Out and about

 Sat in the garden last Saturday enjoying all our hard work, hubby says he's bored, can we go out please, so on Sunday we walked to Portchester castle, it was sunny and hot, so a lovely walk. We had coffee and cake at the church tearoom in the castle grounds, a perfect couple of hours, we chose not to use the car as the local roads would be hectic on such a sunny day.

Tuesday we took the express bus from the village to Portsmouth, the route now uses electric buses, which are smart and lovely to ride on, just a 20 minute journey. We decided to walk through Victoria Park and enjoy lunch as our main meal out. Finishing at Gunwharf shopping outlet, right on the waters edge, we don't come here often enough, with nice weather it's a excellent place to spend time. We did not go up the Spinnaker tower, we have been up many times before. There are lot's of D day 80 years things happening in the city, we stayed away from them, wanting just a simple day out. 

It's been a very different week, Monday we popped to Fareham, got our fruit, veg and a couple other bits, I was home alone in afternoon. Managed to plant out the leeks.

Wednesday hubby was out in morning, we later walked to village, rest of the day at home, where I prefer to be. I did some cleaning inside, the house gets very dusty with doors and windows open.

Thursday hubby was back for a hospital visit, having an iron infusion, which was recommended after his recent bout of food poising. I had to stay home for a delivery, so I spent the day outside.

For those reading outside of UK, once you retire and receive your state pension, you can apply for a bus pass, which allows you free travel on all local buses, we are very lucky to be on the route between the cities of Portsmouth and Southampton, so we have a good bus network. We love leaving the car at home and getting around locally.