DD your choir can come and practise here, as long as they don't need to all sit down ... I've counted up, we have 14 seats in the whole house ......... just a thought, there's four wooden garden seats, two two-seater benches and a sun-lounger .......... plenty of seats .... bring them all
Morning Hosta ... don't you dare go climbing up to fix that roof ... you'll make your knee worse!!! You'll have to phone a nice 'Man who Can' ... but get on the phone quick, I'm sure builder-types will be in great demand down there for a while. I hardly saw my ex (a builder) for months after the 1987 Great Storm!!!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Morning all. Just spent ages reading back to Sunday, in between helping OH to put up a curtain rail.
We had a nightmare journey from the flat in Eastbourne to the cottage in SW Norfolk. Gales were dreadful in Eastbourne, the removal men were worried about the journey home when the small lorry would be empty.
The Dartford Bridge was closed so they were using half the tunnel for the traffic going South, huge queues, never seen so many lorries. The cars and lorries were rocking in the wind as they waited in the queue. By the time we got through the tunnel I was bursting for the loo so OH turned off for Thurrock services. Oh dear, big mistake! But I had no option. Trafic was almost at a standstill, took 30 mins to get into the services and an hour to get out back onto the M25. Then more queues blocking our way off the motorway to the M11 as there had been an accident.
The removal men arrived about an hour and a half before us, thank God I gave them the key. They had just about finished loading when we arrived at the cottage.
But the forecast heavy rain stayed off in Norfolk and the wind wasn't nearly as strong as in Eastbourne and up to London.
Unpacked most of the kitchen stuff last night and went to the local pub for dinner. Only the dining chairs and a rocking chair to sit on until tomorrow when IKEA will be delivering the sofas.
Glad to see Fairygirl is back. Hope punkdoc gets well soon. Must be well for the Valentine's party.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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Morning all.
Dry, overcast and the merest hint of a breeze. Felt ripped off shed roof was the only damage sustained here.
Clari, about time too.
DD you seem to cram more into a day than I manage in a week.
DD your choir can come and practise here, as long as they don't need to all sit down ... I've counted up, we have 14 seats in the whole house ......... just a thought, there's four wooden garden seats, two two-seater benches and a sun-lounger .......... plenty of seats .... bring them all
Morning Hosta ... don't you dare go climbing up to fix that roof ... you'll make your knee worse!!! You'll have to phone a nice 'Man who Can' ... but get on the phone quick, I'm sure builder-types will be in great demand down there for a while. I hardly saw my ex (a builder) for months after the 1987 Great Storm!!!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hosta, meant to say - did you and Lyn go on your outing yesterday, or did you both batten down the hatches and stay in the warm and dry?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Morning Dove, we ventured as far as the polytunnels. What wimps we are.
But I did manage to find some seed packets for her to take home.
Just read Andy Murray and Kim have a daughter!
A A Milne
Morning all. Just spent ages reading back to Sunday, in between helping OH to put up a curtain rail.
We had a nightmare journey from the flat in Eastbourne to the cottage in SW Norfolk. Gales were dreadful in Eastbourne, the removal men were worried about the journey home when the small lorry would be empty.
The Dartford Bridge was closed so they were using half the tunnel for the traffic going South, huge queues, never seen so many lorries. The cars and lorries were rocking in the wind as they waited in the queue. By the time we got through the tunnel I was bursting for the loo so OH turned off for Thurrock services. Oh dear, big mistake! But I had no option. Trafic was almost at a standstill, took 30 mins to get into the services and an hour to get out back onto the M25. Then more queues blocking our way off the motorway to the M11 as there had been an accident.
The removal men arrived about an hour and a half before us, thank God I gave them the key. They had just about finished loading when we arrived at the cottage.
But the forecast heavy rain stayed off in Norfolk and the wind wasn't nearly as strong as in Eastbourne and up to London.
Unpacked most of the kitchen stuff last night and went to the local pub for dinner. Only the dining chairs and a rocking chair to sit on until tomorrow when IKEA will be delivering the sofas.
Glad to see Fairygirl is back. Hope punkdoc gets well soon. Must be well for the Valentine's party.
Welcome to Norfolk BL
What an adventure!!!!!!! 
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks Dove. The removal men were great, if anyone wants to move from Eastbourne I can recommend them.
glad it went well BL.
All the best in your new home. xx
As we say in Scotland Busy Lang may yer lum reek!