Friday 22 August Oake

It was sunny today!!, the first nice summer's day in about 2 weeks. We did 3 loads of washing, then went out at 11:00.
We caught the park-and-ride bus from Bishop's Hull into Taunton, and wandered around the shops for a while. Then we went to Vivary Park, the big gardens in Taunton, where we had a picnic,

played in the playground,

fed some ducks and chased some squirrels. Then we caught the bus back to the car and came home.
While we were gone, the men finished off the driveway with bitumen, but we can't drive on it until tomorrow. Daniel went to sleep, so rather than disturb him, I sat in the car in the public car park and read and had a nap.
Then it was time to visit Jon's current building job, which is extending and converting a 400 year old barn into a 4 bed house. We admired his mortice and tennon joints in green oak wood secured with wooden dowel pegs,

watched the thatcher do his last little bit for the day

and were envious of the beautiful soft green lawn waiting for the family to move in.
Kath and Jon have gone out for dinner tonight, and we are the baby sitters, but all is quiet as usual. (Maybe I shouldn't write that. Maybe it will be a jinx.) - (It wasn't.)