I've been reading in bed too. My back is still a bit achey. I hope it's OK for the drive to Portsmouth tomorrow. I will have to drive as OH can't drive my French car in the UK. May have said that before.
We will be packing and loading my car today to go back to France. Things will be going on here while we are away, weather permitting, garden path man, house painting man, gardening man.
My French handyman, CB, says my French garden is like a bog and I will need wellies to walk across the lawn. I told him I'd hurt my back and I'd wanted to get on with the vegetable garden when I get back. He said it's too wet and I will have to wait for dry weather.
Must drag myself up and have a shower.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Hope your had back eases @Busy-Lizzie … if it’s any help I think you’ve passed it on to me … I just put a roasting tray back in the cupboard and somehow twisted my back and now my sciatic nerve is painful 😖. I’ve taken some paracetamol.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Morning all, I feel much better this morning after a good night's sleep, thanks for your good wishes everybody. We had breakfast in bed as per usual and a bit of a lie in and are now waiting for the rain to ease off before walking to the bakery - I want to get some fresh batons as we've got friends dropping in for a quick lunch. They are driving from Essex with a car and trailer to pick up an old Austin 7, currently sitting in our garage and then driving all the way back again. A mega trip! Glad it's not us, we've had quite enough driving recently, OH reckons about 300 miles in 3 days.
Oh dear @Dovefromabove, it's one thing after another, hope your back eases up and your's too @Busy-Lizzie. Have a good journey back to France.
Hope your eye problem is not as bad as feared @Allotment Boy. My elder brother had just had a cataract op done privately when we saw him on Sunday but they'd done the wrong eye! He did tell them at the time but they insisted they were right. Fortunately he's having the other one done in a couple of weeks so no great harm done.
It's horrible waking up with a cold @tui34, my sympathies.
Hello all, just popping in to remind those with bad backs and hips to to do the tennis ball massage. Stand against the wall with the ball between you and the wall and massage!
That sounds a good idea, must try to remember when I've next got a bad back. Thanks @floralies. Friends have just gone off with the Austin 7, a dinky little red/black car circa 1934 ish. I can now relax and put my feet up for a bit. Three men don't half eat a lot! The rain has finally ceased but it's not nice enough to entice me out for a potter.
Good morning all 😊 ☕️ and hello @Pat E 😊 Have a good journey back to France @Busy-Lizzie … hope your back is more comfortable. 🤞 Thankfully my back is much better this morning… the exercises and Deep Heat and a good night’s sleep seem to have worked. I will he very careful when putting stuff away on the lower shelves of the cupboard.
The song thrush is singing out there again.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Morning all. Hi @Pat E was it today your OH was off to an eye appointment or yesterday, not too sure where we are with your timing/days? Wish him good luck anyway.
Glad your back seems easier today @Dovefromabove but as you wisely suggested, take it easy for a while. No birds singing here, just the sound of pouring rain AGAIN! Feel so sorry for those birds trying to find nesting places in hedges or trees where, as yet, they have no leaves or foliage to protect them.
Safe journey @Busy-Lizzie, hope your back stands up to the driving.
Happy hump day folks, the weekend will soon be upon us.
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I've been reading in bed too. My back is still a bit achey. I hope it's OK for the drive to Portsmouth tomorrow. I will have to drive as OH can't drive my French car in the UK. May have said that before.
We will be packing and loading my car today to go back to France. Things will be going on here while we are away, weather permitting, garden path man, house painting man, gardening man.
My French handyman, CB, says my French garden is like a bog and I will need wellies to walk across the lawn. I told him I'd hurt my back and I'd wanted to get on with the vegetable garden when I get back. He said it's too wet and I will have to wait for dry weather.
Must drag myself up and have a shower.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Oh dear @Dovefromabove, it's one thing after another, hope your back eases up and your's too @Busy-Lizzie. Have a good journey back to France.
@coccinella, Lisbon looks good, enjoy your trip.
Hope your eye problem is not as bad as feared @Allotment Boy. My elder brother had just had a cataract op done privately when we saw him on Sunday but they'd done the wrong eye! He did tell them at the time but they insisted they were right. Fortunately he's having the other one done in a couple of weeks so no great harm done.
It's horrible waking up with a cold @tui34, my sympathies.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Friends have just gone off with the Austin 7, a dinky little red/black car circa 1934 ish.
I can now relax and put my feet up for a bit. Three men don't half eat a lot!
The rain has finally ceased but it's not nice enough to entice me out for a potter.
Have a good journey back to France @Busy-Lizzie … hope your back is more comfortable. 🤞
Thankfully my back is much better this morning… the exercises and Deep Heat and a good night’s sleep seem to have worked. I will he very careful when putting stuff away on the lower shelves of the cupboard.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Glad your back seems easier today @Dovefromabove but as you wisely suggested, take it easy for a while. No birds singing here, just the sound of pouring rain AGAIN! Feel so sorry for those birds trying to find nesting places in hedges or trees where, as yet, they have no leaves or foliage to protect them.
Safe journey @Busy-Lizzie, hope your back stands up to the driving.
Happy hump day folks, the weekend will soon be upon us.
Thank you @Dovefromabove and @AnnaB. I hope my back will be OK. I tried yesterday without painkillers. It ached but it's a lot better than it was.
We leave early afternoon and I've booked a nice looking pub restaurant for dinner tonight.