Morning Dove, morning those to come. Another rubbish nights sleep and steady rain due until late afternoon. I'm due to be working outside in Felixstowe with the remains of a cold!
Morning all. Wrap up warm Wonky. Back is much better, thanks, but I have arthritis in the lower spine so it does play up when I do more than I should. Raining so a day for HW.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Hello all. After several days of moving money from various bank accounts, we have now managed to help our son get a replacement car after his was written off by huge hailstones. We are both worn out, but hopefully will be able to relax now. His Replacement car is an Audi. He drove it home from here today and said it drove well. 👏. Phew!
In bed now, so night, night all. Will try to catch up tomorrow.
Didn't your son get anything from the Insurance @Pat E ? Haven't started the HW yet, been out. Load of chores like taking the rubbish down to the village bins, collecting the rest of Hannah's antibiotics from the vet, posting letters, buying petrol for the car and gas for the kitchen heater.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
In our experience car insurance covers the market value of the lost car, not the cost of replacing it and the market value is less than the value to us of having a car we've known from day 1 and kept well maintained and serviced.
Bit exciting out there at the mo so no gardening planned other than putting pots back the right way up and checking to see if my small heated propagator is working so I can sow chilies. nearly got blown away at the SM today and a while row of supposedly sheltered Japanese maples in pots blown over when we got back.
Off out again after lunch to fetch a spare gas bottle for the cooker and maybe some veggie plugs if they have anything good. Places rather a large order with Chiltern seeds yesterday for things like cavolo nero, purple sprouting, oriental veggies and chilies I can't find here as well as dahlia Bishop's Children and some fancy nigella.
It must be desperate for people along the Severn watching water levels creep up and finally overwhelm the defenses. Same for anyone else whose home or business has been flooded in these storms. I hope they get the help they need to rebuild their lives and homes.
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)."
The insurance money hasn’t come through yet, Buzyl. They made him hand over the damaged car but he has to manage for 3 weeks without wheels before they pay him. Not good from where he lives to Uni.
Now I really do have to get some sleep. Night again. 😴
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Hope a good night’s sleep has eased the aching back @Busy-Lizzie 🤗
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Another rubbish nights sleep and steady rain due until late afternoon. I'm due to be working outside in Felixstowe with the remains of a cold!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Wrap up warm Wonky.
Back is much better, thanks, but I have arthritis in the lower spine so it does play up when I do more than I should.
Raining so a day for HW.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Haven't started the HW yet, been out. Load of chores like taking the rubbish down to the village bins, collecting the rest of Hannah's antibiotics from the vet, posting letters, buying petrol for the car and gas for the kitchen heater.
Bit exciting out there at the mo so no gardening planned other than putting pots back the right way up and checking to see if my small heated propagator is working so I can sow chilies. nearly got blown away at the SM today and a while row of supposedly sheltered Japanese maples in pots blown over when we got back.
Off out again after lunch to fetch a spare gas bottle for the cooker and maybe some veggie plugs if they have anything good. Places rather a large order with Chiltern seeds yesterday for things like cavolo nero, purple sprouting, oriental veggies and chilies I can't find here as well as dahlia Bishop's Children and some fancy nigella.
It must be desperate for people along the Severn watching water levels creep up and finally overwhelm the defenses. Same for anyone else whose home or business has been flooded in these storms. I hope they get the help they need to rebuild their lives and homes.