Month: April 2026

This morning I was officiating (lino) at a Bridgwater & District League cup final, being played at Bridgwater Town FC. On my arrival, I was a little confused as to where to park and went into what I thought was an overflow car park, decided not to park in there, so turned round to head out and I must have caught the side of my trusty Micra on a big metal gate. It made a horrible noise and, having parked up, heart in mouth I tentatively stepped out to survey the damage.

I had scraped the passenger side of the car, leaving some nasty scratches, scuff marks, and a dent, Its not a car killer, and a rub with a rag once I got home and it already looks better; have some touch up paint on order, but I can’t help but feel annoyed with myself.

We’ve been back at school a week already, and the weather has been kind – blue skies and sunny, although the start of the week was chilly, it has warmed up wonderfully for the latter part of the week. Have bought about 72 geraniums from Lidl – £4.99 for a pack of six – and have begun planting them up.

Perhaps its because we were away for so long in the Easter holidays, I don’t think we are as far through the season as we actually are, I think I may be a little bit behind schedule in the garden.

I gathered together all the geraniums I have successfully managed to over-winter:

… not all made it!

The picture at the top of the post is my room one evening, bathed in the glow of Spring sunshine, these long evenings and blue skies make such a difference.

On Monday we returned home from eleven wonderful days in Italy, visioning the Amalfi coast – staying in Salerno as a base – and then taking in Capri and Sorrento before finishing with a few days in Napoli …

… living la dolce vita, and a full record of our time away can be found starting here, on our Hap-pea travellers blog: https://hap-pea-travels.co.uk/italy/la-dolce-vita-day-one/

Since our return, I’ve not done a lot – pottered around, making some attempts to chop back and tidy up the garden. The tulips are in bloom and looking good, both back …

and front…

I also cleaned the windows on the outside, and then gave them a clean inside, as you can see below

I did an oil change on the Micra, and have bought two new Kindles to replace mine and Becky’s from 2011 which are going to cease being supported. Weather has been a mix of rain and sunshine (typical for April), at times cold, but yesterday was lovely and I spent much of the afternoon sat outside reading (and snoozing!) Have run a couple of times since our return – my first runs since February, and my legs let me know for the rest of the day. and refereed today – so much more enjoyable on a warm spring morning.

Back to school tomorrow, but the summer term is always the best!