Today the gate on the footpath between us and our neighbours was installed. The neighbours over the weekend also dug a large pond in their garden.
The local pub is part way through installing a conservatory, and building a sitting out area around the back. They’ve also started landscaping at the front – some good hanging baskets to attract the punters, perhaps.
The weekend saw Rosemary and I travel to Norwich to stay with Mike and Ann. Took masses of photographs which will be up the the site soon. Saturday saw us go to Winterton-on-sea for a walk along the beach and sand dunes in the bright clear sunny weather we are at last having. The windmills on Scroby sand acting as a futeristic backdrop.
Sunday was a broadland day at the South Walsham. Here they have walks through the wood which is cut through by masses of dykes. Lots of wildlife, very quiet and peaceful. Took masses of photos of which one or two are reasonable. There was the opportunity to take a boat trip on two broads, Soth Walsham Inner & Outer ones, which allowed me to take some close-ups of the bird life. Rosemary will fill in the names of these.
Disaster struck. After my good meal at the Mai-Thai, I went down with the flu. No coincidence there, I was feeling a cold coming on that evening. I even took a day off when out on site, spending the day in bed at the hotel. Lovely fruit bowl to see me through the day. Grapes, strawberries, figs, oranges, banana and apples. The other days I worked, but felt really terrible by the end of each day. The flight back home on Friday was purgatory, despite leaving on time and arriving very early I was longing for it to finish, except for the excruciating pain on my ear drums.
The next week I took off from work. There was no way I was flying back up to Scotland the way I was feeling. Which was really a pit as I missed out on my fifth Edinburgh fringe festival.