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Re: Vloggers Experience of Metering
I don’t think many who use big modern, power hungry outfits have much idea beyond the basics of just how much electricity they use. Many folks like to tow/drive away a tiny replica of what they have at home, with all the gadgets, all the plug ins, all the convenience, all the warmth, and very little effort, and don’t fully understand that this is going to cost quite a bit to run. Nothing wrong with it if it’s your choice, but you either do the maths around running heating and a tower fridge freezer via gas or electric, and decide on what suits you best, or you don’t.
We are happy with metered pitches, if the differential on having hook up or not prices is realistic.
Re: Are they joking?
Thought as much, you could do it at a better time of year for that amount.
Re: Vloggers Experience of Metering
I'm amazed that anyone leaves the heating at 18C overnight. We normally turn ours off but in very severe overnight temperatures ( -5C) we do set the heating to come on at 5C.
If we feel cold in bed we just add another thin duvet. I normally have the opposite problem of overheating and spend most of the night, home and away, with my feet uncovered.
MikeyA
Re: What are you all up to
Wet, dark and miserable again today. Been like that for days now house lights on all day.
WN, totally agree with you Re workmen, we are trying to get a plasterer to do a couple of small jobs, he lives 4 doors away but can you pin him down to do the job. Think it will require the hard line and have a work with his missus 
once he is here he does a good job its just getting him here.
Got to pop into town today, need to take stuff to my sister and I need to buy cards, 3 birthdays this month.
No decorations up for us, might not even bother with the tree. Can't be bothered with the whole event these days. We don't see the boys or the grandchildren as they prefer to be at their homes with their kids. I understand that as I was the same with ours. We will of course do a video call so will 'see' them and have a chat, as much as anyone can chat to teenagers
We are meeting up with our eldest son on Friday when he comes up to collect his 2 from boarding school. Table booked for lunch then they will drive back down to north Yorkshire. Think he will be on Christmas dinner duty as his wife fell over last week in the snow and has fractured her radial head in her elbow.
Right must get a move on and get out.
Re: What are you all up to
I had to take a sea sickness pill looking at your Waves David.
Good end result though.
Early delivery from IKEA this morning. Poor driver said he's already behind schedule due to having to find diversions as quite a few trees down in the area. I think the amount of rain that has fallen over several weeks will have softened the earth and made tree fall worse.
Mrs WN currently getting to grips with putting it all together. I've got a few Christmas letters to write on the computer. Still can't write with a pen as fingers not quite there yet. Just glad I don't haven't had to sign any documents although I can do a passable signature left handed now. Obviously had to give up my counterfeiting enterprise.
Pouring with rain at the moment.
Re: Vloggers Experience of Metering
My thoughts are if the vloggers use is typical, then no wonder site fees are so high.
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Re: Food Banks
Earlier in the year MK Food Bank started a competition to break the Guinness World Record for the longest line of food cans. Local residents were asked to contribute cans for the record. They did achiever their aim with 102,400 cans! A bit of a fun way of getting food donations? Apparently it provided about half the canned food they need for a year.
David
Re: What are you all up to
About to post this last night at about 9.30pm when the forum went down rather early!
We couldn't make up our minds whether to bother with Christmas Decorations this year but in the end we decided that we would, although we have gone for a minimum approach in the house. Decided to put the Christmas Tree in the porch rather than the lounge. I have also put up some outside lights. The three year old from two doors down seemed rather excited about the lights which made it all worthwhile. Not many of 35 houses on our estate have so far bothered with outside lights. Perhaps I need to go for a walk in the dark!
For me this time of years is jigsaw puzzle season. I have completed one with three more to do, although I sometimes find by Christmas day this number increases! The one I have completed is called Waves, see picture.
David
Re: What are you all up to
Hope you manage to get away soon Nellie.
We are just enjoying being together and being able to do some of the things we love. We both have lots of happy childhood memories of North Wales, as well as shared ones. Dropped on lovely with our cottage, I could live in this one permanently. It’s nice being out and about, despite the not great weather and the short daylight hours. Enjoying the Christmas lights around and about, and we came across some fantastic knit bombing in Criccieth, lots of knitted/crotcheted Xmas trees and toppers on post boxes and bollards. Best Xmas lights so far? Caernarfon Castle all lit up. Hard to beat that🤣 When the sea mist cleared, we could see the Irish coast this morning. Sea is a bit rough mind🤢
Re: What are you all up to
Missed all of yesterday's posts on here because of the dreaded Essential Maintenance
so have a lot of catching up to do. Nice to read all the updates from B2, H&T, Millie and wish Moulesy all the best with cooking the Xmas dinner, rather him than I. Hope Mrs M's finger is not too painful and that she soon has full use of it. I know from experience how painful and backward broken/dislocated fingers and thumbs can be.
Good to hear that the WNs and the tdas met up, and that the latter made it to cottage and has also had a good day out today.
