Another one bites the dust.

Tomorrow night see’s the end of this years British Summer Time. 2am Sunday morning and the clocks go back one hour giving us an hours lay in. With the day’s becoming shorter we will have to re-organise our time to take advantage of the shorter daylight hours.

Since being back in the apartment I have got back into the routine of  the Model railway club and making some kits up for one of the other members. Dot has been into Peterborough twice this week and has now had her annual flu jab. The local council workers have been putting up more Xmas lights which after seeing the poor display around Peterborough, March should have the best display in the county.

November happenings.

October has all but been and gone so we are looking forward to November. A visit to the Autotrail factory in Grimsby has been booked for the 25th so a rental car will be required. Trying to get there by public transport is damn near impossible in a short space of time. We have been told that our motorhome should be in the dealers yard by mid November but there might be the remotest chance that it will still be in Grimsby. We want to see how Autotrail build their vehicle’s for future reference with regard to repairs and maintenance once we get it to New Zealand.

A few days after this we are off to Cologne to visit the German Christmas Markets. This could be our last overseas trip from the UK. We have been told that the markets are really something special so are looking forward to the trip.

Happy Birthday Brent

We hope you had a fantastic Labour weekend.

Changes.

Well we hope that Andrew is happy now he has Granny Buttons close to hand once again. He should have some interesting photo’s shortly as the marina is having a huge bonfire on Guy Fawkes night. We noted that the marina appears to have quite an active social calendar. We will have to see if there is anything planned for Guy Fawkes night around here.

Back on Terra Firma we have now returned to our daily routines of walking and shopping. The first thing we noticed as we ventured into town was all the Xmas decorations and light’s are up. We are not sure when they get switched on but we have been told they usually get a celebrity to do the honours. We will have to venture out one night and take some photo’s when they do throw the switch.

With all this thought of Xmas we will have to decide what we are going to do as this year will be the first time we won’t have family around as Tracey is heading off to South Africa for a warmer Xmas. It could be Xmas dinner at a local hostelry for a change.

Happy Birthday Jenny

We both wish you all the best in your retirement.

The NZ flag will no longer fly.

Granny Buttons will no longer fly the New Zealand Flag.  She is now safely back home with Andrew and we have returned home to March in Cambridgeshire.  For now!

Granny’s Home

0.68 Miles. Now moored at Mercia Marina.

A total of 89 Miles, and 49 Locks on Granny Buttons.