Day 90

Its 0100hrs and we are off to Devon in few hours!!

Winter is here and its so frosty!!! the Autumn leaves are stuck to the pavements like slivers of frozen skin. Dangerous for someone like me. Not the most stable person on her feet!! Clumsy would be more apt.

Snow has been falling over the country and as usual we are not prepared!! However i have packed blankets flasks extra clothing just in case.

We hope these few days away will give us chance to get to know each other all over again i wonder if we will like what we find!!! We have been together since we are 17!!! cant throw all that time away.

Tims decided that as there is a risk of snow and that means grit on the road we wont be taking his car!!! the salt may effect the wheels!! so we are going in mine. Oops needed two new tyres on the front today and tonight went to fill the car up only to find only one headlight working. My fault of course for not checking. Hello! i don't look when I'm in the car. How many women switch the lights on and then get out to see if the  lights are working, ummm! Anyway i would have noticed that the drive looked a little dim tonight, wouldn't i?

I wonder how long it will take us? depends on the weather i expect. Still i expect i will sleep most of the way! There is something about being in a car that sends me to sleep. Mike used to sleep when we fetched him home and took him back to Papworth. Thinking about it both boys sleep if they are passengers. Must be contentment!!

I adore the work of the Devon artists and the oil paintings by Gordon Allen are superb. The black and white paintings of the harbours and coastline are exquisite I wonder if i should get another!! If their studio is open i may well do that.
If i had a gift it would be one that enables me to put brush to canvas, oh well I'm trying hard with photography and will have to see what i come up with over the next few days. Ive tried to persuade Tim to go to Dartmoor but that fell on stony ground, still we will have to see.

I wont be blogging for the next few days but plan to write an epistle on Monday. No computer whilst away!!!

Now its almost time i am actually beginning to look forward to the time away and that's a good feeling. I hope it lasts. Ah well we will see and Tomorrow is another day.....................