THE RAIN FINALLY STOPPED JUST AS WE LEAVE FOR MALTA

What an awful week it has been, it only stopped raining in the early hours this morning and has left many roads and even entire communities flooded in our part of Cheshire. The bags are all packed and we'll be up at 3.30 am in the early hours of Friday. We meet up with several people we know on this trip who are also in Malta at this time. We did our best to get every DVD order away including three trips to the post office one after the last post had gone using pre-purchased stamps. IT has tied in with the magazine all appearing this week which is a bit of a pain. The kitchen is a lot further progressed, we were without water for most of the day but now everything works from new sink to dishwasher.

I've arranged with the kitchen people to get the decorator back after they've done all they can and it will be a nice surprise to find that all is ready for occupancy once we return. Not a lot I can now report on, Sue is here with us and the sun is shining, the water subsiding. I've tidied the garden post deluge and put in the plants which were waiting in pots. One last mow didn't go amiss. A couple of sponsorships for my walk, one came from the practice manager for Prof Jari who did the knee op, I've offered them my testimonial in return, well it can't be a bad job notching up 14 miles at a time and then carrying on to do a huge chunk of the 190 miles.

To get us in the mood for Malta lets have a look back at days past. If the blogs from Malta fail to come through blame Weebly not me more yankee crap service.