The Weekend has gone with Crash so far !!

Another week goes by and my art work get left behind. I did go to see the new Harry Potter film,which was very good=) and plan to see a few more based on the trailers!! Although that evening on the way home on the train engineering works started earily and we were bused most of the way home....

During the week I have been working to finish off a knitted cardigan I started a year ago. Well for me getting one item knitted in a year is quite a miricle...lol... the last thing I knitted was a jumper for DH which took 5 years !!! BUT I have not finished - working on the first sleeve.

I have dug out the fabric to make an art doll using the pattern in Issue 48 of Stitch. I thought I had canx my subscription. Glad I had not. So fingers crossed I will have time to cut out and make today=)

Friday - a great package arrived, all the details for our holiday ... PANIC ... we go on Wed 15th and we have done NOTHING to prepare ourselves. So yesterday while we were shopping in Petersfield we bought some Euros from the Posy Office. Did we get enough ?? No idea we just guessed at what we might want !?!?! At some point in the next few days we need to buy a new suitcase, sort out travel arrangements etc etc Guess we'll be doing a little planning today ..

We are keeping a close eye on the news. An out break of Foot & Mouth has been found near Guildford on a farm on DH's rights of way patch. He was on the phone to his boss yesterday morning and we hope this does not impact our holiday. The government so far have said that the country side is still open, but have banned movement of all cattle/sheep , plus the local officers have closed the footpaths by the farm. DH and his team will be in 8am Monday for a team meeting and to start to field phone calls from worried farmers and members of the public. SO a busy week for DH , he'll be ready for his holiday !

Yesterday was DH's Open Shed evening. Which meant we spend the day getting ready for it. He had a BBQ going and then the guys spent the evening in the shed running trains while the ladies chatted. It all went very well. My first summer pudding went down well and everyone liked that fact that we try to use as much home grown veg in the salad. The weather this weekend is perfect for an evening meal outside =) We had just seen our guests off just before midnight and had started to do a little clearing in the kitchen and garden when there was a HUGE bang ... At first I thought it was DH's shed as it holds petrol for the mower as well as the electrics for his trains.... Ran out the back , he was running to me shouting it was something out the front ....

A driver had hit a stationary car which parks opposite. Well as you can see from the photo he hit it was quite a whack... His car was not driveable. He used DH's phone to call his Dad to collect his partner and baby , then called the police. As the lady from the house was not up and I could not raise her we took all the details he had on him. I was a little concerned that the driver might try to leave and I wonder if his car had not been damaged if he would have done.

Just before we went to bed we noticed the lady in her garden and popped over to speak with her ... It was almost 12:30 by now, she had woken up but not by the noise of the crush. The car is a right off , which is a shame as she is an elderly lady and this is her main means of transport.

This morning I have a pile of washing up - although the dish washer is doing that and lots of clothes to wash which is normal.