Just saying hi. Went to GW Live today after saying I'd never go again. Sadly it was as I remembered and I really won't be going again. Bought some aeoniums and nowt else.
Just saying hi. Went to GW Live today after saying I'd never go again. Sadly it was as I remembered and I really won't be going again. Bought some aeoniums and nowt else.
HIya Steve. I hope you're both well.
We are Dove and thank you! Hope you are too!
For some reason I clicked on Dove's post and got yours! Sorry Hosta!
Takhana, do explore the interesting sounding job. I was offered an excellent job two hours drive from home. Too good an opportunity to turn down, but we needed to do work on the house before we could put it up for sale. So I took the job ( 5 day week, nominally 8.30 to 5, but as a management post was expected to be flexible if required. I had been working four days a week ) I did a mix of driving down and back home on the same day ( out at 6.30 and included a stop to grab a strong take out coffee at the motorway services) and a couple of days taking the train. ( OH had to drag himself out of bed to drive me to the station) After a few months of that, I found a reasonable B and B and stayed overnight for two nights a week. By the time we had sold the house and found a new one, it was a year later. However, I would do it again without hesitation. The job was much better ( I’m now retired) We had plenty of time to get to know the new area and look for a new home. We ended up in the same village where the B and B was, and the lady who ran it is now a very good friend. Even if you can’t cope with the commuting long term, the experience and development you will gain will stand you in good stead for a future move, to say nothing of the personal satisfaction that you will get. And if you do move to a more expensive town, if you do move again, or retire, you will have the benefit of the increased equity, and can move somewhere cheaper and better!
Very happy to have done even more gardening today, feeling I can walk/look around it without feeling the urge to weed/deadhead, it'll only last a few days, but very satisfying. 😁
@takhana, I would follow it thru until the last moment of having to make a decision, don't worry about them, think about yourself, if it's meant to be it will be, keep your options open.
It'll be nice to be in France together for a while @Busy-Lizzie, and then hopefully the operation will be soon after. Fingers crossed.
I'm aware of all the stresses that opening another restaurant would bring, but the location, the facilities and the potential of doing something extraordinary with it is so tantalising.... CdeG is doing really well, I've got some great staff now, one ready to take on more of a management role, that would leave me free to concentrate on the new project, certainly wouldn't be until early next year, so plenty of time to plan. I'm thinking I'd have to be more of a manager, a bit less hands on, I'd need more staff, always the stumbling block, but it's been a restaurant for 48 years already, so at least there is a good customer base. My biggest hurdle with CdeG is people don't see it as a restaurant, everyday people (locals) arrive and say they didn't realise it was even here, and I've been there almost 5 years now. I think I've got 7 years work left in me, Charlie will be (if he's lucky) away at school by September, so I'll have more free time and honestly, it's so sad to see this location so under utilised, such a fabulous location, massive potential to please so many people, and maybe make myself a nice little retirement fund, then I'll retire to the seaside with a little garden - she says. 😅
@Hostafan1, we hit 40° degrees here today, you'd love it. 🔥
Been for a lovely (but expensive 😮) meal this evening,. 65€ each, old friends, bit of a matchmaking exercise really, in an odd way, was lovely, and nice to sit and chat. Was asked about my "bucket list" and actually, apart from wanting to go to Iceland, I couldn't ask for much more. Like to continue skiing with Charlie for a while yet... Probably not much longer I suppose, have a manageable garden ?!,? Happy with my lot really, despite all the complications. I do have a new cleaner starting on Monday, who on the face of it seems extremely efficient, another bonus. 😅
Sorry, waffling on, my friends are old, far older than 27, and went home just as I was feeling chatty. Charlie has an important exam tomorrow so has gone to bed early, so home alone with a million thoughts buzzing thru my head, maybe I should post on the I can't sleep thread. 😅
Saw little bluebirds flying into my birdhouse and heard a hedgehog shuffling across my back garden again. Lovely to be so close to nature.
Photo shoot at CdeG today for summer advert, so happy to have such a good team around me.
“Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
Good morning all 😊 ☕️ wall to wall sunshine here and 19C already … we plan to go for a walk this morning so had better get our skates on or it’ll be too warm … although some of the walk can be through lovely deciduous woodland. Then it’ll be home via the farm shop and butcher and the rest of the day in the studio and then watching some tennis … it’s a hard life but someone has to do it ….
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Exciting opportunity @D0rdogne_Damsel … if you have someone who is prepared to take on more responsibility at CdeG and you’re tempted by the possibilities … then I’d seriously consider going for it … 😎 the two places could really complement each other …
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Good to see you … hope all is good for you and yours 👍
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We are Dove and thank you! Hope you are too!
It's disturbingly samey except the stalls get more and more tat...
For some reason I clicked on Dove's post and got yours! Sorry Hosta!
Glad all is good with you. 👍 all fine and dandy here too 😎
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I did a mix of driving down and back home on the same day ( out at 6.30 and included a stop to grab a strong take out coffee at the motorway services) and a couple of days taking the train. ( OH had to drag himself out of bed to drive me to the station)
After a few months of that, I found a reasonable B and B and stayed overnight for two nights a week. By the time we had sold the house and found a new one, it was a year later.
However, I would do it again without hesitation. The job was much better ( I’m now retired) We had plenty of time to get to know the new area and look for a new home. We ended up in the same village where the B and B was, and the lady who ran it is now a very good friend.
Even if you can’t cope with the commuting long term, the experience and development you will gain will stand you in good stead for a future move, to say nothing of the personal satisfaction that you will get. And if you do move to a more expensive town, if you do move again, or retire, you will have the benefit of the increased equity, and can move somewhere cheaper and better!
Very happy to have done even more gardening today, feeling I can walk/look around it without feeling the urge to weed/deadhead, it'll only last a few days, but very satisfying. 😁
@takhana, I would follow it thru until the last moment of having to make a decision, don't worry about them, think about yourself, if it's meant to be it will be, keep your options open.
It'll be nice to be in France together for a while @Busy-Lizzie, and then hopefully the operation will be soon after. Fingers crossed.
I'm aware of all the stresses that opening another restaurant would bring, but the location, the facilities and the potential of doing something extraordinary with it is so tantalising.... CdeG is doing really well, I've got some great staff now, one ready to take on more of a management role, that would leave me free to concentrate on the new project, certainly wouldn't be until early next year, so plenty of time to plan. I'm thinking I'd have to be more of a manager, a bit less hands on, I'd need more staff, always the stumbling block, but it's been a restaurant for 48 years already, so at least there is a good customer base. My biggest hurdle with CdeG is people don't see it as a restaurant, everyday people (locals) arrive and say they didn't realise it was even here, and I've been there almost 5 years now. I think I've got 7 years work left in me, Charlie will be (if he's lucky) away at school by September, so I'll have more free time and honestly, it's so sad to see this location so under utilised, such a fabulous location, massive potential to please so many people, and maybe make myself a nice little retirement fund, then I'll retire to the seaside with a little garden - she says. 😅
@punkdoc, hope you're feeling a bit better.
@Hostafan1, we hit 40° degrees here today, you'd love it. 🔥
Been for a lovely (but expensive 😮) meal this evening,. 65€ each, old friends, bit of a matchmaking exercise really, in an odd way, was lovely, and nice to sit and chat. Was asked about my "bucket list" and actually, apart from wanting to go to Iceland, I couldn't ask for much more. Like to continue skiing with Charlie for a while yet... Probably not much longer I suppose, have a manageable garden ?!,? Happy with my lot really, despite all the complications. I do have a new cleaner starting on Monday, who on the face of it seems extremely efficient, another bonus. 😅
Sorry, waffling on, my friends are old, far older than 27, and went home just as I was feeling chatty. Charlie has an important exam tomorrow so has gone to bed early, so home alone with a million thoughts buzzing thru my head, maybe I should post on the I can't sleep thread. 😅
Saw little bluebirds flying into my birdhouse and heard a hedgehog shuffling across my back garden again. Lovely to be so close to nature.
Photo shoot at CdeG today for summer advert, so happy to have such a good team around me.
wall to wall sunshine here and 19C already … we plan to go for a walk this morning so had better get our skates on or it’ll be too warm … although some of the walk can be through lovely deciduous woodland. Then it’ll be home via the farm shop and butcher and the rest of the day in the studio and then watching some tennis … it’s a hard life but someone has to do it ….
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.