Thinking that the Summer is now over?!!

Well, its freezing here, AND I had to put the heating on for an hour on Saturday, so in my book, Autumn has begun.

So, what did I do all summer.

Well, I intended to go on a strict diet over the hols and bounce back in the new term looking not as fat as normal. 
Instead I kind of became hermitised (is that a word?) (no spell check said so) and put on weight.

What with the weather and the tourists and the school children being let out on their hols, I found it very difficult to muster up enough energy to go out.

But we did try on the odd occasion.

Like to go to Birmingham to watch my sister and her partner in an Athletics even at Alexander Stadium.
My sister won a silver medal and Becky won a Gold (not my Becky).  My parents were there, and so was my brother and his fiancee, so it was a good old family get together.

I am in lane 5.

Afterwards we went to Frankie and Benny's  first time for us, and had a really nice meal. (apparently we are supposed to be getting one in Exeter, but it is going to replace one of our libraries - tut).

This morning we went to The Waie Inn at Zeal Monochorum - managed to avoid the showers.

Danny is still suffering with horrendous blisters which he got from wearing new boots at Rugby Camp, but he really enjoyed it.  Looks like our Sundays are soon to be taken up with the new season, not to mention the World Cup being on in a couple of weeks.

 (Danny is on the bottom of this pile up - with the ball of course)

and of course someone else wanted to join in too

So almost back to "normal" ready to start back a week tomorrow.  Will be planning a Rugby World Cup Project, looking at all the Countries participating, will post about that once I have finished.

Meanwhile I am all tidied out at the moment, helping my parents with their impending move and also sorting our house out for a possible sale.

Tomorrow Mike is working, but I am having the morning off to watch all the finals for the World Championship Athletics (as if I will really get the morning off - maybe 10 minutes :-)

Blessings

Lou x