We were going away in the van for the weekend. I asked Mavis what time are we leaving.  No too early  she said. We can have lunch and go later. Ok No probs. I did my  chores and we took Louis for his walk. Mavis checked her  computer. Oh Sonja is going  to Clacton, She wont be at Swalecliffe. Oh dear I said. No thats fine we dont have to go now. Fine by me . So what else can we do she asked. I know we can spring clean the bedroom. Oh God I thought? wish we were going away afterall, sounds like major work ahead. She said I need the wardrobe out and the chest of drawers. I need to clean behind and under everything. So  we emptied a thousand items of clothes and carried them into the lounge. I dragged the furniture out and Horror of horrors there was a black mark on the wallpaper, Panic. Panic. So I had to spray it all with anti bacteria spray then wash it . An area of about 3 inches wide and about a foot long. Disaster. Now with  that done and dried. Do you want me to re paint it  I asked?.  No it looks fine now. Whats next? Well I want to  sort  under the bed and over the bed cupboards. So Up goes the ottoman. It’s packed to the gunnels. Everything out. Right it has a false floor ,can you lift it out,to get under it to  dust it. So I am laying inside the ottoman dusting  and cleaning  the floor of fluff. With all that  now done I’ve got to climb out, no mean feat for me, or She will have to pass me the ipad and my dinner and I will stay here. but I managed it. Ok she said you can go now I  will  sort the packing away.

As far as  camping  was concerned I didn’t want to go anyway. The forecast was wet. just now its teaming down so  thats great . It is only 4 miles up the road so if we wanted to visit we could go in the car. Mavis`s Birthday cards are coming in now. I see she has got a mountain of stuff  for the skip, so much stuff in the keep in case categorie . All of which goes later anyway. We have policy ,if it’s not been used for 6 months ,it goes in the shed, if its been unused in  the shed for 6 months then it goes in the skip. But this lot I recon will go straight in the skip. Its amazing just what we all keep for  later and end up not needing.

Ive been trying to find the film title  that MHF asked earlier. I thought it was the day the earth caught fire. So I downloaded it. Ive just watched it. It was not the film I remembered so long ago. I dont think it was the one they were looking for. So its back to the drawing board.