I'm so sorry @Allotment Boy. Quite a shock. I too loathe the M25. And the M1 going north out of London, the M6 round Birmingham, the M42 round Birmingham, trying to drive thru Birmingham to avoid them.......... and the last time I did that was about 15 years ago and I expect it's all much worse now.
I find it easiest to avoid Birmingham altogether, especially as there's nothing there to entice me to return.
We had a hog roast for Wonky’s wedding, but for the lamb roasts we borrowed a spit made by a sheep farming friend ... as he was a friend he was invited so he took charge of the fire and spit ... the lamb was one of our home reared productions.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I think if you've studied, lived and worked in a country for over 40 years you have shown by your actions where "home" is so, like the Windrush people, being told you have to meet the formalities to stay is insulting. Leaving it all to move back to an original "home" to retire is not necessarily a plan - culture shock will be extreme especially if it's because you've been pushed rather than have planned to go.
Those who are more recent, legal arrivals and who are clearly supporting themselves thru work or pensions should also be welcome and just have minimal formalities to complete. I would also make a case for trafficked people to be able to stay if they wish but that is a whole can of worms with dependents in other countries to consider and also the reasons behind their being trafficked to address both at home in their country of origin.
On a lighter note, can someone please explain why the birds reject my carefully cleaned pumpkin seeds. Do I need to roast them too? Add some oil? Or give up.
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)."
I have no idea what you are referring to @Hostafan1
I like looking at lambs, but can't eat the stuff. Gies me the dry boak My understanding is that the applications are a very simple formality.
Well, you just made my day, Fairygirl. I can now say I've finally encountered someone in Britain that does not like lamb. We did a 6-weeks driving tour of the isles in 1980 and lamb was the preferred meat served at nearly all of the B&B's we stayed at. Only one served us beef. One lovely B&B even served toast at breakie grilled in lamb fat. I had to smile and say I liked it, to be kind, as the proprietor was sooooooo proud of it he had specifically commented on the rarity at B&B's of grilled toast (in lamb fat). My husband wolfed down my piece when the proprietor stepped out of the room.
I, too, cannot eat lamb. Can't even stand to smell it roasting in the kitchen. I would eat Iranian lamb way back when my father was stationed in Teheran (US Air Force) in 1958, as Iranians butcher lamb under 7-8 months of age and it is very mild tasting that young. But I just cannot eat US, British or New Zealand lamb no matter how much I try (husband loves lamb), as it is butchered older and is just too strong/gamey tasting for me. Also evokes too many olfactory memories of the unrefrigerated meat markets in Teheran and those awful smells of lamb and other meats hanging on a hook out in the open, in their awful heat in summertime. Some memories never go away.
I can imagine @PeggyTX. The smell would be hideous I know someone who farms lamb, and she always says 'it smells the same alive as it does dead'. Quite!
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I love roast lamb - Welsh of course. I really think that people who have worked in this country all their adult lives should be cherished. What a ridiculous situation! Well my little truck has passed another MOT - it will need two new front tyres in the Winter but that’s ok. Just done a full vacuum and clean of upstairs so just having a coffee before I tackle making the bed.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I like looking at lambs, but can't eat the stuff. Gies me the dry boak
My understanding is that the applications are a very simple formality.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Those who are more recent, legal arrivals and who are clearly supporting themselves thru work or pensions should also be welcome and just have minimal formalities to complete. I would also make a case for trafficked people to be able to stay if they wish but that is a whole can of worms with dependents in other countries to consider and also the reasons behind their being trafficked to address both at home in their country of origin.
On a lighter note, can someone please explain why the birds reject my carefully cleaned pumpkin seeds. Do I need to roast them too? Add some oil? Or give up.
I know someone who farms lamb, and she always says 'it smells the same alive as it does dead'. Quite!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I really think that people who have worked in this country all their adult lives should be cherished. What a ridiculous situation!
Well my little truck has passed another MOT - it will need two new front tyres in the Winter but that’s ok.
Just done a full vacuum and clean of upstairs so just having a coffee before I tackle making the bed.
Glad your truck is good. 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.