This Week ...
... I've given up on the weather forecasts so will arrange my days based on a quick look out of the window every morning! I have a couple of jollies in mind so will fit in all the other activities around those.
Entertainment & Socialising:
I'm hoping to meet L for a late lunch at the farm café one day this week. She's very busy at work so it all depends on how that's going but I'm sure we'll at least catch up via text or a phone call if she can't get away for the lunch meet.
There's a couple of things I'd like to do at the weekend but of course they clash! K is in the diary for Saturday, something that's been planned for ages, and Sunday has been set aside to listen to the brass band concert in Chippenham park. I've arranged to meet E and we will hopefully have a picnic brunch late morning before they play. However, I've just learned that Imber, the abandoned village on Salisbury Plain, is open to the public on Saturday and Sunday - this is the village one branch of my family originated from - and I'd love to visit again but don't see how I'll be able to fit it in. Why does everything happen at once!
Online Classes & Talks:
- Wednesday: Nutrition Club
- Thursday: Indian Cooking
- Friday: Nutrition Focus
Health and Fitness:
Daily: a 30 minute walk, 30 minutes of Tai Chi, and 20 minutes of knee strengthening exercises.
Home and Garden:
Home: My August decluttering challenge is going well - I'll update my list of items in tomorrow's post. I'm still focused on the decluttering and will continue with that this week. I have more adverts to place but because of the size and/or weight of the items these will all be placed on Gumtree, asking for cash on collection. I'm usually successful with the things I've advertised on this site so fingers are crossed that my luck hasn't changed. I will do the transactions in the garage so won't need to invite anyone inside the house.
Garden: M is back from her holiday and will be here on Friday. Everything is filling out nicely and gives an idea of how it'll look next year. I'll ask M to deal with the weeds and also have a look at one of the new roses as I think there's a sucker which needs to be dealt with. The dwarf beans and tomatoes are all finished (I think) so those pots can be cleared and probably also the chilli plant which has produced plenty of chilli all of which have been enjoyed by an unknown garden visitor. The buddleia in the front garden has finished flowering and is looking a complete mess so that needs to be pruned right back again - I think it's days are numbered in my garden and will ask my nephew if he is interested in moving it to his.
End of Lockdown Adventures:
- this week: meeting up with friends
- by the end of August: visit the Wilts Local History Centre (achieved), and visit Caen Hill Locks
- within twelve months: complete a minimum of twelve items on my post lockdown wish list, aiming to complete at least one thing on the list in August. Possibilities for August include:
- a trip to the beach
- visit The Hawk Conservancy
- visit Avebury or Stonehenge
- visit Ashdown, a National Trust property near Hungerford
and finally, Hobbies:
Reading: My sister sent round a bag of books so will choose one of those to read this week
Italian: 15 - 20 minutes daily practice
Piano: 30 minutes daily practice. I'm enjoying the discipline of practicing properly and can already see some progress even though there is definitely room for improvement on the piano specific technique! I have three weeks to wait until the lessons start 😀
I have visited Imber a few times, the first time as a child as my Godfather lives at Littleton Panell. One visit, years later, we went into the church and i was interested to see they had lists of baptisms out. My relation Richard Ashton was policeman in the village for a short time and two of his children were baptised there. It must have been so hard for the families who had to leave the village at such short notice, never being allowed to return to their homes.
ReplyDeleteThat's a coincidence - I drove through Littleton Panell a couple of weeks ago. I think my direct line relatives had already left the village by the time the evacuation was ordered. I can't begin to imagine how the villagers who were affected by the order felt about leaving their homes and their way of life ... a community completely destroyed.
DeleteI do hope you find a way around the double booking dilemma - they all sounds such lovely things to do.
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Imber is usually open to the public again near Christmas so I will go then instead. I try to go every time it is opened up but it hasn't worked out this time which is a pity but I have other fun things planned so it'll still be a good weekend.
DeleteI've given up on weather forecasts too, a quick look out of the window is the way to go. Don't the weather gods know this is August and high summer! I have never heard about Imber before so have just looked it up and learned about what happened there and that would be a fascinating visit, shame you have things planned that will clash, another time maybe. Sounds like you have an interesting week planned.
ReplyDeleteI've been lots of times before so I'm not too disappointed that I will miss out on this chance. If they allow public access again at Christmas I'll go then instead.
DeleteLots of all good things happenings in your life :) Maybe you can arrange a tour of the village before you head to the park & have the picnic brunch at the village. I'm sure you'll come up with a workable plan :)
ReplyDeleteAsk the Universe to help ...
Yeah to more decluttering.
A good suggestion but it won't work I'm afraid ... Imber and the park where I'm meeting E are in different directions from my home and it'll be a much longer drive for E to get to Imber from her home. Also she's not interested in visiting Imber ... I have suggested it in the past ... and it's not a picnic sort of place, unless you eat by your car, as you have to stay on the roads because of unexploded ordnance. Imber is now a British Army training ground and is opened once or twice a year to the public to allow access to the church. I'll just save Imber for the next time it is opened up to the public.
DeleteThat's too bad the open weekend at Imber clashes with plans you've already made for the weekend. Seems like that's what happens, isn't it? We go for weeks without anything taking place and then, all of the sudden, everything happens at the same time and we have to choose among them! Sounds like the plan to visit Imber the next time it opens to the public would work out well.
ReplyDeleteI like your plans for the week and I am thinking that I should also start planning my weeks more regularly. The only thing I've planned for this week, so far, is the blood test on Wednesday morning.
At the moment, planning my weeks like this is working for me so I will keep going. It'd be so easy to just do nothing so writing it down like this is pushing me to achieve things, keep a good balance, and to slowly expand the boundaries to lifestyle imposed by Covid. Try it and see if it works for you.
DeleteImber is a special place for me but I have been there many, many times so I'm happy to wait for the next opportunity to visit. I'm looking forward to time spent with friends instead.