Afternoon folks, Hosta, next time please pack me in your luggage....I could do with some sun and rest! glad your getting good night's sleep!
Dove, my oven too please! have step womble and womble in law for Christmas dinner on the 16th and the oven needs doing badly!
I'm Sat by the river Stour, watching a Herron watching me whilst eating my packed lunch having been rained on and stuck in traffic, not looking forward to journey home, Orwell bridge was closed all morning and traffic is a nightmare!
hope everyone is staying dry and is tethered down!
Wonky - I love herons Elegant and gawky at the same time The traffic in Ipswich has been on the national news!
Note ... I have not volunteered to clean your oven!
OH has discovered our new steam cleaner - I think it is now his - he is happy in the kitchen in a cloud of steam - all I've been allowed to do is put the racks in a plastic bag and tip some cleaning fluid into it.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Congratulations to Clari and team on the commendation/award - will make sure I visit if I'm in Sheffield.
Commiserations to Doc on the loss of the plants - hope your stream goes back to gently meandering soon.
We have had a frustrating day. Decided to collect my lawnmower from the dealers in Ipswich where it has been serviced - thinking to also hit John Lewis and Waitrose and then a go home via a depot near Woodbridge to collect salt blocks for the water softener.
Didn't even think to look at the travel / local news and hit stationary traffic on the A14 about 10 miles out. It was then that we learned of the Orwell Bridge closure... We never did get to Ipswich. Managed to get to Woodbridge via country lanes but A LOT of HGVs were also attempting detours around Ipswich so it wasn't an easy journey. Journeys via Ipswich that normally take 20mins were taking 2 - 3 hours.
For those that know the area - 2 HGV's met travelling in opposite directions in the middle of Coddenham - no idea how they've sorted that one out - fortunately we had just decided to turn round and go the other way so we didn't get stuck but they might still be there
On the bright side, however, we came home via the farm shop which is always a pleasure to visit. They were doing a very brisk trade which was good to see.
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Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
Lorries stuck in the lanes around Coddenham was a fairly frequent occurrence even back in the day when I lived around there. One was usually a beet lorry.
Just had something really nice happen. I got a thread caught in the workings of my sewing machine and had to disassemble the bobbin race. Then I simply couldn't get it back together. In desperation I phoned a sewing machine and sewing stiff shop in the city. Bring it in they said so I did. I thought I'd have to leave it there but they fixed it - it took about 10 mins as mines not a make they're familiar with. They let me test it and it works perfectly and they refused to charge me a penny.
A big cheer for Sew Creative of Norwich!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I might be mistaken, but I think a friend of ours might have won an award for her museum in Sheffield. If so congratulations, if not you should have!
Force of the water when the stream flooded has ripped out a lot of plants, but easier to deal with than a flooded house. Water levels going down, but a lot of Sheffield is badly affected.
We were very lucky with the weather, at home we were unaffected, at work... well let's just play a game called I spy with my little eye many many cones of slippery when wet.
PuPunk; sorry to hear about your garden If there is anything special you're looking for to replace the moist patches please please let us know!
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Sadly not Dove, all washed down stream somewhere, but it will open up new opportunities.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Oh, that's a shame
I don't suppose I've got much that you want - I do have some Hosta 'Blue Angel' seeds (open pollinated) if you're interested?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Afternoon folks, Hosta, next time please pack me in your luggage....I could do with some sun and rest! glad your getting good night's sleep!
Dove, my oven too please! have step womble and womble in law for Christmas dinner on the 16th and the oven needs doing badly!
I'm Sat by the river Stour, watching a Herron watching me whilst eating my packed lunch having been rained on and stuck in traffic, not looking forward to journey home, Orwell bridge was closed all morning and traffic is a nightmare!
hope everyone is staying dry and is tethered down!
Very kind of you Dove, but I am ok for Hostas, as plenty elsewhere in the garden.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
That's ok then Pdoc
Wonky - I love herons
Elegant and gawky at the same time 
The traffic in Ipswich has been on the national news!
Note ... I have not volunteered to clean your oven!
OH has discovered our new steam cleaner - I think it is now his - he is happy in the kitchen in a cloud of steam - all I've been allowed to do is put the racks in a plastic bag and tip some cleaning fluid into it.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Afternoon all
Congratulations to Clari and team on the commendation/award - will make sure I visit if I'm in Sheffield.
Commiserations to Doc on the loss of the plants - hope your stream goes back to gently meandering soon.
We have had a frustrating day. Decided to collect my lawnmower from the dealers in Ipswich where it has been serviced - thinking to also hit John Lewis and Waitrose and then a go home via a depot near Woodbridge to collect salt blocks for the water softener.
Didn't even think to look at the travel / local news and hit stationary traffic on the A14 about 10 miles out. It was then that we learned of the Orwell Bridge closure... We never did get to Ipswich. Managed to get to Woodbridge via country lanes but A LOT of HGVs were also attempting detours around Ipswich so it wasn't an easy journey. Journeys via Ipswich that normally take 20mins were taking 2 - 3 hours.
For those that know the area - 2 HGV's met travelling in opposite directions in the middle of Coddenham - no idea how they've sorted that one out - fortunately we had just decided to turn round and go the other way so we didn't get stuck but they might still be there
On the bright side, however, we came home via the farm shop which is always a pleasure to visit. They were doing a very brisk trade which was good to see.
Last edited: 22 November 2016 15:29:17
Lorries stuck in the lanes around Coddenham was a fairly frequent occurrence even back in the day when I lived around there. One was usually a beet lorry.
Just had something really nice happen. I got a thread caught in the workings of my sewing machine and had to disassemble the bobbin race. Then I simply couldn't get it back together. In desperation I phoned a sewing machine and sewing stiff shop in the city. Bring it in they said so I did. I thought I'd have to leave it there but they fixed it - it took about 10 mins as mines not a make they're familiar with. They let me test it and it works perfectly and they refused to charge me a penny.
A big cheer for Sew Creative of Norwich!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We didn't win, but we were at least recognised!
Well done Clari
We were very lucky with the weather, at home we were unaffected, at work... well let's just play a game called I spy with my little eye many many cones of slippery when wet.
PuPunk; sorry to hear about your garden
If there is anything special you're looking for to replace the moist patches please please let us know!