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Same to you Ttda.
We're still a bit wary of pubs/restaurants Brue and like to see how the land lies before committing if possible. Eating out is never a big thing for us when we're away in the caravan and just the 2 of us. Bit different when we hire a cottage and MiL joins us. Even then we have been known to duck out if one of us doesn't like the look of things. Obviously we're more cautious these days.
Rain today but we knew it would be so not much outside packing to do. We're stopping in Herefordshire for a few nights on the way down south tomorrow so not a huge journey ahead and the balance of packing, all of which couldn't be done anyway today, will be done in the morning.
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Thanks Brue, I was reading on BBC website this morning about how bad trying to get a meal out is at the moment in SW (and elsewhere), and some of the bad behaviour from some customers. In truth, we only have the odd meal out for special occasions anyway, as I really enjoy catering for us when away. We don’t eat meat, and it’s rare that even the nicest places do much to tempt our palates, so it’s not something we miss hugely. I much prefer to buy in something nice and prepare it myself. I have another birthday afternoon tea to do on our return, so looking forward to this. We too are wary of spending a long time indoors amongst others, so again it’s not for us at the moment.
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Goldie
When I started work we used to sell sheets and blankets in guineas. Back then a guinea was worth 21 shillings, is it still the same, or a pound and 10p? Can't quite remember but I suspect that decimalisation was the undoing of it being used generally in retailing.
David
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We had some stormy weather there Steve, but we were offered a more sheltered spot right at the back of the site, very busy all the time we were there. Nice walk along the beach to Seahouses and short bus ride back! Good shop in the village, two pubs and a nice cafe a few minutes walk from the site.
It was just a general suggestion about booking meals out etc. if like me you want a break from all things kitchen. We've found that places have reduced their capacity so haven't felt we've been squashed in anywhere. Last pub meal we were told we could have the table all evening if needed, we had to eat at 5.30pm to fit in. They were being as cautious as us not letting too many folks through the doors (which remained open...
)We came back home and saw the jungle like areas of our garden with new eyes and now know what needs to be sorted pronto. Our garden help is off at the moment (new puppy arrived) and our chap who does the big stuff like hedges can't help for at least three weeks. Lots of veg to go in the freezer, OH's feed the world Covid plan has caused a serious glut! So our little break is well and truly over! But next small one already sorted.
Hope all the holidays mentioned on here go well, the sun has finally come out and it's warm so things are looking up!
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It’s a site that gets very very busy Steve. Nice location though. I think there are one or two private Sites close by that are quieter. I think one has a CL area as well, metres from the beach, South of the village🤔
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One guinea - one pund one shilling. It still does i.e.£1.05. Pedigree sales are still in guineas. It used to be that the shillings were for the commission. Though I feel we pay more now.
I think I've got the Maths right!
550 gns = £577.50.
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Yes of course 20 shillings in a pound!!!! So easy to forget!
David
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Hope everyone's trips away to without a hitch, and that the weather stays fine and dry.
Well done with the sale, both of the charity calf and your own cows, Goldie.
I had been a miserable day weather wise today and have had rain during all our walks so far, and the prospect looks no better for our last one in an hour or so.
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That looks a nice Site😁 No, the one I meant is this one....
https://www.beadnellbaycaravanpark.co.uk/tourer
It only has seven touring pitches, right in the dunes. Not sure if it ever was a CL, but it was somewhere we considered in last few trips up there. Beadnell area a bit too busy for us, we tend to stay a bit further North, so we can use Cocklawburn Beach, or get onto Goswick Beach. Much quieter. Our preference is to stay somewhere quiet, and drive to a nice semi deserted beach, rather than leave MH on a Site and walk to a busy beach.
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That one is even dearer than Link House, and is fully booked till mid October. Obviously one has to get in early if one wants a pitch, but like a club site in that respect
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Glad to hear that you had a good trip away brue. I am sure everything in our garden grows more whist we are away than when we are at home! That sounds a wonderful few days Steve. We stayed in a cottage in Embleton some years ago and walked to Dunstonburgh Castle. It is a lovely area. TG, TDA and WN I hope your trips away go well.
I had my Covid test first thing yesterday morning prior to my second cataract op on Tuesday so we are now self isolating at home. We made good use of the time yesterday by cutting back and doing a lot of clearing in the garden. The kitten watched with interest from the conservatory window sill. The rain came in the afternoon and evening but we didn't get the forecast deluge with thunder and lightening. Dull and damp this morning. I have a list of jobs to keep me busy
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Son and his family have returned home now. The dog seems to have recovered quite well. Thank you for all your kind wishes. She did do quite a lot of damage long gash, the vet said she was so lucky it wasn’t just slightly deeper. It all happened so fast and so easily. Seems to be on the mend as she is desperate to get to it so I assume it is beginning to heal/itch. As she couldn’t walk far it did curtail their plans, along with the weather, but I think they still enjoyed themselves. Beds stripped and changed and while I was actually remaking them I got a call from our ‘local’ granddaughters, ‘can we come and stay’, they needed to for various reasons. So some out, some in. Oh the life of busy, supposedly plenty of time, retired grandparents!
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A busy Sunday morning for me as finished off housework then mop the floors no fitted carpet here and a quick tidy around the caravan and put a sheet on the bed as friends coming for two nights from tomorrow pm to help with clearing bushes and Leylandi trees we cut down earlier in the year will be two trailers to skip in the afternoon and same Tuesday morning glad we do not have time slots like a friend of ours in Hampshire, did manage a few bits of dead heading this morning so that looks better.
Hope op goes ok Millie and glad dog improving DEBSC and for those folks going away enjoy your break we will be off a week on Thursday for a week and looking forward to that and hope to visit a garden not far away.
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Yes, good to hear injured pooch is doing well, and some nice family meet ups.
Hope your eye op goes smoothly Millie, good to hear they are still testing and isolating for hospital treatments, helps to keep vulnerable folk safe. We did same last month for OH.
Surprisingly nice day here. We had a bit of rain yesterday, but nothing like expected. Need to make a start on prepping MH for our long trip, we have decided not to take much in way of food, as we need to put a few more clothes in, it’s that changeable time of year. Could go either way, we have had some scorching Septembers in SW, and then there was the very damp South Wales tour of a few years ago🤷♀️ MH has a day out next week as well, Nostell Priory for a look around, gardens, and then evening outdoor theatre, Macbeth.
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Sounds like "all go" for a few of you on here!
Pleased to hear the dog is on the mend Debsc.
Best wishes for your op Millie.
No visitors for us except daughter's dog this morning. She has gone camping with friends near Boscastle and her partner has taken his trumpet to the Purbeck folk festival. We are desperately trying to catch up in the garden. I did some road side tidying this morning but that also meant catching up on news from passing neighbours. I heard that one of them had caught her foot in the same bear trap rabbit hole as me...her husband later went and dug it out. I told Mr Brue of this great humanitarian deed, which didn't go down well as he is mowing lawns just now......😊🐰
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Enjoying reading folks news and day to day events.
Glad folks doing well for holidays and general chores, and that pets are happy, growing and recovering.
Good fund raising Goldie hope you enjoyed your days and outfits.
Milliehull good luck with isolating, we should be used to it but it's still not easy, and for your op on Tuesday. Was hoping to visit the cathedral as we should be that way tomorrow and Tuesday. Never mind another time. Need to check you'll be on duty when the time comes, oh for a personal message facility!
Might check out some, new to the market, yesterday bungalows, not actually where we want them so will do the outside and area etc before booking 🤣😉, but anything that hits the market is gone before we can view. Been stressful few months again, not sure I can do chilled, all could still come good 🤞 on the one we made an offer on in early June...... I've lost motivation with indoors and outdoors here just perfunctory stuff being done and then restless cos I achieve little....... All rather unsettling as don't want to push to sell our house cos nowhere to go, but need to if 1st one or anything similarly priced doesn't happen. 'The Palace' as my brother called it, beautiful house where we wanted, good road, nice views, sun in the garden etc with price to reflect it has been sold I was waiting to hear they'd found something, as they asked 😉 before having it surveyed and making an offer, has been sold 🤐😤🥲. I had made up my mind to chuck the towel in for a while but fear we may miss 'the one' if we do......
Another grey damp day, showers enough to be a nuisance now. Thunderstorm rumbling around from 0330 for a couple of hours, steady rain too. Been awake since then. Keeps happening, early wakes, that was 1st storm we've had for more than a month, so keep nodding off over a book or TV about 8pm which just perpetuates the situation. Brain likes to be very active then away 🤣
My niece married Friday, at the 3rd attempt - same groom 😉🤣. Nice day just 24 including the happy couple. But I was exhausted yesterday, 1st gathering of any size for us in 18 months! OH was good but recovery time is longer 🥲.
Purchased a fabric advent calendar to make for Grandson when I went into local haberdashery store last week, apparently they arrived last November just before lockdown they are unsure if they'll get any this year, having trouble sourcing machines, parts and all manner of stock because of Covid and lack of containers! So might go see if I've got all I need to make it when I want to start. I made the granddaughters one each, a bit fiddly and vowed it would be the last, but must treat them equally even if there's 12,000 mile's between them - don't want them feeling unloved and left out when comparing notes in the future. I do draw the line at fabric book making, I did 2 for 1st granddaughter which she had to share with her sister. Would be nice to be shared with grandson here, but the words are in Maori 😱 which daughter has to teach, so much for her French 😀, so I'll explain when he can understand.
Edit brue glad you're more mobile, unfortunate for your neighbour but at least it wasn't just you! Did neighbours husband fill it in or dig rabbit out? Could be me being dense.....
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Dull but dry morning, sun out now.
Took MH into town to fill both the diesel and lpg tank. LPG wasn't bad, wish I could say the same about the diesel.
Back home and OH tasked with doing another few jobs/mods on the MH. While he was doing them I washed the caravan. All nice and clean inside and out. MH next to be washed, neighbours car might get a soaking, if he doesn't come and move it back into his drive
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You sound v busy TG, not long to go before your trip?
B2 I feel for you over the house move, no doubt it will all come together in the end. Nice to hear you had a family celebration. It's strange emerging back into the world just now. I've booked a BBC big band concert in November, hoping we'll make it, sitting right at the back! Outdoor picnic concert this week, just hope the rain keeps off.☔
Our neighbour didn't have to dig the rabbit out, it was one of those half formed Bolt holes, like a crater if only it had been visible!!
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MH all done and looking good, I must say its a lot easier to wash and polish, than the caravan and previous coach built MH.
Weigh bridge tomorrow, bikes will go on in the morning. All but fridge food is in, think we will be fine, fingers crossed.
Bakers2, I don't envy you trying to find a house, our youngest son is looking and there is nothing coming on the market, that they even fancy. We've talked about looking but think we will have to wait a bit yet.
Millie, good luck with the second eye op.
WN hope you had a good drive down today.
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Where you off to next TG? Possibly overseas this time?
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Hoping to, tunnel carried over from last year as you can't get a refund.
Sites booked for on the way down, if things change then we will do Kent and the South coast, got until the end of October.
Things seem to be settling a bit over there as vaccination takes effect. So fingers crossed, might be Germany, Switzerland and France or France and Spain.
First time over there since we bought this MH.
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All the best for your eye op, millie. I'm sure you will be glad once the isolation and OP are over and things can get back to something like normal for you.
Hope that you are soon in a position to purchase a property to your liking, B2. Must be a rather stressful time trying to search one out. Good to read that you had a fine day out at the wedding, meeting up with at least some of your family, and that your OH is fine.!
Best of luck with your trip, TG. At least you have an alternative plan should things not go as hoped.
Pleased to read that your ankle is improving, brue, it has taken a while for it to get right.
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That sounds like an interesting day, tda. We stopped on a Swift Owners rally in the grounds of the Priory many years ago. I remember us taking the grandson on a trip down the pit at the National Coal Mining Museum while we were there. Hope your tour of the SW goes well.
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Bakers2. I do feel for you over your house move. The market seems to be so difficult at the moment with so very little coming up for sale. Hopefully things will improve in the autumn when people get back to their 'normal' lives again. I am so sorry I won't be around in the Cathedral when you are in the area tomorrow. Hopefully another time. Yes, wouldn't life be easier if there was a personal messaging facility available on here. I hope you get some success with your house hunting over the next few days.
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I rather liked this story on the BBC website https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-58297172 about a chap who decided to see how far he could travel in a day by normal bus service going north from London. He managed to get as far as Morecambe which is a distance of 260 miles!!!
David
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Without reading the link, I wonder if he was using his free pensioner's pass. There a few tales of retired ladies touring the country on their free passes, from when they were first introduced.
There's a new film about a pensioner who travels from JoG to Land's End using his free bus pass, (although that can't happen as the passes are applicable only to their country of residence.) The Last Bus, starring Timothy Spall.
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