Been a long summer 2018 ….

Summer 2018 looks like it’s coming to an end with the lovely summer weather we been having , it certainly been a nice summer this year!

The Summer started in Dartmouth with the yearly music festival which had music for all tastes and walks of life, I bumped into my older daughter with a few of her friends, we had the usual music festival fun, we been having since the girls been babies, had coffee in the new costa coffee shop that opened this year in dartmouth.

Tbh it was nice to be out after 2100 I said to her now I’m 40/41 !

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G.c.s.e results that time of year again, good luck to all ,

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(me summer 2018)

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I’ve also been sitting sorting out my garden which turned into those nice summer evenings of lighting the firepit and cooking food with a few cans ,

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I got to admit it is nice to light the firepit and not have to worry that if I leave it to go the loo that one my kids be playing with it,

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Also nice to have food outside so that the house wasn’t like a sauna to sleep in !

And the squirrel came in to venture

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He’s one of those squirrels that likes to drop nuts in my coffee whilst I’m sat reading a book or chatting online !

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Kingswear and Totnes music festival 2018 was lovely to listen to whilst having a pint , and waiting for relatives who I been visiting throughout the summer,

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Spent a few hours with my oldest daughter sat over kingswear watching the steam train , eating ice cream just like she loved since she been aged 4, laughing and giggling about funny childhood memories she has my other two got of Dartmouth.

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(I mean who can forget that summer when little miss , my youngest kicked off her shoe straight into the river dart, and the guy working at the station restaurant fished it out of there for her)

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The station restaurant is since summer 2018 called a new name,

The kinswear bear shop which is the main photo on this blog , is leaving sadly they are selling and going and up went the SOLD sign at the end of summer 2017 and whilst waiting for the kinswear ferry just after Christmas 2018 noticed they are gone,

Been lovely buying bears over the years for family and my kids have grown up enjoying Kinswear bear shop

It was nice to sit remembering the times back to 1997 , laughing and giggling on torbay harbour 20 years later a few cans at silly o’clock in the morning, was nice to catch up

Getting the train to Torquay

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Remembering the time …… Back to when I was 20

Ohh the Winston’s pub has since 2018 changed its name 20 years since I had my first pint in there in 1998

Also been visiting some historic places of interest , of which I’ll blog at some point later

For now have an awesome bank holiday !

Soon be the regatta

a nice cup-a-latte from The People’s cafe….

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How could we forget it wouldn’t be summer without this

Come on rodders!…….

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Following on from last month’s garden blog

To find my old gardening blogs you can click on the little circle under my profile photo …..
So has summer is half way through I was sat thinking on winter flowers to put in the garden so there is some colour all year round, by the time I planted all I’m thinking of planting over 3 years my oldest two be 18 years old and nearly 18 years old so be able to just leave it all to flower or that’s the plan, need to find some ideas clemetis is a nice flowing plant so might start there.

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This doesn’t seem to flower but has nice Canadian type leaves to it

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