What are you all up to
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Was snowing here when we drove home at 8.30pm, then more later, so was quite white by bedtime, but there was a thaw overnight, now +7 degrees and raining.
Off to Callum's 5th birthday party soon, actual birthday tomorrow, presents wrapped and card written, just a few things to do here first.
Caravan still on the street, managed to put on second wheel clamp yesterday to comply with insurance, so it can just stay there till the new battery arrives, which should be tomorrow.
Very nice bathroom David! Are those ceramic tiles on the floor?
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Kj
The flooring is Novocore Grey Oak Luxury Vinyl Flooring. We did think about ceramic but were a bit concerned about the weight.
David
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Have a few minutes to myself so have been catching up with all the " goings on" seems like everyone's been keeping busy, even with the snow changing a few plans.
We had some snow, but it then turned mild and wet, not too bad today. Went to check the caravan this morning, keep hoping to get a weekend away but will have to sort the van first and a couple of small jobs plus the usual spring clean. Last trip was October last year seems such a long time ago now. 😕
Spent the afternoon yesterday with some friends catching up, over a few drinks.
Youngest son is doing the "tour de Manc" next month 100km cycle for a local hospice, so is now training hard, although he often does 50km this is just a bit further.🚲
Bakers2 Did I see a post asking about our bathroom panels? I'm only just catching up, we got them from a local plastics company, can't remember what they were called unfortunately so not much help, sorry.
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I think you made a good call there David. We've just had a ceramic tiled floor, with electric underfloor heating, covered with cushion floor. Not our choice, but it was always cold to the touch - welcome a few times in last years summer heat! Very pleased with the results. Can still use the underfloor heating if we should desire. Your new bathroom looks lovely .
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It's bright and breezy here today. Tryng to resist the call of the garden 😱😱. Spent another few hours covering 2 beds with bark yesterday afternoon. Another 2 large beds to go. The air feels lovely but I do need to do some bits indoors and I'm feeling the effects of days in the garden in muscles and tiredness! HelenandTrevor I did ask about panels, no worries, I have noted what others have said. I'm trying without paragraphs as suggested by a mod. My cursor still leaps about so I'm not sure its curing it... Giving up before it all goes completely pear-shaped!
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The gaps are something to do with settings B2, but it needs a techy person to help.
(It looks like a fairly common problem.)Good luck to your son doing the cycle ride Helen!
Hopefully we'll see our son and family soon, that's our next planned trip. Probably not going at the best time of the year weather wise. We've planned a couple of other visits on the way up and back. At least the van is clean, OH got the roof done just before our cancelled trip. The rally has been rebooked for a later date but we can't make it then.
A new 300L water butt arrived today and OH instead of being away is out finishing the fencing but we did manage a nice early walk in the sunshine. Raining now!
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Food shopping for us first thing. Freezer looking very bare at home. Have to do some meals that usually have left overs.
Surprised at Tesco when we went to pick up some frozen peas. Hardly any left and virtually no frozen chips in their freezers either. Don't know what's happened there.
Had a nice long conversation with my brother in France. He'd phoned earlier when we were out and spoke to MiL for about 15 minutes so I've had all of his news twice now!
As he doesn't get to speak to many people it's best not to puncture his balloon and just let him speak.Had some fun yesterday by booking some sites for getting away. First one not until after Easter.
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That’s weird WN, Granddaughter and I went to Tesco food shopping for her before we take her back to Uni and we noticed that the frozen veg aisle there was depleted and there were no frozen chips at all, fortunately frozen items weren’t on our shopping list.
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Brue its the only site it happens on. I have no issues elsewhere. I think the techy issues are the clubs - but I know very little techy stuff. Oddly I sometimes get up 'computer speak?', in the gaps that start p and numbers and strokes...
Glad your fence is progressing.
It was lovely here so couldn't resist gardening again, spread another 5 x 100L bags of bark. Just one bed left to go out the front. Once they're moved we can get to the garden furniture. Be nice to put it out on the new patios and move some plant tubs to take the starkness off. I can also visit the garden centres and buy plants 🪴 ☺️
Delighted wherenext booking a break, I assume in the caravan?
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We made good use of the nice weather and went for a short walk this afternoon. OH can't walk too far as it hurts to much (still waiting for the results of the MRI scan
) but it was nice to get out. We met up with some friends from our U3A Churches group and they didn't get to the visit on Thursday either. We all feel guilty and sad for the church as it is only a small village church and they rely on these visits for some income so we have all decided to contact our group leader and ask if there is anyway she can forward what we would have paid to the church.Best of luck to your son Helen for his cycle ride. So pleased to hear you are booking some sites WN. Brue looking at the weather forecast I think your new water butt will soon fill up!
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Had a good day today. The weather has been drizzly on and off but not too bad. We took a drive up the coast to Morecombe and had a nice walk along the shore front and visited the statue of Eric Morecambe. We hadn’t been to Morecambe for over 20 years and to be honest I’m not sure we will rush back although maybe we are being a bit unfair as places can often look bad on a Grey wet day. Had a drive along the golden mile in Blackpool and now back at the site. Not much planned for tonight just a few drinks in the van and watch the last ever episode of Endeavour.
WN - Glad you have been able to start planning trips away again.
Hope everyone else has a nice weekend it sounds like most of you have been busy
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Delighted wherenext booking a break, I assume in the caravan?
Yes Bakers it will be in the caravan. Make or break time. Keeping the first trip close by but if all goes well we will then head off after a fortnight to East Yorkshire for a short (for us) 2-3 weeks.
I'm still having trouble with spacing on the Samsung so tend to keep posts short and sweet on that. Like you this site is only one it happens on.
Millie, that's a good idea. I'm sure the church will appreciate it.
Francis, good to see someone out enjoying themselves in this weather, apart from Nellie that is. Like you we visited Morecambe for the first time in ages last autumn. We enjoyed the cycle along the prom but won't be rushing back. Mind you when I was working back in the 90s I had to visit a client up there. It was awful then, full of DSS hostels, a bit like Rhyl, which has also had a prom facelift. We cycled through there when cycling from Prestatyn to Rhos-on-Sea (between Colwyn Bay and Llandudno along the coast.
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Hope your son manages the 100km ride without any problems, Helen, and that you are soon able to get away in the caravan.
Good to read that you are getting plans in place for a trip or two away, WN.
Nice to read that others have been able to get out for walks today. With the forecast for rain this afternoon we all managed a short walk from the van before lunch, and then Flyte and I were out for about an hour, getting back just as it started to rain. Last night of this trip so hoping for a dry day tomorrow so as to get home and the van unpacked without getting wet.
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Another lovely day here, in fact to hot for a few hours had to resort to sitting under the sun umbrella.
Took a drive out late afternoon (to do a different walk) as we got to the far end of Playa del Carmen we lost sight of the beach, a thick sea fog was rolling in, then a few hundred meters further on it was all clear again. On our way back the sea fog had spread further along the coast and had engulfed the airport runway, though we could see the tower and buildings. Really weird hearing aircraft coming in and not being able to see them until they reach the terminal buildings. Think tomorrow might be a tad cooler.
Bakers, we have electric underfloor heating in our bathroom. The floor is concrete with tiles on top. Very cold to walk on if the heating isn't on, so we leave it on low which makes it very nice. We've tried cushion vinyl but as the floors are all concrete it still feels cold. The kitchen is laminate that looks like tiles, even with a thermal layer and a sheet of ply under it it's still cold in winter. I hate cold feet.
WN, good to hear you have some bookings to look forward to.
Francis, sounds like you've enjoyed your trip away.
Nellie, wasn't to tired to eat my meal 😉 I did 16 lengths today, pool was lovely.
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"Keeping the first trip close by but if all goes well we will then head off after a fortnight to East Yorkshire for a short (for us) 2-3 weeks."
Whereabouts WN?
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Warm 13c and BREEZY 🌬🌬🌬 with swift showers here. Glad I have plenty of ballast for staying on the ground. Wind sounded like a jet engine at times in the trees. In the open I had to stand firm in the gusts as I couldn't move forward. The dog and i had a windswept look about us on our return 😱🤣 Stay safe folks
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Breezy is a bit of an understatement bakers2!! There is a howling gale blowing down our side run and some of the bins have blown over in our road resulting in rubbish blowing about all over the place. It is now also teeming with rain. Catching up on the ironing is on my list for today.
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Milliehull breezy was a tad of an understatement really. Bins over sounds awful. Folks just not putting enough in them! Fortunately no lasting rain here, in fact all showers have ceased here for more than 2 hours.. Wanted to put bark on the last area of front beds. Fear it'll be snatched from my hand before meeting its target. I'll bring my couple of bits of ironing over - thanks 😊
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Technically an incorrect statement by me!
First stop will be at College Farm on the south side of the Humber at Alkborough, so in Lincolnshire, then one just inland from Scarborough which is shown as North Yorkshire in the S.D. That's providing all goes well in our first trip locally.Just trying to arrange towbar fitting for later in the week.
Blowing a gale here as well. Quite lucky this morning when a branch was blown from a tree just after we had passed the tree and missed us, in the car, by a couple of feet.
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Blowing a right hooly here, dustbins and rubbish all over. We picked up 3 neighbours bins this morning. Whilst out at one bin a lady walking up the road was hit in the head by a flying cardboard box, Fortunately not hurt but a little shocked. All the NT properties are shut in Norfolk for fear of falling trees, branches etc. strangely Sandringham house is open even though all the car parking is between trees
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Strong winds here too but we had to go to Wincanton this morning so continued on to the Stourhead/Mere junction off the A303. Our youngest grandson used to go to school out this way so we think of him when passing his little village school. We realised Stourhead would probably be semi closed due to the weather so headed for Mere instead and treated ourselves to a breakfast at Hillbrush. This is a great place to stop for a break, the food is good but the brush museum is fascinating too and it's quite difficult to emerge from the shop without some sort of brush! There is no other place like it and now they allow dogs into the cafe we can return again. I was very surprised to see that EV charging is still free which is quite a bonus for travellers. Nice outdoor area too if the weather is good.
Rarely have breakfast out but that's the second one this year.
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Our sort of planned annual visit to the dentist today. For years we had the same dentist and around the time of the Lockdowns etc, she decided to give up dentistry. She was not the only one to leave the practise when it was taken over. We were allocated a new dentist and have seen her several times and quite liked her. Today she told us she would also be leaving the practise in April, didn't enquire further but just as we were getting used to her so we have to start again with a new dentist, as yet, no information on who it might be.
David
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Always a worry David having to get to know a new dentist. We're on our 3rd one in nigh on 40 years so I can't complain. All have been good.
Well, 2 pieces of information landed on my desk this afternoon, neither welcome. First was the new council bill for next year. I suppose the 5% increase isn't too harsh but the new energy tariff that followed it is. Our fixed tariff finishes at the end of this month and I was dreading receiving the new one. None of the companies seem keen on offering fixed tariffs so we're being bumped onto a variable rate. Only £1,000 more than existing one! Did get a quote from Octopus but they were quoting the same rates so I'm assuming it's the capped rate.
Only good thing is that when, or if, the base rates decrease I can then jump ship more easily. I feel really sorry for those people especially the old and frail on fixed pension having to cope with these rates. At least we can afford it. Doesn't mean we like it but there's nowt we can do so grin and bear it.
Brue - When you say "Brushes" are we talking Artist painting brushes?
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Not a bad day today very windy and rainy this morning but we took a drive to Tom Pembertons Farm shop in Lytham St Anne’s what a great place lots of good produce at reasonable prices we picked up some fresh orange juice and some steak burgers well worth a visit for anyone staying in the area After that we went in to Blackpool and had a walk along the prom very windy but it was good watching the waves crash over the sea wall paid a visit to the RNLI shop and bought a few bits and pieces. On way back to the van we decided just to get dinner from the chippy near the site which again was excellent. Back at the van now and it’s pouring but luckily the wind has died down.
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The only grey line that I can see is the fine one separating each post from the next, WN.
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WN I'm not looking forward to the end of our fixed rate deal either, at the moment everything is being given with one hand and taken away with the other....the budget will be fun.
As far as I know Hillbrush make every sort of brush except artists brushes.
Was there always a grey line?!
Sounds like you are enjoying your trip Francis.
Don't mention dentists DK the Brues haven't done very well with ours recently but we travel in hope!
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We had heavy rain all night and during our early morning walk. Thankfully it had just about stopped by the time we started getting packed up for the trip home. Dry drive home and van away and cleared out, and second batch of washing on by 12:30 when we sat down for lunch. A dry walk with Flyte followed, getting home just before the rain came on again. Thankfully we have not the strong winds that others have had.
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