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Absolutely.
And farming insurance is a bit more complicated (and expensive) than basic household/car insurance.
And while we don't have the original insurance documents (they will be somewhere in this house full of stuff too good/interesting to throw out) - I do have a Carriage Licence from 1913 (from my husband's maternal grandfather).
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See next post!
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Tiling went well on Tuesday, once I had worked out how to cut the difficult shapes without breaking them, so 2 out of 3 walls done, plus about one third of the grouting.
Today S-I-L and I have finished the grouting on the 2 walls, so tomorrow the cooker hood can be put back up and the tiling on the last wall can commence.
Tomorrow DD works from home so will be available should any design decisions need to be made.
Despite what the tile shop said re the amount of grout needed, I can see that one bag will not be enough, but two bags will be far too much. There does not seem to be much choice in bag size.
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Funny old day today, sunny spells with then grey skies threatening rain/snow, didn't happen I'm glad to say and its not been as cold as the last few days.
Feeling much better today but seem to have given it to OH, which of course is not a cold but 'man flu'
Everyone seems to be busy, making me feel quite lazy as all I've done is some shopping and a bit of ironing.
Francis, nice isn't it when it passes MOT.
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The first batch of sheep went off to the abattoir yesterday, and we spent this morning doing a bit of butchery and packing.
Now looking forward to some fresh lamb.
Starting to think about our first trip of the year. Won't be till next month so plenty of time if I want to book a site.
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Good news Francis. Glad you enjoyed the Lakes. Feeling jealous.
Caravan cleaning, car insurance sorted, trip to town to get neighbours shopping, trip to tip to get rid of 5 bags of scarified moss, lemon drizzle cake made, dinner cooked and.....breathe.
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Been a funny few days. Funeral on Monday went well and she sent the sunshine, but the wind was jolly chilly. Nice to catch up with extended family, shame with busy lives it takes funerals, there are few weddings and less christenings these days, to bring us altogether.
Much cloudier day yesterday but still pleasant, so a wash day, with breeze so everything dried outside and smelt nice. Visit to our motorhome to check it's not letting in any more water. Can't remember whether I posted but a slight gap on the habitation door and wind and rain found it
. Delighted to say all dry again, had some rain but probably not the same direction of wind and certainly not the amount of rain, so fingers crossed. What we need are a few days away in it 
.Today I was on collection duties for mother after a friends 80th lunch, she reckoned 3-3.30pm so hubby stopped painting about 1pm and I finally managed to iron one of the 90x90 curtains in limited time available today. Had our lunch and awaited the call, we had been invited to the house once they left the restaurant to catch up with them all, apparently someone phoned both my mobile and our house phone and left message - neither on our numbers so someone is puzzling over a strange message! Finally get a call at 4pm so head off. Big traffic problems on A12 and Dartford bridge so those we would have really like a catch up with said hello, goodbye! We had cake and chat before driving Mum home taking a divert to avoid the A12 hold up, took an hour for a 30 minute journey. It was arranged we'd chat to daughter about our 7pm, naturally we were running late, had told her, she texted when we were 5 minutes from home to say they ready (so often they are later getting up and we wait for them LOL). Luckily I'd cooked our pasta sauce so only had to cook pasta and warm sauce so we ate our dinner whilst they ate their breakfast. Youngest granddaugther started crawling Monday
. Great to chat, but the crawler pressed something so they had no sound LOL, so concluded conversation on phone! Dishes still await action.1 -
My day off has come at last but can't go anywhere as I have a doctors appointment at 14:40 so we plan to just visit my cousin this afternoon to collect our mail. We'll probably also do a bit of shopping at Tesco Extra in Durrington. My wife wants to make apple crumble and so we need to buy crumble mix for that. They didn't have it at Lidl. Recently we've been shopping a lot at Lidl as we find many things there cheaper than Tesco. We also bought lamb chops and rump steak at the mobile butcher, yesterday, that comes every Wednesday to the Worthing town centre.
I recall staying at the Caravan Club site in Bognor Regis a year ago where there's a Lidl right opposite the site. The warden there told us about the cost saving due to their low prices compared to other supermarkets and that was when we first learnt about it!
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" DAYTRIPPER "
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Yes but we don't have the recipe and using crumble mix will save time although perhaps not taste as good as when you make it yourself from fresh ingredients!
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100g flour
50g butter
50g demarara sugarMethod
Rub the fat to the flour, add sugar, spread over the fruit. Remember to add 75g granulated sugar to the fruit.
this recipe covers 100g fruit.However, crumble mix is a lot easier in van. I like the oaty one, so would replace some of the flour with those.
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I make a biggish batch of crumble topping and freeze it in a box or bag. Then when I want it, just tip some on top of the fruit. A quick easy pudding, especially if using rhubarb or gooseberries etc from the freezer.
Today though, I'm doing my bit for the dairy industry and have a rice pudding in the oven!
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Hmmmmm yummy crumble with brown sugar and oats. Always make my own store in fridge for ages. I usually make double quantities of everything, use one freeze one or more 😉. Never tried freezing crumble mix but will give it a go. I love what I call freezer dinners all parts including the main dish but not usually veg coming from the freezer for assembly into a good homemade dinner without much effort on that day 😃.
I'm about to make self crusting quiche might be double depending on veg and eggs and fruit cake. Then I must iron other curtain 🤔. Washing on the line sun out feels like spring us round the corner 😃 oh yes please! Hubby started on decorating the conservatory.
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I always used to make crumbles as any attempt at pastry merely ended up with it stuck round the rolling pin.
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You can put all sorts of things into a crumble topping to make it more interesting! Chopped nuts, seeds, chopped fruit such as apricots/cranberries, desiccated coconut, crushed breakfast cereals etc.... Or do a savoury one, bit less sugar, add herbs and spices!
Malc, glad you discovered Lidl. Don't want to presume, but you might be aware of Aldi?
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We have a Lidl store a five minute walk away, which is very handy, we shop there quite a lot. For a special treat we shop at M&S or Waitrose, but we only buy the things that are on special offer, or on our Waitrose picks lists.
There is an Aldi very near where our aughter stays, so we always take a look in there when visiting, cannot decide which we prefer, they both have their merits.
One good thing is that when holidaying abroad, Lidl and Aldi are almost everywhere, so easy to find the things we usually buy.
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Back at DD's today to continue the work in her kitchen. Have done some silicone sealing and have re-imstalled her cooker hood.....that wall looks really good now.
Having had lunch, I am now finishing the installation of the LED strip lights under the cupboards by drilling through the cupboard bases to take the wires up into the cupboards where they can be plugged into the new sockets I have fitted, there are 3 sets to do in total.
Then she wants me to finish the silicone on the 2 walls that are now tiled, so that I can re-hang all her utensil rails and spice racks.
So no tiling today.
Tomorrow I have to meet the gas engineer at her flat (rented out) for the annual check, and to see what things are to be sorted on the electricals. OH will be at home as we are getting our 2 new Stressless recliners delivered tomorrow. Now have to decide what to do with the somewhat tatty old ones.
Saturday, and I expect Sunday, we will be back here getting the rest of the tiling done. Maybe after that I will be allowed a few days off!!
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In the UK we do 90% of our food shopping in Waitrose. Not really keen on Aldi and Lidl, for a start they don't have the choice and the ambiance is nowhere near as nice. We are almost forced to use them when we are in Germany although if we get the chance we will always head for REWE or Edeka. I would have thought that Morrison's would be a better alternative to Aldi or Lidl, they do some good bargains in meat and fish and you get a very full choice of other products.
David
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We don't have Waitrose here and the nearest big M&S and Sainsbugs are in Aberdeen, 40 miles away. When I lived in Hampshire, we had a Waitrose nearby, but I always felt it was too expensive.
Most of my shopping is done in ASDA and Lidl because they are the closest (along with Tesco). I don't care for Aldi.
When I'm in Germany, I mostly use REWE and in Belgium, I use Delhaize.
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Came back from East Anglia in late September having
damaged a couple of teeth. Shot straight off M6 and into
my old dentists surgery by 2:15. Locum dentist == found my
details in Latin on papyrus or parchment but had a look --
next week, one filling one extraction -- now 4 x-rays.Back in as ordered, different Locum different out come
Cant remove those -- Hospital job they are but I'll take a
moulding & cap this one ! A week later one nice shiny tin
roof on a tooth, and an official NHS Form with details of
treatment to come. several weeks and no action so I
rang the Surgery -- No record so we will remind the Dentist
Another week -- no action, so I rang the Hospital . OOH no
Sir, the only record on our system showing your name is
5 years ago & a very different part of the Body
!Still taking Pain killers etc, when neighbour saw me in
the shop buying them -- dragged me down to His dentist
This Lunch time. So an now appointment at 11:15 tomorrow
with a non too happy Dentist.{ Mutter Mutter Cowboy Locum
Mutter Mutter, And you should know better ;;-- tomorrow,
Don't Be Late !! }
One rather chastened old man playing on CT now
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