Better safe than sorry @Hostafan1. Hope you can go on Saturday.
@didyw - gather up those wee plants and move them to safety. It'll be worse tonight and tomorrow.
@Uff the neck is nothing to do with jabs. I had 2 collapsed discs in 2012 which were pinching my spinal cord so badly I risked being paralysed so I had an op to give me tow prosthetic disks except my spine is arthritic so I got a cage instead to hold the vertebrae apart. It's been brilliant but the arthritic bits there and just below are painful when I'm tired or have overdone it in the garden, or decorating.
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)."
Good idea not to go tomorrow @Hostafan1 ... have you warned the staff so they can distract him if needed? Would he be able to take a phone call from you?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
@didyw I'll keep my eyes open for your plastic cover ... it may well come sailing past here .....
Right, I've had my Shingles jab ... apparently I may get a fever/headache in a week to ten days or so ...
and I've been to the farm shop and butchers ... I think my shopping list must be somewhere in the GP practice 🙄 ... anyway, I don't think I've forgotten anything of vital importance ... we've got enough meat/fish/fruit/veg and dry goods to last at least a week so whatever we have we wont starve.
Now for lunch ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Good afternoon, lovely people. @Penny_Forthem I feel a little like you and occasionally I feel the conversation a little intimate (in a good way) because you've all been a part of each other's lives for so long, I guess. Thus, I feel a bit awkward joining in, if that makes sense. Anyway, I thought the best thing to do is to spread myself around, say hello to as many as I can, even if I talk drivel (easy enough for me!) and join in where possible. I am frustrated because I have so many jobs I want to get started on in the garden but the weather is either too wet, too cold or a combination of both! Yuck! I suppose it's the same for most of us at the moment. Sorry about the damage caused by the storm, polytunnels can be replaced, one's safety is the most important thing of course. The birds are very busy feeding, despite a battle with the elements, I've filled the feeders twice today.
Penny_Forthem and janetfoss. I feel the same as you do at times. Even more so when I joined but it's getting better. I remember just after my husband died a very good friend said to me that if I wanted a life then I must put myself out there because most others won't come to you. It was very difficult to start with and at times I felt like giving up. I got there in the end. Joining a forum is similar I find. If I don't put myself out there and join in then it's like being a wallflower. I'm sure you both feel the same but you are getting there
Eunice is coming at us from a different direction. Red warning now from round about @wild edges and @AuntyRach, past @Hostafan1 and on down to Landsend. We're about 5 miles outside it - I'm guessing it may miss @Lyn by a similar sort of distance. Not sure I find that all that reassuring but better than being squarely in it
Yup, here’s Hostafans report, slightly better than us although we’re only about 6 miles apart as the crow flies, 19 miles by road. Gusts of 68 is high but we’ve had it worse.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Good afternoon, been to the Allotments to check on things, all in all not too bad so far, not sure if I'll be able to say that after tomorrow. I'm sure I've said before our site is windy at the best of times, so we are used to taking precautions. Anyway bonus from the visit below guess what we are having with dinner later.
Afternoon all. Just checked the Met Office red warning area and yup, we're in it. I tried to explain to Hubby that I might not visit tomorrow, but I've no idea if he understaood. Not wise to drive 65 mile round trip in that weather.
Wise decision. I've managed to persuade OH to change his appointment from tomorrow to Monday. If it helps at all, the red warning ends at noon, so at a push - and I'm not recommending it - you could go later in the day
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Had sunny spells this morning after all the gales last night, so headed out. Had a lovely walk round the Donkey Sanctuary and popped in to Waitrose on the way home. Stocked up with enough perishables for a few days, and preparing to hunker down tomorrow when Eunice arrives. Hoping no trees will come down tomorrow. We are in a narrow valley so often quite sheltered, but we have enough petrol in for the chain saw, just in case. We have a lot of tall and skinny silver birch trees in the garden, and have had a few of those come down in the past. Very sensible to postpone tomorrow’s visit to hubby, @Hostafan1 Better to be safe than sorry.
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@didyw - gather up those wee plants and move them to safety. It'll be worse tonight and tomorrow.
@Uff the neck is nothing to do with jabs. I had 2 collapsed discs in 2012 which were pinching my spinal cord so badly I risked being paralysed so I had an op to give me tow prosthetic disks except my spine is arthritic so I got a cage instead to hold the vertebrae apart. It's been brilliant but the arthritic bits there and just below are painful when I'm tired or have overdone it in the garden, or decorating.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
and I've been to the farm shop and butchers ... I think my shopping list must be somewhere in the GP practice 🙄 ... anyway, I don't think I've forgotten anything of vital importance ... we've got enough meat/fish/fruit/veg and dry goods to last at least a week so whatever we have we wont starve.
Now for lunch ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Made me chuckle. No mention of a mini-greenhouse cover though!
OH has gone out to do tomorrow's shopping today. It's actually quite a nice day out there today, bit blowy but mild and sunny.
@Penny_Forthem I feel a little like you and occasionally I feel the conversation a little intimate (in a good way) because you've all been a part of each other's lives for so long, I guess. Thus, I feel a bit awkward joining in, if that makes sense.
Anyway, I thought the best thing to do is to spread myself around, say hello to as many as I can, even if I talk drivel (easy enough for me!) and join in where possible.
I am frustrated because I have so many jobs I want to get started on in the garden but the weather is either too wet, too cold or a combination of both! Yuck! I suppose it's the same for most of us at the moment. Sorry about the damage caused by the storm, polytunnels can be replaced, one's safety is the most important thing of course.
The birds are very busy feeding, despite a battle with the elements, I've filled the feeders twice today.
I remember just after my husband died a very good friend said to me that if I wanted a life then I must put myself out there because most others won't come to you. It was very difficult to start with and at times I felt like giving up. I got there in the end.
Joining a forum is similar I find. If I don't put myself out there and join in then it's like being a wallflower.
I'm sure you both feel the same but you are getting there
Anyway bonus from the visit below guess what we are having with dinner later.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Very sensible to postpone tomorrow’s visit to hubby, @Hostafan1 Better to be safe than sorry.