The day after Boxing Day

We took Totty out for a walk and then went off to Hamilton for the day.

We went to the gardens first and saw a sign that advertised a boat cruise picking up from the jetty at the gardens at 2.30 so thought we would do that after lunch. We walked around the gardens and they were somewhat different to when we last visited in June with Heather - lots more flowers in the summer! It was very warm walking round the gardens.

We had a nice salad sitting out near the lake and then went down to wait for the boat. A flat, motor driven platform turned up and we panicked thinking it was the boat!!!! Anyway after a very difficult process he managed to tie it up to the jetty and the boat arrived. I really didn't like the look of it and as it was crowded we decided not to bother.

We drove into Hamilton and had a nice walk along the river and actually caught up with the boat and I just felt better walking alongside it.

We went into the shopping centre to look for an ice cream shop and eventually found one. After eating our ice cream we got in the car and drove home and had a nice cup of tea. When we got home it was 29.5 degrees in the living room poor Totty, just as well she can go downstairs to the cool if she wants to.I hadn't taken anything out of the freezer for dinner and we couldn't be bothered going out to buy anything so I just defrosted some lamb and Rosemary sausages and we had them with salad and some mixed berries and meringue sitting outside as it was still very warm.

WEATHER

Really overcast and windy today, hard to believe it was so hot yesterday. Sky cleared later and it was very warm again.