We’ve had the electricity blokes here since 8am until 4pm, so no power for us. They’ve been doing maintenance on the lines along our road. We decided to go to town and treat ourselves to lunch etc. it’s good to be home again and powered up.
Sorry to hear about the various health problems, but sending best wishes to all.
Good morning all 😊 ☕️ and hello to @Pat E 😊 How nice to have an unexpected lunch out 😃 It’s been foggy here overnight but it’s lifting now … it’s 6C and the forecast is for a good few dry days ahead … good news, even if it doesn’t actually say ‘sun’ …
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
been resting yesterday with a bad cold courtesy of OH. I am better today and it is sunny!! But as @AuntyRach says we should take it easy with the garden work.
Hello and sorry to hear about the postponement of your OH op @Lizzie27. Hopefully it will be sorted soon, very frustrating.
Morning all. Have read back quite a way just to check you are all OK. Hope your back gets better soon @Busy-Lizzie. It generally takes a few days I have found.
Still very much involved with festival planning/fundraising. Our Arts Council bid is in and we are just about to embark on a Heritage Lottery bid.
I very much hope that your back has improved @Busy-Lizzie
I hope that you get good news about your eyes @Allotment Boy
@coccinella I hope you are recovering from your cold.
I hope your OH will soon be able to get his operation @Lizzie27 . I can understand how it is very difficult to brace yourself for something, only to be told it won't happen until some future date.
Hopefully your funding application will be successful @didyw
@Dovefromabove I hope that you will get a car which not only proves reliable, but also will bring you much happiness.
@punkdoc Assuming you have already obtained a State Pension Forecast (which will tell you the specific years where you are missing Nat. Ins. contributions), then I'm reliably informed that the following method usually works: send a letter to HMRC telling them that you are making Class 3 Voluntary Nat. Ins. contributions. The letter should include the specific tax years for which you are making the Class 3 contributions, your full name, Nat. Ins. number, and (of course) your cheque for the total amount (obviously keep a couple of photocopies of this letter and also of cheque for your own records). Remember to request another state pension forecast a while after this - to make sure that they have actually used your cheque for the intended purpose. If they haven't filled your missing years (which I'm told sometimes happens) then write to them again enclosing one of the photocopies of both your original letter and your cheque, and hopefully all will then be sorted out.
Went into the attic yesterday lunchtime to get a hand fork from a box of old gardening tools. Must have raised some dust as my eyes have been stinging since then. Washed them out thoroughly (20 minutes per eye) yesterday afternoon. Eyes more bloodshot than normal and still stinging a bit, but vision seems perfectly normal. The joys of "dry eye". Tomorrow I'm taking my Mother for a pre-planned x-ray at the Minor Injuries Unit, and if my eyes aren't OK by then I might get them to take a look.
Stay safe out there folks.
"If you have a garden in your library, we will want for nothing" Marcus Tullius Cicero (in a letter to Marcus Terentius Varro, 46 B.C.)
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It’s been foggy here overnight but it’s lifting now … it’s 6C and the forecast is for a good few dry days ahead … good news, even if it doesn’t actually say ‘sun’ …
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
been resting yesterday with a bad cold courtesy of OH. I am better today and it is sunny!! But as @AuntyRach says we should take it easy with the garden work.
Hello and sorry to hear about the postponement of your OH op @Lizzie27. Hopefully it will be sorted soon, very frustrating.
Best wishes to @Allotment Boy and @Busy-Lizzie. Fingers crossed all with be well.
Good news about the car @Dovefromabove
Have a good day all of you. Be safe.
I am meeting a friend for a walk in the centre of town.
Luxembourg
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
How frustrating for your OH and you too @Lizzie27.
I slept much better. My back feels a bit bruised but is a lot better than it was. Doesn't hurt walking up stairs anymore.
We are going to the SM as friends are coming to lunch tomorrow.
Still very much involved with festival planning/fundraising. Our Arts Council bid is in and we are just about to embark on a Heritage Lottery bid.
So I can't hang about...
Foggy and cold, so I am going to go for a mooch around some local GC's / nurseries.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Good luck @didyw 🤞
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
My confession, 4 black buckets, @£1 each, very useful for potting up Cannas and Dahlias.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border