Breezy.

A grey morning of scattered showers that brightened up in the afternoon with a chilly breeze. It's the half-term holiday and Speedy was interested in the boys playing football out on the grass. 

We did our best to organise a house viewing trip later in the week but failed in our task. Having settled on two 'possibles' and one 'maybe' Peter then had the task of finding a camp site where we could stay one night. I thought there wouldn't be any problem as the coastal area is full of camp sites but none of them would be opening for a couple of weeks, too early in the year and many waterlogged fields. The next plan was to go up in the car and stay in a B&B but those that were open were full for the half term. One place was going to ring back later and confirm but before that could happen Peter found that one of the properties we wanted to see had had an offer made and accepted three weeks ago. I was a bit cross because nothing had been said when I'd spoken to the estate agent last week about the construction of the house and the on-line advert is still there. Usually the adverts are taken off or labelled 'Under Offer' or Sale Agreed'. Also the advert says the place went on the market on the 3rd of February which is less than three weeks ago. For the 'maybe' place I found an govt. environmental report for flooding all along the coast. The low clay cliff 200m away from the house is predicted to erode at 0.3m/year or 30-70m in 100 years but there is a high risk of flooding if a once in 200 years storm occurs. That might sound hopeful but with climate warming leading to an increased incidence of severe weather as has been seen in the last few years that once in 200 years might happen much more frequently. So sadly the 'maybe' has become a 'no'. A shame because it would have been lovely to have a 180 degree view of the sea and sunsets. With only one house left with a 500 mile round trip I'll see what else I can find. I didn't think the house search was going to be easy.

New flowers appearing on the hanging basket violas.