Saturday 31st December 2022

It is ten to five on the last day of the year. Darkness has fallen and we have just had the last meal of the year: chorizo hash.

The wind has blown all day, and the rain fallen too, blown sideways by the wind.

We had £50 left on our Sainsbury's voucher, so we headed to Folkestone first thing. Almost no traffic, certainly heading out along the A20 towards the start of the motorway.

There was plenty of room in the car park, but once inside there was the problem of finding where stuff was in a store we didn't know.

We work our way round and get all what we needed, then go to the till to pay.

With the wind howling, we drive back to Dover, up through Cape, so we could park up along the clifftops for me to take shots. Despite the gales, the sea wasn't that angry, though I was glad I wasn't out in this weather. I take shots, and then Jools managed to fall down the slope heading back to the car, scratching both her palms, but no damage done, just a bit embarassed, really.

Once we get into Dover, we go to St Martin's Battery to have views over the Western Docks and out into the Channel, where a DFDS ferry was making slow headway into port, the ferry lumping up and down through the waves.

That'll do.

We drove back down Military Road, then out through the one way system and finally along Townwall Street and up Jubilee Way and so to home.

I don't think we'll go out again today.

After unloading the car, I make breakfast of fruit followed with crusty rolls stuffed with extra fruit apricot jam and another brew.

Rain was thwon at the house, so we filled out time with our hobbies, me writing blogs and Jools doing beading.

We made the last of the shortbread vanish through the day, meaning there is just the whole of the second Christmas Cake to eat, and I have yet to make a mince pie.

But still.

Football on the radio through the afternoon as I prepared hash for dinner.

All that is left now is the final Prem match of the day on the tellybox, Uckers and Piano Blokey on BBC2 as the old year will fade into 2023.

See you on the other side.