Sunday 13th February 2011

Hello.

And good afternoon. And welcome to Sunday. Sunday afternoon. The long dark reatime of the soul approaches.

It is a dull, grey and damp weekend. and so we are having a quiet day, with Jools' Nan coming round for dinner.

So, the weekend; and our rock and roll lifestyle.

After leaving work on Friday I called in at Tesco to do the weekly shop. At the till the cashier saw my branded top from work, and asked if i worked on the wind turbines. I confirmed this, not expecting her next question.

What do the wind turbines do?

Flummoxed, I said er, it generates free electricity.

when do I get y free electricity she asked.

well, if you would like to put up three quarters of a billion pounds, we can build you a windfarm, and after the nine years it takes to pay the loans off, you get 11 years free electricity.

She seemed happy with that, not as happy as me to get out of there.

I picked up Jools and we went home. Pizza is one of our favourite meals, and so I bought a couple for dinner, with the thought it would be easy for us to cook and then relax.

Saturday dawned grey, but with little wind. And after breakfast of coffee and croissants, we headed out for a walk along the cliffs.



There is nothing quite like a walk along the cliffs, the views ever change as the seasons move on; sometimes we can see France, the flora changes and even in winter we pass other walkers. Some of these are locals, but others are visitors from all over the world, taking in the sights and sounds of these famous cliffs.

As I said, it was a grey day, but there was plenty to see; even edging to the cliffedge, and peering down to the beach below is a thrill, as is watching the ferries zipping back and forward to France.



I met a couple from Ipswich, down in Dover for the first time, and filled them in some local details, they seemed happy enough, even with the mud underfoot. and we squelshed our way up and down the paths all the way to the edge of Dover.

We stopped at the National Trust place, for a toilet break, the coffee shop was yet to open, and so we turned round and headed back home.

The afternoon was spent on the sofa listening to the football, and once again Norwich score the winner with the final kick of the game to stay in 2nd place. It's going to be an exciting end to the season.

In the evening, after dinner of jacket spuds, we sat down to watch the second part of When the Levee Broke; things got no better once the flood waters went down.

And today has been a day of chores; vacuuming, ironing and tidying in general. Nothing exciting, but at time required. And now more football this time on TV.