Glad you had a nice walk. Not an outdoor day here at all today, although it cleared up by about 7pm. Typical!
Got to collect daughter soon. A woman's work etc...
Hosta - we had a similar situation at last house. The drive had gates about forty feet from the road, and although we didn't really close them, you could see the house quite clearly, yet people seemed to think it was somewhere they could park to go wandering around
We did get an American who stopped, and got out. I asked him if I could help him, and he asked, could he access the 'tower' (behind our property, and up on the hill) from our drive. I said no, he'd need to go up to the farm, next road on right, as that was the only access. He drove off - on the wrong side of the road - round the double bend.....
Just as well the bonkers farmer wasn't coming the other way at a ludicrous speed - as was his norm
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
We don't get much trouble with members of the public wandering through, although we have found lost people wandering up the (private - shared between 4 houses) road from time to time. More sheep than people though. The occasional bullock eating the flowers - you know - all very normal. We have had the local electricity company turn up (3 vans ) saying they'd drive up through my garden to get to the power pole in the farmer's field beyond. Well no, we said, you won't. You'll go back to the gate and drive round that way. They wouldn't have it. It's only when they actually tried to drive across my lawn they realised there's a wall in the way and gave up. I was a very odd colour by then. Sort of purplish and a bit blotchy. They drove round. So far they've not been back. I hope they've updated their maps. What they'd have done had we been out I shudder to think.
It's stopped raining now it's dark
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Good grief, Raisingirl - that's dreadful! I hope you got compensation for the tyre tracks across the lawn.
We have a large and ferocious Rosa moyesii in one corner of our garden, and a Rosa rugosa hedge across one side, because we needed a physical deterrent to drunk people taking a short cut from the park to the centre of town.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Well hello. That took me ages to read back to what I remembered from last night. Good though.
Sunny but cold today and for a change, no wind.
Im waiting to hang some washing out and then I'm giving up on the physical stuff again. I did wander down to the bird feeder and put some seed out for the hopeful parrots, but was out of breath by the time I got back up to the house.
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Talking to " the bee lady" and a couple appeared walking their dog up our drive. Not just inside the gate, a good 20 - 30 yards up the drive.
" Can I help you?"
" Oh... is this private?"
" YES!! It's my garden"
What is about the large pair of wooden gates which made them think it WASN'T private?
Ooh - you jetsetter you!
Glad you had a nice walk. Not an outdoor day here at all today, although it cleared up by about 7pm. Typical!
Got to collect daughter soon. A woman's work etc...
Hosta - we had a similar situation at last house. The drive had gates about forty feet from the road, and although we didn't really close them, you could see the house quite clearly, yet people seemed to think it was somewhere they could park to go wandering around
We did get an American who stopped, and got out. I asked him if I could help him, and he asked, could he access the 'tower' (behind our property, and up on the hill) from our drive. I said no, he'd need to go up to the farm, next road on right, as that was the only access. He drove off - on the wrong side of the road - round the double bend.....
Just as well the bonkers farmer wasn't coming the other way at a ludicrous speed - as was his norm
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Lucky you Chicky
It will be lovely for you to see Chicklet.
We don't get much trouble with members of the public wandering through, although we have found lost people wandering up the (private - shared between 4 houses) road from time to time. More sheep than people though. The occasional bullock eating the flowers - you know - all very normal. We have had the local electricity company turn up (3 vans
) saying they'd drive up through my garden to get to the power pole in the farmer's field beyond. Well no, we said, you won't. You'll go back to the gate and drive round that way. They wouldn't have it. It's only when they actually tried to drive across my lawn they realised there's a wall in the way and gave up. I was a very odd colour by then. Sort of purplish and a bit blotchy. They drove round. So far they've not been back. I hope they've updated their maps. What they'd have done had we been out I shudder to think.
It's stopped raining now it's dark
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Good grief, Raisingirl - that's dreadful! I hope you got compensation for the tyre tracks across the lawn.
We have a large and ferocious Rosa moyesii in one corner of our garden, and a Rosa rugosa hedge across one side, because we needed a physical deterrent to drunk people taking a short cut from the park to the centre of town.
Today at 17:22
...I find Madonna intensely irritating.
And so do I, Dove! Her voice is truly unappealing to me. Apologies to any fans, though.
Well hello. That took me ages to read back to what I remembered from last night.
Good though.
Sunny but cold today and for a change, no wind.
Im waiting to hang some washing out and then I'm giving up on the physical stuff again. I did wander down to the bird feeder and put some seed out for the hopeful parrots, but was out of breath by the time I got back up to the house.
Hi Pat - are you feeling a bit better today?
Up to take daughter to work and then see how the weather's looking to walk later
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Morning Pat and Fairy.
Coal face duties at 8.
Morning Hosta. Hope your day goes well
Fog to lift later, so I'm going to be a lazy Mary and wait a while before I set off, to get the best of the weather.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...