Morning all, four hours of storm last night with horizontal torrential rain that soaked everything on our covered terrace. I saw it was moving down your way @tui34 when I went to bed. I hope the sun makes an appearance now to to dry all the garden furniture and cushions etc out. Take care and have a restful day all of you with aches and pains and worries.
Good morning everyone, a dry start here, but we had that yesterday and we had several bouts of drizzly rain before it got really wet in the afternoon. We pottered about in the garden in between when we could. Sorry to hear of your problems @Lizzie27 you won't forget that Birthday in a hurry.
Morning all, very pleased to say that I feel much better today and more cheerful after a good night's sleep so thanks for good wishes everyone. I'm very carefully writing down details and times of all the meds and OH is checking after me - so many pills, I'm not used to having so many.
The sun is shining at the moment so hopefully I may be able to have a slow walk round the garden with OH later. My new gardener is starting next week which will be a great help and my son and his lovely wife are insisting on driving up from Bournemouth tomorrow to see me - I suspect she's determined to do my housework again which would be a great help, the house is rather a tip at the moment. Poor OH's other hip/knee is giving him problems this morning, he's been running around looking after me for weeks so I'm not surprised. A rest day for both of us then.
Glad we haven't had the awful stormy weather some of you seem to have had, hope it settles down soon. Sunshine makes everything seem a lot better.
Fish and chips on the beach sounds good @Dovefromabove. You sound a bit more relaxed now and days out just the two of you are probably just what you need after such an anxious six months.
Hope your wife recovers soon @KT53, a broken leg must be very painful.
I've PM'd you @punkdoc after your interesting comment above.
I'm glad you are feeling better today @Lizzie27. What a painful and scary time you've just had.
We managed to put up the little gazebo that OH has bought me in advance for my birthday in September, took us a few hours, including trying to decipher the meagre instructions and bad drawings. It looks quite dainty but seems anchored quite firmly. It will look better, I hope, in a couple of years time when roses are growing on it. I'm having trouble trying to decide which four I want, there are so many lovely ones.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
We’ve been out for the day … we set off for Cromer this morning but had to take a very convoluted route as the complex main junction where the A140 leaves the Norwich outer ring road and passes the airport is totally closed. Looks as if it’s being totally remodelled … two other routes I know were also closed and we had to take a huge diversion. Coming home we took the Northern Distributor road and then tried to cross Mousehold Heath to go past the station but that route was closed too … in the end we had to go right out to the east of Norwich and back in via Thorpe St Andrew … anyone visiting Norwich who doesn’t know the roads well … can I suggest you leave it until next year? Even the junction at the end of the only road in and out of our village has been reduced to one lane in all directions and the tailbacks can take ages to clear the lights … getting in and out of the shopping centre carpark is an exercise in extreme patience … not good if you’ve got a bag of frozen stuff and icecreams in your car boot!
We did have a lovely time in Cromer despite it being packed to the gunnels… we’d have had to queue quite a while for fish and chips at any of the usual places, so we ate in the courtyard at the Wellington … OH chose a vegan bowl of Fries with harissa beans and chimichurri and other bits and pieces. I had fries with salt & pepper squid, kimchi and salads bits .., we both had a pint of Adnams low alcohol Ghostship. Then on our post- prandial stroll we stopped at a gelateria … I had a luscious black cherry ripple cone and OH had the best pistachio cone he’s ever tasted. A very successful day.
Supper was the Hairy Bikers’ courgette gratin … very tasty 😋
Now I’m going to read back and see what you’ve all been up to …
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Glad you enjoyed the day out Dove, despite the diversions. Sounds very much like the 40 mile one we had to take outside Cromer last year in order to get to the National Trust place. Can't remember the name off hand but a different one to where we had that nice lunch with you - seems ages ago now.
Morning everyone. I’ve hung the washing out and am now deciding what to do. Probably some puzzles on the iPad and then some more knitting when my fingers have defrosted. No wind out there, but hanging wet clothes on the line isn’t the best way to start the day. another mouse in one of the traps overnight. That maes 8 so far I think. 👍
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Take care and have a restful day all of you with aches and pains and worries.
Sorry to hear of your problems @Lizzie27 you won't forget that Birthday in a hurry.
The sun is shining at the moment so hopefully I may be able to have a slow walk round the garden with OH later. My new gardener is starting next week which will be a great help and my son and his lovely wife are insisting on driving up from Bournemouth tomorrow to see me - I suspect she's determined to do my housework again which would be a great help, the house is rather a tip at the moment. Poor OH's other hip/knee is giving him problems this morning, he's been running around looking after me for weeks so I'm not surprised. A rest day for both of us then.
Glad we haven't had the awful stormy weather some of you seem to have had, hope it settles down soon. Sunshine makes everything seem a lot better.
Fish and chips on the beach sounds good @Dovefromabove. You sound a bit more relaxed now and days out just the two of you are probably just what you need after such an anxious six months.
Hope your wife recovers soon @KT53, a broken leg must be very painful.
I've PM'd you @punkdoc after your interesting comment above.
Perfect weather here. So far 🤞
Hugs to all
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We managed to put up the little gazebo that OH has bought me in advance for my birthday in September, took us a few hours, including trying to decipher the meagre instructions and bad drawings. It looks quite dainty but seems anchored quite firmly. It will look better, I hope, in a couple of years time when roses are growing on it. I'm having trouble trying to decide which four I want, there are so many lovely ones.
We did have a lovely time in Cromer despite it being packed to the gunnels… we’d have had to queue quite a while for fish and chips at any of the usual places, so we ate in the courtyard at the Wellington … OH chose a vegan bowl of Fries with harissa beans and chimichurri and other bits and pieces. I had fries with salt & pepper squid, kimchi and salads bits .., we both had a pint of Adnams low alcohol Ghostship. Then on our post- prandial stroll we stopped at a gelateria … I had a luscious black cherry ripple cone and OH had the best pistachio cone he’s ever tasted. A very successful day.
Now I’m going to read back and see what you’ve all been up to …
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
another mouse in one of the traps overnight. That maes 8 so far I think. 👍
Ive just had the fall, and a very angry Moira has helped me back inside.
What next I wonder?
When you don't even know who's in the team
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Goodness @punkdoc !! You're lucky you didn't dislocate the ne hip!! I hope Moira has hidden the pain killers. 100 lines - I must not ....!!!!
Overcast, dull and very humid! I detest this weather - it is so detrimental to joints and arthritis woes.
You'll be getting enough mice for a kebab soon @Pat E !! Stay warm.
Bit of a long day for chish and phips @Dovefromabove I bet that emptied the petrol tank somewhat!
Martha's Day today: A la Sainte Marthe, prunes mûres, bonne tarte!!
Have a pleasant Saturday.