Very mixed days here, weather wise and trade wise, nothing settled, although a definite surge in British visitors.
I'm collecting new glasses today (at great expense) my mutual won't pay out because it's less than 2 years since my last new ones, my prescription has changed dramatically, but they won't have it. I am a little cross and frustrated to say the least, but I can't wait another 3 months, I'm really struggling to read and do work on the computer. Thinking about buying bulbs in my 'wishlist' at Farmer Gracy's, but so many summer flowers are still going it seems a shame to start digging around them and ideally I want to add a while pile of compost/manure before the bulbs and new roses go in.....
Anyway, my little break is over, glad to read everyone is ok, good luck @punkdoc, hugs @Hostafan1, hope your 1st day at school goes well @chicky, good news re girls employment, hope they enjoy too. Not long for hols @Dovefromabove, right really must go, best wishes to all. 😁
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@D0rdogne_Damsel I'm surprised about the glasses dilemma with your private insurance. If the prescription has changed, they should reimburse. Check the small print again - it could be useful. Just a suggestion.
Good morning all. Good luck @chicky, what's the new course and where?
It’s the RHS Level 2 Practical course (to complement the Principles course I did last year). Going to Sparsholt college this time for various reasons - Merrist Wood made a hash of my application and messed me around big time, and Sparsholt do the same course in 6 months as opposed to a year (longer days). So I’ll be done by end of January which means that if the world ever opens back up then I’ll be able to jump on a plane without worrying about missing a college day.
Anyway here now (first hurdle over - I actually found the right car park). Now it’s time to take my packed lunch and go find the classroom 😀
I did my Garden Design courses at Sparsholt, ( almost 30 years ago )
Well, that's been a busy morning ... two loads of washing, one big pot of leek and potato soup for OH's lunch flasks and some for me too, two small malted granary loaves and a bacon, egg and tomato pie made for supper (begining to use stuff up pre-holiday). I also told someone making 'one of those insulation calls to p off' and had an email exchange with DS about a holder for my new iphone to fix on the dashboard, which has been ordered.
Oh, and I washed the kitchen floor.😇
I'm getting a new (to me) iPhone because just before we went to MIL's I was attempting to charge up the Garmin Sat Nav so that we could update it for our holiday trip ... but it seems that the battery in it has died. The car doesn't have a built in one so, having consulted DS who knows about such things, I am getting a new(er) iPhone with a larger screen than the one I have, and will use Google maps ... I hadn't planned on getting used to a new system actually on a long journey, but hey ho ... needs must when the Devil drives (appropriate eh?) and all that ... DS has sourced a refurbished phone for me and is bringing it tomorrow ... £140 ish which is the same as a new Sat Nav so it's as broad as it's long (well broader actually, with the bigger screen ... I'm obviously on form today 🤣
Now I'll have a quick lunch then wind some yarn from the hank so I can do some knitting this afternoon .........
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I hope your google maps don't want to take you down a busy one way road like ours did in Toulouse a few weeks ago...... very embarrassing to say the least @Dovefromabove
@floralies I once had a SatNav that suggested we should drive down some steps to a harbour in Devon ... the next one I got had more options so I could choose the type of route ... I'm hoping there are ways to set some parameters on Google Maps ... I've found that the 'Shortest Route' option is usually the one that leads to tricky scenarios.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dentist done and dusted. Back in a month to check all is OK. Thence to SM for a loo break as the dentists' one is off limits during Covid and I needed a new mouthwash too. Found baked beans at 1€15 which is cheaper than usual and 2 lonely monarda looking parched on a shelf. Went back to the loos to give them a drink to keep them going while I ran errands.
I know it's early for the C word but I needed to go and buy felt to make a C stocking as a model for December's crafty Xmas workshops. Not just patchwork needed.
Got home to find Possum very pleased with herself. The chooks took several weeks off from egg laying to renew their feathers. All done and looking bonny again but only sporadic eggs. One or two a day. Today, after letting them out of their pen at midday so they could play in the potager she heard a great clucking from Polly escapologist who was already round the back of the polytunnel and laying an egg in the compost heap.
20 more eggs in there too!
All now dunked in a bucket of water to check for freshness and all OK. Monardas dunked too but in the big water trough down the garden.
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)."
@Dovefromabove I think the problem is that roads get turned into one way routes and Google don't know. We were following a main route and could have caused a very nasty accident. I don't know how these Apps get over this, perhaps someone can explain?
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Very mixed days here, weather wise and trade wise, nothing settled, although a definite surge in British visitors.
I'm collecting new glasses today (at great expense) my mutual won't pay out because it's less than 2 years since my last new ones, my prescription has changed dramatically, but they won't have it. I am a little cross and frustrated to say the least, but I can't wait another 3 months, I'm really struggling to read and do work on the computer.
Thinking about buying bulbs in my 'wishlist' at Farmer Gracy's, but so many summer flowers are still going it seems a shame to start digging around them and ideally I want to add a while pile of compost/manure before the bulbs and new roses go in.....
Anyway, my little break is over, glad to read everyone is ok, good luck @punkdoc, hugs @Hostafan1, hope your 1st day at school goes well @chicky, good news re girls employment, hope they enjoy too. Not long for hols @Dovefromabove, right really must go, best wishes to all. 😁
Oh, and I washed the kitchen floor.😇
I'm getting a new (to me) iPhone because just before we went to MIL's I was attempting to charge up the Garmin Sat Nav so that we could update it for our holiday trip ... but it seems that the battery in it has died. The car doesn't have a built in one so, having consulted DS who knows about such things, I am getting a new(er) iPhone with a larger screen than the one I have, and will use Google maps ... I hadn't planned on getting used to a new system actually on a long journey, but hey ho ... needs must when the Devil drives (appropriate eh?) and all that ... DS has sourced a refurbished phone for me and is bringing it tomorrow ... £140 ish which is the same as a new Sat Nav so it's as broad as it's long (well broader actually, with the bigger screen ... I'm obviously on form today 🤣
Now I'll have a quick lunch then wind some yarn from the hank so I can do some knitting this afternoon .........
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've found that the 'Shortest Route' option is usually the one that leads to tricky scenarios.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dentist done and dusted. Back in a month to check all is OK. Thence to SM for a loo break as the dentists' one is off limits during Covid and I needed a new mouthwash too. Found baked beans at 1€15 which is cheaper than usual and 2 lonely monarda looking parched on a shelf. Went back to the loos to give them a drink to keep them going while I ran errands.
I know it's early for the C word but I needed to go and buy felt to make a C stocking as a model for December's crafty Xmas workshops. Not just patchwork needed.
Got home to find Possum very pleased with herself. The chooks took several weeks off from egg laying to renew their feathers. All done and looking bonny again but only sporadic eggs. One or two a day. Today, after letting them out of their pen at midday so they could play in the potager she heard a great clucking from Polly escapologist who was already round the back of the polytunnel and laying an egg in the compost heap.
20 more eggs in there too!
All now dunked in a bucket of water to check for freshness and all OK. Monardas dunked too but in the big water trough down the garden.