Sunday 17 May 2015

Our brilliantly middle-aged weekend


I really enjoyed writing last week's little weekend post because it made me stop and think about all the things that happened, rather than it all whizzing by as we prepared for another week to begin. So I thought I'd do another today as we seem to be cramming loads of good stuff into our weekends at the moment. Although as I think back over the last two days, I see a pattern forming. It was decidedly middle aged. Here's a selection of the things that happened:

  • We went bird watching. Kind of anyway - the first picture above is Alex and Arlo emerging from a twitching hut (is that what they're called?!) after we had a little look in as part of our bike ride this afternoon.
  • I mowed the lawn. And afterwards I said something along the lines of "well that was very satisfying"
  • We dawdled our way round a garden centre.
  • We listened to the Archers omnibus. I've surprised even myself.

But it was totally brilliant and I loved every minute of it. Not pictured above: lunch at the best burger place on the Island, picnicking in the sun, taking lie-ins in turns, playing in the garden, back to back Mad Men, exciting vintage furniture finds. 

Weekend highlight: learning how being out and about on a bike is like being part of a cool club, because everyone on a bike says hello to everyone else on a bike, it's so nice. And these are actual proper cyclists, the kind that wear lots of lycra and neon and have little bicycle nap-sacks and stuff. As opposed to the three of us, winding down the road with Arlo in his little kids seat and smallest-child-helmet-you-can-buy, singing the wheels on the bus, me screaming out things like "WHICH SIDE OF THE ROAD SHOULD I GO ON NOW?!" and "I DON'T KNOW HOW TO INDICATE!"

We did some good weekending. Hope you all did too! 



6 comments:

  1. hahahaah! Brilliant! I actually laughed out loud imagining you on the bike, I'm exactly the same and feel like the total dork family anytime we do anything like that! I mowed the lawn too this weekend, and actually enjoyed it. Then I threw the mower back in the shed and shouted "I'VE TURNED INTO MY PARENTS" and stomped off to eat cake. HA! Thanks for visiting my blog today, Kerry x

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    1. Lol - I am the least coordinated person ever! I would never trust myself to have Arlo on the back of my bike, I'm a bit too wobbly on there! Who knew mowing the lawn could be so much fun? Really enjoyed visiting your blog, thanks for reciprocating! xx

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  2. I have a feeling I would be the same as you on a bike. I'm bad enough in a car! I think we slot nicely into the middle aged weekenders nice too. The weekends with a bit of gardening involved tend to be our favourites. Despite our lack of green fingeredness xx

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    1. Same here - I have a bit of a track record of killing plants but I still keep trying! We spent a lot of time in the garden this weekend and it was lovely, want to fill it with flowers if I can! xx

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  3. Sounds like a fun week! I love the biking part. I dont know how to bike and I dream to learn this again hopefully this summer =) #pocolo

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    1. Thanks - I hadn't been on a bike for YEARS before Arlo came along (hence the above!) but I've loved getting back on the saddle. Reminds me of being a kid again - I recommend it! xx

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