Hello everyone. Bright and sunny again but still feels like freezing in that breeze. Should feel warmer later tho. H****work till lunchtime for us here then.
Good luck to your OH @Busy-Lizzie. That's at least an 8 hour drive plus pit stops - assuming he steers clear of Paris which always adds an hour or two for traffic - and he should only come across refrigerated lorries tho there are always loads from Spain on that Angoulême to Poitiers stretch for some reason.
Piles of boxes can be daunting @Lizzie27. Hope she can cope OK.
Hugs to all feeling poorly or low, whatever the reason and hope @Hostafan1 is back on parade soon.
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)."
@Obelixx and @Lizzie27, Google Maps says 5h28 to Caen ferry and Via Michelin says 5h40. Goes well to the left of Paris so no need to go anywhere near Paris. We are further west here than where we were before. He shouldn't be too far from Caen now.
The garden beckons!
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
That takes me back ... we used the Caen ferry for visiting Brittany when Wonky and her brother were much much younger. We liked that crossing. As you say ... much more of a rest on the ferry than with Felixstowe -Zeebrugge or Dover - Calais.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Morning all. Lovely sunny day again. Good job it’s not too cold as we woke up to no hot water and no heating. Took ages to get through to British Gas but they are sending out an engineer this afternoon due to Hubby’s heart condition otherwise it would have been 10th March not good when we have a contract with them. Went out in the front garden and the iris in my bulb lasagne have bloomed
When we first moved to Belgium you could get a day return ferry trip from Calais to Dover for about £10 for a car and up to 4 people. I knew one woman who did it every month so she could buy Andrex toilet paper, not realising the same thing was called Scottex in Belgium. She'd also buy thick sliced white bread for her OH's toast and marmalade for breakfast! Came home with a bootful every time.
I went occasionally so I could stock up on paint - a third of the price in the UK - and sometimes books, plants, potting grit and then pop into Sainsbury's and Tesco's wine stores in Calais for Oz and NZ wines. Once - and only once - a pair of friends persuaded me to drive us all to Blue Water. Nightmare.
Right then. Indoor pottering done. Lunch as been had. Time to go and play outside.
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)."
Afternoon all. A lovely sunny day here. My gardening plans are currently on hold, however, as when I put my gloves on I was stung be a bee hiding in the glove 🐝 I don’t think I am a wuss but it was remarkably painful 😣 😳 🤬 It was a bit strange as no stinger could be seen - perhaps I removed it with the glove, but I did see what looked like a bee flying off when OH gave the glove a shake.
Hope you are having better luck with garden jobs than me everyone.
Bless you all for such kind messages. I'm genuinely very touched. 48 hours of IV antibiotics ( gold star to @AuntyRach ) Feeling much better. Stitches to come out tomorrow. Had a call in my absense to have my Covid jab next Sunday and Hubby is having his second on May 1st
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Good luck to your OH @Busy-Lizzie. That's at least an 8 hour drive plus pit stops - assuming he steers clear of Paris which always adds an hour or two for traffic - and he should only come across refrigerated lorries tho there are always loads from Spain on that Angoulême to Poitiers stretch for some reason.
Piles of boxes can be daunting @Lizzie27. Hope she can cope OK.
Hugs to all feeling poorly or low, whatever the reason and hope @Hostafan1 is back on parade soon.
The garden beckons!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I went occasionally so I could stock up on paint - a third of the price in the UK - and sometimes books, plants, potting grit and then pop into Sainsbury's and Tesco's wine stores in Calais for Oz and NZ wines. Once - and only once - a pair of friends persuaded me to drive us all to Blue Water. Nightmare.
Right then. Indoor pottering done. Lunch as been had. Time to go and play outside.
A lovely sunny day here. My gardening plans are currently on hold, however, as when I put my gloves on I was stung be a bee hiding in the glove 🐝
I don’t think I am a wuss but it was remarkably painful 😣 😳 🤬
It was a bit strange as no stinger could be seen - perhaps I removed it with the glove, but I did see what looked like a bee flying off when OH gave the glove a shake.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Bless you all for such kind messages. I'm genuinely very touched.
48 hours of IV antibiotics ( gold star to @AuntyRach )
Feeling much better. Stitches to come out tomorrow.
Had a call in my absense to have my Covid jab next Sunday and Hubby is having his second on May 1st