A Summer Quickly Over

The summer seems to have positively zipped by and I'm at a loss as to where all the time went.  In the month since my previous post it's become clear to me that some of my plans for retirement are not going to come to fruition as swiftly as I'd hoped.  The summer holidays are now over, Linda is back to school and a new term has begun.

I've done some gardening - but not as much as I should have done.  DIY projects are still in the "to be started" bucket.  However, I have been making good use of the motorhome.


Linda and I joined with our church family at Westpoint Showground, along with many other churches, for a long weekend of teaching, celebration and worship.  The weather was fantastic, dramatically better than last year, and we had a great time, enjoying the opportunity to spend time with other members of our church and getting to know one another better.

Ascot Life Church camping area

Westpoint was followed by a few days near Weston-Super-Mare, where Linda and I were joined by our daughter, Cordelia.  This resulted in more walking than Cordelia would have liked, but less than I wanted.  Seaside cafe lunches.  Evening pub meals.  In all, another enjoyable break.

View south from Brean Down  (Weston-Super-Mare is behind me)

Then I was off by myself in the moterhome to Frylands Wood Scout Centre near Croyden, where I was helping crew a Live Action Role Playing event.  An adult version of running around in the woods, playing "let's pretend".

In costume, in the woods, awaiting an encounter with the players

After six trips in the motorhome so far, both Linda and I are very happy.  It's certainly met our expectations and we've no regrets.  Still need to take it over the channel at some point - but I guess that's unlikely to happen until next year.

With summer 2019 behind me, I need to knuckle down and be a bit more constructive.  Let's see how that goes.....