Three dog walk

Went to the Isle of Wight for lunch with P&V. I took an apricot and raspberry cake (Nigel Slater vg) and they made a delicious chicken and salads lunch which we ate in the garden. 

After lunch P and I walked along the beaches with all three dogs, Woody, their Jack Russell puppy Wilf and I&E’s old and slightly wandering Dennis who we kept losing as he disappeared into the rocks and sat down to chew on a dead crab. It was a bit of a stop start walk - ‘Where’s Wilf?” - as the dogs weaved in and out of children playing and people’s picnics.

  The Island worked its magic though and was warmer and less windy than the Portsmouth side 

V and V (Vince and VIk) met us on the way back and after tea we got the hovercraft home. 

Watered and fed the dahlias which, like everyone else’s,  are very tall and starting to flower well and had a quick left over supper watching what we thought was a new series on Netflix but which turned out to be an interminable and terrible action film.  Heart of Stone if you’re interested….avoid.