Skip to main content

Holiday!

After what seems like a long time coming we have a week away - hooray! This couldn’t have come quickly enough. Abi’s last few days at Thorngrove have been overshadowed by the whole Freda thing, and I had got to the point where I just wanted term to end with no more incidents. As it turned out this was too much to ask for. On Monday, despite assurances that Freda would be chaperoned while in school she took it upon herself to wipe bird mess on Abi’s jumper at morning break before storming off shouting about how mean Abi is to her. Abi had concluded that it was pointless saying anything - after all, everything she had said hadn’t in her eyes resulted in any improvement - so waited until she got home to tell me. I got a call from her while on the train when she broke down in tears again. Poor thing, as she said, she just wanted her last few days at school not to be ruined.

This  time I kicked up a much bigger fuss and wrote to the Headmaster to complain. Not the first time but definitely more strongly worded. Long story short they asked Freda to stay away until the last day of term when she could come in to say goodbye given she would not be returning in September. All would have been ok had her Mum then not decided to go onto the Year 7 Parents FB group to rant about how the school had failed her and it was her daughter being bullied not the other way round. Not helpful. It took 3 days before one of the other Mums decided to wade in and put the record straight - what a drama to end the term!

So we arrived in Cornwall yesterday and it is stunning. We left at 7am and were in Plymouth by just after 10am. We stopped there and had a walk around with coffees on the Barbican and a browse through a second hand book shop for Izzy and I. I love the fact that Izzy got chatting to the bookseller and told him she loved the smell of books, particularly old ones. She picked out some 1st and 2nd edition Enid Blyton books she hadn’t read before (£30 later!) which of course I bought for her after that comment. We then headed onto Talland Bay and were here in time for a slightly late lunch. Beats the drive to the Dordogne any day! The weather yesterday was up to French standards as well so we were in heaven. We had a fab lunch in the little beach cafe, and then met up with friends who live near Plymouth. After a few hours with them at the beach we dragged the kids away to check in - who could blame them wanting to stay when it is so gorgeous?  The sea is crystal clear, the rock pools plentiful and they spent hours running in and out of the sea. Who needs electronic devices when you have all this to hand?

The house we are in this week is also fab. It's over the 4 floors, has a hot tub, beautiful views and is about 2 minutes from the SW Coastal Path and 5 from the beach. The upside of this is wonderful walks. The downside is I ran it today and it's pretty challenging! So we are settling in for a fantastic week, the weather looks like it will be kind to us, we all love the area and I can feel myself relaxing already. Just what the doctor ordered!


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Busy, busy, busy

Full English brunch for these two! Life is VERY busy and I don't feel like we have stopped for weeks (or is that months?) It seems like the 'to-do' list is endless and while I know we don't have to do it all at once, I have taken on the unenviable task of trying to get the Muppet to finish all the work he promised / we have paid for and that has been like pushing a mountain of water up a very steep hill. We've got to the point where I think we have got all of what we are likely to get and the rest we'd rather finish ourselves anyway. The electric gates are clearly a work of his imagination based on the gates / the electric cables he spec'd and the cheapo motor mechanism - there is no way they'll work so we have decided to not bother and source proper gates that do the job and look better as well. Knowing that we are almost at a point where we sever the ties feels very liberating. Looking back this last 6 months has been incredibly stressful and just didn...
Post a Comment
Read more

Snow!

After a beautiful day of sunshine yesterday, today it snowed... but more of that in a minute. Yesterday actually felt like a day of much progress. Despite Covid we managed to arrange a visit to Taunton School to have a look around with the girls and to meet the Headmaster. This was a massive relief as I had got to the point of thinking we would have to accept a place without ever stepping foot inside the school. In the end we had a very comprehensive, if a little deserted, tour of the school and the kids loved it, as did we. There may even be a small chance they might squeeze us in if we are there by the summer term - that is of course if the kids are back into school by then. The other news was that I managed to speak to Mr &Mrs Tucker - the people buying our house - and we tentatively agreed that we will try and complete during the Easter holidays which could have us moving in the third week of April. This does require everyone to have got all of what they need done, and that of ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Freya

So I write this with tears pouring down my face as I get ready to take Freya to the vets for the last time. We've just had a long cuddle and she's looking at me with those big trusting eyes - as far as she is concerned it's a normal day and I'm the person who keeps her safe, protects her from the world and makes sure there is a steady supply of porridge every morning. My darling Freya - so sweet in the house but so anxious and volatile when out of it. We've known this day has been coming for a while. We've had various run ins, all near misses because I've managed to hold her when we've met other dogs and she's gone nuts, but there are all the other things which I have tried to block out... The most recent of which was her snapping at Izzy when she bent down to give her a cuddle. Freya was asleep admittedly, but even so. I made the excuse to myself that her legs had been a bit sore that day and so it's because she might have been in pain rat...
Post a Comment
Read more