What are you all up to

Options
1118311841186118811892138

Comments

  • Pliers
    Pliers Forum Participant Posts: 1,864 Participant
    1000 Comments
    edited May 2020 #35552

    Lovely they certainly are!

    They seem to be quite placid, too, even when they have youngsters with them. But given the size of the animal, and the horns, I do tend to give them a wide berth. 🙂

  • brue
    brue Forum Participant Posts: 21,176 Participant
    5,000 Likes 1000 Comments
    edited May 2020 #35553

    Thanks for the cattle photos Pliers and TDA, nice to see them, our locals are Holsteins, a dairy herd, they go in for milking at 3pm so we can set the time by them. smile

    Moulesy, we have four new puppies near us, including ours and they've missed out a bit on the usual socialising. We'll probably take ours out of the village soon so that she can get used to the car again. Aiming for a river walk on the levels, hoping it will be quiet, not far to travel but a change of scenery.

    OH has been inundated with calls for local fishing licences, backwards and forwards to the post box each day. He hasn't been out himself, waiting for the rush to end. smile

  • Wherenext
    Wherenext Club Member Posts: 11,224
    5,000 Likes 1000 Comments Name Dropper
    edited May 2020 #35554

    Another lovely day. Hardly anyone out on our walk this morning. 3 people and 1 car in 2 hours. Heaven. Got home only to find a Woodpigeon had decided to fly into the side of my car so I was called upon to dispose os the body and clean the blood up. How come the women never get to do this?

    Sorted out a problem I've been having with our Nemesis lock on the caravan.

    Otherwise it was normal cooking duties. Cottage pie tonight. I like to singe the potato crust. Lovely crusty bits.smile We used to have an open potato butty with any leftover mash when we were kids. Waste not, want not was mum's mantra. 

  • moulesy
    moulesy Forum Participant Trusted Posts: 9,414
    5,000 Likes 1000 Comments
    edited May 2020 #35555

    "We used to have an open potato butty with any leftover mash when we were kids. Waste not, want not was mum's mantra."

    That brought back childhood memories, W. Mashed potato sandwiches with a dish of gravy to dunk them in! Happy (if messy) days! smile

  • Wherenext
    Wherenext Club Member Posts: 11,224
    5,000 Likes 1000 Comments Name Dropper
    edited May 2020 #35556

    Heathens. Fancy dunking your piece of perfection.surprisedsmile

  • Oneputt
    Oneputt Club Member Posts: 9,192
    2,500 Likes 1000 Comments Name Dropper
    edited May 2020 #35557

    Mrs One thinks I’m weird as I make most leftovers into sandwiches.

    Another lovely day here, the wind had reduced in strength so was quite pleasant.  Walk this morning took me inland where I looked at a new small housing estate and then looked at a new detached house.  Keep toying with moving but after 47 years in this house not entirely sure I can be bothered.  

    Back home and lopped more off neighbours tree 🌳.  Painted skirting in the bathroom.  Parcel delivered about 4pm so decided on a second walk, this time along the river.  A few new ships in the harbour including another grain ship

  • Bakers2
    Bakers2 Forum Participant Trusted Posts: 8,500
    2,500 Likes 1000 Comments Name Dropper
    edited May 2020 #35558

    Sorry is this a foreign habit? I've never heard of it 🤣

  • moulesy
    moulesy Forum Participant Trusted Posts: 9,414
    5,000 Likes 1000 Comments
    edited May 2020 #35559

    No, no, the gravy would be called "jus" if it was an "over there" thing! wink

  • Bakers2
    Bakers2 Forum Participant Trusted Posts: 8,500
    2,500 Likes 1000 Comments Name Dropper
    edited May 2020 #35561

    By foreign I include not a southern thing 😉

  • moulesy
    moulesy Forum Participant Trusted Posts: 9,414
    5,000 Likes 1000 Comments
    edited May 2020 #35562

    They all look gorgeous, B! We've always missed put on the puppy stage, although we have a friend who used to breed Setters. When she had her last litter she asked us to go round to look at them and made Mrs M hold her hands out flat and put one of the pups on them. We already had George & Harry at the time so it was an easy decision to say very nice but no thanks. She kept that puppy - he's now 11 and, she always says, the naughtiest Setter she's ever owned. Close escape that!  laughing

  • Wherenext
    Wherenext Club Member Posts: 11,224
    5,000 Likes 1000 Comments Name Dropper
    edited May 2020 #35563

    Bakers, they're as cute as well...... puppies. Of course you can tell them apart. Look at the white markings on their face and then one of them is really distinctive. It has a large yellow lead around its head. Easy.

  • Bakers2
    Bakers2 Forum Participant Trusted Posts: 8,500
    2,500 Likes 1000 Comments Name Dropper
    edited May 2020 #35564

    Gee thanks. With a friend like you who needs enemies?🤣

    She'll be perfect 😉.

    We were aiming to take a rescue but we weren't successful and where we were offered the dogs had guarding issues amongst other things, including biting. Too scared to take on the latter and if they had other issues they'd be hard work at 4 or 5 to address - sadly why they were rescued 😢. 

    I blame my DIL she sent a video of them at 1 day. It will be our last puppy I'm sure 🤔

  • JVB66
    JVB66 Forum Participant Posts: 22,892 Participant
    2,500 Likes 1000 Comments
    edited May 2020 #35565

    I have recd another email from NT adviseing that some of the larger    manned car parks  in open spaces,are to  opened next week ,   but not their gardens and buildings,   To keep the numbers of visitors to managable levels spaces will be by on line bookings only for nowlaughing

  • no one
    no one Forum Participant Posts: 216
    edited May 2020 #35566

    lovely pups,i am sure yours will be well loved laughing

    yet another lovely sunny morning with clear sky's down here on the south coast.

    Spent yesterday running the cable for the split charger system, all the way from the engine bay back to the rear bulkhead, where my Leisure battery resides. I used every mm of the 7m of cable I ordered, mounted the splitter in the engine bay and also one of 2 fuse holders, the other is 'aft' by the other battery. luckily I managed to follow the route of the main power line half way then up under the fridge through its 12v wire grommet then followed the 240v line back which is through the cupboards and under seat (rear lounge), and down into the battery box.

    So that's the Positive side complete, today I will hopefully wire up the negative side which is only about a foot of cable and a sensing wire.

    The split charger is dual sensing so as well as charging the leisure battery from the alternator should charge the engine battery when on mains power unit if volts get above 13.3v.

    I wonder if I should disconnect the original Zig charging relay that closes as soon as the alternator is turning?

    enjoy your day all cool

  • cyberyacht
    cyberyacht Club Member Posts: 10,224
    2,500 Likes 1000 Comments Name Dropper
    edited May 2020 #35567

    Moulsley wrote: " looked like everyone was doing the social distancing though the dogs don't seem very good at that sort of thing! "

    CAMC ahead of the game for once with 2M leads then. wink

  • cyberyacht
    cyberyacht Club Member Posts: 10,224
    2,500 Likes 1000 Comments Name Dropper
    edited May 2020 #35568

    I had the NT email as well. Doesn't do much for spontaneity on a day out though.

  • brue
    brue Forum Participant Posts: 21,176 Participant
    5,000 Likes 1000 Comments
    edited May 2020 #35569

    High jinks ahead B2, the puppies look sweet, start taking the vitamins now! wink (I'm sure you'll both be smitten.)

  • Rocky 2 buckets
    Rocky 2 buckets Forum Participant Posts: 7,101 Participant
    5,000 Likes 1000 Comments
    edited May 2020 #35570

    The pitter-patter Of tiny feet(2 pair, 1 body)👍🏻😊

  • thebells
    thebells Forum Participant Posts: 365 Participant
    100 Comments
    edited May 2020 #35571

    Bakers the puppy is gorgeous and will no doubt keep you fully occupied over the coming months!😊

    Off now on a bike ride to Newcastle.......It may be some time before I return!

  • JVB66
    JVB66 Forum Participant Posts: 22,892 Participant
    2,500 Likes 1000 Comments
    edited May 2020 #35572

    I think it will be for some time to come  

  • JVB66
    JVB66 Forum Participant Posts: 22,892 Participant
    2,500 Likes 1000 Comments
    edited May 2020 #35573

    As with Border Collies we are now on our third rehomed one second from Dundalk, Southern Ireland  (she has her own passportsurprised) as we have always been advised "just remember with collies make sure which end of the lead has the highest IQ" and they  tend to want less exercise when they get to about 12yrs (human years that is)cool

  • neveramsure
    neveramsure Forum Participant Posts: 713 Participant
    500 Comments
    edited May 2020 #35574

    Congrats B2, the pups all look so cute, you must be feeling so excited.coollaughing

  • Goldie146
    Goldie146 Club Member Posts: 2,553
    2,500 Likes 1000 Comments Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited May 2020 #35575

    Just had a delivery from Morrisons with one of the friendliest drivers we've had. We had a spaced out talk (that doesn't sound right!) about cats (one hanging about ready sneak into the house) and farm buildings.

    Tomorrow we're collecting a load of meat from a farm shop up the road.  http://www.kitriddingfarmshop.co.uk/ It's possible the beef is "coming home" as they have in the past bought bull calves from us. I'm stocking up food for silaging - when I make up boxes for the workers. I tend to forget that it happens much quicker these days and I am overstocked. Never mind. It will all come in.

    Just cheese to order now. We've plenty of "cooking cheese" but I'm ordering some different sorts from the Hawes creamery (to have for quick suppers etc).

    P.S. - is anyone else having trouble getting glace cherries? A fruit cake is not complete without them!

  • Takethedogalong
    Takethedogalong Forum Participant Trusted Posts: 17,821
    10,000 Likes 1000 Comments Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited May 2020 #35576

    OMG, those puppies are lovely. Personally, I would go for the all white one on the left, a lot less hassle😂

    I have to confess............I have been checking out if the person we have always got our Airedale pups from has any news..........and on the Airedale Rescue website.

    HRH is fast asleep at the moment, but I am sure he would adore a puppy friend. 

  • brue
    brue Forum Participant Posts: 21,176 Participant
    5,000 Likes 1000 Comments
    edited May 2020 #35577

    Had our Waitrose delivery this morning, things had gone a bit awry so had to send off an email. Ordering for the neighbours too and trying to explain things to them makes it all a bit harder just now.

    Silaging has been going on round here Goldie, whizzing around all day, hope yours goes ok.

    When you mentioned the cherries it reminded me I spotted a nice cherry cake recipe online at Meg Rivers (the on line cake makers.) So I'd better check the cherry situation myself, think I've got half a tub left.

    Anyway we've tucked into some large Waitrose danish pastries after our cleaning and storing efforts with the shopping this morning. We're on plastic bag overload, Morrisons are better with their strong paper bags!

     

  • Takethedogalong
    Takethedogalong Forum Participant Trusted Posts: 17,821
    10,000 Likes 1000 Comments Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited May 2020 #35578

    Tesco delivery man left part of my sister’s shopping out of sight on top of a bin the other day. Couple of hours later, she found it. Sadly it was the ice cream........😂

    They did reimburse her.

  • Oneputt
    Oneputt Club Member Posts: 9,192
    2,500 Likes 1000 Comments Name Dropper
    edited May 2020 #35579

    Wow Brue had a look at Megs website, stunned at the prices and then postage on top.  Just told Mrs One to get to the kitchen, we can undercut Megs prices and still be millionaires in a month🤑

    Lovely sunny morning so decided to walk to the caravan.  The couple in the van parked in the van next to ours told us that during all the rain they went to check their van and the ground had collapsed under their near side wheel and their van was tilted at an acute angle.  Anyway all sorted and our van is perfectly ok.  Checked the village war memorial which will need some tidying and replanting so will do that next week.

    There was a noticeable increase in traffic today and a lot of it thought they were at Silverstone.

    Sky’s clouded a bit now so will spend the afternoon pottering

  • KjellNN
    KjellNN Club Member Posts: 8,856
    2,500 Likes 1000 Comments Name Dropper
    edited May 2020 #35580

    Sunny here again.

    Making an essential delivery of Aldi nappies for Callum this afternoon, plus a few other bits DD could not get from Asda, so hope to be able to wave to him through the kitchen window.

    Our Waitrose click and collect yesterday went not too bad, no bread flour, as predicted, and no small sausages, but everything otherwise.  All very easy and efficient.

  • trellis
    trellis Forum Participant Posts: 1,102 Participant
    1000 Comments
    edited May 2020 #35581

    Oneputt , and what did you really say to your good lady ? 😀😀.

Welcome!

It looks like you're new here. Sign in or register to get started.