We've been to Leclerc too but had an entertaining journey there after first dropping off OH's big petrol strimmer for a service. Having delivered the beast we then found ourselves behind a very wide catamaran going along on the
back of a lorry with a specially adapted trailer. Yellow warning/escort van in front and another behind
plus a policeman on a motor bike because the catamaran is as wide as the two
lane road! The road goes through fields and little villages so has
central islands, street lights, signposts, houses and shop up to the
pavement. Very entertaining watching the lorry weaving about on the wrong
side or straight over the islands while policeyman rolled along on the wrong
side shoving oncoming traffic onto pavements and verges and the yellow van
behind swerved from left to right, presumably communicating by radio the
catamaran’s streetlight and house clearances – just cms sometimes.
Yikes!. Can’t imagine who thinks it’s sensible to construct such a
thing inland and then drive it to the coast nor how much it cost for the
special trailer, the two vans, the policeman and insurance.
All this left OH feeling sea sick. Honestly! I've had to give him tomato orange and ginger soup for a late lunch to calm his tum.
Get well soon @WonkyWomble. Hope you get some more rain @Pat E tho nice and steady rather than biblical. It'll soon be over @Liriodendron and worth all the mess.
Batten down your hatches everyone in the path of Dennis.
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 was a bit confused by @Lyn's post too. The link is to a Hello Forkers that dates from 2015.
Sun came out this afternoon. I have severely pruned Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Falstaff, climbers in pots. I will be giving all my roses in pots to my daughters as I won't be able to water them when OH has his hip replacement. I have to get the climbers into bags into the car, though it is an estate car.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Hi everyone and especially Wonky after not "seeing" you so long. Just our luck at long last we are getting a new CH boiler next week just as the weather has turned colder & wetter again, trouble is it's not a straight swop as the new one won't go where the old one was so it's a much bigger job than it would otherwise have been. They have to change the hot water tank too as the old one is corroding so if you notice a smell on the landing next week sorry but it's me!
Home from a lovely day spent with dear friend ... pub lunch (pear, walnut and blue cheese salad with bramble vinaigrette) ... we used to put the world to rights when we met up ... however on this occasion we decided we didn’t have sufficient energy so decided to ignore all the attention-seeking behaviour going on in the world at the moment.
It was a very sensible decision ... we had a lovely day 😊 👍
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It was a lovely bright but chilly day today. Nice to be home even if its cuz of lurgy! Thought some sun would do me good so wrapped up and looked round the garden. My pergola was leaning to such a wonky state that I didn't think it would survive a storm tomorrow so I used ever bit if stubbornness I had to drag the cast iron bench in front of it as a support. Sat on it exhausted and couldn't figure out why I hadn't put it thee before! Lovely spot watching the birds on the feeders and by the pond. I took the glass to the bottle bank as its always busy at weekends, but other than that I rested! Steak dinner for Valentine but that's as far as we go.
Lirio, very inventive of the builders to hide your pipes in the cupboards!! Sounds quite an ordeal but will be a lovely new home when its all done I hope you don't plan your boiler exchange for a cold snap allotmentboy! Fingers crossed! We live for electric blankets this time of year!! BusyL, very pleased to hear that your healing so quickly! Obelixx, I can picture your journey from your description! We often have massive yachts driven through Ipswich, built somewhere near and floated at the dockside I assume, causes chaos with the traffic! Dove, sounds like a lovely day and I don't think there IS any sorting the world out that would work at this point so probably best to have a lovely day ignoring it instead! Time to get dinner on!
Evening. Very pleased it is Friday here, although another wash-out weekend ahead. Doing steak and chips for tea (see curmudgeon thread for more about that!). Hope you are all ok - particularly the poorlies.
Steak here too AuntyRach but being one of the poorlies, I've let sainsburys do the dauphinoise potatoes and a large helping of buttery spring greens is all I have to prep. Hope you enjoy yours!
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I hope you are better soon @WonkyWomble At least it means we'll hear from you more as you won't be so busy! So long as you are well enough.
Glad you have a sense of humour @Liriodendron sounds as though you need it with all that going on!
Been to the Doc. Wound is healing, stitches to come out on Tuesday.
Went to Leclerc SM for bread, milk and veg.
Anyway, night all.
All this left OH feeling sea sick. Honestly! I've had to give him tomato orange and ginger soup for a late lunch to calm his tum.
Get well soon @WonkyWomble. Hope you get some more rain @Pat E tho nice and steady rather than biblical. It'll soon be over @Liriodendron and worth all the mess.
Batten down your hatches everyone in the path of Dennis.
Sun came out this afternoon. I have severely pruned Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Falstaff, climbers in pots. I will be giving all my roses in pots to my daughters as I won't be able to water them when OH has his hip replacement. I have to get the climbers into bags into the car, though it is an estate car.
Just our luck at long last we are getting a new CH boiler next week just as the weather has turned colder & wetter again, trouble is it's not a straight swop as the new one won't go where the old one was so it's a much bigger job than it would otherwise have been. They have to change the hot water tank too as the old one is corroding so if you notice a smell on the landing next week sorry but it's me!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It was a lovely bright but chilly day today. Nice to be home even if its cuz of lurgy!
Thought some sun would do me good so wrapped up and looked round the garden. My pergola was leaning to such a wonky state that I didn't think it would survive a storm tomorrow so I used ever bit if stubbornness I had to drag the cast iron bench in front of it as a support. Sat on it exhausted and couldn't figure out why I hadn't put it thee before! Lovely spot watching the birds on the feeders and by the pond. I took the glass to the bottle bank as its always busy at weekends, but other than that I rested! Steak dinner for Valentine but that's as far as we go.
Lirio, very inventive of the builders to hide your pipes in the cupboards!! Sounds quite an ordeal but will be a lovely new home when its all done
I hope you don't plan your boiler exchange for a cold snap allotmentboy! Fingers crossed! We live for electric blankets this time of year!!
BusyL, very pleased to hear that your healing so quickly!
Obelixx, I can picture your journey from your description! We often have massive yachts driven through Ipswich, built somewhere near and floated at the dockside I assume, causes chaos with the traffic!
Dove, sounds like a lovely day and I don't think there IS any sorting the world out that would work at this point so probably best to have a lovely day ignoring it instead!
Time to get dinner on!
Hope you are all ok - particularly the poorlies.