What are you all up to
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Well JVB you either have exceptional frogs, a pond below your open window or are very light sleepers 🤣🤣🤣.
We have never heard anything when outdoors, let alone indoors. We did have a David Attenborough moment when returning to our bungalow on a nature reserve on a Thai island on a few evenings but even that wasn't that audible a few yards from the water.
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Congratulations Goldie on your win and money raising efforts. Do let us know what you actually receive in due course.
Good to read others having a reasonable time preparing for spring 😀 and possible days out or trips away.
Will the Wherenext's be sporting and sharing their new hair styles? Before and after shots please 😉.
Brue how was your virtual experience?
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We can hear our toads when we're near the pond. They get quite loud, I sometimes think our neighbours might think we're making weird noises (our pond is close to the boundary.)
B2 I enjoyed the RSC "experience" totally different and apparently it changes each time so I might watch it again. I'll be interested if anyone has a go with the "virtual" reality bit. Over 5000 people joined in last night.
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Been a nice enough day here today cold but no rain. Went out and gave the car a full clean out hoovered, carpet shampoo, upholstery cleaner and dashboard/trim cleaner. The car looks and smells brand new inside now took over 3 hours but well worth it.
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Quite a nice day today so decided to take the van out for a short run. First time since early December last year!!! Almost felt like going on holiday. Next job is to summon up the courage wash and polish!!!
David
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Dry day and not too cold.
Busy this morning with housework, then gardening this afternoon.
OH busy tidying up out on the decking and utility room this morning, then playing with his small portable satellite dish this afternoon. We use an 85cm dish when abroad but don't need that here. He found the small one we used to use, before they changed the footprint in Europe. It will be perfect for the North of Scotland and a few of the sites we are going to in England in June.
Had a good day yesterday, OH got to see his Mum for awhile and then we went into town for a walk along the river. No otters this time but it was a nice walk and not busy with folk.
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Received a text from our GO Surgery while out walking this afternoon, didn't read it and presumed it was to offer me a date for my second jab. On getting home and reading it fully it was a reminder for OH of her jab tomorrow. Hopes deflated!! 😞
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Enjoy your visit to Lytes Cary brue I used to do volunteering work there in the garden and really did enjoy my time there a lot more formal than I used to do with the gardening group with learning difficulties around the Bridgwater area but I used to enjoy both.
No gardening here today very dull and damp so a small amount of painting in the lounge and a few other chores.
Off for coffee with friends on Tuesday morning and see their rescue dog is behaving now after chasing a cat last week but no problems with their own cat.
Could do with the folk who are cleaning their caravans over here our is a bit green on the roof it will have to wait for a dry and warmer spell, may go away in May but still waiting for the jabs.
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Love Lytes Cary Brue, brilliant allotment projects. We stopped off heading down to Dartmoor a couple of years ago, always love a walk around the gardens, and we did the long estate walk as well, with the pooch in his chariot. Hope you have a lovely day👍
Mum day here, took her for a short walk today, Roche Abbey estate near home. She really enjoyed it, keeps her legs going, a bit of exercise. Nice and warm in sunshine as well.
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Just sitting waiting for the Tesco delivery. It says 1 stop away, so looks like being early. Postman just put something through the door, which on investigation turned out to be the council tax bill.☹️ Not as bad as I thought, only £64 more this year. Just as well as for some reason we seem to have about the highest band C rate in the country at £30 a month above the average payment at about the average for band D. It says we are next now.😀
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Got ours a couple of days ago gone up by over £200 for the year taking the monthly payments up to £250. It's getting to be quite a serious level of expenditure
Feeling a bit pleased with myself after the heavy rain over the last few days resulted in water pouring in through our back door. Managed to fit a drip rail (why on earth one wasn't fitted in the first place?) and replaced the rubber seals on both the door and the frame. The 'universal-fit' seal that I bought from Amazon looked nothing like the original and was concerned that it wouldn't fit - but it did and was a doddle to put in. So - job done - just waiting for it to pour again so I can see if it has worked.
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I hope you hear about your 2nd jab soon nellie. When was your OH's 1st jab? Mine was the middle of January so I am hoping to hear about my 2nd one in 3 to 4 weeks.
Not much to report here. Much the same - jobs in the house and a bit of gardening. Daughter told me on Friday that the M&S on our local trading estate is open. Not just the food hall but the whole of the ground floor - women's, men's and children's clothes so had a quiet wander round there yesterday afternoon. It's the first time I have been in a shop for months. I managed to stock up on some birthday cards as we have a few birthdays coming up in the next month or so.
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"Got ours a couple of days ago gone up by over £200 for the year taking the monthly payments up to £250. It's getting to be quite a serious level of expenditure"
Wow, i knew Yorkshire was expensive, my sister lives near Malton, been advised our monthly will be £189
, do you live in a castle "Could do with the folk who are cleaning their caravans over here our is a bit green on the roof"
ours was cleaned it last week with the usual Fenwicks after this cheeky chappie in the SAR who flies over quite often told my daughter that the caravan was looking a bit green
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We get military helicopters going over here but do not think they notice the roof of the van, we have got fenwicks here so will do it sometime.
A sunny start here but chilly then went over cloudy when we went to our friends, now got a tray of plants from their garden, mina the dog glad to see us very friendly.
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OH has just been on line to set up a new DD for our CT as we changed bank accounts, going to pay over 12 months instead of 10 as we did before. The CT has not gone up this year......it was already high.....but we pay our water and sewerage along with it up here, so the total is painful!
£3207 for CT plus £895 for the water etc
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Wow KjellNN that’s some bill!! Our CT went up a reasonable amount of £100. We are in band F and we pay separately for water on a meter, so we only pay about £30 a month for that, or less than half your rate. Can you not get a meter fitted in Scotland?
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Just finished watching the Scottish FMs announcement.
April the 26th is the date we can look forward to being able to travel and go to campsites
that means we will have to cancel the first 2 stops of our April trip
. Now down to just 2 sites before we have to be back home for the dentist. Still it means we can go on our May trips and our June ones. Even those looked to be in jeopardy at one stage.
Lovely sunny day here but windy so no bike ride just a walk.
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Yes TG welcome news today means our trip over to Berwick at the beginning of May should go ahead as well as all our other bookings we have throughout the summer we did have Ayr Craigie booked for a weekend in the middle of April so that will need cancelled. Do you think they may open sites send catering on the 2nd if you go within your area? I may be being optimistic but just when she said “all” tourist accommodation on 26th who knows but the 26th is on our diary now as opening day
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It is not suprising that you have to pay for installation of water meters in Scotland at what they charge now
it is a disinsentive to have them fitted 
,our water company fits them for free and activly encourage it,but then we are continually on a knife edge with water supplies in Anglia region0
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or it seems North of Watford Gap
