Just catching up as went into town for a much needed haircut while we still can. Also treated myself to coffee and cake in M & S and bought some stuff there with a gift card I had. Saw lots of empty shops though which isn't good including a very long established furniture shop that's been in Bath as long as I can remember. Wish we had a beach like that near us Obelixx but we are as far as one can get from the sea here (we don't count the Bristol Channel).
A house clearance man came today to see what I need to get rid of. I have a walnut and black lacquer coffee table and a smoked glass and chrome dining table that were very expensive from Heal's in the 70s. He says they are out of fashion and he would have a job to sell them in his antique shop. His quote for clearing all the bric-a-brac was a lot more than hiring a skip. So that came to nothing. I will hire a skip when OH gets back and when the weather forecast is better - if ever.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Do you have second-hand shops in your area, @Busy-Lizzie? In Britain furniture in good condition will be collected by some charity shops for sale or redistribution to those in need.
Just back from the greengrocers. He sells really tasty Irish cox apples and we were completely out, so I waited until the rain had stopped before walking up to the village. Of course, the heavens opened again before I'd finished, but a cup of tea has just gone down well.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
No charity shops selling furniture around here @Liriodendron, but there are 2nd hand shops, like furniture warehouses. Don't know how I'd get my things to them.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Just a quick pop in, busy getting last minute paperwork done before we go on our hols on Thursday. A new freezer being delivered tomorrow too, so I want it all sorted before I go, hopefully everyone will be able to find stuff now we have more space.
One of my staff has just had a call from the UK too, her father is probably not going to last the night....poor girl can't even get there and I have had to re jig the rotas to give her some time to sort herself out, so awful for her and of course a last minute stress for me before I go away, half term week as well. This is the problem of cutting staff right back, if there is an emergency of some kind there just isn't the back up. What a tricky year it has been for everyone. I have had several staff in tears this week, all missing hugs from their children. Ryanair have cancelled all flights to France until March apparently, well certainly this area. So many repercussions of this dreadful disease.
Just wanted to wish @Hostafan1 well with the operation, hope it fixes all ails.
Looking forward to some sea air and a chance to breath easily.
@Busy-Lizzie downsizing isn't easy, such a shame to have to dump perfectly good things.
Big hugs to everyone.
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Do you not have an Emmaus in Périgueux @Busy-Lizzie or maybe a Red Cross? Or maybe advertise a garage sale to see if you can get stuff taken away? Advertise stuff on Le Bon Coin? I sold the old cooker from here doing that and found an old wardrobe of the right dimensions for an alcove in one of our bedrooms.
I have finally found a roof man to come and look at our disastrous barns - 24/11! Then another chap called and says he only does tiled roofs but he's coming to look at the broken bits on ours tomorrow and has given me the names of a couple of people who do corrugated tin roofing but I suspect they'll be modern chaps using metal frames.
Just about to get a decaf and curl up to watch the Bake Off.
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im off to bed. Night all.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Wish we had a beach like that near us Obelixx but we are as far as one can get from the sea here (we don't count the Bristol Channel).
Hope Hosta's op goes well.
Just back from the greengrocers. He sells really tasty Irish cox apples and we were completely out, so I waited until the rain had stopped before walking up to the village. Of course, the heavens opened again before I'd finished, but a cup of tea has just gone down well.
such great music guitar 🎸 🎶
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Just a quick pop in, busy getting last minute paperwork done before we go on our hols on Thursday. A new freezer being delivered tomorrow too, so I want it all sorted before I go, hopefully everyone will be able to find stuff now we have more space.
One of my staff has just had a call from the UK too, her father is probably not going to last the night....poor girl can't even get there and I have had to re jig the rotas to give her some time to sort herself out, so awful for her and of course a last minute stress for me before I go away, half term week as well. This is the problem of cutting staff right back, if there is an emergency of some kind there just isn't the back up. What a tricky year it has been for everyone. I have had several staff in tears this week, all missing hugs from their children. Ryanair have cancelled all flights to France until March apparently, well certainly this area. So many repercussions of this dreadful disease.
Just wanted to wish @Hostafan1 well with the operation, hope it fixes all ails.
Looking forward to some sea air and a chance to breath easily.
@Busy-Lizzie downsizing isn't easy, such a shame to have to dump perfectly good things.
Big hugs to everyone.
I have finally found a roof man to come and look at our disastrous barns - 24/11! Then another chap called and says he only does tiled roofs but he's coming to look at the broken bits on ours tomorrow and has given me the names of a couple of people who do corrugated tin roofing but I suspect they'll be modern chaps using metal frames.
Just about to get a decaf and curl up to watch the Bake Off.