The passage of time in Wellington and elsewhere
Claire was the candidate in Spelthorne- the ex seat of Kwasi Kwarteng- the short lived Chancellor who, with the aid of Liz Truss, is credited with ‘crashing the economy’. His majority was 18,000 and the seat was held by the Tories by 1,500.
AP did a lot of work in the streets and got me out the day before the election to help. Good fun in the end knocking on doors and talking to people.
Of course a bit late. The election took place on Thursday as usual- July 4.
Labour won as was widely expected but with a huge majority.
The results:
And this was the prediction early on on the evening from the exit polls. Thankfully Reform did nit get 13 seats as predicted early on.
I do not feel excited by the change. It was widely expected – though the calling of the election by Sunak at this time was a surprise to nearly all people. I have a sense of relief that the dreadful Tories are gone. Useless, divisive and corrupt.
Back in familiar places.
A week back in town. It was meant to be a controlled arrival but because cancelled flight by EasyJet- a mad dash in the car to Le Shuttle- a 9 hour journey. Reached the Perce at 2am.
The plan to work with some locum days at W7 and time for a bit of social time- AP birthday and a Monty curry.
I will squeeze in a trip to the dentist and some Pilates.
Plus it is election week- all action.
Two apple trees and a further pear tree to add to last autumn’s two pear trees. The latter doing ok now having spend a winter and spring with quite wet feet I think.
The lad came to stay for nearly a week. He was lovely company, a good worker painting the kitchen and we managed a day out to the Pink Granite Coast.
I have to admit my memory failed a bit and we went to the wrong place first. In the end we managed to find Trégastal. The weather was not quite scorching but did improve. Nice desert.
The work at the house continues. The pond requires daily attention to keep the algae down and weed. But it is manageable and looking good. The frogs are plentiful and now noisy. Great
There is a big gap in time and lots has happened. I have been back in France for four weeks. Doing lots or gardening to put things straight, preparing and trying to organise things for our new kitchen. Stress with the car.
But today I went to watch a recital of baroque music in a local chapel having picked up the flyer in the supermarket. Quite different but very good.
For us a place revisited. We arrived on Wednesday evening to take the water taxi to the start of the Queen Charlotte track. It was ANZAC morning with the participants still around.
A selection of views of our two days of walking from Sip Cove to Punga Cove via Furneaux Lodge. Beautiful scenery as ever but disappointment with the change in accommodation sites and their costs and the expense of the water taxis.
The walk and lodges were busy even this time of year. I assume somewhat intolerable in January and February.
And while we were waiting for the taxi back came the people with clearly too much money.
And followed for us by the great views from the boat.
A long time since our last visit. We could not really work out how many times we had visited before. Just twice? Certainly in weather less pleasant than today. Beautiful setting. Nice little walk and then two milkshakes in the cafe which is in better condition than in the past.
The sunshines and Shaz and I revisited one of the walks in Wellington.
From Tinakori to Trelissick Park and then a walk through Ngaio to the pub.
To treat ourselves with beers and chips.
