I can beat that obelixx 12 years ago our last holiday. Too much agro trying to get dogs and garden looked after. Hate flying am bad at traveling full stop.ironically,I married a bloke with Agoraphobia, xenophobia, sociaphobia,going away was a nightmare. After being in 3 entrapments,I hate going out in a car,we do go out locally,but every journey if I'm not driving,it's a white knuckle ride
Well done @tui34. I have still not made it out into the garden except to go and see my girls. It's amazing how much faffing there is cleaning mirrors and their frames to go back on the wall and polishing up all the newly oiled wood and moving stuff around so I can hide a hifi in the sideboard cos I want it handy but not on show as I'm the only one who'll ever use it ! Still have the window to clean and all the glass doors in the cabinets but that can wait.
It's sunny and hot so I shall have a break and go and water all my pots in the veggie plot and pot up my new LIDL lilies and cannas.
OH is trundling around on his mower, no doubt with the blades far too low but he won't listen and then he'll be moaning this evening cos things have moved again.
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)."
Still cool here but not as cold as it has been - I've only got one jumper on, so we'll call that a win. Tomatoes are veerrrry sloooowwly ripening. Just hoping they don't get the blight that seems rife this season before a few more 'turn'.
Last time we went out of the UK for a holiday was 2007 - we drove to the south of France. Last time I was on a plane was actually 2009 but that was work. Last holiday flight was 2005 (Italy). I hate planes, I hate airports, the whole charade just makes me want to scream. And now that eating in restaurants has become really stressful for us both, there's just not much point. We haven't really had a holiday since the French trip but we love the place we live so we can't convince ourselves to spend our limited money on being less comfortable than we are here. We've had short trips away, city breaks and the like (although not since Covid) but we won't leave our dogs in kennels so can only go to self catering places that accept two large dogs, which limits the options a lot. It's just more complicated and stressful than the returns warrant. So we don't do it much and haven't really missed it during the pandemic.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
That Judith person promised we’d all have jet packs by now, didn’t she?
Goodness me, isn’t having fun exhausting ?! I must be out of practice 🙄 must try harder 🤣 it was lovely to meet up with old friends and new 😊 lovely to see the rose gardens, and reassuring to see that not only do they have as many weeds as I do, but theirs are bigger and more pernicious 🤪
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
That Judith person promised we’d all have jet packs by now, didn’t she?
Goodness me, isn’t having fun exhausting ?! I must be out of practice 🙄 must try harder 🤣 it was lovely to meet up with old friends and new 😊 lovely to see the rose gardens, and reassuring to see that not only do they have as many weeds as I do, but theirs are bigger and more pernicious 🤪
I'm glad you all had a lovely time. Did your lovely OH go too ?
No @Hostafan1 he stayed home … there was a chance he might have had to go into work but that didn’t happen. When I got home everywhere had been vacuumed and all the windows had been cleaned and the washing was off the line and folded. ❤️
I might get into the habit of going out 😉
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
So glad you had a lovely time @Dovefromabove meeting up with the other Forkers, it's so good to keep in touch. My excitement was a trip to the hospital for an ENT appointment. Covid passes were scanned and hands sanitized. A lovely young Dr took one look up my nose with an endoscope and declared it was too fragile inside for cauterization for my nosebleeds so will have to use ointment - the same one as my GP gave me a few months ago, so that was all really a waste of time I think, although he did say that if they persist they will consider Cautery! Just opening shutters and windows but there is no cool air.
It was so lovely to meet my fellow Forkers today! We were blessed with the sunshine and a gentle stroll around the beautiful gardens at Peter Beales roses (and we admired a magnificent burdock in one of the beds!) before a pleasant lunch. None of us was tempted by the plants though - hmm, must try harder next time!
Hi folks, glad you enjoyed your outing Dove, Busy-Lizzie and Didyw. I went out as well to meet an old school friend for lunch in a country pub to celebrate our belated July birthdays. We haven't seen each other for a year, so a lot to catch up on. I had a very nice warm chicken and bacon salad whilst my friend opted for a liver and mash main meal. She lives alone so enjoys not having to cook sometimes. I can't stand liver, not even the sight of it so was glad she was the other end of the table. We were too full up for a dessert. The traffic in Bath was appalling and I had to drive right round what is laughingly called the 'ring road'. One of the main bridges on the A36 is closed for months for repairs so its causing chaos. To cap it all I got to the bottom of a very long and steep hill only to find a tractor and trailer in front of me. Then there were temporary traffic lights half way so we all ground to a halt, eventually cleared those and then found somebody had shunted another car around the corner on the down carriageway. More queueing. The joys of motoring. We don't go abroad any more either. Like Hosta and others, can't stand airports. OH goes to Holland on the ferry with a friend in an Austin but I ducked out of that several years ago. It involved 7 hours drive up to Harwich, a 6 hr overnight crossing, then 5 hrs the over side - no thanks, not my idea of fun any more. Fortunately OH has already visited most parts of the world so I don't need to.
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It's sunny and hot so I shall have a break and go and water all my pots in the veggie plot and pot up my new LIDL lilies and cannas.
OH is trundling around on his mower, no doubt with the blades far too low but he won't listen and then he'll be moaning this evening cos things have moved again.
Still cool here but not as cold as it has been - I've only got one jumper on, so we'll call that a win. Tomatoes are veerrrry sloooowwly ripening. Just hoping they don't get the blight that seems rife this season before a few more 'turn'.
Last time we went out of the UK for a holiday was 2007 - we drove to the south of France. Last time I was on a plane was actually 2009 but that was work. Last holiday flight was 2005 (Italy). I hate planes, I hate airports, the whole charade just makes me want to scream. And now that eating in restaurants has become really stressful for us both, there's just not much point. We haven't really had a holiday since the French trip but we love the place we live so we can't convince ourselves to spend our limited money on being less comfortable than we are here. We've had short trips away, city breaks and the like (although not since Covid) but we won't leave our dogs in kennels so can only go to self catering places that accept two large dogs, which limits the options a lot. It's just more complicated and stressful than the returns warrant. So we don't do it much and haven't really missed it during the pandemic.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I think I might until teleporting becomes a reality
Goodness me, isn’t having fun exhausting ?! I must be out of practice 🙄 must try harder 🤣
it was lovely to meet up with old friends and new 😊 lovely to see the rose gardens, and reassuring to see that not only do they have as many weeds as I do, but theirs are bigger and more pernicious 🤪
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
My excitement was a trip to the hospital for an ENT appointment. Covid passes were scanned and hands sanitized. A lovely young Dr took one look up my nose with an endoscope and declared it was too fragile inside for cauterization for my nosebleeds so will have to use ointment - the same one as my GP gave me a few months ago, so that was all really a waste of time I think, although he did say that if they persist they will consider Cautery!
Just opening shutters and windows but there is no cool air.
glad you enjoyed your outing Dove, Busy-Lizzie and Didyw.
I went out as well to meet an old school friend for lunch in a country pub to celebrate our belated July birthdays. We haven't seen each other for a year, so a lot to catch up on. I had a very nice warm chicken and bacon salad whilst my friend opted for a liver and mash main meal. She lives alone so enjoys not having to cook sometimes. I can't stand liver, not even the sight of it so was glad she was the other end of the table. We were too full up for a dessert.
The traffic in Bath was appalling and I had to drive right round what is laughingly called the 'ring road'. One of the main bridges on the A36 is closed for months for repairs so its causing chaos. To cap it all I got to the bottom of a very long and steep hill only to find a tractor and trailer in front of me. Then there were temporary traffic lights half way so we all ground to a halt, eventually cleared those and then found somebody had shunted another car around the corner on the down carriageway. More queueing. The joys of motoring.
We don't go abroad any more either. Like Hosta and others, can't stand airports. OH goes to Holland on the ferry with a friend in an Austin but I ducked out of that several years ago. It involved 7 hours drive up to Harwich, a 6 hr overnight crossing, then 5 hrs the over side - no thanks, not my idea of fun any more. Fortunately OH has already visited most parts of the world so I don't need to.