Things continue to move apace. The loan for the balance on the new RV is in the bank today. Ferry tickets are booked, camp sites are booked, rellies and friends are alerted to our impending presence. It is all becoming horribly real. This morning we took Nell for chipping. I was once a believer in …
Author archives: Scattered Thinker
Shepherd’s Bread
This is a Note to Self Here is where the Shepherd’s Bread recipe is. NB – I think I meant to say “only held 4 cups of flour, rather than water”? If the page goes missing, the recipe can be found on Ravelry, courtesy of meezercat. For the Casually Curious: I am thinking that …
My pulses are quickening
I had another sleepless night last night. I have identified stress and anxiety as the cause. No surprise, you may think, as we are about to remove all of our hard-earned comfort and security and render ourselves of no fixed abode – but, no, that is not it. The current anxiety levels relate to whether …
A fate worse than death
The financing papers for the new van arrived this morning; that’s a relief. Plenty of time to sort it out before we go to see the van of choice. Also in today’s post was our copy of the Brit Stops book. A massive tome, listing hundreds of places we can park a motorhome for free …
Some light relief
Mothering Sunday is not my favourite day of the year. This year I felt particularly low and yesterday was pretty much a case of filling in time until I could go back to bed. However, just as I was about to grab the crossword and a mug of hot chocolate, I looked out of the …
Dear Liza
There is a hole in the garden where the chooks used to be – a hole, dear Liza, a hole… The hen hoose and the last two ladies left us for their new home yesterday. There is a hole in the yard where the Land Rover once stood – a hole, dear Liza, a hole… The Land Rover …