Powerboats & Tractors

The weather this week continued to be better than most of the summer. A little colder, but plenty of sunshine through the clouds. Not quite autumn yet, certainly an autumnal feel to it.

Pete's trip back to London was uneventful, thankfully, but it has been a hard week with a few minor issues that have had an impact on his demeanour. Pete decided it was not worth getting too down about it and has just got stuck in to try and get things back on track.

This week has seen Julie working more days to help out at the Deli and again between us we have found ourselves limited to staying in for the evenings.

Julie is still rowing, but as the days get shorter this will come to an end, however, Fit Club has started again and Julie is getting back into that. Pete really needs to consider doing something to help get fit, but at the moment work seems to be taking up a lot of his time and draining his enthusiasm for exercise. He did manage to cut the grass at the front of the house at the weekend, which os no mean feat. The sloes are difficult, but thanks to the loan of Mike's motor mower it was certainly easier. Surprising how many wheelie bins you can fill!

The week has seen a change to the fields and a lot of activity from the farm. Lots of crops being gathered and muck being spread. The view from the house changes daily and the movement of the animals is always interesting and the teamwork between the farmer and his dog is impressive to see.

This weekend saw power boat racing in Salcombe and on Sunday Pete went down to town to take some pictures. It was interesting to see the estuary used as straight racecourse for the boats, but disappointing to see how many people had turned up to support the event. It has been a good weekend for weather and for that reason difficult to understand the low numbers of people in town.

Seems the weather is going to be reasonable for the coming week so perhaps more chance for us to get out for an evening walk.