Don't have my journal on me at the moment so this will just cover yesterday and today.
Friday: Woke up with my typical schedule of watering plants followed by breakfast followed by more watering in the house garden. Today we completed a couple projects, one in the polytunnel and a bed of leeks in the field which meant we could start putting in rows of broccoli which needed doing. I got to work with a new arrival on the broccoli and also got to help plant out some lettuce, cosmos, and marigolds. We had a couple more wonderfully prepared meals by another member of our group.
Today: I got up at 6:30 or so knowing we ran out of milk the night before but had thought of making pancakes for breakfast with the eggs our hens were laying. Unfortunately, all 6 eggs were bad and the first one practically popped in my hand and blasted green sulfur smelling slime all over the table. After a bit of white bread and jam, we headed to the caravan site shop to see if they were open yet at 9 am to buy some milk there. When we saw that they were closed, we called Graham to let him know the situation and he said to eat some bread and butter or jam and that he would work on sorting it out. I had known this was likely to happen last Monday since we are not sharing a fridge or pantry with Graham he is unaware of how fast we are eating for just 6 people. But me, being such a food oriented person, kept careful watch on how fast things were going. Each of us have cereal so at least 5 cups of milk are used daily and one person eats two slices of bread with every meal while others like bread with butter and jam for dessert or with their breakfast. With the lack of communication, the hosts have been having to shop more often than they should just to keep up with the staples. I had tried early last week to express this concern but it didn't sink in. Anyway, I got a taxi into Rugby today with two others and had a full sized lunch and got to top off my phone with data and phone service so hopefully people can now contact me from the UK. Now I'm using town WiFi to write this post. Fun, crazy day!
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