We had a great village bonfire on the 12th July. Lots of our neighbours children came with their children, so Freya had plenty of company. Oliver, who lives in the village, made Freya a friendship band which she is very pleased with.
Got back to the tent with breakfast this morning to find a robin had joined us! The robin and Freya were sitting on the mat staring at each other, not sure who was more surprised. Brian was already hard at work, it has been so hot recently that he's having to get all the hard work done in the early mornings and evenings so he has to crack on as soon as he is up.
We had a great village bonfire on the 12th July. Lots of our neighbours children came with their children, so Freya had plenty of company. Oliver, who lives in the village, made Freya a friendship band which she is very pleased with.
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Freya and I went for a walk at Cong this afternoon, a good reminder of what a lovely area this will be to live in once the major house stuff is done. Freya particularly likes the Monk's fishing house, which she calls her small castle. It's very different to the area around our house even though its so close, with miles of lovely woods and lots of running water joining the two huge Lough's. Below are some pictures I took on the walk with my phone (so excuse the poor quality). We are spending the night at the Cong youth hostel to get a shower and a good nights sleep. We paid over the odds booking the room online, but luckily the lady who runs it felt guilty about this and has said we can use her coin-op laundry, showers and cooking facilities whenever we want whilst we get the house sorted - so it was well worth it! All the moving is now done, including Trigger who arrived yesterday afternoon. It got a bit stressful because the lorry driver got lost and scratched his lorry, in the end I had to walk Trigger 1.5 miles to his new home. He was a very good boy though, and I think the walk actually helped settle him down. Huge thanks to Anna and Bev who got him on the lorry in Somerset at 2am, complete with plaited mane and tail. He is currently relaxing in what will be the garden. We've already started emptying the house, made more urgent by the decided whiff of smoke (both from the fireplace / range and cigarettes I suspect) which seems to hang around all the old furnishings. The process left me with the question - exactly how many crucifixes can you get per room? We even had one inside a light bulb. Very little of the furniture is worth keeping so we're getting ready for a big bonfire! Since we are spending as much time as possible outside at the moment, I bought myself an early birthday present (although I think Freya is using it more). Dad and Freya were both fast asleep on this the first night I got it (whilst I blew up the inflatable double bed). As I mentioned earlier all of the neighbours have been really welcoming. Everyone has been around to say hello, and bought cards and presents. I took a picture of all the cards and presents (below) but we've had even more since then. Our closest neighbour is a scotsman and he very kindly gave me a lift back to the lorry to pick up my stuff after the long walk with Trigger.
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