Packing up to head off again

With Denise & Paul on our Tuesday walk

A very quick blog, so we can start afresh when we get to Egypt. As ever sometimes the busier we’ve been the less there actually is to talk about. We are just about packed, in that we’ve got everything sorted, and mine fits in my bag and his fits in his bag, but tomorrow, before driving to Heathrow for an overnight and early Saturday flight, we’ll split our clothes, so should one bag go missing neither of us will be naked!

He’s been weeding, I’ve been a taxi service though it was quite irritating to have to go to mums dentist twice as despite their emails when we got there there was no appointment! We’ve done some more sorting, so then there has to be a trip to the charity shop, freezer defrosting, so mum can actually get food for three weeks into it, all that sort of thing...

Look at these little Spring lambs

We have had time for a little bit of socialising, not that we actually wanted to do much, we wanted to be in contact with as few people as possible really. Monday though we went to meet Jan and Paul. When we’d popped to John’s to catch up with Helen and Richard, they’d got two Jordan books with them, but they weren’t for us, they were for Jan and Paul, who are going away with Explore, as are we, at the beginning of April, as are we, on the same trip? It would appear so, so it seemed daft not to meet beforehand! Fortunately we got on, and had a very pleasant evening.

And, unusually this little lamb was inquisitive enough to come over for a stroke

The gins with Jan and Paul were fairly large which wasn’t necessarily ideal for walking, the following day, with Denise and Paul, who we hadn’t managed to catch up with because they’d been away the week before we were in Wales. It was a lovely day for it, blue skies, lambs, calves, lots and lots of chat, eating, drinking and 6 1/2 miles (see our short Relive video with photos: click here). Brian ‘fixed’ a standard lamp for them, well he changed three bulbs and a fuse, all of which had been changed by Paul, but not necessarily in the right order, and I did nothing useful!

The new-born calves were keen for a bit of suckling too. Not sure I'd want that slobber all over my hands!

Jackie in the high chair. No idea why it's there, it just gives a slightly better view of the field

Denise having to walk uphill. She doesn't like hills, but she does enjoy the view from the top. At least Jackie was taking her mind off it

Short break in Tanworth In Arden before setting off for the last 2 miles followed by beer and excellent food in the Red Lion at Earlswood