No Boots.

The day started much the same as yesterday but instead of brightening up more and more clouds appeared until it looked as if it was about to rain but didn't.

I did some grass cutting in the morning and then a second session later on in the day after which I had some time to do some weeding on the bank. There I found not only grass and plantains growing in the London Pride but horror upon horror long strands of bindweed. That was a bit of a shock after so many years spent eradicating it from the garden. Now that Peter has taken over the mowing I don't keep such a close eye on the garden and it's easy for a problem to develop.

This afternoon I went off on a shopping trip the main focus of which was to get the sheepskin boots/ slippers I promised myself as a birthday treat. My original, many times re-soled pair had lighter soles than Ugg boots which made them ideal for wearing around the house and I was hoping to get something similar which would last me for many years. Ideally I would like to try them on first but it's been surprisingly hard to find any locally. Ugg boots yes, fake fur boots abound but not the sort I want. Today I went to The Big Sheep (a local sheep themed children's attraction) as I'd been told they had sheepskin boots in their shop. Unfortunately I forgot to check what sizes they had and assumed they would have a full range but no the biggest pair were 3 sizes too small. My journey wasn't wasted as Atlantic Village a shopping mall just outside of Bideford, was close by so I dropped in there. Although they are supposed to be outlet stores there doesn't seem to be a lot of much cheaper items but it was fun to look around. Since my last visit (years ago) an Asda supermarket has appeared there so I went in to do some food shopping. I quite like checking out new supermarkets but not knowing the layout or more importantly where the reduced sections are does does mean it takes longer to do your shopping. I did find some oat bran on special offer which made it half the price it is in Tesco's so I stocked up on that and treated myself to some grapes to snack on as I drove the 10 miles back to Barnstaple.

While I had been out the new fridge had been delivered and once we had waited 3 hours as instructed I put back the food which had been keeping cool in the porch.