The first couple of days this month we had the windows fitted and installed which we're very happy with! It took a while to get them sorted and manufactured, but we're very pleased with the result and certainly won't be missing the old wooden single glazing frames :)

The weekend was mainly spent at home, with dinner at Ropetackle Fish & Chips on Saturday night and then Marrocco's on Sunday night.

On Wednesday the 7th, it was Ellen's first day of school in reception year, so obviously all four of us headed up to the school together to see her off on her first day.

On the Thursday evening Ellen started at Rainbows which is the youngest section of Girlguiding. It's from ages of 4 and up, and mainly focused around arts and crafts and a bit of social activity. Later that evening I headed out for a few drinks with Adrian and Lee, first at The Romans and then to The Cricketers.

On the weekend we had our tickets for Peppa Pig World in Hampshire, so headed off the Saturday morning for the weekend at Paultons Park. I originally thought it was mostly just Peppa Pig themed, but turned out to be only part of a much bigger theme park which was actually really good fun - both Una and myself even managed a few turns on the roller coasters on the Sunday which was fun!

The rest of the next week was busy with Bobby finishing up the hanging tiles on the Bay Window to complete the tiling which looks very good now that it's all done.

The following weekend we all got the train up into London to go have a look at the floral tributes to the Queen ahead of her funeral on that Monday. It was quite amazing just how many flowers had been put down and how many people were around to have a look and show their respect.

On the Monday it was a special bank holiday for her funeral. Una and Ian flew out to Ireland that morning, so that afternoon and the rest of the week was just myself and Ellen at home.

This past week, after Una was back from Ireland we had the lead flashing done which was the last bit of work done on the Bay Window, and then had the scaffolding taken down so it feels like we're getting somewhere with the house reno works now that the scaffolding is gone :)