The weekenders

Ahh, the weekend. Jools off work, and we get to do the final few things with the house, as well as getting out and about.

There were many things we felt we needed for the house; and so we set off for Canterbury to
a great cookware shop for things for the kitchen, another place for bathroom things, before the crowds go too large and we headed out to Whitstable for some objects to scatter around the house from a shop we had noticed called Craftmaster.

It was a wonderful bright winters day, and driving through the Kentish countryside was a joy. Whitstable was also full of people, not that is good to see, really. We stopped in a greasy spoon for a spot of brunch. I had a bacon roll with Dijon mustard. But it seems they had run out of that and used English instead. Lots of English. And it was like eating fire. Not amount of tea would take the taste away, as they had used so much. And I decided that the best course would be beer.
So, after a pink of foamy ale we did out shopping before heading along the coast to a ruined church at Reculver for a walk and for me to take some pictures; it had been nearly a week since I took some!

Once back home, we put our purchases out, and the house looked ever more like a home. And the cats were feeling more at home as each day went by.

Sunday.

I got a call to see if we wanted to meet with a Flickr friend in Deal for breakfast on the pier and then a wander to take more pictures. It seemed like a great idea and so we set off at nine to meet them at Dover for the drive to Deal.

Nothing quite like a full English breakfast to start the day, and we set off on a walk around the town, snapping away chatting as we did so. Matt and Dadi also became our first guests in the new house; we deciding it was cheaper to go home for coffee than using one of the local cafes.

And so, we are just about moved in; the garden has yet to be touched, but we are getting there, and it does feel like home. It has all worked out so well; I begin the new job this week and earn money again before heading off on the course next week and the unknown and a new ship in the weeks after that.

Life is still good.