Afternoon all. I think I need that pina colada @D0rdogne_Damsel. Just picked the car up after its MOT but they didn't touch the clutch as they couldn't really find anything wrong with it. Maybe the plate is a bit loose? they suggested. It was fine when they drove it round here. But - I explained - it wasn't fine when I was in stop-start traffic all around Norwich last week and the clutch kept clunking and I couldn't get it easily into gear. Lots of traffic, lots of roundabouts, lots of traffic lights, creep, creep and problems even getting into gear sometimes. Not the same as round here at all. Maybe it was too hot they suggested. The occupants of the other car that my sister was in had the exact same journey but they didn't have any problems. So I've booked it in to get the loose plate fixed which actually means a whole new clutch. £££ -ouch. But as it stands I don't have the confidence to drive into the city again. Maybe even a bit of birthday cake too @Nanny Beach, if there's any left?
Well, curiosity got the better of me so I popped next door and asked if everything was ok ......... it turns out that she was woken in the night by a clanging sound in the garden ... she looked out of the window and saw a strange man seemingly trying to get in via the metal fence put up by the builders. She opened the window and asked what he wanted but he didn't seem to know ... he then went around the corner and she saw him go down the rear neighbour's side entrance and into his back garden ... she shouted at him that he shouldn't be there and must go ... then he came back around both houses to her front door and started ringing the front doorbell ... she opened the front bedroom window and asked what he wanted and he said he was 'looking for Darren' and 'I work here' ... and kept on ringing the doorbell over and over again ... she kept telling him to leave but he wouldn't so she said she was going to call the police ... by the time she'd found her phone he'd gone ... the police arrived pretty quickly and looked for him but he'd disappeared .... she said he definitely wasn't drunk but did seem 'very confused'. She's put a note through the door of the house behind to let that neighbour know that this bloke had been in his garden.
Well, there we are ... now we know ...
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@AuntyRach when I was at Art School I lived in a dead dodgy area of the city .... OH was doing his MA in Chelsea so I was on my own ... had to call the police several times to trouble in the street or next door ... I learned to make sure the doors and windows were locked then put World Service on the Radio. I survivedÂ
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Can I put in my bid for bravest boy of the day? I have been up ladders fixing leaky gutters. It's odd I have no trouble climbing into the old Bramley to prune it, but the longer I am 27 the less I like going up to do jobs like that. I noticed the facias could do with repainting while I was up there. I think I might be looking for someone else to do it 😄
Afternoon all, Welcome @Ilikeplants. Just got back from Secondborn's house. Spent a few hours looking after the boys as she had to attend a virtual teacher recruitment drive via zoom.  May have had a shower in the night as the pots and veg patch are wet so don't need to water them today Haven't actually witnessed any rain though. I'm feeling quite tired today so I don't plan to do much. @Busy-Lizzie glad you arrived safe and sound. Hate it when things go bump (or clang) in the night. Hubby stopped doing jobs that required ladders a few years ago @Allotment Boy just not worth the risk. @D0rdogne_Damsel not much of a pina colada fan, now if there's a Cosmopolitan going I'm your girl.
Very troubling @Dovefromabove. Sounds like a chancer, but on the other hand it could be someone having some kind of mental problem. I've calmed down a bit on the car front. SIL (from whom I bought the car) came round and we went for a drive. I asked him to pretend we were in stop start traffic which he did but he didn't have any problems apart from making the car judder in moving to 2nd too soon. I think that was my problem - trying to get into 2nd gear too soon and am not used to a turbo-charged car. On my old car I moved out of first asap - I was taught you only use first to get the car started, but on this one you stay in it if you are in traffic. So I'll cancel the garage appt. and save myself some ££££s and just bloody well get used to this car. Feeling the lack of not doing any gardening for a couple of days. Too soggy out there today.
Just made coffee and suggested to OH that we drink it outside on the patio, which is generally too hot on sunny days. So of course the rain started. That’s probably put paid to the bit of gardening I was going to do this afternoon. Lots of tidying up to do, and laundry to deal with, but I really don’t feel like it. Keep thinking it’s Sunday today, and excusing myself for a ‘day of rest’!
You’ll get used to it @didyw  … sons know best in these matters … apparently 😂. I’m having to get used to 6 forward gears for the first time  …, who says you can’t teach an old dog … 😮🤣
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Maybe even a bit of birthday cake too @Nanny Beach, if there's any left?
Well, there we are ... now we know ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Cloudy and much cooler today but quite conducive to gardening. Not sure washing will dry though.Â
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May have had a shower in the night as the pots and veg patch are wet so don't need to water them today Haven't actually witnessed any rain though. I'm feeling quite tired today so I don't plan to do much.
@Busy-Lizzie glad you arrived safe and sound.
Hate it when things go bump (or clang) in the night.
Hubby stopped doing jobs that required ladders a few years ago @Allotment Boy just not worth the risk.
@D0rdogne_Damsel not much of a pina colada fan, now if there's a Cosmopolitan going I'm your girl.
I've calmed down a bit on the car front. SIL (from whom I bought the car) came round and we went for a drive. I asked him to pretend we were in stop start traffic which he did but he didn't have any problems apart from making the car judder in moving to 2nd too soon. I think that was my problem - trying to get into 2nd gear too soon and am not used to a turbo-charged car. On my old car I moved out of first asap - I was taught you only use first to get the car started, but on this one you stay in it if you are in traffic. So I'll cancel the garage appt. and save myself some ££££s and just bloody well get used to this car.
Feeling the lack of not doing any gardening for a couple of days. Too soggy out there today.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.