In waves so familiar, so new

[dolorosa_12]

It's a long weekend here, and this has thankfully coincided with the appearance of the sun, after what was apparently a very cold, drizzly April. Matthias and I have been taking full advantage of this, spending as much time outdoors as possible.

On Friday evening there was the monthly event with food trucks, and we had bagels with salt beef and pickles for dinner, sitting outside in the beer garden of our favourite local bar.

Saturday began with my usual two fitness classes at the gym, which were a bit of a struggle after a month away in Australia where the only exercise I'd been doing was swimming and walking — but I survived. I then met Matthias in town, and we fought our way through the crowds and chaos to do our weekly shopping in the market. We followed this up by having lunch out at the annual 'eel day,' which is a local fair with food trucks, craft stalls, performances by local choirs, ballet students, etc. The eels come into it because there's an element of local/natural history, including all things fen eels. I've only ever been during pandemic semi-lockdowns, when I found this a rather depressing affair, but the non-lockdown version was loads of fun, sitting in the park by the river, eating South African food and drinking Pimms. We returned home in the afternoon via bakeshop.generalstore, which has the most amazing suntrap courtyard garden, and a great variety of wines by the glass.

I felt a bit slow and sleepy this morning, but made it out to the pool for my regular 8am 1km swim, before returning home to make crepes for breakfast and hang laundry outside (for the first time this year). Then Matthias and I walked 9km along the river to Littleport, having lunch outside on the deck by the water at the local pub. It was a gorgeous day, and the river was alive with boat traffic, walkers, bike-riders, and birds. We returned home on the train, and have just been back for half an hour or so. I'm going to spend the evening pottering around on Dreamwidth, reading, doing yoga, and so on.

Tomorrow, the weather's meant to be terrible, so I don't think we're going to spend much time outdoors, besides possibly checking out the food fair that's happening on the lawns outside the cathedral. I'm going to cook a roast chicken, and snuggle up on the couch, and generally catch my breath before the working week begins.

Honestly, I don't think I could have asked for a better long weekend — it's been perfect!

Comments

[corvidology]

It all sounds absolutely lovely! I know I've whined it before *g* but I really miss being able to walk everywhere.

[dolorosa_12]

It really is such a joy and a privilege to be able to do so. So much of my spare time is spent just walking around outside, and I'd be so sad if this wasn't possible.

[yarnofariadne]

I'm glad you've been able to make good use of nice weather! It remains cold and drizzly here, sadly, but it's just as well with all the unpacking we had to do.

[dolorosa_12]

We've definitely been lucky with the weather here, although it's turned cold and drizzly today (which ended up suiting my plans perfectly). I hope you're making good progress with the packing.

[svgurl]

That sounds like a fun active long weekend! I hope the food fair is good. :D

[dolorosa_12]

Thank you! It was a lot of fun!

[lynn82md]

That sounds like a lovely weekend :)

[dolorosa_12]

Thanks! It was a lot of fun!

[merit]

Sun dried laundry just feels better! Hopefully the warmer weather continues.

[dolorosa_12]

It really does, and smells better as well.

We're apparently due two solid weeks of rain, so ... Britain's reverted back to its usual form, unfortunately. I think it's going to be a colder summer.