Warm and sunny, and no sign of overnight rain, please can we have some today. Very pleased that newly engaged BIL will be able to join us for 2 nights when we are on MIL duties next week, it will be good to celebrate. He has not told his Mum yet, so that will be fun.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Morning all. Yesterday evening we waited with bated breath as the thunder echoed all round us and the skies looked laden, but not a drop of rain! But at least it is cooler than it was thank goodness. Have a great time in Dublin @Allotment Boy, hope the rest of the luggage has now been found. Hope your OH can manage his 'walk about' @Lizzie27 without too much difficulty as it is so important that he keeps moving as much as possible. You will have to get him one of those 'bum bag' thingy things so he can keep all his essential bits and pieces with him as he moves around. What a wonderful selection of veggies @Dovefromabove, not grown much here this year but NDN has many poly tunnels and veggy beds on her land and has loads of fresh stuff in her little farm shop, so we pop round as and when necessary! Little Pip has gone off to the vets for her op, we will get updated news later. They will probably keep her in overnight as they can better monitor her pain at the surgery, but we have found out that a friend of ours is the night nurse there so she has promised to keep a special eye on little Pip for us.
Good morning all. I went to bed at 10.15 last night and slept until 8.15 this morning . HURRAH No overnight rain here , but the merest hint of a spit now. Hugs to all who need them. X
We had more heavy rain overnight and steady drizzle now. It feels a bit fresher but still rather humid. The birds seem relieved - lots of happy twittering going on out there this morning
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Sounds like a pint or three is in order @punkdoc 🍻🍻🍻
Well ... to return to the reason why I had a disturbed night ... I went to bed and had just got to sleep when the milkman arrived (11.15ish) ... it was the one who drives like Penelope Pitstop with gravel spraying and a screech of brakes ... well, TBH it's probably not really that bad but when everything is quiet around here . ........
Anyway ... I listened to the clink of bottles on the doorstep and drifted off again ... then I was woken by a sort of crashing sound, clinking and sort of fumbling clattering and cursing sotto voce ... by this time OH had put his ear plugs in and was sound asleep ... so I got out of bed and peered out of the window, wondering whether someone was helping themseles to our milk and yoghurt ... I saw a tall athletically built young man, in black shorts and a white tee shirt bending over a bicycle that lay in the middle of the road, halfway up the rise (opposite next door). Then I saw there was a 'bundle' on the ground and some darkliquid running down the slope ... I watched him pick up his bike and try to get back on but there seemed to be something not quite right (twisted handlebars?) so he pushed it up the hill and I saw him go to a house at the top of the rise ... a few moments later he came back down the road with a large paper carrier bag and he had a good look at the 'bundle' put some of it in the carrier bag and left the rest in a heap on the road. I decided whatever it was could wait until morning and went back to bed ...
I was just drifting off for the third time when I heard more sotto voce mutterings and a strong torch beam started flashing through our blinds onto the ceiling ... I got out of bed and had another look ... our nextdoor neighbour T was there in his pj bottoms, dressing gown and slippers ... he was inspecting 'the bundle' along with their cat Pippin (the one whose life OH saved when he was choking on a chicken bone). T went back to the house and returned with a bin bag and brush and dustpan ... cleared up 'the bundle' which seemed to be a plastic carrier bag and some contents ... and then swept the road, clearing away all the broken glass that was sparkling in the torchlight. We do have very good neighbours
The only problem was that having established a pattern of drifting off and waking every few minutes, I carried on like that for a couple of hours ............ I would add that OH slept through it all ... he uses earplugs because he's a very light sleeper ... the noises of the hedgehogs and the owls disturb his sleep when we have the windows open ...
I think the young man was the son of the family at the top of the rise, home from uni for the summer ... I suspect he'd been partaking in some sporting activity at the UEA Sport Village up the road, followed by a pint ... then he probably called in at a chippy for fish and chips to bring home ... he seemed to also have bought a bottle or two of beverage of some sort .... he'll have freewheeled down the slope that leads from the track to the Newmarket Road .., done the zig-zag across the road that acts as the main route through this part of the village, and then stood on his pedals to push on up the rise (I've seen so many of them do it) but his knee will have caught on the bag with his fish supper in that was hanging from his handlebars and jammed the front wheel and he crashed to the ground ... he saved his supper but he'll have had to have a cup of tea instead.
What an exciting life I lead!!! 🤣
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Morning all, a much needed cool one at 17 deg when I got up this morning! The builder is back again today and has just completed the knock through from the house into the new extension, it will take some getting used to! Still waiting to get our internet and phone line sorted, today will be the third time a technician will have come, I suppose one day someone will know what the problem is! Have a good day all.
Sounds like you are having a lovely time with the grandkids @Nanny Beach. Enjoy while you can, and you @Busy-Lizzie Ours are teenagers now and far to busy with friends/skulking in their rooms to want to spend time with us. Fingers crossed for the luggage @Allotment Boy. And what a good neighbour you are @Pat E - I'm sure your drive into town tomorrow will be fine! What a night @Dovefromabove! But glad @Hostafan1 got a well deserved good night's sleep. I fashioned some cushions behind me and put my feet up on the wall above the headboard for a while to read before righting myself and settling down to sleep. It really worked for some reason. No rain here. Little icon in the corner of my laptop tells me rain is coming. I have to go out at 2ish so I expect it will arrive then. It may miss us completely though - it often does.
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Warm and sunny, and no sign of overnight rain, please can we have some today.
Very pleased that newly engaged BIL will be able to join us for 2 nights when we are on MIL duties next week, it will be good to celebrate. He has not told his Mum yet, so that will be fun.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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Have a great time in Dublin @Allotment Boy, hope the rest of the luggage has now been found. Hope your OH can manage his 'walk about' @Lizzie27 without too much difficulty as it is so important that he keeps moving as much as possible. You will have to get him one of those 'bum bag' thingy things so he can keep all his essential bits and pieces with him as he moves around. What a wonderful selection of veggies @Dovefromabove, not grown much here this year but NDN has many poly tunnels and veggy beds on her land and has loads of fresh stuff in her little farm shop, so we pop round as and when necessary!
Little Pip has gone off to the vets for her op, we will get updated news later. They will probably keep her in overnight as they can better monitor her pain at the surgery, but we have found out that a friend of ours is the night nurse there so she has promised to keep a special eye on little Pip for us.
I went to bed at 10.15 last night and slept until 8.15 this morning . HURRAH
No overnight rain here , but the merest hint of a spit now.
Hugs to all who need them. X
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Well ... to return to the reason why I had a disturbed night ... I went to bed and had just got to sleep when the milkman arrived (11.15ish) ... it was the one who drives like Penelope Pitstop with gravel spraying and a screech of brakes ... well, TBH it's probably not really that bad but when everything is quiet around here .
Anyway ... I listened to the clink of bottles on the doorstep and drifted off again ... then I was woken by a sort of crashing sound, clinking and sort of fumbling clattering and cursing sotto voce ... by this time OH had put his ear plugs in and was sound asleep ... so I got out of bed and peered out of the window, wondering whether someone was helping themseles to our milk and yoghurt ... I saw a tall athletically built young man, in black shorts and a white tee shirt bending over a bicycle that lay in the middle of the road, halfway up the rise (opposite next door). Then I saw there was a 'bundle' on the ground and some darkliquid running down the slope ... I watched him pick up his bike and try to get back on but there seemed to be something not quite right (twisted handlebars?) so he pushed it up the hill and I saw him go to a house at the top of the rise ... a few moments later he came back down the road with a large paper carrier bag and he had a good look at the 'bundle' put some of it in the carrier bag and left the rest in a heap on the road. I decided whatever it was could wait until morning and went back to bed ...
I was just drifting off for the third time when I heard more sotto voce mutterings and a strong torch beam started flashing through our blinds onto the ceiling ... I got out of bed and had another look ... our nextdoor neighbour T was there in his pj bottoms, dressing gown and slippers ... he was inspecting 'the bundle' along with their cat Pippin (the one whose life OH saved when he was choking on a chicken bone). T went back to the house and returned with a bin bag and brush and dustpan ... cleared up 'the bundle' which seemed to be a plastic carrier bag and some contents ... and then swept the road, clearing away all the broken glass that was sparkling in the torchlight. We do have very good neighbours
The only problem was that having established a pattern of drifting off and waking every few minutes, I carried on like that for a couple of hours ............ I would add that OH slept through it all ... he uses earplugs because he's a very light sleeper ... the noises of the hedgehogs and the owls disturb his sleep when we have the windows open ...
I think the young man was the son of the family at the top of the rise, home from uni for the summer ... I suspect he'd been partaking in some sporting activity at the UEA Sport Village up the road, followed by a pint ... then he probably called in at a chippy for fish and chips to bring home ... he seemed to also have bought a bottle or two of beverage of some sort .... he'll have freewheeled down the slope that leads from the track to the Newmarket Road .., done the zig-zag across the road that acts as the main route through this part of the village, and then stood on his pedals to push on up the rise (I've seen so many of them do it) but his knee will have caught on the bag with his fish supper in that was hanging from his handlebars and jammed the front wheel and he crashed to the ground ... he saved his supper but he'll have had to have a cup of tea instead.
What an exciting life I lead!!! 🤣
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The builder is back again today and has just completed the knock through from the house into the new extension, it will take some getting used to! Still waiting to get our internet and phone line sorted, today will be the third time a technician will have come, I suppose one day someone will know what the problem is!
Have a good day all.
Fingers crossed for the luggage @Allotment Boy. And what a good neighbour you are @Pat E - I'm sure your drive into town tomorrow will be fine!
What a night @Dovefromabove! But glad @Hostafan1 got a well deserved good night's sleep. I fashioned some cushions behind me and put my feet up on the wall above the headboard for a while to read before righting myself and settling down to sleep. It really worked for some reason.
No rain here. Little icon in the corner of my laptop tells me rain is coming. I have to go out at 2ish so I expect it will arrive then. It may miss us completely though - it often does.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.