Random day off

 I've taken a random day off today, work's been dull (waiting on data), so thought i'd take an extra day off before we have a few days with the family for the remainder of the week.  I took the dog with me whilst dropping the kids off at their last day at a summer club and continued on to Lamberhurst where there's a nice walk I know.  I seem to remember it normally taking a lot longer as I got round there in 1h 10.  Nice walk though, only got stung by nettles a couple of times,

Some hops

Arwen wanting to eat said hops

Beautiful fields

Vineyard

Grapes

We've got the car back!

 Our car has been repaired and looks s good as new.  It only had 20 miles charge left in it though so it's sitting on the drive getting a quick charge before I have to pick up the kids who are at a summer club. 

Manchester fun

 

Chicken waffle for breakfast

Japanese iced beer, not recommended

Azul

Azul winner!

Chicken and chorizo chouder

 I made this for dinner last Thursday, yum!

We made it!

 After dropping the kids and the dog off at my dad's we headed straight to Manchester for the Cure gig.  For a journey that should have taken 2h45, we ended up being in the car for 6h30! There was a closure to one whole junction due to a lorry fire, multiple other collisions and a lorry crossing the central reservation!  FFS!  But we made it with 10sec to spare.

Hmm...

We're supposed to be going camping on Thursday, coming back on Sunday.  We may need to rethink this idea! 

We're off to see the Cure tomorrow

 All the way up in Manchester.  Dropping the kids and dog off at my Dad's then heading up to MAnchester for a couple of nights.

Lamb Casserole

 I made this yesterday.  A delicious lamb casserole.  It turned out pretty well considering I only had a little over an hour to cook it.

Wildlife photographer of the year

 I disturbed a Heron this mornings dog walk and tried to take a photo as it flew away

Character death

 One of our characters died last night.  Oops!  I nearly did too!  It was a fun session though.