This morning the fierce easterly wind howled and whistled around the rooftops as it sent the clouds scudding across the grey sky. The day has been wet with the occasional bright spell and a few rainbows.
This morning they were pouring cement to create new foundations where the falling down house had been demolished. On the left of the photo, behind the sea wall is a pile of grey rocks, mostly granite, that had been the original foundations of the house. No doubt the houses on either side were built in the same manner which is why they are slowing leaning back away from the sea.
Today I had to go into town for a dental check-up. Five minutes and 'That will be £75.' Grrr. No NHS dentists for anyone in Ceredigion unless you happened to be lucky enough to be on a dentist's list before they stopped taking new patients.
Walking back from the dentist I saw that the Climate Shop has a new and larger premises. They want to encourage buying second-hand to conserve the world's resources and the money they make goes to planting trees. Inside everything is priced in 'trees', 5 trees = £1.
The whole place is laid out really well. Everything is in sections and there were side rooms with clothing, soft furnishings, books, pictures and diy stuff. Somebody has excellent organisational skills and a good design eye.
They even had a café area where you could get hot drinks, cakes and snacks. It would be a nice place to have a cuppa if you were spending a day in town.
The main room was filled with tables covered in all sorts of bric a brac if you like that kind of thing.
What caught my eye was somebody's collection of empty coffee jars on made to measure shelves. They contained all sorts of diy 'bits'. Everything from wheels and curtain rings to nails and screws. The sign above read 'Please help yourself and make a donation at the till or bring us all the bits from your kitchen drawer.' Don't we all have a kitchen drawer or equivalent where all the bits and bobs are kept?
Back home I carried on with the spring cleaning by washing everything that had been displayed on top of the bookcase and on the side shelves. Also washed was the collection of random objects I keep on the small windowsill.
This rainbow seemed to have one end coming down in the sea right in front of the house with the other end coming down in the village. I went out in the road to get a better photo but couldn't quite both ends in frame even though I was half-way up my neighbour's drive.
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I have to go privately to the Dentist, there is one NHS Dentist in Belper, with a waiting list as long as your arm. I went for a check-up last week and only paid £46, but still have to see the Hygenist which will be more money. Xx
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