Back from the Big Smoke... well, Halifax, which counts as big around here. Went by bus (free for us oldies), and found the views from upstairs on a double decker were great. Weather was much better than promised, and we managed to find everything we were looking for in the shops.
We found a little Russian cafe in Halifax market, and ate some cheap but rather delicious pasta thingies, no doubt very familiar to DL; buckwheat flour, so an interesting grey colour, and huge, ovals about 5" by 3". Mine were filled with cheese and roasted veg, and served with caramelised onions and sour cream.
Raisingirl, it's good to hear your poorly dog is on the mend. Yesterday must have been horrible! Hope he's a good patient.
Got to go out again in an hour so I'd better make something quick for tea...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Can't eat my tea ... lost my appetite ... son's Completion was due tomorrow ... now may not be for a fortnight ...seems to be a delay in purchase's funds being available ... someone hasn't pressed the right button and it takes 10 working days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Son is now in an empty house with no cooker or anything, just a mattress on the floor and a cat!!! He has to pay the deposit on his rented place by 1st of Sept !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
On a brighter note ... OH apprehended a shoplifter today ... realised he'd stolen a jar of piccalilli ......... found him in the garden centre and told him to return to the farm shop and pay for his goods ........... and he did!!!
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Why is everything just soooooooooooooo complicated?
The term " workind days" drives me mad.
Do computers shut down at midnight on Friday and not switch on again until 00.01 on Monday? Are shops , pubs, fillings stations all closed at the weekend? If you washing machine went on the blink on a Saturday, are all plumbers off?
Banks and solicitors seem to work at their own sweet pace Hosta, especially solicitors but banks, as we know, have overnight runs to process money transfers and transactions but like to hang on to our money for a few extra days to earn interest on it. Rip off merchants.
Been out all day having a lovely relaxing day. Warm sunshine and a gentle breeze for a stroll round the place with the dogs then a picnic lunch and another stroll before a boat trip round the smaller waterways - 40kms of them in Damvix and 8,500 in the Marais Poitevin of which it is part. Very relaxing but, to be honest, there's more to see and talk about in the Charente-Maritime part around Arcais and marans where there are house backing up to the water with private dock or one of those hooky things out of n attic for laoding and unloading trade goods. Damvix is definitely rural and just has the village with several eateries and some artists and lots of cows and crops but those do include vineyards.
The doggies were hilarious. Refused water before the boat trip and then tried to drink the Sèvre-niortaise dry. Bonzo adopts anywhere we are as home and to be guarded so the car, picnic blanket, shady tree and now the boat - barks at anyone who dares come near. Rasta just wanted to see everything that was going on so hopped from side to side and tried to climb on the gunwales. Daft dog.
Home now and there's a prg on Pacemakers - male athletes running the 100m in their 90s! Food for thought but I am not built for running.
Aunty Rach - those look yummy.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Dove - that is so miserable for your son - one day is disappointing but ten is taking it.
I hate the whole Bank Holiday and Sunday restrictions thing. The only benefit I can see is the enhanced rate/overtime you can get if you work those days - how ironic!
Suddenly noticed the early darkness this evening...eek!
The problem is made worse by the fact that he can't just take a day off work ... He's production manager for an important musician and there's a major festival coming up.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Hello all.
Back from the Big Smoke... well, Halifax, which counts as big around here.
Went by bus (free for us oldies), and found the views from upstairs on a double decker were great. Weather was much better than promised, and we managed to find everything we were looking for in the shops.
We found a little Russian cafe in Halifax market, and ate some cheap but rather delicious pasta thingies, no doubt very familiar to DL; buckwheat flour, so an interesting grey colour, and huge, ovals about 5" by 3". Mine were filled with cheese and roasted veg, and served with caramelised onions and sour cream.
Raisingirl, it's good to hear your poorly dog is on the mend. Yesterday must have been horrible! Hope he's a good patient.
Got to go out again in an hour so I'd better make something quick for tea...
Ooh, Auntie Rach...
Evening all - back from daughter collecting and waiting for dinner.
Lovely new arrival for you BL. Hope you don't have too many episodes with the electric fences!
LP - I meant walking shoes as opposed to boots. I wear almost nothing else - on my feet I mean
Excellent for any kind of walking, especially if there's uneven or rough ground
Plants potted up Joyce...
Lovely to see you and the garden. Ooh - and the little nutties!
Got my pond liner in, and filled, just in time for the rain to come on, so that was handy.
Hope doggy is ok r'girl.
I shouldn't really eat any more cakes, but those look lovely AuntyR, and one of my five a day...so maybe just a little one...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Can't eat my tea ... lost my appetite ... son's Completion was due tomorrow ... now may not be for a fortnight ...seems to be a delay in purchase's funds being available ... someone hasn't pressed the right button and it takes 10 working days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Son is now in an empty house with no cooker or anything, just a mattress on the floor and a cat!!! He has to pay the deposit on his rented place by 1st of Sept !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
On a brighter note ... OH apprehended a shoplifter today ... realised he'd stolen a jar of piccalilli ......... found him in the garden centre and told him to return to the farm shop and pay for his goods ........... and he did!!!
Last edited: 24 August 2017 19:22:44
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Why is everything just soooooooooooooo complicated?
The term " workind days" drives me mad.
Do computers shut down at midnight on Friday and not switch on again until 00.01 on Monday? Are shops , pubs, fillings stations all closed at the weekend? If you washing machine went on the blink on a Saturday, are all plumbers off?
It's total nonsense.
ooooh, what's got your knickers in a twist Hosta?
Banks and solicitors seem to work at their own sweet pace Hosta, especially solicitors but banks, as we know, have overnight runs to process money transfers and transactions but like to hang on to our money for a few extra days to earn interest on it. Rip off merchants.
Been out all day having a lovely relaxing day. Warm sunshine and a gentle breeze for a stroll round the place with the dogs then a picnic lunch and another stroll before a boat trip round the smaller waterways - 40kms of them in Damvix and 8,500 in the Marais Poitevin of which it is part. Very relaxing but, to be honest, there's more to see and talk about in the Charente-Maritime part around Arcais and marans where there are house backing up to the water with private dock or one of those hooky things out of n attic for laoding and unloading trade goods. Damvix is definitely rural and just has the village with several eateries and some artists and lots of cows and crops but those do include vineyards.
The doggies were hilarious. Refused water before the boat trip and then tried to drink the Sèvre-niortaise dry. Bonzo adopts anywhere we are as home and to be guarded so the car, picnic blanket, shady tree and now the boat - barks at anyone who dares come near. Rasta just wanted to see everything that was going on so hopped from side to side and tried to climb on the gunwales. Daft dog.
Home now and there's a prg on Pacemakers - male athletes running the 100m in their 90s! Food for thought but I am not built for running.
Aunty Rach - those look yummy.
Your day sounds lovely Obelixx.
Dove - that is so miserable for your son - one day is disappointing but ten is taking it.
I hate the whole Bank Holiday and Sunday restrictions thing. The only benefit I can see is the enhanced rate/overtime you can get if you work those days - how ironic!
Suddenly noticed the early darkness this evening...eek!
The problem is made worse by the fact that he can't just take a day off work ... He's production manager for an important musician and there's a major festival coming up.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.