Thursday

I had a full day yesterday so I didn't have any time to write. After doing a few jobs around the house I needed to get a couple of things from the local shop so decided to pop and see Mary, a dear friend, as I hadn't seen her since I came back from Scotland, and I had a little gift for her. She was as usual always pleased to see me, and she showed my the renovations that the council were in the process of doing to her kitchen. As always with council workers they had put in her new kitchen cupboards and sink unit also fitting a new floor and then decided to remove tiles from the ceiling wich had been put in years ago by the then tenant, so she is still waiting for it all to be finished. I supposed they will turn up sometime in the next twelve months. What they have done though is very nice and Mary is pleased as her old units were in a state since she had moved into this flat about 14 years ago. While I was there Val phoned and asked me if I would like to have a ride somewhere in her lovely new Corsa so off we went, Mary didn't want to come, and we drove out as far as Bridgenorth and on to Highley where her friend has a caravan. I had a little walk in the woods around the river and Severn valley steam railway while Val stayed in the car because as I have said before Val is not good on her legs needing to walk with elbow crutches. Her friend has been asking Val if she would ask me to name the plants around the caravan and so I went around with pencil and paper writing them all down for her. Now she wants me to go and tidy it up for her, the garden I mean not the caravan which is beautiful. We then drove over to Halfpenny green vineyard for clotted cream and strawberry jam scones and tea. - Yummy. Its a lovely place sitting in the tea room looking out on the vines where you can just see the little grapes starting to swell. We shall be back there later as there are some nice little shops and a garden centre. It really is worth a visit. And I can recommend the wines.
Today Stu and I were going to see Die Hard 4 as it was his day off, but he really wasn't well so I left him to have a rest, and I went to Val's to spend a bit of time with her as it had been nearly three weeks,till yesterday since I had seen her, and we had a lot to catch up on. I came home for tea as she was going to her slimming club. Heaven knows why as she can hardly be called fat at size 12. but thats her affair. I shall have to try and get back to my early years next time, but I might be going to Robert's for a few days, so I don't know when that will be.