Bank Holiday Monday

[debris4spike]

I have just had a lovely 5 mile walk with Christine - again around the Newton Abbot area.  Amazing how much colder it was today than, Friday.  We even had a few spots of rain while we sat and ate our pasties.  Again. lovely areas to walk, and we saw Puritan's Pit, which was founded at the restoration of King Charles II in a collapsed limestone cavern - as you can see it is very overgrown, although Christine can remember it being used for a special service back in the 1980's
















Looking down into The Pit .... and a close up of the steps down (below)





Yesterday we had a good service at Church - and I had a lovely roast lamb meal at my brothers ... yummy


I also have tomorrow off work (no clinic running), so have no excuse not to do housework :(  But when I have finished this I am going to do some of my jigsaw puzzle.  So, overall, I will have had a really nice Easter weekend ... and all without breaking any of the lockdown rules.

However, as ever, before I go -

5. What was your first pet?

The first dog was called Scrappy.  She died when I was 6 but sadly I have absolutely no memory of her.  I think I was probably very upset so hid her in my inner memories.

Our next Spaniel was my shadow when I was in my early 20's.  His name was Perry and sadly died in my arms of a heart attack when he was a month short of his 5th birthday.

Comments

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

I live the name scrappy for a dog :)

[debris4spike]

Apparently she was a tiny "scrap" of a puppy ... but grew into her name as she loved getting into a muddle, and ended up looking a bit scrappy/tatty from time to time!

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

What a wonderful place to walk! Looks like a lovely way to spend a holiday.

[debris4spike]

We are so lucky living in "The West Country" as there are a lot od free open spaces like this. Nice to see the history involved here, as well.

[desdemonaspace]

Can I say I love those placemats? Because I do.

[debris4spike]

LOL - I shall tell Tim & Claire to hide them.

They were a Wedding pressie (30 years ago, now)

[kudagirl.livejournal.com]

So pleased you are able to be with family again. Your country side is so colorful. It's just lovely.

My family had a large black mixed male dog called Blackie. Not very original. I do remember my mom would allow me to play in the yard as long as Blackie was with me. He must have had some herding dog in him. He wouldn't allow me into the road. He was one of the only dogs my mom cared about. She really didn't like dogs, but he was so protective. My first word was Dot. Dot was my grandfather's dog. My mom said from the time I could walk, I hugged every dog I got close to. Scared her no end.

[debris4spike]

We are so lucky in England - we may moan about the rain, but it does give beautiful green streets.

Mum's first dog, who died just before they married, was called Vicky. Her mum hadn't wanted a dog as she liked cats, but as her name was Victoria, Vicky was allowed to stay! However Vicky was born on 6/6/44 and her real name was Victory!!