Hi to everyone...good afternoon to you all...very late today because actually managed to get down to the sea for a long walk along the seashore...it was gorgeous...parts of the beach we had to ourselves midway between the two piers and walked right along the water's edge...aaahh..bliss...woke up this morning to a lovely day and decided there and then to catch the bus down to the shore. The clouds were beginning to gather by the time we caught the bus, but, by the time we reached the sea, they'd cleared away...what did amaze us, was the cliffs...the surfeit of rain had caused the entire cliff face to be covered from top to bottom almost the entire length between the two piers in lush undergrowth and shrubs...first time that's happened...the sandstone beneath was completely gone except in the odd section...
Walked for two and a half hours in all with two twenty minute bus trips and a cup of coffee and a sandwich in Costa Coffee, which should be renamed Costa a bloody armandalega, but after seven sugars in our ginormous medium cup of coffee it became drinkable and at £2.20 a cup it damned well should have been...I could barely lift the cup as well because the design was so incredibly bulky, with the coffee in it, my poor wrist nearly buckled trying to pick it up at first...:)) Anyway, had a sandwich with it because we missed the bus home by a min and had an hour to kill before the next one and both of us were really hungry so decided to eat before we got the next one...hence our sojourn to Costa Coffee...the sandwich was good, but at five pence less than £4 each, that should be excellent...there were cheaper places to eat but we couldn't wait in the queues as it was lunch time and had limited time, so had to choose one that wasn't crowded...now I wonder why :DD
Came home half an hour ago, and am now quite whacked...thought it was going to bucket again because we came home with huge black clouds looking above us but they've all disappeared now...it's heavy though...I've got a heavy head so think there's a storm brewing somewhere...get sun, and you get a storm... wonderful...apparently this is the worst recorded year since 1797...I actually found that quite comforting because, going on that, the next one won't happen for another two hundred years or so :yes:
Well, dear friends, that's it for today...below is a picture of Oscar, in case you haven't seen the lovely little cat that does its rounds after the nurses and doctors...a real sweetie...

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Big hugs to you all and might be back later...:wave: for now...