Hello all. Just back from the vet, with grumpy cat trying to escape any way she can from the Cone of Shame...
Mongrel accent here too. Born just north of London, brought up in Hertfordshire and Germany. Spent well over half my life in the north, having married a Bradfordian. Years in Northumberland added some useful local words like "spuggy" and "clarty". Then a long time in Todmorden on the Yorks/Lancs border... there seem to be a lot of us about. And now in Ireland, where I'm learning to describe the weather as "soft" or "grand", and to end a sentence with "so".
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
@Liriodendron- we have the saying 'a clarty gannet' - meaning a greedy b*gger. Not sure if that's just a Scottish phrase though. I love the way Irish people use the word 'grand'. Something very gentle about it. He's basically as thick as sh**e @punkdoc, but I'm very fond of him, and thought it could be interesting. He's not as bold as the others, but when they see me coming now, they scarper. I see the other neighbour across the road has filled his feeders, so they'll be off over there stuffing their beaks with the poor quality grub
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Yes, I think of clarty as meaning sticky, claggy, muddy ground.
Impressive cakes but I do prefer mine to be a good, moist cake and a simple cream or ganache. Not into "creations".
@D0rdogne_Damsel - trim your sails to suit your cloth - or Covid reality. Change your opening hours! Cut out evenings if you're getting few clients and maybe open later in the morning. Passing and seasonal trade from holiday makers has to have slowed down so that leaves local residents, whether Brit, French or other and they can be less spontaneous. Encourage people to book in advance for midday, tea etc so you can plan staffing levels and then you won't be paying staff to sit around doing nothing or all running round like headless chooks.
Diet is the 5:2 so Tuesdays and Thursdays maximum 800 calories. The other days I try and stick to 1800 calories including a glass or two of wine at weekends so lots of fish and vegetables and no cake. The BBC Good Food site gives calorie content for every recipe and has been a great resource.
I left the house at 9am to get to Olonne and have spent all day teaching a Quilt As You Go workshop to 23 ladies followed by mosaic class so home late at 20:30. Possum cooked dinner. Snuggled up on sofa now watching the quizzes on Beeb2. probably and early night.
@Fairygirl I fear training Dave may be a long project.
@Lizzie - she's hiding something I reckon. Hope you get her sorted.
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)."
Thank you for all the support/well wishes and advice. all welcome and appreciated. If only it was that simple @Obelixx....I'm not entirely sure it is all Covid related, we were full this afternoon for tea and cakes, but well after 4pm,had a few in for lunch and also a few for early breakfast/teas and teacakes....everyday is different, hard to decide which is quietest and why? Weather/money/covid....who knows. If they were really scared of Covid they wouldn't come at all. Rainy days can often be busier than sunny ones....Monday was busier than Saturday??? Maybe just a bad week? This year has certainly been very tricky for everyone.
I hope your daughter is ok @Lizzie27, seems a little odd, hopefully a relaxing dinner will reveal more.
Poor cat @Liriodendron, and gosh you squeezed a lot of addresses into 27 years.
Good luck with Dave @Fairygirl, he seems to be learning something though.....
Gardening day tomorrow, determined to make a difference.
Goodnight all.
“Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
Had a lovely walk with sisters - they’ve installed a new rock at the top @steephill , don’t know if you’ve seen it? Its inscribed with Tennyson’s words:
You came and looked and loved the view Long known and loved by me Green Sussex fading into blue With one gray glimpse of sea
We saw the sea today, but only knew it because we could see the windmills.
This is the view on a summers day .....so you can see what he means about green fading into blue 💚💙
Looks lovely @chicky. So pleased you can enjoy these walks en famille.
@D0rdogne_Damsel - places here have limited their opening hours. So can you. If you open, say, at 10am people can have coffee and a croissant or cake or a full English brunch. If you say you're closing at 6pm, it will concentrate customers at lunchtime and for tea. From the sound of it they don't have anywhere else to go near you so you have a captive market or potential clients.
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)."
No, I haven't seen the new rock yet but that is a good excuse to get back up there. Here's a winter photo I took a couple of years ago which seems to match the words a little.
It is a fair old trek to the sea from there though.
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Mongrel accent here too. Born just north of London, brought up in Hertfordshire and Germany. Spent well over half my life in the north, having married a Bradfordian. Years in Northumberland added some useful local words like "spuggy" and "clarty". Then a long time in Todmorden on the Yorks/Lancs border... there seem to be a lot of us about. And now in Ireland, where I'm learning to describe the weather as "soft" or "grand", and to end a sentence with "so".
I love the way Irish people use the word 'grand'. Something very gentle about it.
He's basically as thick as sh**e @punkdoc, but I'm very fond of him, and thought it could be interesting. He's not as bold as the others, but when they see me coming now, they scarper. I see the other neighbour across the road has filled his feeders, so they'll be off over there stuffing their beaks with the poor quality grub
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Impressive cakes but I do prefer mine to be a good, moist cake and a simple cream or ganache. Not into "creations".
@D0rdogne_Damsel - trim your sails to suit your cloth - or Covid reality. Change your opening hours! Cut out evenings if you're getting few clients and maybe open later in the morning. Passing and seasonal trade from holiday makers has to have slowed down so that leaves local residents, whether Brit, French or other and they can be less spontaneous. Encourage people to book in advance for midday, tea etc so you can plan staffing levels and then you won't be paying staff to sit around doing nothing or all running round like headless chooks.
Diet is the 5:2 so Tuesdays and Thursdays maximum 800 calories. The other days I try and stick to 1800 calories including a glass or two of wine at weekends so lots of fish and vegetables and no cake. The BBC Good Food site gives calorie content for every recipe and has been a great resource.
I left the house at 9am to get to Olonne and have spent all day teaching a Quilt As You Go workshop to 23 ladies followed by mosaic class so home late at 20:30. Possum cooked dinner. Snuggled up on sofa now watching the quizzes on Beeb2. probably and early night.
@Fairygirl I fear training Dave may be a long project.
@Lizzie - she's hiding something I reckon. Hope you get her sorted.
Thank you for all the support/well wishes and advice. all welcome and appreciated.
If only it was that simple @Obelixx....I'm not entirely sure it is all Covid related, we were full this afternoon for tea and cakes, but well after 4pm,had a few in for lunch and also a few for early breakfast/teas and teacakes....everyday is different, hard to decide which is quietest and why? Weather/money/covid....who knows. If they were really scared of Covid they wouldn't come at all. Rainy days can often be busier than sunny ones....Monday was busier than Saturday??? Maybe just a bad week? This year has certainly been very tricky for everyone.
I hope your daughter is ok @Lizzie27, seems a little odd, hopefully a relaxing dinner will reveal more.
Poor cat @Liriodendron, and gosh you squeezed a lot of addresses into 27 years.
Good luck with Dave @Fairygirl, he seems to be learning something though.....
Gardening day tomorrow, determined to make a difference.
Goodnight all.
Long known and loved by me
Green Sussex fading into blue
With one gray glimpse of sea
We saw the sea today, but only knew it because we could see the windmills.
This is the view on a summers day .....so you can see what he means about green fading into blue 💚💙
@D0rdogne_Damsel - places here have limited their opening hours. So can you. If you open, say, at 10am people can have coffee and a croissant or cake or a full English brunch. If you say you're closing at 6pm, it will concentrate customers at lunchtime and for tea. From the sound of it they don't have anywhere else to go near you so you have a captive market or potential clients.