Day 12 in the Pete & Julie House

Day 12 and we are still not set up to blog in the standard format (i.e. 3 pictures and some text), so yet again no pictures just a few lines on the week past.

Another busy week for us both. Pete working at home trying to re-establish a home office, Julie working in Ajanta and the Deli. Evenings too have been busy. Julie rowed on Wednesday; she attended her ladies group on Tuesday and Monday and Thursday saw her machining together a boat cover for friends Nola & Brian.

Pete was at Cliff House on Wednesday to attend a council meeting regarding the proposed development of a site or sites to build around 50 houses in the town. An interesting meeting and well worth the entrance fee (it was free). Seems the District Council are in the thick of implementing the Governments National Housing Planning Policy and the likelihood is that it will impact the South Hams. This is not a blog where we intended to express opinions on anything, but where we were with our lives, however, it will be an interesting date reference for us to refer back to should the plans every come to fruition.

On Friday evening we were visited by Pete's cousin Darrell, his wife Chloe and their dog Amber. They had just picked up a VW camper in Plymouth and stopped by on there way to Chris and Cora's at South Molton. It's not your vintage hippy surfer dude model, but the newer style, but will be great for them to have weekends away in. We took them down to North Sans were Amber had a run on the beach. We then enjoyed a BBQ at the Winking Prawn before they went off to North Devon.

Last night (Saturday) we were invited to attend Lorna's 100th birthday party. Lorna is a traction engine owned by a local man and we were invited along through Pete & Beth. The event was to raise funds for the Devon Air Ambulance. We wish Lorna well for the next 100 years

Unfortunately it absolutely bucketed down and although we had food and a beer in a holey tent in the middle of a field we didn't stay very long. Julie enjoyed the hog roast, as did the majority of our crowd, but Pete and Martin had fish and chips from the local van that was also parked up in the field. Really strange that we have a local fish and chip van that comes to Salcombe regularly - we don't use it a lot, but they seem to remember us both. We ended up back at our house for tea and biscuits with Pete, Beth, Mike, Lyn, Martin & Clara. Despite the rain a very enjoyable evening.

Today Julie is off to Bristol with her friend Sarah. No real plans except to pick up some of the necessities of life that we don't appear to have anymore. Also a day out just to have a mooch and another opportunity for Julie to do some long-distance motorway driving of which she has little experience.

This coming week sees us preparing for the arrival of family for a summer break and we are both looking forward to having them here in Salcombe for a week or so.