I have read back! Harvested enough new pots for a salad when the grandies come for tea tonight. They do love their salads. Have you pressed buy yet, @raisingirl? Taking hub for his booster now - this will be his 4th 'jab'.
Afternoon all, Go on @raisingirl, you know you need a new greenhouse! The car sale might even pay for it.
I've doing a bit of gardening too but it was jolly chilly this morning, only up to 6c. Thankfully it was over 9c when I finally made it outside. Took it easy though and just moved some crocuses out of the way where I need to dig out another stump and swept the paving - blinking magpies delight in chucking the moss off the roof tiles, makes a tremendous mess every day.
I also did some taxi-ing, took OH into town to meet his friends for a pie and a pint and when son arrived later, took him in to meet his friend for the rugby game. Bath was heaving and they've now put traffic lights/pedestrian crossings on three of the exits to the main square which meant the traffic all stacked back. The Lib Dems are doing their best to block/ban all cars from the centre but as we don't have a bypass, it's causing chaos.
Hope you enjoyed your walk @chicky, bet the fresh air felt nice.
I did it I've never had a greenhouse. Very scary, exciting, but scary
@Lizzie27 OH used to drive into Bristol from Bath every day for work on a motorbike. It took far too long in a car, hence the bike. After he came off the second time, we decided not to risk a third one and he sold the bike and we moved out of the city. The whole area has never got its public transport act together
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
@raisingirl, congratulations! I'm sure you'll love it when you get it. I've only got a small glass lean to type but find it very useful.
The trouble with Bath is the geography, it's a quite small city, as you know, with steep hills all round it so nowhere possible for a bypass. The professor (can't remember his name) had the right idea when he suggested tunnelling under it but of course that never happened (a) because of the cost and (b) unstable ground underneath. My first husband used to do the opposite to yours, bike from Bath to Bristol.
I realized after I posted that I'm part of the problem, extremely reluctant to give up my car. We do use the bus whenever possible, mainly because parking is very expensive, but as OH is now hobbling around with a stick, it's easier to drop him where he needs to be. If I want to visit anywhere else, I have to travel through Bath to get there. There's no easy answer. I once tried to visit a friend in Trowbridge (about 7 miles) by bus. Walked nearly half a mile to nearest bus stop, bussed into town, 3 miles, 25 mins. Waited for Trowbridge bus, got there an hour and a half later, long walk to friend's house and vice versa. And they wonder why people don't use public transport!
Good morning Forkers. Another overcast day here. I measured the rain gauge this morning and we received 27.5ml yesterday. That black cloud must been heavy. Lots of thunder and lightning. One lot shook the house!
@Lizzie27 The last time I visited Bath, it cost me a £30 fine for driving the bus lane. We normally use the A48 and A36 to the Cricket Club car park. But the A36 was closed and the sat nav took us all the way round for the next 30 minutes.When we arrived at the Cricket Club, the car park had turned into a building site. We took the next car park up the North Parade Road. On the way home, the sat nav sent us twice the same route around Pultney Bridge. We were so confused, and I have to say I'm not used to drive in towns at all. To come out of that circle, we totally overlooked the Bus lane sign into Poulteney Bridge. Beng, £60 or £30 if we pay immediately. Since then, I refuse to go to Bath. We take the bus to Oxford and London and no longer use the car as this is really convenient, but there is no bus to Bath.
I did 4,5 hours gardening yesterday. I prepared the soil for a bed, seeded some plants for the containers, and did a tidy up in the shed, took the bee hotels out and cut some plants that needed it. While being busy, I discovered that a couple of green tit has chosen our new Tit house as their nesting place. I'm so proud and feel so honoured
Morning, a lot brighter start, but still cold . Yesterday turned damp and miserable with a cold wind. Well the plumber came but as seems the norm there are issues. It's a 3 way tap, with filtered water, direct replacement for old one, same make but the fittings are different. It's working but not the faltered side so he has to come back, when he's found a different connection.
The only scary this about a new greenhouse @raisingirl is putting it together! After that is done you will love it.
@Simone_in_Wiltshire how lovely to have birds in your tit house, you must have put it in a good place, but I think they must be green finches or blue tits, there aren't green tits.
It's sunny at the moment. I hope this afternoon is fine as I would like to do some gardening.
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Harvested enough new pots for a salad when the grandies come for tea tonight. They do love their salads.
Have you pressed buy yet, @raisingirl?
Taking hub for his booster now - this will be his 4th 'jab'.
I've doing a bit of gardening too but it was jolly chilly this morning, only up to 6c.
Thankfully it was over 9c when I finally made it outside. Took it easy though and just moved some crocuses out of the way where I need to dig out another stump and swept the paving - blinking magpies delight in chucking the moss off the roof tiles, makes a tremendous mess every day.
I also did some taxi-ing, took OH into town to meet his friends for a pie and a pint and when son arrived later, took him in to meet his friend for the rugby game. Bath was heaving and they've now put traffic lights/pedestrian crossings on three of the exits to the main square which meant the traffic all stacked back. The Lib Dems are doing their best to block/ban all cars from the centre but as we don't have a bypass, it's causing chaos.
Hope you enjoyed your walk @chicky, bet the fresh air felt nice.
I've never had a greenhouse.
Very scary, exciting, but scary
@Lizzie27 OH used to drive into Bristol from Bath every day for work on a motorbike. It took far too long in a car, hence the bike. After he came off the second time, we decided not to risk a third one and he sold the bike and we moved out of the city. The whole area has never got its public transport act together
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
The trouble with Bath is the geography, it's a quite small city, as you know, with steep hills all round it so nowhere possible for a bypass. The professor (can't remember his name) had the right idea when he suggested tunnelling under it but of course that never happened (a) because of the cost and (b) unstable ground underneath. My first husband used to do the opposite to yours, bike from Bath to Bristol.
I realized after I posted that I'm part of the problem, extremely reluctant to give up my car. We do use the bus whenever possible, mainly because parking is very expensive, but as OH is now hobbling around with a stick, it's easier to drop him where he needs to be. If I want to visit anywhere else, I have to travel through Bath to get there. There's no easy answer.
I once tried to visit a friend in Trowbridge (about 7 miles) by bus. Walked nearly half a mile to nearest bus stop, bussed into town, 3 miles, 25 mins. Waited for Trowbridge bus, got there an hour and a half later, long walk to friend's house and vice versa. And they wonder why people don't use public transport!
Here it’s a chilly 4C but it’s bright and sunny …
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Since then, I refuse to go to Bath. We take the bus to Oxford and London and no longer use the car as this is really convenient, but there is no bus to Bath.
I did 4,5 hours gardening yesterday. I prepared the soil for a bed, seeded some plants for the containers, and did a tidy up in the shed, took the bee hotels out and cut some plants that needed it. While being busy, I discovered that a couple of green tit has chosen our new Tit house as their nesting place. I'm so proud and feel so honoured
I ♥ my garden.
The only scary this about a new greenhouse @raisingirl is putting it together! After that is done you will love it.
@Simone_in_Wiltshire how lovely to have birds in your tit house, you must have put it in a good place, but I think they must be green finches or blue tits, there aren't green tits.
It's sunny at the moment. I hope this afternoon is fine as I would like to do some gardening.