Bits and pieces

We have been a little quieter this week so I had the opportunity to have some time with mum before the busy weekend. We went shopping and then the touristy things that I never normally get a chance to do like going around Dunster Castle. The views from the windows are magnificent stretching right away to the coast and then up to the Quantock Hills.

It has been lovely having mum to stay and unfortunately she went back home to Julie’s today. Mum is quite remarkable for her age – at 86 she is totally with it and if there is anything we need to know it’s a case of paging the oracle!

GREAT excitement in the Brown household this week – we bought a new washing machine. After several attempts to firstly program it into English and then to actually get a load washed – mum and I resorted to the instructions!

Yesterday it was really hot and sunny – about 22degrees. I took the dogs up to Dunkery Beacon via Spangate and then to Webbers Post and home via the Dunster path. Soda and I were both a little tired by the time we got home but Wistful and Wagtail were ready to go on again – they are both so fit!

Derek has been out and taken some smashing photos on Codsend Moor near Exford. The trees are looking beautiful at the moment – just starting to turn and the red deer rut has definitely started judging by the strange sounds echoing across the moor!