Catching up , Lundy Island and a puppy play date for Rosie.

 This year is whizzing by, I'm not sure where my time goes but I never seem to have enough of it.  The past 2 weeks have been spent mainly working, reading and knitting, no change there,  but I did get across to Lundy for a mini break. The weather was fantastic, the crossings were smooth and we got to see the Puffins. We had booked 3 nights on Lundy but with the sailing times we added a night either side to stay in Ilfracombe. It was a complete break and I came back refreshed and recharged.

We sailed out of Ilfracombe but sailed back into Bideford then got a transfer back to Ilfracombe. Lundy is very much one of my favourite places. This was our 4th stay on the island.

Then it was back to work and head down until this past weekend when my friend came over with her Pomeranian for a puppy playdate!

They had a great time and Rosie was quite surprised by a dog that was smaller than she was! But they played well for hours and will definitley have more doggy dates!

The coming weekend we are off again. Hubby's brother has just bought their first motorhome and were going off for the weekend to help them work it all out. It was a very brave purchase as they have never had a motorhome or campervan before!  

A quiet weekend at home.

This weekend we are staying at home. No 1 son is away for the weekend and no 2 son and hubby have gone off to a beer festival with some of their friends.  I am so looking forward to a quiet relaxed weekend. I love going away but I also love being at home, just poddling about. Especially when the house is all mine!

Before Hubs left for the festival we took Rosiedog across the fields at the back, it was very quiet, normally there are a few other dog walkers but this morning the field was ours

Rosie loves to run [and roll] in the long grass, we've still not got to the stage where we can let her off. She's far to friendly and excitable, so we almost always end up tabled. But she loves it. It was then home for a healthy English breakfast eaten in the garden. What a lovely way to start the day. 

Now I have the whole house to myself, its not often that that happens. Rosie and I will be poddling about and sitting in the shade. I have a whole list of things Id like to do, mainly getting my crafty stuff organised and works in progress sorted. I have hardly knit a thing this week as I have been engrossed in my book

I finally finished it yesterday and I have to say it was a relief. This is one big hardback book and pretty heavy to hold whilst reading. I have no idea why they delay the paperback versions. I really should have bought it on kindle. I enjoyed the book it was nice to round up the Seven sisters series.

I've now downloaded a nice Cornish Chic Lit book on my kindle, gentle reading over the next week. 

Summer at the ice cream cafe.

Now I am going to pull out all my Knitting WIPS, sort through them and decide what lovely thing I am going to knit on this week. I really need to try and get some finished but as always I love a new cast on and there is one pending this week, im just waiting on some extra yarn to arrive. Despite my huge stash I did indeed go and buy more yarn. Oops.

Swiss Farm at Henley-on-Thames

 What a wonderful weekend we have had. A fabulous campsite with good friends and glorious weather.

Henley is somewhere hubby and I would probably not have considered but it is one of our friends favourite sites and its easily walkable into Henley. We are now converts and will most definitley be back. 

If you fancy checking out the site here's the link:  Swiss Farm, Henley.

Junes reading plans.

 I'm very much in a reading zone at the moment. Last month I set myself this' to read' pile

I actually read them all bar 'The No Show', which I'm still reading. I loved all these books especially 'Strange the dreamer'. I loved it so much I bought the 2nd book and read that as well!  so 5 and a half books read in May! Not bad and half way there with this years reading challenge.

This month I have pulled these into a ' to read' pile

Very much a blue pile! I am most excited to read Atlas, the story of Pa Salt. This is the very last book of the Seven Sisters series, which I loved. It does annoy me though that the bring out the hardback a year before they release the paperback version!

I have a couple of trips away this month so am pretty sure I can steam through this pile. I am actually making space on my book shelves!