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Friday, 18 September 2026

And relax.....

 Betty seems fine now, back to her usual self, she's not been sick since early Tues morning so the antacids are obviously working, I hope they continue to keep her comfortable whilst we're away.  One good thing is that the vet surgery we used to go to before we moved here is just a couple of miles away from where we're staying, they were always really good so it's comforting to know there's somewhere we know and trust nearby.

The Alzheimer's lady didn't turn up yesterday, an hour and a half after the scheduled appointment time I rang and left a message on her answerphone.  About 40 mins later one of her colleagues rang to say she'd got flu and apologised profusely for not letting us know beforehand.  Bit annoying but these things happen, I've asked that she ring to make another appointment once we get back from holiday.

Is it just me, or is packing for a self catering holiday in this country a bit of a nightmare?  If we were flying abroad, we'd have one case and one carry-on bag each and that's it.  But for our week away here I've packed a holdall of clothes each, another bag with our dressing gowns, slippers and meds (they wouldn't fit in our clothes holdalls), a bag of dog stuff, another bag with husband's DVDs, my books and yarn, phone chargers, toiletries zipped bag, a notebook and pen.  Then there's 2 hessian shopping bags of non-fridge food, coffee & tea, toilet rolls, tea towels etc, and the cool bag which I'll pack just before we go.  Another hessian shopping bag will sit in the foot well with me as we'll be stopping off at an Aldi on the way to get my oat milk and some salad to go with our pizza tea tonight, plus a Sudoku puzzle book for husband.  I need this holiday!! 😂

I'd asked husband to get out his holiday clothes and lay them on his bed for me to pack yesterday.  For our holidays he either gets out too few things or too many, and odd tops that don't go with anything else - not that he would care about that!  It was too many clothes this time, enough for a fortnight at least, including a weird Hawaiian type shirt that I've never liked and he's hardly ever worn, and a couple of pairs of shorts that were dirty and creased and had clearly been worn several times and simply thrown back in his wardrobe without being washed. 😒  I just packed what I thought best out of his selection rather than asking him to come and whittle it down.

As I said, I probably won't be blogging much, if at all.  Have a good week everyone, the weather for next week looks pretty good x

8 comments:

  1. Safe journey and hope you can relax. Catriona

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  2. Have a lovely relaxing time. See you when you get back! xx

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  3. Glad Betty seems better. I did have to smile about packing for a UK holiday, especially with a dog. Yep, food, dog things and just incase clothes.
    Weather is looking good for you except tomorrow. Hope you have a relaxing time and enjoyable visits locally.

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  4. Hope you have a lovely break. It takes me a couple days to settle in whenever I go away & after that I start relaxing. Hope Betty stays well for you.

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  5. So glad Betty seems better. I hope you have a lovely holiday, you deserve it.

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  6. I am glad Betty is better and you are near the old vets if necessary. Have a lovely holiday. Yes, packing up for a self catered holiday always seems to be a chore.

    God bless.

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  7. You'll be well prepared and everything will be fine, enjoy your time away.

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  8. I hope you enjoy your time away and the weather is kind so you can sit outside with the view at your accommodation, and have some lovely food in a tearoom. Xx

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