Ma has been feeling proper hacked off lately.......it's that itchy feet thing again.......we could have gone to Eastbourne last Monday, but she was holding out for the Isle of Wight - goodness at this rate they are going to consider us residents and supply us with voting cards soon!

The recent wet weather has got her down - that combined with her dislike of cooking for herself(glad she can't read this...she'd have my guts for garters).
All this last week she has been looking at the brochures and the pictures I do for her.
Remembering past holidays...and of course planning new ones.
She rang Robinsons to find out if they had any Mystery tours going in the next couple of weeks.....then found out that that was...

Margaret Pilkington

There is a small piece of land near where we live.
It has been empty for many years.....it must be in excess of ten years.
A couple of years ago we were told it had been sold and someone was going to build a care home on it.......the local residents were not very pleased and objected to the development...not that it made any difference.....the plans went through(though they had to be altered somewhat).........nothing seemed to be happening, then we heard that these developers had dropped out...after they had chopped all the mature trees down(travesty).
The land was back on the market again earlier this year at a hefty price.
A few weeks later we had heard it had been sold, and that 9 houses were going to be built on...

Margaret Pilkington