The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men …… thank you Robert Burns for your immortal words. They certainly apply to me!
You see I had a lovely post admittedly written quickly, photos sorted and ready, all lined up; I wanted to say a bientot, and to say welcome to my guest bloggers.
But somebody around here can’t read dates in a calendar. Apparently. And out went the first guest blogger’s post without me saying a bientot…..
Plan b, point 3, subsection iiv) and I’m still going to post the original one, the only difference is I’ll be doing really last minute packing alongside last minute arrangements and purchases. Oh that and it’s not in sequential order! Toodle oo my friends, hopefully everything else will work as planned…… unless of course those pesky mice Robert Burns mentions get in the mechanics of my brain and WordPress……….
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Morning all, as I type this we are starting to pack, make a few last minute purchases, because obviously they don’t have stuff to buy in Devon. Joke Alert! Yes the Promenade is going for a promenade, a jaunt to the countryside, changing my wellies for walking boots, we’ll still be wearing waterproofs though!
A holiday with friends, walking and talking, and no doubt munching our merry cream tea way.
The greenhouse plants have been watered, tools tidied away, the last of the climbing beans picked and either frozen or souped and the winter squash plucked from the vines. Jobs that I’d planned to do before I go away and haven’t got round to will still be there on my return; no matter what I do I always seem to run out of time when it comes to the allotment!
As a blogging treat I’ve arranged for friends to come and house sit, take their own promenade; some truly wonderful bloggers from around the world and I hope you enjoy their company as much as I do, you never know you might make a new blogging friend, now wouldn’t that be brilliant!
I’m hoping to catch up on some blog reading and commenting, maybe even some blog housekeeping, a bit of a Spring clean, I’m not holding my breath on that last one !
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As a bon-voayage I thought you might like some seaside photos, nice and bright and breezy. The photos were taken a couple of weeks ago and are from a friend’s beach hut, I thought some beach scenes would be fun for today, that way we are all on holiday together! Apologies for the lack of buckets and spades, you’ll have to bring your own!
the computer world is such enigma to me that I noticed nothing amiss, and just went for the grilled brussels sprouts!!! have a good holiday…
You went stright in there Valerie – love it !
Enjoy every minute of your break Claire – we are all waiting excitedly for your return with tales of what you got up to – oh and don’t forget, lots of photos.
🙂 Mandy xo
Thanks Mandy, I didn’t get time to respond before i went away, all that last minute packing and organising !! Now I’ve returned it all washing and packing back away 🙂
Have a wonderful break Claire! And have a cream tea for me too…. clotted cream is hard to come by here! 😀
Clotted cream is outrageously good isn’t it Cathy, nothing like it. The trouble is I have a full on dairy allergy, but when I’m on holiday I always treat myself, regret it later, but I enjoy it while it lasts 🙂
That’s a shame – I’ve heard there are “enzymes” you can take to help digest it if you want to splash out on dairy. Anyway, hope it was worth it!
Have fun!!!!!! :).
Enjoy your vacation!
Have a super duper time away! Be sure to visit Riverford farm if you can 🙂
Hi Tandy, just got back and am checking in, thank you fo ryour kind wishes 🙂
I feel I am on your promenade holiday walkabout. Enjoy every moment.
Thank you Teresa, I think everyone should have a promenade every now and then !
Enjoy the Wilds of Devon! Can’t wait to see what you bring home…
So far lots of washing 🙂
Enjoy your time away. I’m sure you will find much of wonder and that it will creep into future posts.
Thank you for your wishes, I think a holiday is envigorating on lots of levels, so hopefully there will be some inspiration to be had !
You deserve a fully fledged vacation my friend, can’t wait to hear about it 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Love the beach chairs, Claire! Enjoy those cream teas for me.
Thanks Sharyn, I’ve just got back and I’m catching up on all the blogging news 🙂
Have fun!
Have a wonderful promenade, Claire! We’ll enjoy your guests and look forward to hearing about your trip when you return. Blog housekeeping…yep, need to do some of that, too!
Hi Betsy, well I need another holiday as I did big fat ZERO housekeeping !!!
I actually enjoyed the surprise! LOL have a great trip! Can’t wait to hear about your adventure!
🙂 thank you Deb!! Hopefully another time I’ll DOUBLE CHECK my claendar !! Hope you have a super weekend!
Great Post – loving your photos – happy friday:)
Claire, enjoy your holiday!
Lynda;)
Thank you Lynda !
Looking forward to hearing all about your promenade. Have a great time!
Thank you John, I’m looking forward to cacthing up on all my favourite blogs, especialy the Bartolini Kitchens – we could have done with some of your pasta dishes on holiday !
Alas one of my favorite sayings too. Enjoy your holiday!
Have fun Claire! 🙂
Hope it´s a wonderful break – I think the sun is coming back out. Eat a cream tea or two for me!
Wishing you a very pleasant holiday. I’m enjoying a holiday right now, and haven’t done much blog reading for the last couple of weeks. But have set aside an evening now, to see what others are writing, and hopefully, to answer a few comments I got on my blog posts. One does have trouble keeping up, when life gets more intense.
It’s a bit of a juggle isn’t it Shimon. I find I could write reams about what I see and do, but I need to balance it with time to read and comment which is as much a part of blogging as the actual writing of posts. A pleasurable pastime, but sometimes quite time consuming !
Evocative photos. Have a great trip.
Love those bright and breezy seaside photos.
Thank you Tammy, the change in seasons has definitely taken place so the photos are a lovely little reminder of beach days and summer days
Have a wonderful time Claire and thank you for those beautiful pictures. I loved the one with the little flags flying
The little flags are so pretty I couldn’t help but share them. Thank you Sawsan!