And busy again!

Monday was a busy day again with a visit from Amelia the main focus. There is all the build up now to the family making ceremony at the weekend and that meant Kate's mum came down from Herefordshire yesterday evening and spent the night with us. I was so pleased with the tea I made, the roasted cauliflower and curried stalks, an aubergine curry and basmati rice, curried roast red cabbage and a red onion dip. Self praise is scant praise but it really did hit the spot.

I was out in the car soon after the school run to take it for MoT and went for a haircut whilst waiting. That went well with an appointment made via their app but the real standout was walking through the copse through Verwood where the bottom two photos were taken. It is surrounded by buildings but this space was stunning in the sunshine. Late bluebells were still prominent.

The car needs to go back in again to have a little bit of work on the emissions, something it has struggled with for the past three years. Otherwise everything was fine which is good news and the result is we won't have too much to pay out.

From there I got out to the allotment and had a few hours just getting things back up to speed, the poor weather having curtailed visits of late. I strimmed the grass, put netting up round the runner beans to protect them from marauding rabbits, weeded, earthed up and sowed some more seed. The plot is looking good with plenty of stuff coming up to go with the well established garlic, braod beans and potatoes. I used the time to get a further row of carrots in, some more spinach, radish and bbetroot too.

Getting back to Cranborne for the afternoon pick up was fine and I had time for a good walk round the fields where I came across the huge chair in the field as seen above, and walked through rows of broad beans, all the while listening to On The Road on Audible, having enjoyed In Our Time earlier as a podcast.

The rain is back on now but it was good to get out and feel a bit warmer before the greyness descended again.