Bye Bye to our Canadian Visitors

After a curry last night with Wendy and Alix, this morning we walked with Bella up to Charlcombe church so they could sample a little more of Bath's rich history before we whizzed off to the station so that they could catch the one miraculously direct train from Bath to Brighton today.

Saw them safely onto the train and then went for a dim sum lunch at Dynasty in Bristol (well it has been a month since we last were there!).  Sated, we came home read the paper and celebrated the fact that we didn't need to take Bella out again as the skies opened and saved us having to water the garden as well!


We will have more Canadian input when Guy come sto visit in a month's time...

Visitors

The Canadians are still in residence. Their capacity for tourism is astonishing and they didn't even get lost! We're taking them down to the local pub/curry house later and we might be able to fit something else in before they go back to Brighton tomorrow. It's lovely having them here. They are funny and interesting and Alix especially loves Bella.



(I'm no longer a skype virgin.....Wendy is talking to her youngest daughter, Dana, in Canada and I gate-crashed the call.)



Meanwhile I too stayed out of the house today so Marcus could have some peace to get on with marking exam papers....so I treated myself to lunch at garden centre and went to J's to water her garden and allotment.



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Canadian Delegation Touches Down in Bath

Gradually getting through the hundreds of emails that awaited my return from Greece, and getting nearer to tackling the pile of marking that awaited me before any more comes in! Weather still dry and the flowers keep on blooming.

Had the joy of voting in local council elections and the AV referendum before driving off to Bristol airport to meet Wendy & Alix off their flight from Edinburgh as part of their whizz around the UK.

Talked and talked over dinner and all evening until the travelling duo crashed out.  Tomorrow they will experience the delights of being tourists in Bath...

From blog readers to blog stars!

Back to work

After being extremely lazy for 3 weeks I was thrown into the deep end working in a garden
that's been ignored for a year or two so is a bit overgrown!  Spent 3 hours hacking, snipping and clearing....got home and without much persuasion spent the rest of the afternoon on the sofa watching Eastenders omnibus.

But I miss being in Greece where I saw this cloud which reminded me of the UK.

And I miss some of the wackier things we saw.....









But at the end of the day the reason we're still here is Bella and she's so pleased to be home!

Back in Bath

A remarkably pleasant Bank Holiday Monday train journey back from Gatwick to Bath after the joys of the Premier Inn saw us getting back to our house about 2 o'clock.  After a cup of coffee and a chat, I ran our house-sitters down to the station and then took Bella out for a walk over in Clutton woods.

Struck by how everything has grown in the sunshine of the last few weeks - especially flowers.  Clutton woods bluebells are already fully out - a carpet of blue as far as the eye can see.

Later on we went for a curry with Stephen and Linda down the road.  Today I went into UWE to pick up loads of marking.  I miss Greece!

Last day on Rhodes and home.....

.....not quite. I'm writing this on the train to Bath. Should get there in about half an hour. Taxi up the hill and we've arrived. This time yesterday we were in the mountains gazing out to sea on both sides of Kratini castle which delighted and surprised us with its flowers.

That was after we had two lunches! The first was after swift visit to Valley of the Butterflies.... pork steak, best chips ever and salad.

The second was an irresistable visit to taverna in Embounas where we ate the most divine chickpea fritters, fried aubergines and tadziki....which turned out to be our last food on Greek soil.

At the airport drank the best coffee we'd had (apart from the Olive Tree) and attempted to log on to Facebook to let everyone know where we were but signal terrible. Uneventful flight but Gatwick crawling with security which we now realise possibly to do with assassination of Osama bin Laden.


Night in Premier Inn at the airport.....highly recommend as extremely comfortable beds for £39 + breakfast (£15) for both of us. 

Lazy Saturday

After our circumnavigation of the island on Saturday, we pootled about Rhodes town yesterday. Went and had a look at the few intrepid (it was pretty windy) sunbathers on the town beach.


Spent a lot of the day reading and hanging out, although we managed another walk through a bit of the old town for another very tasty and very cheap lunch at the taverna we found a few days ago.


Sat by the pool listening to the chatter of US teens on a school trip and caught up with news of the royal wedding (which people have been going on about :-)!) and Stoke Croft riots.


Had an evening promenade then sat in the bar and watched Greek football cup final - the black and yellow team beat the white team 3-1. Heard the supporters celebrating later on and woke to the sound of church bells and a marching band.


Today is our last day on Rhodes, so we'll pack our bags and drive off for the day before catching our flight tonight. Back in Bath tomorrow - seems weird to think of it.

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