Flying Tonight

I am the proud owner of a splendid new besom.

On my way back from my new Chiropractor (she's really good thank the Goddess) I stopped at Mole Valley Farmers in Yeovil as I know they sell besoms. I love the Mole Valley shop - you can buy hoof oil, moody mare supplement and a new rayburn, as well as chocolate and wine - it's a great place.

There was one Besom there - all birch, with a lovely bark-covered handle and a huge bush of twigs - so I grabbed it and headed to the check-out. I was the only customer and the two sales ladies both burst out laughing and asked where I was flying tonight. I told them it was about time I got myself a new vehicle and the merriment spread to the two other girls who popped out from the sales office. If only they knew...

My work box is filled with wonderful coloured ribbons and I shall weave these into a lovely pattern around the handle and top of the twigs later on today. For now, though, I am going to rest my back, as it has been 'pinged' by the lovely Tracey, who looks like she may be a real treasure. I'm very hopeful that I shall be able to stagger all the way to the stone circle on Saturday - which will be handy, as there won't be a Handfasting without me!

On the way back from the Chiropractor, and nearly opposite the health centre from which she operates, is the factory shop of Olives Et Al and I couldn't resist taking my newly un-limping back in for a bit of a shopping spree. We have often purchased their marinating olives and love them to bits - I got a refill pack, some lovely chocolate hearts for the wedding reception and bags of other goodies. Today has been such a nice day.

Knowing I'm having a nice day is such a treat - we decided to cancel our honeymoon as Mr Cat is very skinny and being sick a lot - we decided that if he died while we were away, we would always associate our honeymoon and wedding with his death. Mr Cat won't be about that much longer I suspect, and we can take a honeymoon whenever we want to. I emailed the French guest house to let them know we couldn't come and they have sent an invoice, by email, for the full amount. It's an interesting concept that. They are charging us full price for a week when they will not have to pay for our breakfasts, not change our towels and linen and all the associated costs of having a guest in the place. Instead of getting annoyed or upset, I just laughed. They are keeping the deposit, and that's perfectly fine - we shall see about the rest! I somehow suspect it won't be a good plan for them to hold their breath.