Monday

Good morning.  Half term week has started round here and all is strangely silent next door.  Instead of the running up and down stairs, getting ready, there is peace and  quiet.  Very nice for the mum and dad!

We have obviously had rain, a fair amount by the look of things, but I have no idea whether it stormed or not.  At the moment it is dull and quite breezy.  It might brighten up, I suppose - it did yesterday between showers.

I continued to rest up yesterday and got on with the crochet.

It isn't wide enough yet because I have decided to make it a proper cover that goes down the sides of the bed, not just a 'sit on top' thing, so it's going to have to be a fair bit wider than I originally planned.
As you can see, there's no planning, no design, just finish one ball and start the next (sewing in the ends as I go - I'm not daft!!)

It's an almost self correcting stitch - the longest you can go before realising you have made an error is two rows and, while two rows is quite long now, it's better than it could be!

Here's the stitch in close up.  It's just an ordinary stitch with loads of trebles and the occasions slip stitch or six chain!!

So today I will carry on.  I don't have much in the diary as all fitness classes are off this week and Lindsey is on holiday.  Someone is coming around midday to talk about a window replacement and I really do have to catch up on my ironing - I'll be starting a new lot of washing soon and it bothers me to see the old ironing still in the basket!

Yesterday, I fired off an email about renting a cottage next year (close to the Peak District again) to a place I have used before, more than a decade ago now.  The trouble is, I don't know whether it's still on the market, so to speak.  The prices look very reasonable but, to be fair, it is just outside the National Park, in a little village called Old Brampton and the prices do drop dramatically within a few miles once one is outside the Park.
I'm hoping to get a reply but have no idea whether I will or not - it's worth a go though because if the info on the site is up to date, I could afford a fortnight.

Fingers crossed.

Have a good day, one and all, whatever your plans are.  Take care, stay well and be safe.  xx