Grandma goes shopping

Decided to go shopping not having been out all these rainy days.  Mike kindly dropped me off at the shops.  Not a great success but not a disaster.  I wanted some birthday cards my stock having run out.  I did get some but found I could not read the words or even make out the pictures so I shall go back to ordering the cards from my Calibre Audio Library.  Their selection is limited but they are very nice cards.   Then the chemist had not got my pills and I walked round to the Co-op and got some groceries but gave up after a bit as it is so tiring not being able to see .  However it was nice to be out.

We are very fortunate not to be adversely affected by the floods our only casualty being our eucalyptus tree.  The trains have been upset  and the winds have been horrendous.  The balcony fence blew down and is now reposing outside my bedroom window.

I was listening to a prpgramme about suggested flood defences and one man who was interviewed was an official from the water division of the National Trust with the very appropriate name of Mr. Phil Dyke!