Moon time

This morning I set off for the charity shop, the manager was off today so Elaine, the assistant was there to greet me. I said I hoped she wasn't going to have me steaming for hours and she said I could go in the shop. Had a great morning, learnt how to use the till and almost remembered the other bits you need to do, like make a note of gift aid items, mark a list when donations come in and everything you sell you have to find the appropriate button on the till to say which category it came under. I also put things out on racks when they were priced and priced up lots of cd's. An enjoyable four hours today. The other new volunteer likes to be out the back so she was steaming and measuring and marking up bedding and curtains.
I came home for about an hour and had some lunch and then I made my way to the Floral Hall at the other end of the town. My ankle was sore but I took my time. We did have a bit of a storm last night and from the look of the puddles everywhere, including our drive, a lot of rain in the night. Going past the park the flood there looked more like an actual pond!

I arrived at the Floral Hall where I was going to see Abdul and Victoria, there is a sensory garden next to it.

The film screening was not what I had expected, it is like a social afternoon with tables and the bar open, most of the tables were taken and when I had my drink I was wandering around trying to see if there was a spare seat anywhere. Ended up with two friendly ladies as we settled for the film. There was a hitch and it eventually started running on maybe the fourth attempt! They stop it in the middle for an interval when the raffle is drawn and people can nip to the loo or get more drinks. I won a large box of Maltesers, not good for my willpower!

When I came out it was dark and the moon bright, I walked along the front, got a pensioners fish and chips from a little chippie on the front for £3.30 and sat in the moonlight. It was very cold tonight but I wasn't sitting for too long. Tried to get some pictures of the moon, but my little camera struggles at night.

My ankle felt a little easier on the walk home. Up until then it had been a good day, I really enjoyed the film as well  But when I got in Tina said some 'little darlings' , not her exact wording, had broken the gate down in the walled garden, damaged the outhouse and had rooted around. We don't think anything of importance was stolen but she reported it to the police and an odd job man is going to come tomorrow to make the gate secure. Rather took the edge off what had been a pleasant day.