The living room was a bit of a mess after yesterday’s dinner.
However, the dishwasher was already filled and now it was switched on while the remaining pots and dishes were washed by hand before we settled down to sort out those puzzles again.
We had a fairly gentle run over to Larkhall at midday. While Scamp went to get her eyes tested, I put in my order for a new pair of glasses.
With that done, I drove down to Millheugh only to find that the bridge was being repaired, but I did manage to find a parking space beside the river. This is the first time I’ve been down that way for, probably a year. Since the last time Scamp had her eyes checked.
The Avon Water was really surging over The Boards, the manmade dam that was only there to force some of the water to run through a sluice that would power the machines of the Bleach Fields where clothes and sheets were washed and pegged out to dry. None of that remains now, it’s all been excavated and is now a housing estate. I went for a walk along the side of the Avon and got some photos. That’s where today’s PoD came from. I was surprised to see that there was still quite a lot of ice still lying in the shadow areas of the grassy park. Wet, slippery ice that threatened to cause a nasty fall if you weren’t careful. I was fairly careful.
After I estimated Scamp should be finished in the optician’s I drove back up the long hill back to Larkhall. I was just parking when I saw Scamp coming towards me. Nicely timed S!
We both had meds to pick up in Cumbersheugh so we drove there, but not before we stopped at a wee cafe for lunch. We could argue that it was on our road home, but it’s a cheap and not too nasty ‘greasy spoon’ place we’ve been at before. The place was absolutely jumping!! It was just after 1pm and almost everyone there was ‘of an age’. Most had grey hair and they were all talking at once, with a couple of big dogs barking their comments too. Roll ’n’ Scrambled egg for Scamp. Roll ’n’ Flat Sausage for me washed down with two coffees. Lovely.
Drove from there straight over to Cumbersheugh, picked up the meds and a couple of bottles of milk and then home to find our parking space was still there!
Dinner tonight was Pasta with Tuna. It’s becoming a staple on a week day.
Scamp is hoping to meet Annette and maybe Shona tomorrow. I might be off the leash for the first time in a long while!