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Slightly firmer dog walk this morning, but still soft going, goes to show how wet the ground is. Rather misty start to the day but sun came out, most welcome 🌞 about 1030 and we have wonderful blue sky. I really wondered if someone had stolen it, it's been sooooo long since we had any.
I've opened all the blinds in the conservatory, roof included, and am sunning myself. First time I've opened all but the minimum blinds since early December. I hate them closed as it makes me feel caged but it has honestly been so grey, dull and cold it was a waste of effort until today. It's really lifted my spirits 😀
Stay safe folks
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Minus 5 when we set out this morning. Would have been happy to have a long walk but the roads are treacherous and fields were in flood before the snow came so they were impassable. Shame to waste such a lovely sunny day.
At least we are south facing in the living rooms so plenty of heat coming in.
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Another very cold day with freezing fog now. The sun was up there somewhere, but too much cloud for it to provide any warmth, heating has had to be on all day. With so much time spent at home, our fuel bills will be astronomical!
We are switching energy supplier soon and for the first time ever we will not be getting a refund from our current supplier......not away in the van...... not so much at DD's house.......and a long cold spell. We were down to -7 overnight.
Far too cold to be down in my garage workshop, so repairs on the cot bed will have to wait.
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Wherenext we have a local Gas Safe plumber who services our boiler. So don't have to rely on BG.
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Not frosty here, its been very foggy all day. Went out for a walk and couldn't see down the field to the canal. Surprisingly lots of folks out and about and the roads still busy. Ended up walking further than we intended too, although getting a bit fed up of the same walks but in different directions.
Bakers2 love the idea of a cream tea delivery, may have to look into getting one.
Glad to read that some have appointments for the Covid Vaccine, may have to wait quite a while for mine, bottom of the list. 🙁
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Mum day today for me. Lots to sort out/ do at her place, so had a busy day. No sign of any rock salt in outhouse, and her paths were treacherous. Very heavy frost here, it was -3c as I went out this morning, even windows on Jeep were frozen. Didn’t get above freezing all day. Took Mum for a spin, just to give her a different day, only doing things like essential shopping and got some rock salt. That hour made her day, she hadn’t been out for a week. She stayed toasty in car while I masked up. Morrison’s fruit and veg area was looking a big empty. First time in a big supermarket for months. Not very busy, and good to see more folks were using sanitising stations rather than walking past.
Back home now, stove is lit, OH has done some sort of casserole that is bubbling away, that smells nice.
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What a horrible day, very cold and fog that has been lingering all day and now qite thick again as dusk has set in ,only upside is ground is hard so not so muddy as lately,
Cream tea was very nice, although clotted cream was made in Wiltshire but it is in a very nice glass jar
Not sure that HMG will not evoke more restrictions as plenty of cars on "essential journeys"? so much for the stay at home ,IMHO think even though we have a very high covid figure many are getting quite blase about the situation,
But it seems the annual flue virus is being kept at bay by the amount of covid protection is reducing cross infection
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Thanks CY, its St Petersburg that I want to see, though I'm sure I'll enjoy all the other places to.
We managed a weeks cruise Jan/Feb last year before it all kicked off. Its not one I would recommend though.
The one before that was Feb 2019 on the QM2 it was the second leg of the world cruise, Dubai to Singapore. Its the next leg of that I fancy doing. OH fancies South America or Australia and New Zealand cruise and stay. I don't fancy the long flight.
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Lovely sunny day up here, a walk to the village centre, the cafes there doing a roaring takeaway trade.
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TG , We did the Baltic a couple of years ago . St Petersburg is a beautiful city once you get away from the harbour front (typical 60's Russian high rises ) . Took me a while to get used to seeing ICBM 's dotted around the place , strange landmarks 😀. If the cruise allows Tallinn in Estonia is without doubt the loveliest city I've been to. Hope it all works out for you.
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It looks brighter up your way Corners, it's just damp and cold down here and I think a lot colder over night again.
JVB if we order cream from Milk and More it always comes in glass jars now, so does the yoghurt (and our milk.) Except clotted cream, they don't offer it. Nice idea to have these teas arriving on your doorstep.
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. Not very busy, and good to see more folks were using sanitising stations rather than walking past.
Ttda, we don't sanitise as we walk in as we wear those plastic see through gloves, which are turned inside out as soon as shopping put in car and disposed of before we leave the car park.
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Thanks Trellis, I think Tallin is one of the stops. Just need the confidence to try a cruise this year. I guess they will be like flights etc. Covid test before allowing you on board, but with quite a few stops with folk getting on and off mixing with other nationals, it wouldn't be hard for someone to bring it back on board. Might have to leave it another year.
Very, very cold overnight. Bright and sunny first thing, then milder late afternoon with grey skies. First time the vehicles have been snow and frost free for well over a week.
More painting this morning for me, OH did the ironing. Good walk this afternoon then relaxing since then.
Lots of load drilling coming from through the wall next door, its the young lads bedroom not sure what's being done but Dad's not know for his DIY skills. OH said " hope he's got a depth gauge on that drill"
he even went and checked the wall, its the room we have just decorated
Watching the news and seeing the snow in Madrid, the rain in Maderia, Canaries and Gib.
In a normal year there would be hundreds of folk going out to Spain for the winter, wouldn't fancy getting caught up in that.
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We sanitise going in and then when we get to the car before touching it.
Trolley handles are done as we go in but we use a shopping bag to grab and push it to the sanitizing point.
I think we are getting back to how we were in March/April, its just folk getting to close that bugs me. What part of 2m distance do they not understand.
I think its the distance that is the main defence against the virus. If you are not close it is much harder to transmit.
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Just having a look at possible sites to visit this year. This one looks promising.....
David
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is that the one that comes to life every 100 years
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TG my sister and husband "did" the Baltic cruise, a Russian submarine decided to enjoy a swim around the area too, so their cruise schedule went to pot. When they finally got to St Petersburg my sister became ill with a bad respiratory infection affecting half the ship...don't want to put you off!
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Fine dry day here in S.Cumbria, and the sun soon made short work of the little snow that we had yesterday evening. Went on a couple of our usual walks from home, including up on the old sports fields before they once again turn to mud. Plenty out and about but all keeping well apart when passing . The forecast is for a warmer but wetter day tomorrow.
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Oh brue that's not good.
When we went to the S Caribbean we both got a respiratory infection on board the ship. Not a nice thing to have, lost the last week of the cruise as stuck in the cabin most of the time. Don't want to do that again.
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Good news / bad news day alas
!!The Garage is struggling to fix the particulate filter problem on the dukky, but aged sister was called in for anti-covid vaccine today - Eldest son drove her there, Insisted on her using the Blue Badge & a wheel chair { Getting more insistent on his own way now !! } as sis arrived at Vaccine point she was asked for certain details including her Surgery, and, on giving the details was surprised when the Nurse said" Oh, Good you're one of MY LOT then !! You really cannot hide anywhere these days, even when wearing a face covering so don't try robbing the bank !!
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ABM that's good news for your sister on the vax and that she is doing as shes told by son 😉. I hope that the garage can fix your dusky problem without too big a wallet hit. Is it parts?
Lovely video call with son and DIL last evening, new addition is growing but they are very laid back. Little in hand for its arrival in less than 3 months. Travel system, excluding car seat, finally ordered but now learned colour choice not available at the mo, still doesn't galvanised them - oh to be so chilled 😱. I had delivery to them from John Lewis of basic clothing received thanks but been put away for now, it's getting a bit real apparently 🤣. Did say I thought it might get them through one day IF everything stayed in the tummy or caught in the nappy 😉. I think they thought I was joking............ oh the steep learning curve that accompanies new parents in so many ways!
Cold frosty start here, grey again. Left my washed bedding out overnight, not stiff this morning surprisingly not dry yet either but smells wonderful.
Takethedogalong has changed her avatar, keep forgetting to mention it! Nice blinde and brunette 😉
Off for a crunchy, hopefully, dog walk soon. Stay safe folks.
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After some clear but cold days, its now slightly warmer and murky. It's a do nothing day for me. Lunch will be easy - the fridge is rather overrun with cheese. And supper's a long way off - no need to think about it yet.
OH has been in for breakfast and gone out to finish off essential feeding etc - another 90 minutes or so.
Yesterday a contractor came and spread FYM on our hay fields. The next time we go into them will be in summer to mow the grass.
Our pond has frozen, and in this photo you can see the circles where an otter has surfaced, and then it has refrozen.
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Lovely photo Goldie.
It's a do nothing day for us as well. Ventured out but not very far as the top snow level on pavements has partially melted but there's sheet ice underneath. Not safe and I have no wish to inspect the inside of any A&E room.
Whatever you are doing make sure it's safe one.
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TG wrote about different legs of a world cruise. Living as I do fairly close to Southampton, fly-cruises just don't do it for us, especially long-haul.
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B2, It's some blockage problem on the diesel particulate filter, very probably due to doing too few miles so not getting up to self-cleaning temperatures for long enough, alas
or so I am told !As for the cost, well I do need the motor 'cos Crewe has too many banks, slopes and bridges for old bones to handle with ease now. At least I can smile & tell folk " Stay Home, Like wot I is doing " and move away with a DGB self-satisfied smirk
Well it does look to be climbing slowly upwards temperature-wise in South Cheshire. It is frost and fog free, dry and looking a touch brighter even though totally grey cloud cover, so I'll dash off now and record a good few 'K's on the indoor exercise bike with a handy cup of Yorkshire's best !! See you all round the back of the bike shed
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OH has stopped painting the kitchen to ease his back and watch the snooker! I've cleaned out two big bookcases, when I stopped dipping into the books I got the job done. There's nowhere to donate anything at the moment so most of them went back on the shelves.
I've spent sometime on ancestryuk helping out BIL track down his French and Irish ancestors, had some success and emailed copies on to him. It's surprising what's out there now.
Not doing anything else, just some needlepoint which is portable, sometimes I buy half finished items on eBay, this is one of them...I quite enjoyed tackling it and turning it into a cushion! If you don't like these things look away now.
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That’s lovely brue. I will no doubt inherit some of Mum’s half finished needlework projects. I will have to take a look, was it eBay? I had no idea folks were putting half finished stuff up for sale. Kits cost such a lot to buy from new.
Edit, sorry you mentioned ebay😉
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Another grey day here, but at least it is a bit warmer.
OH discovered at 7am that I had forgotten to turn off the water supply to our outside tap for winter.
She thought she heard water running somewhere and went to investigate.......water spraying everywhere from a split in the pipe outside. Now turned off, but will leave the repair for warmer weather.DD has been trying to finish painting the new cornice in the baby brother room, very slow progress and now has an aching arm......I know the feeling well!
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