Tuesday Chit Chat

We had the family over yesterday as it was Dean's Birthday and really enjoyed it as always. Dean just likes a quiet  time as he has never been a fan of birthdays and does not like any fuss.  Afterwards they went out to have a meal together.

The weather remains more like October.  It is horrible to hear such strong winds in what is supposed to be our summer and the outlook for the rest of the month is not good either.

Mike had a little surprise when he took the dogs out on Sunday.  It is not often you see the cab of an American Freightliner over here, certainly not in our part of the country.  However, there it was, parked in the next road and covered in Birthday stickers and decorations.  We can only assume that it was arranged as a surprise treat.   Him indoors was obviously very interested as that used to be his job.  He drove forty foot oil tankers for Mobil.  He says he would hate to be on the road these days, although he does miss his C.B. radio.  Anyway, he could not resist taking a shot (you will gather he always has his camera with him).

He often takes the dogs to a certain place because they can splash in the water and he was telling me about a house that is in the middle of nowhere so I asked him to get a couple of photos.

The next photo shows the house again and the other building is the boathouse which belongs to it.

It must at least be a haven for wildlife

We were very surprised a couple of days after he took these shots to see in the paper that this property is for sale.

A staggering  £1,500,000 !!!  It does have five bedrooms, a gardener's cottage, ten acres of land (which I suppose is really reflected in the price) a swimming pool and a large conservatory.  I must say, it would be a bit too remote for me even if I had the money (that is never likely to happen) although the views must be great with the sun and moon reflected on the water and, like I  said, a great place for birdlife.

I wonder what the insurances costs?  We have just changed our household insurer because we were getting ripped off by the old one.  One of the first questions our new insurer asked was "is your properly within a quarter of a mile of any water?" followed up by "have you ever suffered flood damage?"  Had we said yes,  (and no, we are not) the premiums would have rocketed.

Maybe with the rain we have had last summer, during the winter and now this summer they have decided to upsticks and move on.   Anyway for a keen ornithologist it must be paradise.

I shall be posting the results of the poll tomorrow.  In the meantime you can all start guessing which chore came out as the most disliked lol!

Love,

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