This year, we spent most of Easter with Denis in Heckington.
Good Friday
We left home fairly early (8.15am) and there was hardly another car on the road. As a result, we made record time and arrived just before 9.45.
We’ve got plans to catch-up with Bev too whilst we’re up here, but that’s tomorrow, as we’ve got plenty of jobs to do for Denis in the Garden to keep us busy today!
And it looked like we had perfect weather for it! After a quick coffee, we got to work. Our two major chlenges were…
…paint the newly installed fence panel…
… and (my speciality!) jet-wash the patio.
So, whilst Ann sorted the fence, I got stuck into the delights of a Patio that hadn’t seen a pressure-washer for a good few years!
Three hours later, it was ‘job done’ – the Patio had never looked so clean and in Ann‘s case, all the fence panel needed was a third (or maybe a fourth) coat.
Easter Saturday
Another hot day forecast – this is turning into a very atypical Bank Holiday weekend!
We had a lie-in until the impossibly-late hour of 7.15am! Another day, another two challenges presented themselves – the shower attachment and (because it’s Heckington) a wildly unpredictable interweb signal of any kind (unless the wind was in the right direction). In fact, the strongest signal was actually in the bathroom, but juggling a mobile in one hand and the shower head in the other, was clearly not an ideal strategy! ☺
We somehow survived and spent the morning sitting out in the Sun soaking up the glorious sunshine!
11.00am: Time to get Denis ready for our Lunch where we’re catching-up with Bev too! Bev had booked The Swan Holme nearby, and after picking her up, we headed for our 1 o’clock table.
We were super-early (12.15) but we were seated without a fuss. Service was brisk and we were soon tucking-in.
1.45pm: After our feast, it was back to Bev’s for teas and coffees and to catch-up with neighbour, Lynne.
2.30pm: Time for goodbyes and then we headed back to Denis’s to appreciate the remaining sunshine!
3.30pm: Back at Denis’s where Ann re-organised the Kitchen and Utility Room whilst Denis took on the role of Observers!
5.00pm: Time to catch the last of today’s Sun and put another coat on that fence panel – will we EVER darken it down? (it’s now had about five coats!)
7.25pm: The Sun went down and it turned a lot cooler – so we retreated to the Lounge and watched a bit of TV for the rest of the evening.
Easter Sunday
8.35am: With another hot day in store, our plan today was to complete a few more of the smaller tasks in the Garden.
The extra coat we’d put on the fence panel last night, finally (finally!) seems to have done its job – it’s toned-in nicely!
9.15am: First job today is to turn the soil and plant ‘a crop’ of sunflower seeds
10.30am: Statutory tea-break!
10.55am: Final job of the day was to prepare the legendary ‘Gambles Dahlias’ ready for planting on our next visit…
11.30am: A quick vacuum, strip our bed and then prepare Lunch for Denis – and we’re done!
12.45pm: Lunch is served! 😉
1.25pm: We said our goodbyes and had one of the best runs home ever – 1 hour 15 minutes.
2.30pm: With the car unpacked, it was a quick cuppa, washing on…
6.00pm: …and then dinner in the Garden. I can’t recall the last time we had so many hot days in a row over Easter! 👍🌞 👍🌞 👍🌞
Easter Monday
Ann went off to her volunteering morning at Kelmarsh Hall, whilst I caught-up with my reading. Tonight, Conor dropped by to have Dinner with us.
All-in-all, this has been a superb Easter break! Weather-wise, it couldn’t be beaten with wall-to-wall sunshine from Good Friday right through to Easter Monday! 😁
