Category: Pic of the week

Pic of the week 4/7/21

School’s out for summer!

At last, the most difficult of year’s has drawn to a close. I really did get the sense that this year everyone was just waiting for term to end, to crawl over the finish – no great fanfare or celebration, more just “lets get it done.”

And this week has been an eventful one.

Not only have the sunflowers continued to rocket skywards – propelled by a mix of warm sunshine interspersed with some heavy rain, but England beat Germany (2-0) and Ukraine (4-0, yes four nil!) to reach the semi-finals of Euro 20.

On Monday our Tui flights were cancelled, but we got a pair of EasyJet flights instead. It does mean we have to go for two weeks rather than 11 days (shame!) but I am so looking forward to it. The admin is quite immense – booking tests, filling out passenger location forms, and I shan’t believe I’m there until I’m chilling on the balcony in Corfu Town.

I can’t wait for Wednesday!

Pick of the week 27/6/21

So, a week ago we decided to commit to going to Corfu, on Friday our plans were put into turmoil.

On Thursday the government updated its travel restrictions, placing the Balearics, but not the Greek islands, on the green list. Corfu remains on the amber list.  On Friday Tui stopped taking bookings for our flight – it very much looks like it, and all Tui flights from Bristol to Corfu, have been pulled ’till late July. But Tui won’t confirm this, saying that the flights are still going ahead. I was on hold for two hours – yes, that’s not a typo, two hours – on Saturday to then just be told they are consolidating flights, but ours is still going ahead. I don’t believe them.

After the bitter disappointment of thinking we can’t go, we have now found we can fly by Easyjet, Wednesday to Wednesday, so we may well buy these flights, and go for  a few days longer.  Worst case scenario, we end up with a set of flights we can’t use.

Its mean a difficult few days, but it has confirmed to both of us that we do really want to go.

Who knows what I’ll be writing in next week’s instalment, hopefully something about packing my bags …

 

(re the pic: on Friday B, S & S went to Cornwall for the day to celebrate Bubba’s 75th birthday.)

Pic of the week 20/6/21

After much vacillating and agonising we have decided to go to Corfu. Now less than three weeks away, I’m really looking forward to it. I just want to do something different, and, like a sailor of old drawn to the soulful singing of the Sirens, I am drawn by pictures of the turquoise blue Ionian water, and hang the consequences!

Have spent much of the day looking at testing requirements, I think I shall have to buy us each an Amber + package from Tui for £90 each, necessitating a trip to Cribbs Causeway a few days before we travel to drop off our fit to fly tests, we will take a fit to return test with us on holiday, and then do two tests on our return in our 10 day quarantine, but it has to be worth it.

‘Tis also Father’s Day today, and I’ve recived an England T-shirt (which will get its first outing on Tuesday when they face the Czech Republic needing a draw to guarantee progression to the next round) along with a hefty “care package” of snacks. Delicious!

 

Pic of the week 13/6/21

Its been hot, hot, hot this weekend, which has been wonderful. I’ve enjoyed the sunshine, as have the sunflowers in the bed outside which are now beginning to reach for the skies!

Not too much else to report, so I’ll sign off and go and water the garden.

Pic of the week 6/6/21

And so half term draws to a close. Its been a lovely week – the weather has (on the whole) been magnificent and I have spent much of my time outside: running, walking, reading, gardening …

The pics are a collage from Friday morning when Becky & I walked up the twin peaks of Dundon Beacon and Lollover Hill – a lovely morning out.

The garden is now in its “summer ready” state with everything planted out.

I’ve read a lot, we’ve eaten outside on a number of occasions and both Sophie & Sam have been up to “stuff” – Sophie went to London last weekend, and Reading this, Sam’s friend “Smithy” came down from Hemel Hempsted for a few days (& subsequently I’ve been a taxi service on a few occasions) and he went to Tom’s house in Weymouth on Friday, all of which has led it to feel like a “normal” holiday. It’s been lovely. Now just a four week sprint to the glittering prize of the long summer holidays …

Pic of the week

Another wet week with little to report. It really does feel like I’m currently just grinding out the days until half term next week.

Wednesday was yoga day – a bit of a highlight in the week and I’m glad I’ve started doing it again. We arrived early (don’t we always!) and, with no-one else present, Becky to a pic of me “doing the dog – it is evident that my back is far too rounded, but I’m not really sure how I do that!  Here’s a pic of what it should look like:

Weather-wise its been pretty dreadful: cold, wet & windy. No hint of summer at all. Let’s hope things start to warm up soon …