Sunday 18th April

We woke about eight, came down and had breakfast whilst watching the news, the volcanic ash is still grounding flights so ant is going nowhere. Phoned mum on skype, had a bath, clean the car and washed it then we headed up to Tony and Jackie's to pick them up. We went to the brocant at Monteuil Sur Mer, didn't buy anything. We had a frite van lunch, which was very good, the journeyed on to Le Touquet, there was supposed to be a vintage car thing on but we missed it. We had a walk allong the prom and a mooch around the shops. The sun was really nice and walm, making it seem like summer for the first time. Ant bought me a little selection of fancy chocolates, then we headed back to T and 's, we had a quick beer at thiers then headed home.
We settled down for a relax, watched tv, had something to eat, spoke to gran and then ant spoke to his mum, i went upstairs and watched tv in bed for a while then we went to sleep.

Sat 18th April

We woke about eight and came down for breakfast, due to volcanic ash ant is at home, probably for the whole week. ants laptop was still not working so i got on to Toshiba and someone is coming to pick it up on Monday. We went in to Hesdin and bought some smokes, saw Maggie and Marion then called in on David and Mark on the way home.
We had lunch sitting in the garden, a lovely sunny afternoon, then ant started doing a bit of weeding, i started on the stripping of the garden wall, the old crepy is in a terrible state, it came off quite easily on the whole though was a bit tricky in places, ant came and helped and we got one wall uncovered, we will do the other on Sunday.
After our afternoon of work we sat in the garden with a glass or two of rosé and listened to the radio until about six thirty, the we watched tv, had a beef stew for dinner. We watched Briton's Got Talent, which was a bit of an oxymoron, hopefully i won't have to watch it next weekend, then i watched the new version of The Prisoner, not as good as the origional.

Friday 16th April

We woke at about eight and came down to a slightly colder and overcast day, we had breakfast and watched the news, still no flights out of Heathrow. After our walk with the girls ant started in the garden and i drove down to Hesdin to buy herbs for our new herb patch, i bought sage, rosemary, oregano and thyme. When i got back i unloaded the car and then set too putting them in place, they look quite good, ant had made a good stab at the weeds and then got the lawnmower out, the garden really looked half decent after we had finished.
We spent a bit of time relaxing before Tony and Jackie arrived, we finished off the cake from the day before and sat chatting for a couple of hours. We had some dinner and watched Avatar, it was quite good but i think it would have been better on the big screen. Ant went online to find he was not to report to work on Saturday, then his laptop died so i had to dig out the warranty, which i will have to sort out tomorrow. We went up and watched Muriel's Wedding in bed before going to sleep.

Thursday 14th April

Up at eight, coffee and porridge, watched the news, a bit surprised by the airspace being closed due to a cloud of volcanic ash covering the uk, then we went for a walk with the dogs. I invited Janine over for tea so set to making a cake whilst ant worked in the garden. The cake done i went out and worked in the garden too, sprayed thez rough back lawn with weed and feed. We had a bit of lunch and then started again, i headed down to pointvert and bought some cabbage and cauliflower plants, some leeks and some anti weed sheeting. Janine arrived soon after i got back and we sat and chatted over tea and cake for about an hour. Ant and i got back into the garden put the sheeting down and then planted the brassiccas, then covered the whole area with soil, hopefully it will remove the need for weeding.
We finished in the garden at about seven, a bit tired and achy, we opened a bottle of rosé which seemed to evaporate in a matter of minutes, so had to open another. Very nice peice of smoked salmon with salad for dinner, had a chat with gran and then settled in front of the tv until we headed up to bed.

Wednesday 14th April

We came down about eight thirty had coffee and watched the news, walked the dogs and then went did some stuff online until lunch. After lunch we headed up to Jackie and Tony's who took us up to Calais, we had a look around the Tesco wine shop, bought a couple of boxes of cheap wine, had a look around another couple of shops then went to Leroy Merlin where i bought a box of solar lights for the garden. We got home by seven thirty, had a pizza for dinner and then watched Australia, the Baz Lehrman film, which was good. Ant had a call from his mum so chatted to her for a good while. We headed up to bed, watched a couple of episodes of Family Guy then went to sleep.

Mon and Tues 14th April

After nearly a fortnight without internet access the orange engineer arrived and fixed the problem, thank goodness. I went online and trawled through the hundreds of spam emails, i had not missed anything important. I phoned mum and we had a good chat then got back on with the housework, ant returns today after a nine day trip, so i have missed him a lot. I drove up to pick him up at Calais and we chatted all the way home, got him settled in, he gave me three dvds and a book, very nice. Jackie phoned and informed ant about travel concessions on Eurostar so i phoned them and sorted out all his commuting for the next six weeks, much better rates than we have been paying. after we had bathed and had something to eat we settled down to a Kath and Kim evening with a glass of wine or two, which we both enjoyed, before heading off to bed.
Tuesday we woke before eight, got up, had coffee and got ready to head off for the day. I had booked a cheap Eurotunnel ticket, so we headed back up to Calais and crossed under the channel. We drove up to Ashford and went to Asda, did a mega shop, some very good deals, then headed to Tescos to get some other bits a pieces, and a microwave. We were back at the Eurotunnel by ten to one and got back to France half an hour before i had planned. We stopped in on Jackie and Tony and dropped off the bits we had picked up for them, had a cup of tea then headed home. We unpacked enough food to feed an army and put it all away, should not need to buy any meat for a month. Then we gave the micro a test run on the curry in a bag we had got for dinner, it was quite nice and a lot easier and felt almost futuristic. I have not had a microwave for at least three years. We had another evening in front of the tv before heading to bed.

Mon Tue and Wed 31st March

We did very little on monday, on tuesday ant went to picket and i stayed home, he didnt get home until 11 in the evening, i was not amused, however Maggie phoned to say we had a viewing on thursday. Wednesday we spent all day cleaning the house, everything was taken out and given a good clean, we finished about six thirty in the evening then had pizza from a van and spent the evening watching tv in bed