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Not been on here for a few days. We went on one of our U3A church visits on Thursday to the village church in Ufford. It was sadly closed some years ago but has been taken over by The Churches Conservation Trust so it very well looked after and maintained. A very knowledgeable gentleman gave us a very good talk and a tour round and then we all went across the road to the village hall for tea and cake. On Friday I met up with a friend for lunch. We hadn't met up for a while as she has not been at all well this winter so it was nice to see her on good form again.
I love all your photos @nelliethehooker. You mentioned that you had been to Thorney. The estate of Thorney passed to the Russell family after the Dissolution of the Monasteries and one of the later Earls of Bedford built the village as 'Model' Estate Village for his workers One of the earlier Earls was heavily involved with the drainage of the Fens and a number of people came across from the Continent - mainly Walloons - and there are still some 'foreign' sounding surnames around to this day. It is a very interesting village. We love Peckover as well. We sometimes pop over there for a wander round the gardens and a cup of tea in the summer.
What a debacle over your OH's hip operation @DavidKlyne. It beggars belief. I hope it all gets sorted out soon.
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We got home this afternoon after a brilliant 9 night break in the caravan. Had a week at Southport club site very good much better then the last time we were there easy walk to the town and the weather was great nice clean blue skies a bit cold but nice managed a coupe of cyles out along the shore front Moved on to Donkey Creek Farm near Blackpool on Friday and spent the weekend there was good. Easy 4 hour tow home today van back on that space in drive filthy but will need to wait to get cleaned next week hoping to get away again soon to one of our local sites soon
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Have a guess!!😁😁 David says "Hi"!
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@Wherenext Spoilsport!😜
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Tbanks for the information @milliehull we did notice a few unusual names when we were walking around the graveyard. It is a very interesting village, well worth a visit.
Cheers all for the comments about the photos.
@richardandros good to read that you got home ok after a fine week away. Sorry to read that there has been no improvement in your friend's health. Hope that your doctor and give you good news about your blood tests and can help with easing your painful joints.
Glad you had an easy drive home and a good time during your stay at Southport and Blackpool, @Francis
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@DEBSC hope that it isn't too long before you feel well enough to get up to your caravan.
We had a walk in the Holkham estate today from the South Lodge up the Obelisk and onto the Park. Had a quick look at The Temple on the way back to the car. After lunch visited Creake Abbey and had another short walk before heading back to the van. Site full again tonight, one van left and another arrived.
Holkham Hall, The Temple and the Obelisk.
The ruins of Creake Abbey
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Arrived at Putts Corner CAMC for a few days. Dreadful journey down... problems on the M5 meant that we had to get off the motorway which involed a 2 hr nose to tail detour arounf Weston-Super-Mare. Expecting to arrive at 4pm... we actually didn't arrive until after 6pm.... nightmare.
David
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Yeah, been there, done that.🙄
The M5 south of Bristol can be a nightmare in both directions, especially on Fridays and Saturdays. We avoid it if we can.
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The joys of the M5☹️ Sometimes, particularly if solo, we used to take to the A roads between Cirencester and Exeter if we were aware of problems, but it does add a lot of time onto a journey. We always prefer to be moving, even if the route is more complicated, and on the plus side, we have discovered some lovely places to see and stop off. Back in the early 1980’s, it was a joy of a route down the M5, once through the Bristol area.
We are seeing the return of a much missed “friend” in the near future hopefully. Our much loved Jeep Wrangler TJ is coming back home. We owned it from 2001 to 2019, and it took us on lots of adventures all over UK. Sold it to BIL when we got our Wrangler JK, as we only needed the one car. (We had MG as a back up) But I had to get a small car when I took on caring for Mum, so we bought a Mini Clubman, which has been really nice. But BIL is going to get a big pickup, as he beats and shoots and needs more room for his gun dogs, so we have first choice to have it back. It’s been used in its natural environment for these last 5 years, all over moorland roads, but well looked after. OH will sort any niggles out. His and hers Jeeps now😈
Oldie, and other side of the gates, newbie. Pocket rocket, it’s a 4 litre petrol/autogas joy to drive. Enough tech to make it easy, not so much that it requires a computer tell tell you what’s wrong, and a thump with a hammer fixes most things🤣
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Busy day again, where do they go?
Had to pick up prescriptions today and on the way to the GP surgery for one of them passed a Zebra Crossing outside a school that was having some building work done on it. There was a Panel van parked on the zig-zag lines with a motif written on the side of it "Think". Who said Irony was dead?
Packed the Van ready for the off, then went to town to pick up another prescription for myself.
Nice jam jar @Takethedogalong. Have you disposed of the mini then?
Anyone heard from @HelenandTrevor lately? Hope they're ok.
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@Wherenext I had an email from Helen and Trevor just before Christmas (we email each other occasionally) and they are very well. They were expecting another grandchild. I really must check whether it has been born yet. I hope you enjoy your trip and the care for MIL works out well. It looks like you will get some good weather.
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One of the reasons to visit Putts Corner was to visit our daughter and her boyfriend in Exeter. Spent today clearing their hired storeage. At least they will be rid of one monthly bill!! Hopefully tomorrow we'll get chance to have a more relaxed day...
@Tinwheeler .... Already beginning to get bad vibes about having to travel back on the M5, when we return later in the week....
David
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Good luck @DSB
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Hi @Oneputt we are only here another night after today, but are moving round to near Cromer for 5 nights and then to Rollesby for another 5. Perhaps we could meet up at the latter as it is close to you I think.
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MMore dull cold days here. Had some very white frosts too, though not today. The frost clears quite quickly as the day warms, relatively 😉.
Lovely family day with son and grandson's Saturday whilst DIL at a hen do. We were ready for a restful evening. Left son with boys sound asleep and house tidy about 1930, so he could chill for the evening. Youngest is teething so they've had disturbed nights. He was introduced to weaning Sunday - bless. Why is their first solid food these days whole broccoli 🥦? That said it hasn't put eldest off food in any way shape or form!
Sunday we were at the Cathedral for noon, first viewing time of the day, for The Longest Yarn. A group of air cadets headed up the queue, we're were about 20 behind. Slow start but so worthwhile. The interpretation and skill was just amazing. The detail exquisite so many ways to depict, sea, sand and land.
Afterwards we had lunch in Beckets Tearoom before heading back to the carpark. OH was heard to mutter something about a free exhibition hitting his wallet quite hard 😂. Thats because i ensured generous donations to the Cathedral and the exhibition. The car park added to his mutterings......
We were both really cold when we got home, the tearoom had its door and the building door open! And a slow wander round, even heated seats didn't touch it! So we settled in the lounge with the fire on and a good book.
A day 'at leisure' 😂 today, so that was bed changing, gardening and collecting some free paving slabs, thanks fb, to make a path to the other side behind the garage.
Good to read that folks are out and about and enjoying themselves, some getting decent weather! Some @DSB suffering on the roads. @Wherenext I hope you all, MIL included, enjoy your few days
Ohhh another interesting place to visit, thanks @nelliethehooker and @milliehull .
Good to have news of HelenandTrevor, pass on my good wishes all round. Any news of Tammygirl?
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Hi OP, that suits us fine, i will email you through C.Chat if that is ok with you.
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Hope your stay at the Wirral site goes well @Wherenext and that you MIL manages to fully indoctrinate the Carer to her ways!
Sorry to read of your travel problems @DSB hope you enjoy your stay at Putts Corner and have less trouble on your journey home.
Glad to have found a new places for you to visit @Bakers2 and pleased that you had a good day with your family.
That looks fine craft @Takethedogalong just right for a bit of fun and games when the snows come! I just wonder where you are going to park all your vehicles!
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After a dull start the day brightened up nicely, although with a chilly breeze. We had a walk along the coastal path from the Stiffkey NT car park before lunch and another from the NT's Moreton one before a quick call in at Blakeney on the way back to the van. Lots of Brent Geese, Curlew on the Salt Marshes, but highlights were seeing a Murmuration of Starlings and a pair of Spoonbills.
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Thanks @nelliethehooker..... Hopefully the weather will be better tomorrow - just about to plan our day out... 🙂
David
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Mini is still here, but we can shuffle another vehicle into yard if I move a big plant pot. Tight getting in and out though🤔 OH thinks he has traced our bad earth on the MH, but we will get battery checked out as well, just to be on safe side.
A bitterly cold night here, around-3c, so I will be checking plants and ponds this morning, but it’s now gloriously sunny. Enjoy the rest of your day everyone, wherever you are😁
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What a stunning day. Clear blue. Sharp frost first thing. Now a good stiff breeze. A good blanket drying day 🤣.
CChange Of cloakroom tap this morning and shower fixing sorted. Wrong type of screw used one side, hence the rust marks. Tap just got very stiff. All work less than a year old! We didn't choose cheaply for fixtures or their fitting. Still done without quibble. So a much later dog walk. Did manage to check and water the greenhouse.
RReflexology this afternoon and garden club AGM this evening. That's another day gone...…
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Busy day here at the richardandros household. Our lovely neighbours suddenly announced that they were having fencing contractors in to sort out their fences and as well as doing the fence between their other neighbours, they were concerned about our 'shared' fence which had a brace in their garden once fastened to a metal spike. (Don't know who did that!) Since they have small children, they were worried they may be injured on the spike.
Then went on to say that they were going to replace the fence - with the boarding on their side and I have to say I was a bit surprised they hadn't mentioned it previously, since they are such good neighbours. Anyway, I announced that it wasn't their problem since the fence belongs to us, I would have it replaced. So - contractors are here today and while they're here, I'm getting them to also replace the back fence which I think has been here since the house was built and is looking decidedly 'tired'. Bit of an expense I hadn't planned for - but at least it will be sorted once and for all.
Visit to the Doctor's this morning was re-arranged at the last minute. I was due there at 8.30 but at 7.45, got a call from a number I didn't recognise. Normally ignore such calls, but this time I answered it. Good job I did because it was our GP. "Due to various reasons, I'm having a 'working-from-home' day". (How does that work??) So we had a long chat about my blood test results and the upshot is that it appears my immune system is attacking all my joints - which explains a lot about what is going on at the moment. Referral to the Rheumatology Dept at Hull Royal - so we'll see where that goes.
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@richardandros I often see fences constructed in a way which I think is inside out! Especially outside to the world fences where the posts and rails are visible to the outside world and the smooth side inside. To me that goes against convention. Mind you I suppose "he who pays the piper! etc? I got round that problem by having our internal fence between our neighbour made with slotted concreate posts where the panels slot in so none of the heavy posts and rails you get with a traditional fence.
Good luck with the Rheumatology Dept. Could it be Polymyalgia rheumatica? Margaret had that some while back and it was treated with steroids which seem to have worked.
We have today received a letter (by email) confirming Margaret's date for surgery on 23rd April, 37 days to go! After what has happened some sort of confirmation beyond word of mouth was required to restore confidence!
David
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Lovely bright sunny day here today really feels like spring has arrived. Gave the Volvo a wash it was filthy after our.trip away all nice and clean now we have a little Mini convertible that we use as a run around so the Volvo only really gets used for towing these days. Planning on heading off on another 10 day break in the caravan at the beginning of April not entirely sure where to go yet we are thinking maybe Yorkshire will have a look and see where has availability but not been to Yorkshire for a couple so we fancy a trip down that way
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Great photos @DSB. Such beautiful blue sky.
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It was a lovely day, @milliehull.... thank you! It was still quite cool at times though... I guess we have to expect it in March...
David
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I'm not sure whether you should be pleased or otherwise following your talk with your doctor @richardandros but hopefully things will be a lot clearer after your visit to the Rheumatologist, and they can help one way or another.
Grand photos @DSB it looks as if you have had very similar to us today, full sunshine, cloudless skies but still with a chill breeze.
Plenty of choice of sites for you in Yorkshire @Francis be they Club sites or CLs. Pleased to read that you were able to get the Volvo cleaned, caravan next perhaps!
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