Our New Life in Devon

 We visited my friend yesterday, who we haven't seen since before the start of the school holidays. Now, nothing really surprises me anymore but she did this time! She's been a Labour supporter all her life but told me she doesn't like Kier Starmer, and thinks there's nobody in the Labour Party atm who is any better and could replace him. We both agreed on that, and agreed that Angela Rainer was probably set up (being told how to bypass paying the correct tax on her flat) and then reported to Inland Revenue, probably by someone who she'd upset in the past. Now, I don't normally talk politics to friends and family as it can cause arguments, but my friend brought up the subject this time. We had a lovely chat all afternoon, as OH dropped me off and took our dogs for a trip to the park. Really love visiting there and enjoying her homemade cake just out of the oven. I've nearly finished sorting my winter clothes and packing away all the summer things now. I defi...

 Well we weren't alone for long - 2 days later Nephew arrived followed by son for the weekend. They both love it here. Everyone went home after the weekend so we had a weeks break. Then on OHs birthday both our sons, daughter and one granddaughter turned up for the day. We all went out to Teignmouth as there were music bands playing in the street for Pride Day. Later we had a birthday meal at an Indian restaurant. We used to go to this restaurant a couple of years ago when it was a steak house, as it served top quality steak at a reasonable price. Well, reasonable for Devon prices, which has almost always been more expensive than South Gloucestershire where we moved from. It was a family day visit and they all went home after the meal. Daughter is having a lot of problems with granddaughter at her new secondary school. She absolutely loves the lessons when she gets there but getting there and back home is causing major problems. So far she's fell off of her bike twice, missed t...