Got up very late this morning, was reading Gardeners World in bed and OH was reading the papers on his iPad.
I've been moving the horses to the winter paddock, meant checking fences, cutting twine of the hay in the field shelter, filling the water butts. Grass has grown in there so they are happy. The local farmer will come every day while we are in Norfolk to check them and feed the cat, who is semi wild.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Sorry Pat ... UK politics Im not sure whether the world is coming to an end and we’re all going to Hell in a handcart, or whether it’s already happened and this is as bad as it can get but it will go on for ever and ever and ever ....
At least we can buy a hair dryer for the same price as it was in the 60’s 😀
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Evening all. Home to a very cold house as the heating had tripped out. Woodburner lit and rads on full. Have I ever mentioned I HATE WINTER? 38C when we left The Gambia yesterday.
Why do you lot always assume the worst of me? Some guy used to hassle us every time we were there to buy a belt, for years he's been at it. " buy a belt and I'll leave you alone" " fine, give me a wide, black belt" done. Except when I got back to the hotel , it turned out to be dark blue. 2 weeks of " Oh, I don't have any wide ones, oh, have a brown one" etc etc. Hubby had enough. " you've got 3 choices, give him the belt , give him his money back , or we go to the police. You've got 24 hours" Next day he was nowhere to be seen. Next day Hubby went and reported him. Next day we were heading out for dinner and he was outside the police station ( right out side our hotel ) " Oh I've got a belt for you" " too late, give me my money back right now and I'll tell the police it's all dealt with" " here try this one, try that one " all too short. The nice policeman said " you've had enough time, come with us" and dragged him off. The told him to hand over the money ( about £5 ) he said he didn't have any money on him. " let me see your phone" He handed it over. " right,go and find the moneyand you can have your phone back" He returned later with the money, handed it over and asked for his phone. " You can have it back in the morning. You're spending the night in a cell" I was hailed a local hero by all and sundry.
‘Well I never!’ said my OH ... that’s better than last time Glad you’re home safe and sound @Hostafan1 ... hope the holiday was everything you wished it to be ((hugs)) We’re watching a recording of Jaws ... enough to put you off beach holibobs for life. Its particularly interesting cos waaaay back I knew the chap who made some of the ‘mechanical sharks’ used in the film so it’s a case of spotting which are his.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hosta - should we call you two Batman and Robin now? The Caped Crusaders What are you like Miserable r*ddy day here today. If you put a decimal point in between the 2 and 8 Pat had, that's about right. It's actually warmer now [4] than it's been all day. Sleety, cold rain and 2 degrees most of the day. I meant to ask you @Dovefromabove, did you see Venus below the moon yesterday when it was frosty? We had a lovely view of it on Monday. Beautiful I'm not commenting on 'Farridge', and while the US of A, and it's politicians, has shown us all some hideous behaviour over the years, did you see Bob Dole and his respect for Bush senior? What an example of how to behave.
Roast chicken cooking for dinner. Haven't done one for ages, and looking forward to it.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Never liked Nigel Farage.
Got up very late this morning, was reading Gardeners World in bed and OH was reading the papers on his iPad.
I've been moving the horses to the winter paddock, meant checking fences, cutting twine of the hay in the field shelter, filling the water butts. Grass has grown in there so they are happy. The local farmer will come every day while we are in Norfolk to check them and feed the cat, who is semi wild.
Home to a very cold house as the heating had tripped out. Woodburner lit and rads on full.
Have I ever mentioned I HATE WINTER?
38C when we left The Gambia yesterday.
Now what was that something you were going to tell us?
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Some guy used to hassle us every time we were there to buy a belt, for years he's been at it.
" buy a belt and I'll leave you alone"
" fine, give me a wide, black belt" done. Except when I got back to the hotel , it turned out to be dark blue.
2 weeks of " Oh, I don't have any wide ones, oh, have a brown one" etc etc. Hubby had enough.
" you've got 3 choices, give him the belt , give him his money back , or we go to the police. You've got 24 hours"
Next day he was nowhere to be seen. Next day Hubby went and reported him.
Next day we were heading out for dinner and he was outside the police station ( right out side our hotel )
" Oh I've got a belt for you"
" too late, give me my money back right now and I'll tell the police it's all dealt with"
" here try this one, try that one " all too short.
The nice policeman said " you've had enough time, come with us" and dragged him off.
The told him to hand over the money ( about £5 ) he said he didn't have any money on him.
" let me see your phone"
He handed it over. " right,go and find the moneyand you can have your phone back"
He returned later with the money, handed it over and asked for his phone.
" You can have it back in the morning. You're spending the night in a cell"
I was hailed a local hero by all and sundry.
Glad you’re home safe and sound @Hostafan1 ... hope the holiday was everything you wished it to be ((hugs))
We’re watching a recording of Jaws ... enough to put you off beach holibobs for life.
Its particularly interesting cos waaaay back I knew the chap who made some of the ‘mechanical sharks’ used in the film so it’s a case of spotting which are his.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
What are you like
Miserable r*ddy day here today. If you put a decimal point in between the 2 and 8 Pat had, that's about right. It's actually warmer now [4] than it's been all day. Sleety, cold rain and 2 degrees most of the day.
I meant to ask you @Dovefromabove, did you see Venus below the moon yesterday when it was frosty? We had a lovely view of it on Monday. Beautiful
I'm not commenting on 'Farridge', and while the US of A, and it's politicians, has shown us all some hideous behaviour over the years, did you see Bob Dole and his respect for Bush senior? What an example of how to behave.
Roast chicken cooking for dinner. Haven't done one for ages, and looking forward to it.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...