The days are getting shorter as they do when we move through August . The weather though is still hot and muggy. Wildfires are breaking out here and there . Hosepipe bans are being introduced in some counties and the reservoirs are starting to look dry . It feels best to do things early in the morning . Walks feel better in the cooler morning air . Swimming is pleasant before the summer heat kicks in . The fridge is working overtime to keep cool . As we are struggling too . The fields are yellow or turning brown . The Rowan and Hawthorn berries are beginning to turn bright red . Autumn is only just around the corner . Before long we will moan about the rain , the lack of sunshine and the thought of Winter ahead .
Our trip to the weighbridge went reasonably well . We found one at the nearby Shropshire quarry . A phone call sorted out we could take Gabby along to get her weighed before our holidays . The cost would be £6.50 for weighing the overall weight of Gabby and both axles . We did not need to book an
appointment which meant that we could turn up at any time. All well and good we thought . The trip went OK . The weighbridge at the quarry was open . Lorries were hanging round with their full loads waiting to be weighed. The road sweeper was dampening down the sand that was blowing everywhere . I strolled to the window . Brought our motorhome to be weighed, I said whilst smiling . . Told curtly that they were busy and this was not a good time . I explained continuing to smile that I had called up and been told to just rock up anytime . Reluctantly the guy in the office agreed to weigh Gabby . Put her in the middle he grunted . We did just that . Move her forward onto her front axle . We obeyed . He called through the window to us asking us to move to the back where the back axles would be weighed . The driver drove off and parked out of the way allowing the lorries who were queuing up to head for the weighbridge . I paid , picked up the paperwork and we drove off insisting we
would not return for another weighing session but would find a new place next time we needed to weigh Gabby . Once home we added up the figures and made the decision we needed to move a few things out of Gabby . Out came the large and heavy box in the garage . That weighed a ton or at least it felt like a ton . We removed pumps we had never used . We took out hoses that were still in the bags we bought them in years ago . We had bought items in 2012 and had never used them so it was time for a cull . Everything needed was put back . Everything not required was relegated to our home garage . She was ready to go or was she ?
Today was the day that the new Vanarama football season would start . Our first match was at home and against Eastleigh . We were back into our normal Saturday routine and it felt good to be back . We left early and drove into town to park up at Glyndwr University . The car park was already getting full . The usual
steward was back on duty and he smiled and said a cheery hello before taking our parking fee . There was going to be a full house . Nearly 10K supporters . We sat for a while and began to talk about holidays just to pass the time between stopping and the start of the match at 3pm. We need a vignette for Switzerland and a toll box for Italy . Oddly we had forgotten these . Normally we would have them already but since Covid we have found there are so many things we have forgotten to order or arrange . When we get home we must order the vignette and arrange postage so that we receive it before we leave the country . That should be easy . We will order the toll box from Toll Tickets and pick it up at Harbour Shipping on our way down to the tunnel . More changes too to our trip . Perhaps Arras will change as we are on a different earlier train . It looks like Les Islettes . But that could change . And it certainly looks as if Altdorf will not be an overnighter .
set off putting holidays to bed . The Racecourse was rocking .
