Today, we met several dog walkers and said hello to each. It was an overcast, humid day, but when the sun did poke its head through the clouds, it felt warm.
At the top of the hill, we turned right and walked through the cemetery, saying hello to a couple of departed friends. I was pleased to see that an old friend's gravestone had some flowers. From the cemetery, we walked through the village and then back home. We'd been out for about an hour and twenty minutes, and I felt great that we'd done it!
Both of us were hungry for lunch, and we enjoyed half a jacket potato from last night, with a helping of salad. The meal went down very well, and we had a sneaky glass of wine! After eating and clearing away, we booked a couple of restaurants for our holiday, and then looked at hotels in Berlin at Christmas. We have long been debating what to do at Christmas, and although we enjoyed last year, we felt that being away for so long wasn't ideal. I missed the run-up to the big day and the Christmas television!
After looking at various options, we have booked to fly to Berlin on Christmas Day, and return on the 28th! We've booked the Wall Street Plaza Hotel and plan to visit the Christmas markets and old haunts while we're there! We're so excited. It means we can see family on Christmas Eve, and neither Sophie nor I need to book any annual leave at work.
The rest of the afternoon was spent relaxing, and I had a lovely, hot shower, followed by a game of Scrabble with Sophie. I narrowly beat her this evening, and we played some different words!
Dinner was an easy meal of cold meats, salad and new potatoes, and Keith offered to take us out for lunch tomorrow, which was a lovely idea! It means we can come home and relax and for Keith, watch the football!
Our evening viewing was a free film from Sky, who had apologised for the system going down the other week. We could choose a film to keep, and we picked Hotel Mumbai, about a terrorist attack which killed almost 200 people. It was riveting, but sad in places, and I remember it happening back in 2008.
We managed to get both cats in, and then Sophie sat with them for half an hour to watch The Office. It was good to end the evening on a light-hearted note!
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