Hard at work!

Ok ok ok... here is some news! Sorry for the long wait but I've been very boring lately and working! 
I am working at a garden centre coffee shop called Gardenwise. We do teas, coffees, toasted samies and a canteen style lunch. It's quite busy even though the average customer age is probably 85! It's been great getting to know some 'real Scottish' people and chatting to the locals. We've also had some funny miscommunications in the kitchens with all the strange accents, apparently the way I pronounce 'lettuce' is very strange. I quickly had to learn to call a broom a brush, potatoes are called tatties, 2 pound coins are not R5 coins even though they look very similar and haggis really is very popular!

In other news, it's been great spending some time with Grampa Barry and Gran Val and we had some fantastic 80th birthday celebrations for Barry. Megs and Kendra come down for the weekend and we had an amazing carvery dinner in Carlisle! Tim and Grampa were put to work by Brian and they built a very fancy fence between Bramley House and the neighbouring house. They all worked very hard and I think Brian enjoyed having his South African labourers here!

On my day off on Wednesday Tim and I went through to Dalbeattie. We had a lovely walk through the forest but unfortunately didn't find any red squirrels. We did see some cute robins and a woodpecker. We had a picnic lunch overlooking the Dalbeattie Loch and really enjoyed exploring the forest. We will just have to keep looking for my squirrel!

So this is just a quick update to stop all the complaints for a little while! We are starting to plan more exploring, but need a couple more pounds first!

Lots and lots of love to all! XxxH♥