rose bush… such a shame but it looks beautiful in this bud vase.

Oh and the bed is stripped and washed and another two washing loads done! You know you’re getting older when a sunny day means a good washing day.

So here’s to a great week. Let’s try and break the cycle of thinking Monday to Wednesday are the drudge and appreciate them for what they are… I might need to remind myself of that šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

Stay safe everyone ā˜€ļøšŸ“ó §ó ¢ó ³ó £ó “ó æā˜€ļø

Day 860 a lazy morning by the sea, lovely drive home then lounging in the garden, hard life eh?? ā˜€ļøšŸ“ó §ó ¢ó ³ó £ó “ó æā˜€ļø

Wow I slept like a log last night, almost 12 hours! Out for the count. I think I racked up about 15k steps yesterday so musta needed it!

She who never breaks the rules is actually willingly rule breaking today…. Check me. šŸ˜‚ I say that and you’ll realise it’s like hardly the biggest rule in the world to be broken…. We’re meant to be off the campsite by 10am. It’s 12.22pm and I’m still sitting here!!!

Now… to be fair, I did ask the man…. Love that my idea of breaking the rules is to ask if it’s ok to break it first 🤣

There’s a lovely breeze here taking off the worst of the heat and I’m right out on the edge of the grass banking looking over her sea as I crochet … I’m like some 80 year old in her element!

I had this strange desire to sit and watch the tide come right in. It’s not a very pretty beach here when the tide is out. Very rocky, stony and it look more like debris than anything else… however when the tide is in, it’s beautiful. I wanted to see how high up it actually came and watch it start going back out again. Where do these ideas come come?!?

This is what it looked like first thing over morning coffee.

Craig said it was overcast at home and he’s working this morning so where’s the rush?!?

This solitude is addictive. The more I grow in confidence the more I just want silence. I realise that’s not particularly healthy and need to strike a happy balance. I have spoken to Craig loads while I’ve been away so it’s not as if we’ve not been in touch.

I just got everything that I wanted from this trip.

I’m right next to the sea and there isn’t another soul anywhere near me. This is the quietest campsite ever. Lots of folk in their static vans seem to be indoors.

There’s no one else on the grass at all. It’s just perfect. The tide is up high and looking pretty!

There are some high level clouds today. It’s very hot but the cool breeze of the sea is just perfect.

I caught both the P&O and Stena Line ferries racing each other into Cairnryan. I had no idea how busy that port was having never been to Northern Ireland. Stena Line runs 5 ferries a day to Belfast, it takes 2 hours and 15 minutes and P&O run 6 to Larne which only takes 2 hours.

It’s on 10X zoom so not the best!

Every time I look round there’s another ferry driving or leaving, or so it seems!

I packed Abbie up and swept everything out, aired the bedding, it’s amazing what a difference sunshine can make. I literally just have to take the bags out when I get home.

The sun just went behind a cloud for the first time in days!

This is my wee spot for the morning and I sat here until 12.30 when the need for a wee gets me moving!

And this…… just hit the mark when my friend Carol-Ann shared this today!

I am so proud of how far I have come and how much I am able to enjoy life now. For anyone feeling really low temper that the good days will come back. You just have to take one day at a time, be present in the current moment and appreciate all that you have as simple as it may seem.

I may have gone a bit crazy with this lamppost….. šŸ˜‚

Normal day time, once with sunset, after sunset and with sunrise in it! Obsessed much?! Maybe need to get back to gates??! šŸ˜‚

So I left my little peace of heaven at 1pm and had a lovely drive with my newly found aircon working all the way home. Also love the fact I’ve had her since June 2020 and only now realise the aircon actually does work….. šŸ™„šŸ˜†

Took 2 hours as there was a 5 car pile up on the A78. Looked really bad considering it was just before a roundabout when folk should have been slowing down.

Craig had bought some Forum Ice-cream from Kilmarnock yesterday! The Avery clan will all be jealous!! The Forum CafĆ© makes the best vanilla ice-cream, it tastes like condensed milk. I had a huge bowl of that and now I’m sitting outside in scorching hot 25°C heat without my lovely sea breeze…. It’s intense as we are sooooo not used to this.

It’s lovely to be home, (the dogs went crazy) and I’ve had the best weekend and it’s only Saturday afternoon!

The ducks don’t always line up like they did this weekend but everything went in my favour…. Even these swans…

Sometimes I think I’m funny…… šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

Stay safe everyone ā˜€ļøšŸ“ó §ó ¢ó ³ó £ó “ó æā˜€ļø

Day 859 continued! A lovely day in Portpatrick ā›µļøšŸ“ó §ó ¢ó ³ó £ó “ó æā˜€ļøšŸŒŠ

Now I know fine well that you can love anywhere that the sun shines… it has a habit of making everything look so stunningly beautiful. I have a feeling that Portpatrick can do that whatever the weather.

I don’t feel awkward travelling alone anymore. I do wonder if they clock the wummin in orange dungaree shorts going here, there and everywhere but I guess that all visitors do that!

After a walk round the town I head up the steps of the cliff to the aptly named Portpatrick Hotel. It’s huge!

The steps take you right up onto the cliff beside it. It’s actually part of the Southern Upland Way.

Even the steps are beautiful with the wild flowers against the deep blue of the sky and the sea. There are stunning views from the top of the cliff.

Showing Portpatrick in all its glory.

There’s a diversion in the path due to corrosion around a disused radio station and then you come to North Witch Rock. The coastline is really dramatic with steep cliffs and lots of stacks like this.

I carried on towards Sandeel Beach Bay. I stopped when I could see it rather than when I got to it! It was very hot for a big walk!

It’s a beautiful day and once again I’m fully present in the moment. I’m not worrying about anything, overthinking anything, regretting anything. It’s a welcome relief from the bad anxiety days.

I head back down to earth 🤣 and potter about for a bit.

I head back to the van and get some breakfast. It’s still only 11am. I sit for a while out on the rocks but have to move sadly due to the overwhelming smell of urine…. It’s a perfect place for people to jump over and have a quick pee without anyone looking. It’s sadly disgusting and spoils a beautiful spot. I guess everyone who does that will not realise they are not the first and won’t be the last.

Fed and watered and with Claire’s directions I set off up the other cliff to explore Dunskey Castle ruins. She called this killer hill in her text… I can see why!!

But look at the view…

In the distance I spot the ruined Dunskey Castle, it’s pretty dramatic up on the edge of the cliff.

There’s a sign saying private property and a gate across the entrance. There are fences at either side to stop you getting around it but they’re all torn down and there’s a family in the castle up at one of the windows, half hanging out posing for photos!

Nothing will allow me to go in there. Another one of my rules… but it seems everyone passing is torn too. As we watch the adults scramble round the broken fence and the kids climb through a hole in the gate I hear a lady say… that’s some example to set your kids. Any thoughts I may have had about heading in are blown away again…. šŸ˜‚

Another random dandelion doing it’s bit for Scottish tourism. It’s was such a vibrant yellow against the blue sea.

So heading back down the way I came I decided to find some lunch. The Crown had been recommended but it was heaving so I popped into the Boardwalk Cafe… only to find if only did pizza and kebabs etc… I wanted to be healthier than that. I headed into a wee village shop which had a very limited selection so I picked up some morning rolls and some corned beef. I should have been better prepared than that but it did the job and on a budget too!

I sat here and ate lunch.

By this time I’m pretty knackered so I spend the rest of my time in Portpatrick wondering around and stopping for a seat when I needed it. I got a a Mint Magnum from the Boardwalk Café… soooo good but ended up dropping the last of it down my front šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™€ļøšŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™€ļøšŸ˜‚

I wanted to go to some other places today but honestly staying right there felt right. It’s too hot to be driving too much.

Some reflections in the van!

I headed home through Stranraer to Lidl and now have some more supplies. I’m currently sitting here….

Despite my factor 50 I may be burning a bit in the wind. The tide is heading back out again so I’m gonna sit here and read a book or crochet.

Life in my lane doesn’t get much faster than this!

Happy weekend to you all!

Stay safe everyone ā˜€ļøšŸ“ó §ó ¢ó ³ó £ó “ó æā˜€ļø

Day 859 a lovely sunset last night a day in Portpatrick a lovely little village by the sea! ā›µļøšŸŒŠ

I am having the most amazing time!

Last nights sunset was amazing and I took a trillion photos. My favourite was catching the setting sun in the old fashioned lamp on the campsite.

I was really chuffed with that.

I took my deckchair down to the water and soaked up every minute of the quiet setting sun. I didn’t even read my book, there was too much to see!

Check the wee birdie flying too a close to the sun!

I met a lovely lady who loved the campsite so much that her and her husband sold up and moved into a static van. She told me that there were Alpacas and baby goats on the campsite too…. Why wouldn’t there be so I took a dusk walk to have a nosey around the site and find them.

Some of the static vans look a bit shanty town like but the majority are beautifully kept. I found a whole menagerie of animals including the cutest black cat!

The sunset continued to wow.

And then the last super moon of 2022 started to rise.

Have to say that I didn’t sleep that well…. There’s a lot of traffic noise from the road and I was a bit cold from 3am so I got the blankets out, ear plugs in and slept until 7.20am. It’s another beautiful day.

The view from my bed!
I sat here and had some breakfast

I headed up to the shower block which aren’t the best but did the job… then hit the road to Portpatrick.

This is my neighbour, Claire’s, favourite place ever and it did not disappoint.

It’s a beautiful harbour village. It was a lovely drive to get here too.

I’m sitting here writing this just now.

I took a lovely walk through the village. The breeze is lovely and cool and when it stops it’s pretty damn hot for Scotland!

WordPress is struggling so I guess I’m making the blog too big too fast so I’ll write a second blog for the rest of the day. šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™€ļøā™„ļøšŸ˜‚

Stay safe everyone ā˜€ļøšŸ“ó §ó ¢ó ³ó £ó “ó æā˜€ļø

Day 858 a scorching hot day at work and ROADTRIP to Stranraer! šŸššŸ•

Well this is a bit of a surprise. Even I didn’t know where I might end up tonight. I only decided last night that I might come away for a few nights as Craig is working Friday and Saturday.

So if I’m honest, I’m here by default. I’m in Ryanbay Holiday Park just on the outskirts of Stranraer in Dumfries and Galloway.

I looked all over within a 4 hour drive of the house and this is only 1.5 hours away from work and is the only site I could see that was near the sea.

It’s also not cheap…. At Ā£33 a night!! I could have done without that but I’m not ready to solo camp in a lay-by at the side of the road. There were so many on the way down but I think I’d be scared.

I have to say that really this isn’t much different as I am right on the main road into Stranraer but it just feels different on a paying site.

It’s been a scorching hot day at work and I was counting the hours until I could get away. I’d been watching the weather and knew it was going to be lovely and wanted to take the day off but I’m some kind of crazy martyr to the cause and couldn’t ask for a day off at such short notice. So I sit and champ at the bit instead!! To be fair I got loads done so it was productive and yes I know I am weird!

So 4pm and give Abbie the camper van a quick wash before I set off. I hate sitting next to a dirty van šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™€ļøšŸ˜‚ (jeez I really have so many weird and wonderful rules that I love by eh?!?)

The drive down is just breathtaking.

This is a beautiful road that skirts the south west coast of Scotland most of the way down. The sea is like a millpond. It’s misty on the horizon with the islands and land in the distance, rising out of the heat haze.

To give you a better perspective…

The first half hour is excruciatingly hot. The van registers 33.6°C inside. I’m chatting to Craig on the phone so need to have the windows up to have any chance of hearing him. I’m melting. He says that he guesses my aircon really isn’t working then. I say nah…. It needs a new condenser, it doesn’t blow cold but hey I’ll try it one more time….

And lo and behold, the gods are on my side. It slowly starts to being the internal temperature down!!! Who knew…. šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™€ļøšŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™€ļøšŸ˜‚ Abbie is a 2009 registered van so it’s not a super chill by any manner of means, but it slowly gets me back to a gentle perspiration rather than a full on sweat!

The campsite is situated just south of the port of Cairnryan where the Belfast and Larne ferries run from, and just a mile or so out of the town of Stranraer. I’m really only hear for one full day so need to decide what where best to investigate tomorrow.

The campsite is a holiday park with static vans. The touring area is set behind 2 staggered rows of static caravans with little view of the sea. Reception is pretty and the site is very clean…. And the campsite is VERY quiet.

Again I offer up a quick thank you to the Universe for giving me some silence!

I can hardly hear a thing apart from the traffic behind me and even that is sporadic. We live on a main road anyway so I’m used to it.

The first pitch I find has only one static van in front of it…. With an empty space where the second one should be and I can see the sea.

You should see the speed with which I get moving on dinner.

I brought food from the house and quickly rustle up some pork steaks with a giant mushroom filled with cream cheese and fried spring onions. I think it’s safe to say I would never have bothered to make that back home!!

I wolfed it down! Then I went for a walk…..

It’s not a pretty beach but the tide is quite far out. It’s a beautiful sky though.

Looking up to Cairnryan, both Larne and Belfast ferries are docked.

This is the view over to Stranraer.

It’s beautiful. There’s a lovely breeze too.

I had my eye on another pitch so I went to check it out. It’s much more private though closer to the road but I decide to move.

It’s a bit more rickety and at an angle but the view is out of this world….

And relax……

I’m trying out this new Coke Zero I found ages ago that’s been in the fridge and I never drank it… watermelon and strawberry flavour. It’s lovely.

So cheers to the weekend folks.

It’s 8.10pm and the sun is about to disappear behind a mobile home šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø I am going to shimmy to the left a bit to watch the real sunset then get an early night!

I have shimmied to the left a bit…

Stay safe everyone ā˜€ļøšŸšā˜€ļø

Day 857 scorchio!!

The dogs are sleeping in the living room just now as it’s too hot for them upstairs. Go sunny Scotland!

This means they were up and about before we hit the Farm this morning. They’re happy on the bed but sad to be left behind…

It’s a beautiful sunrise. Honestly just takes my breath away every time.

As I took this photo I found this lovely stone.

I almost think someone put it there for me to find. What a lovely start to the day.

The Farm is great, it’s barbell weights day again and I love it.

I recognise a guy who’s not normally there but assume he’s from a later class…. but at the very end he asks if I’m still at my old work…. Ahhhh so that’s where I know you from….

I can’t tell you what a trigger it is. Had a lovely chat with a lovely guy but hearing about everyone who’s still there (of course I asked…. I quick-fired questions at him…) realising it goes on without me, so many people are not in touch. I am the kind of person that used to make my work my life. It hurt that I never mattered that much to them. That’s feeling like I must have failed because I couldn’t handle the culture…. Blah blah blah… beats self up with very big stick. It’s very hard not to feel like a failure and feel a bit lost as I’m no longer a part of that world.

The lovely Isy tagged me in this today… I swear she sometimes knows my thoughts and yet we’ve never even met!

Yet I realise now how much more there is to life than death by work.

As I drive to work I drive over the River Irvine outside Dreghorn. Every morning I want to stop and take a photo but I can’t as there is nowhere to stop.

It’s beautiful. This morning it’s so still in the low sun. The wide river is barely flowing. So atmospheric.

Then I remember driving on the motorway to the last place wondering if I had an accident would that get me off work? Would that get me off the hook enough to not have to be there and deal with my day? How much of an accident would it need to be to not really hurt me but be enough. 😳

Horrifying.

I’ll stick with the River Irvine commute and my new life any day. I am so grateful for everything I have now.

I used to spend my life at my old job wishing I worked for somewhere like Tartan Campers.

Ta-dah!!!

And then I drive into the car park at work and there he is…. puppy Peanut!!!

So it’s been a good day at work, hot this afternoon!

I’m sitting outside now looking for campsites for a wee 2 night away and nothing I want is available. I’m being quite strict with location though, must be near the sea. That limits things a bit. I might just have to do a couple of day trips. It’s a lengthy process going through their respective booking forms only to find that they’re full!

It’s 6.22pm and it’s still scorching hot! I have crochet tonight and we might get to sit outside in the sun if the beer garden is still in the shade. Here’s hoping!

Just look at that sky!!

Stay safe everyone ā˜€ļøā˜€ļøā˜€ļø

Day 856 the day Craig nearly blew up the village šŸ™„šŸ”„🧯

Now I should say I was not here so this is not really my story to tell but hey….. I’ve had another calm and in control day, the sun’s been shining all day so I have little else to say. šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™€ļøšŸ¤£

So….. we had a shed… well we had 3 but now we only have 2.

It was here.

It no longer is there.

My house stinks of smoke. We woke one neighbour who was sleeping after night shift. We set off another’s smoke detectors and two neighbours pretty much came running to see what was wrong.

The morale of the story….

Don’t try to burn down your rat infested shed where it stands. Break the tinder box down into pieces and burn them separate sections. Here endeth…..

Judging by the look on his face when he says he would NEVER do that again, I think it’s safe to say it was pretty dramatic. He had to put the flames out, break it down and burn it all separately.

The outcome is as we hoped though. Infested shed is no more. Thankfully he is still in one piece and everything else is too.

Safe to say we don’t have the kind of temperatures they have done south. Nowhere near. We still have very green grass and the ground isn’t bone dry. Just as well really!

So that’s todays excitement. There really has been nothing else….. my anxiety free life doth not an exciting blog make.

Saying all that I’ve had a lovely evening sitting out in the sun next door celebrating lovely Louise’s amazing exam results with her family and friends. She did soooo well. She’s such a lovely girl and we’re all so very proud of her.

It’s been a lovely evening. It’s 8.35pm and I’m still in shorts!

Love me some summer. ā˜€ļøā˜€ļøā˜€ļø

Day 855 a whole day with no drama!

I don’t get to say that very often but it’s such a great feeling to be completely calm, get things done, cook dinner and get a chance to chill of an evening. All in one day.

He who answers all my questions is back at work today and boy did I have a mahoosive list! I got lots cleared through though and my head loves that.

It’s going to be lovely weather this week and it’s warm outside even after 7pm. It’s been a lovely day and I sat outside at lunch with a mahoosive salad.

I made dinner tonight. A lovely bolognese…. My portions are a lot smaller these days (except for my salads!!)

I’ve done a washing and emptied and filled the dishwasher since I got home from work.

My head has been calm all day. I didn’t want to get up…. I didn’t want to go to the Farm but I did it and worked really hard.

Jeez I read that back and it bores the pants off me.

When’s our next holiday?!

Stay safe everyone ā™„ļøā™„ļøā™„ļø

Day 854 a misty Sunday

I had zero plans today. I slept like a log last night and had a good lie in.

Calaidh has a new place to hide these days. We always sit in the sun room with coffee at the weekend.

Then she gives you the eye with the ball….

It’s all about the ball….

So I ended up sneaking up on the housework this morning. Love it when that happens. None of the dread of ā€œhaving to do houseworkā€ just deciding to do it and getting it done. Easy.

We had a spider in the living room last night that gave me such a fright. It was enormous. I caught Bhru watching something and wondered what it was… mountaineering up the wall! 😱 of course it snuck behind the whiskey cabinet…. 😳😱

I’ve approached the living room with fear and trepidation today. 🤣

There is no sign of it.

I have to stop manifesting spiders.

Speaking of that I’m still doing a nightly visualisation for weight loss. I’m sure it’s helping my anxiety by meditating every night before I go to sleep.

I took the dogs for a walk this afternoon and this made me laugh.

I post loads of photos like this but have you ever realised just how often they swap around on a walk…. It’s incessant! These are all taken within about 5 minutes.

Cheeky!

Found some thistles.

And a wee that’s defying the odds and growing up through a parking cone!

We’re watching From on Sky SciFi and it’s pretty addictive. I told Craig I was making diner tonight and he was to remind me of that when I said I couldn’t be bothered…. It’s lucky I did as when the time came, I couldn’t be bothered. But we did it and had feta and salami stuffed chicken with Aspargus wrapped in Parma ham and potatoes. Would have been so easy not to cook that but I’m glad we did.

I’ve finished my next crochet blanket, just got the ends to tie in and then I’ll take some photos. I’ve felt bored today, as if I’m not making the day count and yet actually writing this I see that I have had a pretty damn good day.

That’s what it’s all about.

So here’s your Sunday evening reminder that you can face everything that life throws at you this week as we have done 100% of the time so far.

There’s a chance that we might actually get some sunshine here this week. That will do very nicely. ā˜€ļøā˜€ļøā˜€ļø

Stay safe everyone ā™„ļøā™„ļøā™„ļø

Day 853 a day trip to visit to Culzean Castle šŸ° and Country Park

I had another day to myself today so I decided to take a trip down to South Ayrshire and visit Culzean Castle. (Pronounced Cul-ane)

The Ruined Arch

It’s Ā£18.50 for entry which is not particularly cheap but that gives you access all day.

Once you’ve parked in the main car park, you get access to the Castle, the Stables, the Walled Garden, Home Farm and Swan Pond.

The Castle is not as old as I expected it to be and looks quite modern as you approach. I guess in the grand scheme of things it’s not as old as many of the Castles in Scotland.

It was more of a stately home really.

Entrance to the Stables

Culzean Castle is perched on the side of a cliff at the end of Croy Beach.

The view over the cliff edge to Arran.

It was built there to impress. Originally a batchelor pad, it’s been added to over the years to accommodate future generations with families.

The oval staircaseT

The oval staircase is particularly impressive. Built like that to accommodate the space available, it’s very cleverly done and the rooms in the main part of the house are all accessed from the staircase.

The ceilings in many of the rooms are particularly impressive. This one was made with paper machƩ!

Another ceiling
This painting shows the Castle on top of the cliff
An en-suite bath which was actually just in the bedroom!

The tour takes you down to the reconstructed kitchens. In 1945 when the Castle was first opened to the public, they assumed that the public would not want to see anything of the servants…. The kitchen was converted into a tearoom. The National Trust have not converted it back to what it would have looked like.

So many pots and pans!

I love this caption above the range… WASTE NOT WANT NOT.

My gran used to say that all the time. These days we waste so many thing, especially food.

The family used to send laundry back to Culzean when they were living in London. They sent it by train. How decadent was that?!?!

I then walked round the west wing of the house to the gardens.

I think many of these are private flats now.

By far the best part for me was the walk through the grounds down to the Swan Pond…. Think they missed out big time not calling it Swan Lake!

The pond is pretty stagnant in most places.

But very beautiful with all those lily pads.

I loved this wicker dragon in the pond. šŸ‰ what’s a castle without a dragon?

I took a million photos of these two swans! They looked like a gravy boat!!!

I stopped for a coffee and this wee guy perched on the wall in front of me. So cute!

I then took a walk down the cliff onto the beach. I loved this walk. I was scrambling over rocks for a fair bit of it but you know how much I love a beach. šŸ

The castle on the cliff…. The sun came out and I was awfy warm scrambling around.

Loved these shells!

The castle is built over a warren of caves. None of these are open to the public that I could see but there are archeological investigations ongoing. They believe the caves were occupied in as far back as the Iron Age.

I loved this wee gas housekeepers cottage.

This is the gas house!

There are plenty of tearooms and a couple of gift shops but the highlight for me are the sprawling grounds, Swan Pond and the beach below.

You could walk around the country estate all day and still not cover it all. The walks are clearly signposted.

It’s been a lovely day out.

I have to give you a laugh at the Powder Room…. which I don’t have a photo of… I assumed it was for the ladies of the house to stop off and powder their noses on the 25 minute walk from the house to Swan Pond and back.

Nope…… gunpowder storage. šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø course.

I have loads more photos that I can share tomorrow but WordPress is not behaving again tonight. It doesn’t seem to like this many photos in one blog. I have a feeling some won’t show when it’s published but let’s see.

Hope you’re having a lovely Saturday.

Stay safe everyone šŸ°šŸ“ó §ó ¢ó ³ó £ó “ó æšŸ°

Day 852 FBF, dog walks, engagement ring repaired and haircut!! šŸ’‡šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø

I feel like I’ve not done much today and yet that title would suggest that I have.

It was a lovely morning at 5.30am though I’m very conscious of the darker nights and mornings…. Stop winter coming, we’ve not had summer yet!!

Craig drove to the Fit Body Farm this morning which allowed me to take a million photos of the sky… šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™€ļøšŸ¤£

I spotted this random small rainbow.

Visible all the way to the Farm, it was right at the end of the Main Street in Dunlop.

That’s us back to being up before sunrise again…. Uh oh….

But the early morning sky is stunning.

I know I’ve shared this picture a thousand times too but before the session at the Farm…

During…

And after….

The Farm was hard this morning but a great session. As usual on a Friday I came home and walked the dogs. Bhru and Freya first and then Calaidh.

The sky is cloudy and quite dramatic.

So the only plans with have this weekend is my haircut at 1.30pm today… so I’m at a bit of a loss… I ā€œcouldā€ weed the garden or go for a food shop or go away for the night or clean the house or….. I decide to go up to Braehead Shopping Centre as my engagement ring has been repaired under warranty and is ready for collection.

It’s never quite sat right in its setting so I’ve to keep an eye on it this time and pop past the jewellers to let them check it any time I’m nearby. It’s good to have it back even if my hands look like those of a 102 year old lady when I try to take a pic of it…. 🤣🤣

That’s the photo that looked the youngest photo I managed and you can’t actually see the setting at all…. 😳🤣

One thing I did want to share…. Primark is doing a range by Greggs?!

A quick explanation for any non UK readers…. The lovely Cheryl-Lynn for a start! Primark is a bit like Target and Greggs is a bakers…. They do filled rolls, cakes, sandwiches and some have takeaways and some have cafĆ©s….. 😳

So why…… is there a range of clothing dedicated to Greggs?!? And who is it targeted at?

Profusely apologise to anyone who’s already bought any of it…. šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™€ļøšŸ¤£

So bizarre!

So back home as my hairdresser Elaine lives in the house opposite us!

So todays been a good day. No drama, no overthinking. Nothing to report really.

Going to make chicken fajitas for dinner and just opened a RosĆØ Nosecco.

Happy Friday night folks.

Stay safe everyone ā™„ļøā™„ļøā™„ļø