I played hockey, very badly, at school - still have a dent in my shin bone to prove it. We also played lacrosse, but that proved completely impossible for someone like me, who, in addition to no ball sense, was too short to capture the ball...
My experience of drop scones, @Dovefromabove, is little round flat things, smooth on both sides. Pikelets (in the Yorkshire sense) must have one spongey side, like a crumpet, to absorb the cheese or syrup or whatever. Have I got it wrong?
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Gosh, you all have been busy. I was emailed yesterday by our broadband provider to say that we were just about to exceed our allowance so spent much of the morning researching which of their more up to date packages were suitable for us. The new one is a couple of quid cheaper (I think!) for unlimited broadband. We managed to gallop down to the local newsagents and back before the bad weather let rip- it's been horrible most of the day. In the absence of gardening and at OH's pleading, I've made another apple cake, this time with sultanas and more cinnamon - very moreish but not good for the waistline methinks. I also made a crumble mixture to freeze so that I can use up all last year's soft fruit from the freezer. Hope everyone's keeping safe, away from high winds and floods.
That weather report looked horrific. I'm flying to Stansted on Tuesday, I hope the weather will have settled down by then. It's been raining hard here today, again.
I was terrified playing hockey at school after I had a hockey stick shaped bruise on my thigh.
This afternoon I went to see a friend who fell off her bike and broke her seat bones. She's in bed at home, can't walk. Ouch!
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Evening. The horrible weather hasn’t stopped people letting off fireworks I notice 🙄 Re hockey - that’s a guaranteed trip to A&E during P.E. lessons! I was a netball girl. Had a few bloody noses mind (mine and their’s). Just tidied the lounge ready for Strictly watching. Hope everyone cosy this evening (people and pets).
At school when they picked the football team, I just went and sat by the hot air outlet from the boiler room. There were always about 5 more than they needed for two teams. Being " on the big side" I was always popular at rugby. Our rubgy pitch waows at the lowest point of the grounds and all the pipes seemed to run under it so it was often flooded and therefore out of bounds. As the youngest boy in our family , and my siblings all had asthma , I just said I did too and was excused cross country when we should have had rugby. I enjoyed swimming though.
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My experience of drop scones, @Dovefromabove, is little round flat things, smooth on both sides. Pikelets (in the Yorkshire sense) must have one spongey side, like a crumpet, to absorb the cheese or syrup or whatever. Have I got it wrong?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We managed to gallop down to the local newsagents and back before the bad weather let rip- it's been horrible most of the day. In the absence of gardening and at OH's pleading, I've made another apple cake, this time with sultanas and more cinnamon - very moreish but not good for the waistline methinks. I also made a crumble mixture to freeze so that I can use up all last year's soft fruit from the freezer.
Hope everyone's keeping safe, away from high winds and floods.
I was terrified playing hockey at school after I had a hockey stick shaped bruise on my thigh.
This afternoon I went to see a friend who fell off her bike and broke her seat bones. She's in bed at home, can't walk. Ouch!
The horrible weather hasn’t stopped people letting off fireworks I notice 🙄
Re hockey - that’s a guaranteed trip to A&E during P.E. lessons! I was a netball girl. Had a few bloody noses mind (mine and their’s).
Just tidied the lounge ready for Strictly watching. Hope everyone cosy this evening (people and pets).
Being " on the big side" I was always popular at rugby. Our rubgy pitch waows at the lowest point of the grounds and all the pipes seemed to run under it so it was often flooded and therefore out of bounds.
As the youngest boy in our family , and my siblings all had asthma , I just said I did too and was excused cross country when we should have had rugby. I enjoyed swimming though.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.