Walk the HOSS and get the chips all at the same time....

It is mid afternoon and we have been forced to come in whilst a thunder and lightning storm passes over. We, like golfers and walkers in open spaces tend to gravitate to the indoors as lightning never strikes, but you just never know.....Mike called me up into the garden yesterday to watch our local stork male out collecting nesting material, his girly is hunkered down in the nest with her eggs presumably, or simply being very lazy, we can just see her head over the edge of the nest. This tall and elegant bird almost tropical, and not of this continent proudly poked and fiddled in our old compost heap and found a long bit of decomposing sweet corn stalk from last year, took flight and made his way up into the tree tops, we talk for our animals and imaged he'd have said...here you are dear I've come from Ikea.... Mike is ever keen to get Beema at her best before the tides, weather, temperature and sea state all come together and has decided to change the exhaust pipe, so off we went to the local chandlers knowing that it would be impossible to replace but as we are getting very good at this game now took the shruggy shoulders and desole smile in our stride. We had HOSS with us so we hit the road and went to Cherbourg where the choice of chandlers is mind blowing and the first attempt was successful. We walked to the mooring and introduced HOSS to his new challenge and then we took a stroll around the boat yards and discovered that there is a brand new full size public swimming pool in the marina complex...we had no idea, and what with the pool about to be completed in Carentan we are going to be awash with places to swim. I had commented only the other day that I had not swum for a few years and that is a pretty bad statistic.....I actually hate getting my hair wet but lets not go there....At the end of a good day yesterday we slipped in a grass cut and between us got 95% of it done and then the rain came and it was time for dinner. Today I have planted the broad beans in the allotment and 4 sunflowers in the main garden well protected from the pesky rabbits so we should have a good show later this year. We have discovered a beach on the way out of Cherbourg called Port flamande and on Saturday the beach cafe opens and promises a 7/7 opening and they sell chips, so I can see us doing a few detours to walk the HOSS and get the chips all at the same time....