Early start

I had a restless night, not caused by an irritating cat, but an irritating knee! So got up a 5.15 am so am now struggling to stay awake but hope I can so that ai can watch Shetland in a bit. I got ready, fed cats etc and decided to try and walk to the sea front and hope that I could actually see the sun rise. It was raining lightly when I left just before seven, but it brightened up but was pretty chilly. I took a small flask to have a drink while I waited. A couple of pre sunrise pics and quite a lot of the stages, I did delete loads, but just scroll through quickly if you get bored! Picture of the remembrance display as I went through the memorial garden on the way.

I went to visit Sarah and David for a while this morning then after lunch I went out to feed the birds and did a bit of clearing in the garden. It is very muddy everywhere so not a great clearance but slowly getting some bits done.

The rhubarb and courgette plants nearer the back were slimy and revolting!

Not been a great year for autumn colour but the trees looked pretty before the rain started.

I had planted a butternut squash plant which didn do very well, but there were a couple of fruits on the bed today.

I started gathering the cake containers and checking numbers and cake boards. Sadly lacking so went to Boyes to get supplies. A couple of the boards I bought are too big for the containers so have ordered some smaller ones. Then I washed the containers as the get dusty and sometimes smell a bit plasticky when they have been sat on the side for months.

Maybe I will be organised enough to make a start on the marzipan marathon tomorrow!