Since 08-30hrs this morning we have expected to hear the rumbling of an approaching JCB. It has been raining steadily now for a few hours and looks set for the day. We hear that there is loads of horrible fog in the UK, do be careful if you have to go out driving.
It puts me in mind of when we used to drive down to Folkestone for Christmas and New Year. We did one journey down, from Rugby on Christmas Eve, after work and at night. All the way down the A1 we had really thick fog . Elayne and I were in one car and Steve, Debs and Nick were in their car. We overtook each other on the road constantly to give each other’s eyes a rest. We could only do about thirty miles per hour so we were on high alert all the time for someone coming into us from the back as well as at the front. After about four hours we had got down to the M11 and our eyes were really tired with all the searching. We had stopped much more than normal just for a rest, even though we were running very late. By the time we were on the M11 we anticipated that the fog would be all the way to Folkestone (not unusual). Half way down the M11 the fog all of a sudden lifted within seconds. It was a very odd sensation after all that time of searching for the kerbs and white lines. Of course we then put our foot down to try to make up some time. We arrived very late and tired on Christmas Eve saying, never again, but of course we did, many times more.
I suppose that the builder did not actually say what time they would come up with the JCB today, it must be just us being too eager once again. They will probably arrive after siesta at five or six o’clock, or maybe tomorrow.
BTW, we saw almond trees in blossom yesterday, down near the motorway, in a very sheltered area. Hey now, that’s really something to look forward to in February.
Pictures: Rainy day in Spain and one of the Christmas lights that we have put up in the caravan, just for some seasonal feeling.