The deal is sealed and I am now the extremely happy joint tenant of a beautiful allotment plot. I say beautiful, actually it's extremely overgrown, but potentially it's very beautiful. It 's really quite big as it's a joint venture with some of my friends and it has it's own trees, an apple, a pear and a plum, we think, but we'll have to wait till they all get leaves to be sure. I'll take some photos when I go up there next, so I can post them. I'm so excited about it, unfortunately I won't be able to go up again for a few weeks though, because I'm in Prague next weekend and it's too dark after work during the week. I've got plenty of reading to do in the mean time though. To be honest I haven't got the foggiest at the moment.
We were shown around this morning by the entire allotment association commitee, as they'd just had a meeting and they seem a really lovely lot, it seems quite a little comunity down there. They have bonfire parties and barbeques in the summer and they have a hut where you can drink tea (and whisky seemingly) and eat biscuits! I'm extremely impressed. They all seem to have a knowledge of gardening that they seem only to pleased to pass on too. Which is probably the best way to learn really, that and the practical stuff. "You can't plough a field by turning it over in you mind" and all that. It's sooooo exciting!
I can't really get my head round the fact I am going to Prague on Thursday. It's the plane thing really, I've never been in a plane before, or any other vehicle that leaves the ground for that matter. I've been abroad a few times to France and Amsterdam but always on the ferry. When I was young our family holidays were always spent at the seaside and all my adult life I always seem to be too skint! I love the English countryside (with a passion) so just getting out of the city is always a holiday to me. It is admittedly a bit pathetic though, I've hardly seen any of the world.
Prague looks like it's an amazing place. Although I know very little about it. Not sure why we even decided to go there really. We've decided we're going to get ourselves a bit of culture though, looks like the sort of place where culture isn't too expensive. A little worried about how cheap the beer is though it may be a little distracting!
I've started reading Metemorphosis, it turns out that the place I'm staying in has a Franz Kafka room, I'm hoping we'll end up in it, although I don't fancy waking up as beetle! Enjoying the book though.
Oooh my Sunday dinner is nearly ready so I must be off. Hope you've all had a pleasant weekend. Bye!