It's horrible isn't it @Busy-Lizzie. I went out to our local GC meeting last Thursday, first event since the summer driving in the dark which isn't easy reversing down our narrow, long and steep drive. It was raining as well to make matters worse.
However we have had brilliant sunshine all day so I mustn't moan too much. Glad the house is warm today.
@Lizzie27 we bought a string of outdoor Christmas lights for our drive. It's made it so much easier to back out of. Lucky there is a power point in the car port.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
@Busy-Lizzie, I did the same but with solar/battery ones but they never last. Unfortunately our newish garage is on the wrong side to plug into its sockets and the old one on the right side has dodgy wiring! I can't persuade OH to splash out on new electrics for it, he doesn't use it much any more.
If we know we're going out in the evening, I move the car down in the daylight. I'm better at reversing down the drive than OH!
Safely arrived in Oxford, and enjoyed the chicken fajitas served for dinner! Very relieved to get here. Journey was very smooth until the tyre pressure warning light came on on the M4. Beginning to think we are jinxed with this journey. Luckily not too far from the the services, so we were able to use the air machine and checked the tyre pressures. (£1.50 for 3 minutes, and paid by credit card! Weird) All the tyres were perfectly ok. OH swears he entered the settings when he checked the tyres before leaving home, but it’s a bit of coincidence! Anyway the rest of the journey went ok, and we got here with no further delays. Lovely to see daughter and son in law, nice comfy guest room, will hopefully sleep well after all the stress. I don’t like longish drives any more. Hope you all have a good weekend.
Good morning everyone. It’s going to be another hot day for us, so the fan is already going. Hubby is down at the Fire Station for an all-day meeting and get together to plan for our coming season. 😒.
Another grey day, hopefully not rain as we are going for a short walk in the woods later. Fed up of being awake in bed I got up and started the washing machine. I had some catching up to do here and was sorry to hear that @Badly_Maintained had a bad reaction to cleaning products, hope things are better with the ointment. Good you are comfy in your room @Ergates after a worrying journey. We often get bleeps from the sensors of the car, it's all that software nowadays that can go funny. Our car is nearly 15 and from time to time also has tyre alarms that are unfounded. We are going to run it down to its last breath and then take up a lease on an electric.
Yesterday was a good day, had lunch with friends in a Turkish restaurant, we left at 4pm! but the waiters were very gracious about it. I hadn't seen said ladies in a long while and the chat did me so good. I need the company, I should make more of an effort in getting together with people, not always easy.
Forgot to mention to @Allotment Boy that all our appliances are Siemens, one washing machine lasted 16 years so when we bought the new one about 6 years ago we got another Siemens. We have a Miele vacuum cleaner of 16 too. 400 quid is a lot of plants. 🙂
I had a look at accounts @Allotment Boy : dishwasher, fridge, oven and microwave all 17 years old when we had the new kitchen installed. Never repaired, except new rubber around oven door and something to the microwave but can't remember what now. We also had a Siemens gas hob that did not last at all (2 years only), they might be good at electrics but not gas.
Good morning all 😊 ☕️ brrr … our first proper frost of the winter -1C and foggy … and the coffee-maker is still asleep … I’ll give him a little bit longer then I’ll go down and make the drinks as a treat 😊
Son got back about 7 last night … he’s going to have a lazy day today
ETA … the coffee-maker has woken … he’s going to make the drinks ❤️
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Sitting room is now 23C, heaps better. Woodburner is lit.
However we have had brilliant sunshine all day so I mustn't moan too much.
Glad the house is warm today.
If we know we're going out in the evening, I move the car down in the daylight. I'm better at reversing down the drive than OH!
Hope you all have a good weekend.
Another grey day, hopefully not rain as we are going for a short walk in the woods later. Fed up of being awake in bed I got up and started the washing machine. I had some catching up to do here and was sorry to hear that @Badly_Maintained had a bad reaction to cleaning products, hope things are better with the ointment. Good you are comfy in your room @Ergates after a worrying journey. We often get bleeps from the sensors of the car, it's all that software nowadays that can go funny. Our car is nearly 15 and from time to time also has tyre alarms that are unfounded. We are going to run it down to its last breath and then take up a lease on an electric.
Yesterday was a good day, had lunch with friends in a Turkish restaurant, we left at 4pm! but the waiters were very gracious about it. I hadn't seen said ladies in a long while and the chat did me so good. I need the company, I should make more of an effort in getting together with people, not always easy.
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400 quid is a lot of plants. 🙂
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brrr … our first proper frost of the winter -1C and foggy … and the coffee-maker is still asleep … I’ll give him a little bit longer then I’ll go down and make the drinks as a treat 😊
Son got back about 7 last night … he’s going to have a lazy day today
ETA … the coffee-maker has woken … he’s going to make the drinks ❤️
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.