A Walk in the Woods

 

Hello everyone, 

 

It`s been a beautiful autumn day here in Berkshire.  It was a bit cooler first thing this morning but warmed up as the day went on.  After catching up with the housework I went for a long walk in Black Park with Jim and Jake.  The idea was to get some photos of the Harry Potter film set that is on location in the woods but when we got there it was completely fenced off, much to our and many others, disappointment.  However we are not easily put off so we circled the perimeter fence just to see if there were any photo oppotunities to be had.  We actually saw more than we were able to photograph because the green fencing was to thick to get the camera lens through, and the only other way was for me to sit on Jim`s shoulders so I could see over it.  After a two second think, I decided that I didn`t fancy breaking a leg or two so we gave that one a big miss. The only shot we did get was of the back of a railway carriage that I took through a hole in a fence...I know, big deal...lol!  Hopefully if we manage to get back on a weekday we may seem some actual filming and possibly some of the actors.  What we did see was the whole train and the railway line, although I know the whole of Hogwarts station is being built there.  We continued our walk at a leisurely pace, the low autumn sun was very powerful as you can see in the photos and it made the woodland glades look quite eerie in places.

Yesterday after work we collected Roman and went into town, he wasn`t feeling very well as two days before he had his MMR injection and it had left him with a low grade fever.  The poor little lad didn`t eat any of his dinner and only a couple of mouthfuls of his fruit, he NEVER leaves his fruit so he had to feel poorly.  By the time we got home from town he was very sleepy so I put his pyjamas on him and after a dose of Calpol put him straight to bed where he fell asleep straight away, bless him.  When Slava arrived to collect him a couple of hours later the fever had broken and he felt much cooler again.  I called Kerry this morning and she told me that he is back to his normal happy self again, I was so relieved to hear him chattering away happily in the background.

At last Danny and Salina have their new car, it`s a midnight blue Ford Focus and it`s now their pride and joy.  Jim is very pleased too because he`s been driving them around the Home Counties looking for the perfect car and I`m sure he`ll enjoy the rest!  Danny is going to move back in with us for 6 mths after he leaves his flat.  I can`t go into details here but the arrangement will suit us all.  At least he won`t have to worry about his awful landlady anymore, well he will actually because It`ll be me...any trouble and I`ll give him notice to quit too...lol!

Next Friday Jim and I are off to Amsterdam for our long weekend and I`m really looking forward to it.  We are staying in a Botel, a hotel that is on the water.  It has been recommended to us by several people who have stayed there so I`m sure we`ll like it too. I`ll be taking my camera and I`ll take loads of photos that I`ll put on my journal if you`re interested.  There`s a flower festival there and I know I`ll love that, along with the boat rides along the canals, and lots of other things including the red light district that is world famous, what for though I have absolutely no idea...lol!

Oh yes, I almost forgot, I`ve been nominated for Best Family Journal in the VIVI`s Awards which I didn`t expect at all, thanks to all of you who put my name forward, I`m really touched.  Congratulations to all of you who have been nominated in all the catagories, the fact that you`ve been nominated at all must mean you have great journals and many others think so too, so well done and good luck in the final vote.

On that happy note I`ll say farewell my friends, have a lovely evening. Cheerio for now. :o)