Morning all, we're on our way back from 6 weeks in sub tropical Queensland. Currently at Munich airport where temperature is allegedly 6c. Phone is showing temperature at home in Somerset as being - 2c so I think I may need the woolly hat in my hand luggage. I'm hoping that my garden won't be frozen or flooded when we get home.
We need to get a move on today as OH has a hospital checkup this morning which I’ll take him to… then I have a routine GP appointment this afternoon. … but first I need another coffee …
ETA apparently it was -8C last night 🥶 snow is forecast for this morning ….
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I hope your house isn't too cold when you get back @Suesyn. Bit of a shock to the system. We got back to a cold house last night but it had been cold in Dordogne too, not the house, outside I mean.
I had a terrible night in that hotel near the ferry port. The shouting, singing and knocked over furniture was coming from above our room so at 2am I went upstairs and found it was more hotel rooms. I knocked on a door and found it was a group of young Indian men from Manchester having a birthday party. I had heard girls but didn't see any. They were very jolly and apologised, said they would go to bed in 5 minutes as they had to catch the ferry too.
I went back to bed and the noise stopped at around 3am. There weren't many people on the ferry, apart from the usual lorry drivers. No sign of the Indian lads. I wonder if they missed it. We'd got up at 6.30am as it sailed at 8.30.
OH had rented a cabin so I was able to get some sleep. The pillow was comfier than the hotel one and, despite noise from the engine, I managed to sleep. The sea was quite calm.
We had to collect OH's car from Stansted Airport then drive seperately back to our cottage. There was a lot of traffic and it was dark for the last part but we got home safely. Sitting room was 8C so we put up the heating, lit the woodburner and went out for dinner in the pub in the next village.
It looks very cold and bleak outside this morning.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
and welcome back @Suesyn. Oh @Busy-Lizzie it's bad when you know you must sleep ahead of a journey and some b.....d keeps you awake. Good that you are home safely.
Very bleak here, snowing heavily at the moment. We are short of milk but OH will well have to use mine (oat). We live close to shops but there's no way he is going out in this.
May I ask a medical question? Does any of you take calcium supplements? And if so have you ever had bladder problems because of it? I have been running experiments with it: when I don't take it for a couple of days I am fine. Go back to it and bladder pain starts.
Today will be mainly spent looking out of the window at blackbirds gorging on holly berries. And some cross-stitch.
@coccinella, thank you. I took calcium supplements when I was pregnant but that was years ago and I don't remember bladder problems apart from the usual pregnancy ones. However, if you are the sort of person who could get kidney stones I imagine that calcium could make it worse. They are the small but sharp stones that hurt as you pass them. Have a word with your GP.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Morning all. Reading -5 outside at the moment. Welcome back to the chilly UK @Suesyn. The ground is covered quite thickly with little ice balls so dont think I will step outside until later. Daughter has just left to drive to Swansea, hopefully she has managed to slide her way down to the village successfully where she should hit the gritted roads. She has an appointment to have a new rear (boot) window fitted to the car - she keeps the green ridged delivery baskets in her boot from our 'sco monthly delivery, returning them to 'sco when she next goes into work, Friday last week she went to our lovely local farm shop to collect a supply of coal for the rayburn and the kindly helper offered to load them in the boot for her. He removed the baskets, loaded the coal, replaced the baskets and slammed the boot .......... the rear sloping window exploded as it hit the solid baskets! Much embarrassment, guilt and apologies. Daughter, being daughter, roared with laughter. No garage here for our vehicles so large tarpaulin pulled out for protection - luckily no rain - and she has gone off this morning armed with a body warmer, hoodie and her thick farm coat to try to keep warm for the half hour or so drive - the repair garage phoned earlier to say drive carefully and that they would have the fire on in the office plus the kettle for her when she arrived (more lovely people!). Mind how you go folks, keep safe and warm.
@coccinella 😊 I used to take calcium supplements as I’m on levothyroxine… however after several years I was having problems with my shoulder joints and ligaments and this was put down to me not absorbing the calcium properly and causing calcification around tendons and joints … I was advised to increase my dietary calcium intake rather than take supplements. I was told the calcified ‘lumps’ would eventually dissolve … this does seem to have happened as I don’t have as much shoulder joint and upper arm pain as I used to.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I’m currently sitting in a carpark at N&NUH … glad we got here early as we only just got a space and now cars are queuing all around me. There’s lots of big car parks all around the hospital but it seems they just can’t keep up with the need.
We warmed the engine up a bit before we set out, but it’s only a ten minute journey from home to here, so the inside of the car is still a bit ‘frawn’ as we say in Suffolk … I’ve got a huge puffa-type coat and hood and a woolly pom-pom hat and have a tartan blanket over my knees.
Son visited friends after work yesterday and ate with them. They have two little boys one of whom has autism with struggles with social stuff, but apparently Son is one of his favourite people and one of the very few people he’ll talk to … he even came to visit him when he first came out of hospital, and brought him one of his favourite star wars toys to make Son feel better 😃
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Morning all, beautifully sunny morning here but boy, is it cold! -6 when OH woke up at 8 am but it's crept up to 2.5 now. Not going out if I can help it, far too cold for me.
I was prescribed calcium supplements when I was first diagnosed with osteoporosis but can't say I had any problems. I stopped taking them a few years ago when I started taking vitamin supplements, didn't want to overdose. We drink quite a lot of milk so I reckoned I was getting enough calcium in my diet.
Hope the snow won't cause any problems @Dovefromabove. It looks nice but I don't like going out in it. Our weather is predicted to get a little warmer from tonight so snow showers might be possible.
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Phone is showing temperature at home in Somerset as being
- 2c so I think I may need the woolly hat in my hand luggage.
I'm hoping that my garden won't be frozen or flooded when we get home.
-4 here at least.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I hope your house isn't too cold when you get back @Suesyn. Bit of a shock to the system. We got back to a cold house last night but it had been cold in Dordogne too, not the house, outside I mean.
I had a terrible night in that hotel near the ferry port. The shouting, singing and knocked over furniture was coming from above our room so at 2am I went upstairs and found it was more hotel rooms. I knocked on a door and found it was a group of young Indian men from Manchester having a birthday party. I had heard girls but didn't see any. They were very jolly and apologised, said they would go to bed in 5 minutes as they had to catch the ferry too.
I went back to bed and the noise stopped at around 3am. There weren't many people on the ferry, apart from the usual lorry drivers. No sign of the Indian lads. I wonder if they missed it. We'd got up at 6.30am as it sailed at 8.30.
OH had rented a cabin so I was able to get some sleep. The pillow was comfier than the hotel one and, despite noise from the engine, I managed to sleep. The sea was quite calm.
We had to collect OH's car from Stansted Airport then drive seperately back to our cottage. There was a lot of traffic and it was dark for the last part but we got home safely. Sitting room was 8C so we put up the heating, lit the woodburner and went out for dinner in the pub in the next village.
It looks very cold and bleak outside this morning.
and welcome back @Suesyn. Oh @Busy-Lizzie it's bad when you know you must sleep ahead of a journey and some b.....d keeps you awake. Good that you are home safely.
Very bleak here, snowing heavily at the moment. We are short of milk but OH will well have to use mine (oat). We live close to shops but there's no way he is going out in this.
May I ask a medical question? Does any of you take calcium supplements? And if so have you ever had bladder problems because of it? I have been running experiments with it: when I don't take it for a couple of days I am fine. Go back to it and bladder pain starts.
Today will be mainly spent looking out of the window at blackbirds gorging on holly berries. And some cross-stitch.
Have a good day and keep warm.
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The ground is covered quite thickly with little ice balls so dont think I will step outside until later.
Daughter has just left to drive to Swansea, hopefully she has managed to slide her way down to the village successfully where she should hit the gritted roads. She has an appointment to have a new rear (boot) window fitted to the car - she keeps the green ridged delivery baskets in her boot from our 'sco monthly delivery, returning them to 'sco when she next goes into work, Friday last week she went to our lovely local farm shop to collect a supply of coal for the rayburn and the kindly helper offered to load them in the boot for her. He removed the baskets, loaded the coal, replaced the baskets and slammed the boot .......... the rear sloping window exploded as it hit the solid baskets! Much embarrassment, guilt and apologies. Daughter, being daughter, roared with laughter. No garage here for our vehicles so large tarpaulin pulled out for protection - luckily no rain - and she has gone off this morning armed with a body warmer, hoodie and her thick farm coat to try to keep warm for the half hour or so drive - the repair garage phoned earlier to say drive carefully and that they would have the fire on in the office plus the kettle for her when she arrived (more lovely people!).
Mind how you go folks, keep safe and warm.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We warmed the engine up a bit before we set out, but it’s only a ten minute journey from home to here, so the inside of the car is still a bit ‘frawn’ as we say in Suffolk … I’ve got a huge puffa-type coat and hood and a woolly pom-pom hat and have a tartan blanket over my knees.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
8 am but it's crept up to 2.5 now. Not going out if I can help it, far too cold for me.
Glad you both made it home safely @Busy-Lizzie and @Suesyn.
I was prescribed calcium supplements when I was first diagnosed with osteoporosis but can't say I had any problems. I stopped taking them a few years ago when I started taking vitamin supplements, didn't want to overdose. We drink quite a lot of milk so I reckoned I was getting enough calcium in my diet.
Hope the snow won't cause any problems @Dovefromabove. It looks nice but I don't like going out in it. Our weather is predicted to get a little warmer from tonight so snow showers might be possible.
Stay safe and warm everybody.