Day 21

Today i was off work and i suppose this is the start of my holidays. An unpleasant task that i need to do. I had to go to see Mark Turner.

Mark was extremely helpful and supportive. The ashes are with him and now i have to decide what to do them They are legally mine. I asked about our plots in Eastwood and Mark confirmed that two had been arranged with the local council. Mark will obtain the plot numbers for us although it can take up to 7 months for the deeds to come through!! We can at least include the plot numbers in our will. That way Tom wont have to worry about that. Tim wants to keep Mikeys ashes at home at the moment. As to what is going to happen to the rest i am not sure. This is something i need to discuss with Claire. Mark was also able to clarify the issues with the flowers that Claire ordered.

On my return home Jen phoned Tim on his mobile and asked if he was away on holiday!! I heard Tim say no we don't know what we are doing we are taking it a day at a time. Jen then said Ash had gone to the Dr's last night and told him about Mikey Dr Warrender was very upset as he didn't know. Jen said i hope it was OK for Ash to tell him. Well a tad too late now if it was. Jen then asked if he had heard from anyone. Tim said Sue has spoken to Claire but that was all. It was only later that Tim thought how did Jen know Sue was on holiday as he had not told her so she must have known before ringing. Strange.

We went over to Bay tree and bought some shrubs and some Spring bulbs to plant. Only problem was that we bought established bushes and then had trouble getting them in the car!!! Still managed to get them home with no damage.

The sun was out so we thought we would get planting. We found a pigeon on the lawn that was squeaking and had his neck twisted back. It looked in distress and couldn't fly.
Our neighbor Mel was talking to Tim over the fence and he agreed to come and put it out of its misery as Tim or i could not do anything. He told me to get a bag ready. I found a heavy duty black bag which i thrust at Tim and said you will have to hold it while i went and hid behind the wall whilst the deed was done.

Mel told us he had just spent a few days in Scarborough, and thought Tim and i may enjoy a few days there, so i think that's where we Will go next week.

 We planted a hedge along the bungalow wall and will keep it trimmed so it becomes a box hedge under the windows. Tim thought it would be good to plant some thing and watch it grow. I planted snowdrops and daffodils along the borders so i can look for Spring arriving!! The last time i put bulbs in was when we moved here 14 years ago. We also planted out the shrub Joy bought us the day after Mikey passed away. Its called Innocence and sprouts white flowers. We will enjoy watching that grow to. It was a good feeling to be in the garden working. Doing something physical for a change.

We had an hour in Hunstanton this evening, watched a film tonight and went late night shopping. Not that we are eating much at the moment.
I then watched another film that i have been wanting to see for ages.

I then decided to do my blog and its 02.07hrs at this very moment.

he day has gone quickly and apart from being upset this morning i feel today has gone well.

Gardening must be a balm to the soul.
I hope tomorrow feels like this, we will see, we will see.



For the past few years the country had spiraled into a decline. No money the banks had all folded. Starving citizens in a country where the population had increased to such a level that we in England could not sustain.

We were some of the lucky ones. We could see what we was heading into. Andrew and a group of people who had only made contact on the Internet conversed for 3 years planning for this day.
Safe houses, if they can be called that all over the country waited for us to begin another community.
The country is not dead at the moment but all power sources were down.

Where was Andrew, another 30 Min's and we would have to move on and hope that he will find us.
Jessica began pulling on my jacket 'mummy i need to pee' I looked around and in the darkness could only think to go deeper into the hedgerow, i dare not switch on the torch tucked into my jeans pocket. At 7 Jessica was not sure that she should be using such unorthodox places to go to the toilet after much persuasion and 9 year old Mathew saying 'for goodness sake do you think we care , im going to keep watch for dad because he said that's the most important job for us to do, just hurry'.

A rustle in the distance and a dark shape began to emerge close to where we were hidden, not one person but two. Moving slowly and furtively until they were standing directly in front of us. 'Jessie are you here' I crawled out of the hedge and threw myself at Andrew not realising just how scared i had become.
Who had he bought with him, that was not in our plan. Another mouth to feed.