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Millie,
You might find this cottage taken off the rental sector. A woman knocked on the door this morning asking if we were the owners or holidaymakers. She said she was hoping for owners as it had just come on the market and tried for a cheeky looksee.
Unfortunately I've been told to never let strange women into the house no matter how beautiful they look.😂
So it looks like it may well be sold. Maybe as a rental income project but don't be surprised to see it removed come next year.
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WN Thanks that's interesting as I checked out the website and it appears that you can't book it for next year. It's a shame but I am sure there will be something else. Yes that's very good advice to not to let strange ladies into the house - however beautiful they may be 😉😁.
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That’s a good result JV, glad you and OH had a successful meander into Peterborough centre. They have done a lot of work on paths recently.
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Guessing you aren’t far from Bodmin Moor Nellie. Some very interesting churches on the moor, Altarnun and Warleggan we enjoyed. Many years ago, Prince Charles owned a shop in Liskeard, called Ough’s. Lovely old fashioned deli, sadly I think it closed down, but the shop premises are still there.
We're a little away from the main part of the moor, just off the road down to Saltash. Did visit an interesting church today, though, the Norman parish church and Priory at St Germans. Lovely set of Wm Morris stained glass windows designed by Burns-Jones. It is adjacent to Port Eliot House and Gardens which was one of the HHA properties but isn't any longer, more a wedding venue these days.
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The day started off quite misty but it soon burnt off and it turned into a fine sunny one, good enough to get the washing dried outside while we're out.
Another NT property for us today, Antony House. Because of Covid restrictions we were only able to view the ground floor rooms.Spotted what appeared to be a neat 5 or so van site yesterday up by Minions, Cheesewring Farm, which also has 4 holiday cottages for rent at what appears reasonable price, which might interest those that want to visit this corner of Cornwall. https://www.cheesewringfarm.co.uk/
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As I have relations buried in the grounds of St Marys Church at Sandringham ,and my father and his brothers and sisters used to play with all Edward the sevenths children round Sandringham and Wolferton, we may well now get free parking and a discounted tickets again
My father used to regail my brother and I about the times they were all taken home to their house in Wolferton in the estates Daimler strait eight shooting brake after a day at Sandringham,
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Thank you for the courtesy of a reply Goldie
!! Delighted that you don't have sleepless nights waiting for that brown envelope 
Had my Standard Eye Test and the annual retinopathy test today so no driving permitted and Lo and Behold, t'was wet underfoot but the stroll into Crewe town and back was under blue skies with no precipitation
. Might have been my happy smiling face simulating the sun, 'cos the general results were ok ~~ No change in eyes so no new specs needed { The Retinopathy checks will take a while to arrive ~~ Much closer examination of the photographs of the retinas under a powerful microscope I believe } The only problem or hitch was that SS would not accept the very old specs I had taken in for recycling -- Covid 19 still rears its ugly head 
Had a discussion with G/nephew's Bride to Be yesterday evening and the wedding will take place at the same place & the same time as planned in 2019 & 2020 so I'm still welcome to attend just the Ceremony with Hugs and Cuddles all round, then depart for my home. { Brian does not Do large assemblies any more }
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Good to hear that you eye test went well, Brian. Hope that the Retinopathy results are as good.
Looks as if you all had a good day out, WN. Guess It will be a quiet night tonight after 4 hrs of talking.
JVB, you did well with your trip into the city, well done.
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ABM thanks for the info that SpecSavers don't accept old glasses at the moment. It will save me taking mine in when I go in for my appt next week. Glad your appt has gone well so far.
WN thanks for the heads up for the parking arrangements for HHA members at Sandringham.
JVB glad to hear that you had such a successful walk into the city centre and back. You will have to let the site wardens know 😁
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We have an older fit in the car boot electric buggy ,that we brought with us as well as OHs that we purchased recently,, some one on site wanted it untill we asked for a donation, to give to a charity,, which they suddenly did not want it,
Does anybody know of a charity that would a take it, to sell as we are not prepared to give it away, to those not willing to a donation, ,as it is good condition
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Boots aren't accepting them either down here. It's a covid thing.
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Covid seems the excuse for everything, surely a pair of old glasses aren’t going to be infected with much and are easily cleaned. I have just been reading about GP’s getting extra funding to ‘see’ patients, well that would be great here thank you! We have to complete a tortuous on-line form, most of which is irrelevant to the question we want asking, then, if we are really lucky, we can have a telephone appointment in 3 WEEKS time!!!! 😡. What are GP’s all so busy with??
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I looked on line and the only charity accepting specs was Marie Curie (if that info was up to date?)
Another lovely day here, nice if anyone's away round this way.
Sounds good in your latest area Nellie, there is another CL we keep meaning to visit near Saltash. I have relatives near Millbrook and like that part of Cornwall. Antony House had always been a bit limited, we like walking around Mount Edgecombe.
Eau de slurry still fills the air, suggested to OH it might rejuvenate us?!
Waitrose order today, just one item missing but prices have gone up.
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surely a pair of old glasses aren't going to be infected with much, and are easily cleaned
quite agree Heddlo - all it takes is a bowl of water and Dettol or similar, then transfer to a sealable bag.
Brue, if you can detect the finest traces of Eau de Poo, then you obviously are not suffering from C19 !!
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Walking off the excesses of yesterday's lunch. So we took ourselves off to Blakeney to walk around the marsh to Cley. I dropped the ladies off at Blakeney church then drove to park in Cley and walked back to Blakeney to eventually catch them up half way around the marsh path.
The weather certainly blew any cobwebs we had away. Felt quite autumnal. Crab sandwiches for lunch.
MiL and OH now popped off to Holt as there are a couple of shops they haven't as yet visited! Unbelievable but true.😂
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We wanted a site visit from an enviroment officer of our local LA but because of covid she was unable to attend , the area concerned was at least a mile from any where
Doctors appointments it seems ,depends on the GP practice as about three weeks ago, I contacted ours at just before 1300hrs not expecting much m and was told would it be okay that day at 14.20 cancellation ? or not? but great for us
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We started clearing the bathroom on Tuesday, all cupboards emptied, quite a few ancient bottles of various stuff disposed of, empty "fancy" containers recycled etc etc, so will not be nearly as much to put back eventually.
Yesterday, OH had to go to the dentist, then we had to go out to feed DD's budgies, so took the opportunity to tank up for the trip to the east coast tomorrow, and purchase the tile cement, grout, and tile trim required for our project.
Today, having numbered and labelled all the units and their doors, I have started trying to remove them. Not easy to get the wall ones down as they are grouted to the tiles along the bottom edges. Strong stuff that grout, it is epoxy grout, even with all the fixings removed the units are still hanging on the wall! I am having to hack off the tiles below them to get them down, just as well there are only 4 of them.
No idea how I will get the 4 floor units free either, as first I need to remove the countertop, and that is also grouted in to the tiles. I may try using my Dremel to try to cut the grout. Does not matter if the countertop gets damaged as it is being replaced, but the end unit is grouted in down one side, so do not want to damage that.
We obviously were never planning on having to remove anything!
Tomorrow we retrieve the holidaymakers from North Berwick, so that will be an early start. Leaving time is 12 noon, so we need to allow a couple of hours to pack up everything, and 1 1/2-2 hours to get there. So an 8am departure from here. Just hope it is dry tomorrow, no fun packing up in the rain.
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Surely they’ll have everything packed up ready and waiting your arrival, KJ?
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Hope the family have had a good time KJ. OH is slowly finishing daughter's bathroom. Yesterday he had to remove a plastering attempt by daughter's partner...both agreed it hadn't worked as it just needed a skim not an inch layer!
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WN - Sounds like your are having a nice break away in Norfolk a county we have never ever visited must be the only part of the UK we have never been to we must put it in our to do list.
Been a busy but enjoyable couple of days here. Yesterday we had a lazy morning then went in to Chester in the afternoon all very different from last time we were here 4 years ago all new road layouts etc but we eventually got a parking space in the city century and spent and enjoyable couple of hours wandering around and then popped in to Cheshire oaks in the way back as SWMBO wanted to pick up a few bits and pieces for granddaughter. Today I was up early and went out a cycle to the Elamite port boat museum nice morning for it. This afternoon we done something completely different we went in to Liverpool and done the tour of Anfield Stadium which was excellent eve. SWMBO enjoyed it the guide was very entertaining and informative really was such a good tour. Left there at half 4 then Went to the Bridge Inn again at Port Sunlight for a meal which as usual was great. It’s getting colder at night now we have just had to put the heating on in the van.
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You sound like you've had a good week too Francis. Fortunately the weather seems to have been settled for both of us. I once lived about 400 yards away from Anfield on the edge of Stanley Park. Had a happy time there.
Didn't you say you are off to Blackpool after Chester? If so have a good trip.
One more day for us then homeward bound.
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Sounds good in your latest area Nellie, there is another CL we keep meaning to visit near Saltash. I have relatives near Millbrook and like that part of Cornwall. Antony House had always been a bit limited, we like walking around Mount Edgecombe.
I can certainly recommend this CL, Ashton Farm, about 5 mls North West of Saltash, easily accessed lengths A388 but nice and quiet, good value too. Not got to Mount Edgecombe this trip but would visit should we come back again, and also see more of the Rame peninsula.
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Anfield sounds an interesting visit Francis👍 I can recommend a tour around Old Trafford as well. Full of history, great museum. Not sure if it still happens, but every game a wreath was placed on the seat that was Sir Matt Busby’s after he retired. It’s a long time since my visit, but we got to say hello to a young Ryan Giggs and Peter Schmiechel. I’ve been back since to matches. Your ticket comes with a warning about all the stairs to climb for the away area!😁
Mum day for me, packed her case for her next trip, then back home to finish off MH. My Fitbit says I have been for a swim as well, but I can’t recall that bit of the day🤣 Technology is lying methinks.
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Thick mist when we woke up which took a long time to disperse. Drove up to Kit Hill Country Park where we had a good walk around and up to the top. Unfortunately the mist still obscured most of the views, not fully clearing until we were heading back to the car. The sun came out in the late afternoon and it was warm enough to sit outside in a few shirt. This is our last night here before we move on again, this time into Devon again. Would not hesitate to use this site again if in the area.
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It’s very nice up there Nellie on Kit Hill. usually stupendous views. We stopped off on our way home. The tea room, Louie’s is very very nice. Hope your next move goes well.👍
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Blue skies and fluffy clouds over South Cheshire, but temperature dropping so A B M is being good today, plenty of washing under way and loads of ironing for tomorrow { Only the bits folk see though
}. Then I'll have as much footie on radio as I can get to save one seeing all the "Hand-wavers" Do so hope you all manage to enjoy the weekend without running into shortages at all at all
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Another nice day, won't like it too much when the temperature starts to drop. In Bristol today and was surprised to see nearly empty docks, usually filled with cars, vans and flat bed trucks etc. Haven't seen them so empty since the aftermath of the financial crash!
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