What are you all up to today? - part 3
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Lovely bright sunny crisp day here too, all white and twinkly. Haven't been outside yet but it looks cold brrrrr!
Waiting in for gas boiler man to come and do annual service, appt time, sometime between 8am and 8pm
hope its not going to be all day
as I want to go out at some stage. OH has gone off for his AAA appointment at the hospital, hope all goes well there.I am about to try and sort out all the belongings we brought in from the van yesterday, I got the food put away but everything else has been dumped in the spare bedroom and hallway. Wish me luck.
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It's been a nice morning relaxing here in the caravan on site. We still have the Autumn colours in the trees on the hill in front of us which are nice to view, despite the recent gale force winds.
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Seems the high pressure affects what the weather is like on each side of the country. I.e.Tammy's got it bright and sunny in the west, while here in the east it's dull, damp and grey. Can you send a bit of sun over please? Haven't seen any for days???
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This week seems to be a media week. Our son is our spokesman and isn't fazed by live/recorded broadcasts. If you want the farmers view - call him! (No, don't! He'll wonder what I've been saying).
On Monday morning he was on Radio Cumbria talking about continuing the family business.
Yesterday a freelance reporter came out to record a piece about calves in jackets - for Farming Today (05:45 BBC4) - to be broadcast soon.
Tomorrow the BBC no less are coming to film as part of the response to the Autumn Statement's measures on the impact of poor broadband for rural businesses.
And yesterday we hosted a meeting something to do with Prince's Trust apprenticships. (All we had to do was provide a room and food).
Today - farming! A start on hedging. It must be winter.
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Seems the high pressure affects what the weather is like on each side of the country. I.e.Tammy's got it bright and sunny in the west, while here in the east it's dull, damp and grey. Can you send a bit of sun over please? Haven't seen any for days???
Sun peeping through in Essex hate to challenge but isn't Perthshire where tammygirl says she's from on the east???
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Lovely bright sunny crisp day here too, all white and twinkly. Haven't been outside yet but it looks cold brrrrr!
Waiting in for gas boiler man to come and do annual service, appt time, sometime between 8am and 8pm
hope its not going to be all day as I want to go out at some stage. OH has gone off for his AAA appointment at the hospital, hope all goes well there. I am about to try and sort out all the belongings we brought in from the van yesterday, I got the food put away but everything else has been dumped in the spare bedroom and hallway. Wish me luck.
Is the AAA appointment an aortic screening? OH got one tomorrow. Time for another cull as you sort motorhome bits? . Not sorry to have taken your points . I keep liking too!
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Goldie along with hedging do you still do ditching? I remember it being a winter task for our local farm workers. Sons partner, a farmers daughter slowly taking the reins, said a few years back not allowed now, ecology reasons, she farms on the edge of the
Fens. I wonder how much not doing it contributes to flooding??? Also remember verges having channels dug in them to let the water flow into the ditch!0 -
Waiting in for delivery of our new Broadband hub, changing providers in the hope the download speed will be better.
and a cheaper
deal. Have been baking while I wait, lovely smells coming from the kitchen as they bake.
Bit brighter day today , thank goodness, turned very wet again yesterday, matched our mood as funeral was very sad. Wife of the deceased had had a stroke during the week and had only been let out of hospital for a few hours.
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All sounds very exciting Goldie. ?
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Goldie along with hedging do you still do ditching? I remember it being a winter task for our local farm workers. Sons partner, a farmers daughter slowly taking the reins, said a few years back not allowed now, ecology reasons, she farms on the edge of the
Fens. I wonder how much not doing it contributes to flooding??? Also remember verges having channels dug in them to let the water flow into the ditch!We keep ditches clear.
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Seems the high pressure affects what the weather is like on each side of the country. I.e.Tammy's got it bright and sunny in the west, while here in the east it's dull, damp and grey. Can you send a bit of sun over please? Haven't seen any for day
Seems the high pressure affects what the weather is like on each side of the country. I.e.Tammy's got it bright and sunny in the west, while here in the east it's dull, damp and grey. Can you send a bit of sun over please? Haven't seen any for days???
Need to brush up on your Scottish geography Steve, Perth is east side.
I think it is more of a south/centre/north split on the weather today.
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Waiting in for delivery of our new Broadband hub, changing providers in the hope the download speed will be better.
and a cheaper
deal. Have been baking while I wait, lovely smells coming from the kitchen as they bake.Bit brighter day today , thank goodness, turned very wet again yesterday, matched our mood as funeral was very sad. Wife of the deceased had had a stroke during the week and had only been let out of hospital for a few hours.
HelenandTrevor how sad, poor woman more than enough to deal with without extra issues. I do hope she has some family support.
Nice to see a glimpse of the sun hey? What have you baked. It need to tantalise my taste buds
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You can get anti-UV sprays. If memory serves something like Plasticoat clear. Depends how good you are with spray paint. Also, have you considered anti-UV window film?
Have not heard of anti-UV sprays, will investigate.
OH has been looking at the window film, seems quite expensive, especially if done professionally. I wonder how long it lasts.
New blinds every 7 years might well be less expensive!
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Yesterday a freelance reporter came out to record a piece about calves in jackets - for Farming Today (05:45 BBC4) - to be broadcast soon.
.Sorry to seem a bit on the dense side Goldie but those Calves in Jackets are they larger versions of
"Pigs In Blankets" please ??0 -
Bright sunshine all morning, washing dried on solar power and another load in the machine now, all done under OH's supervision as I have no idea about the programs on the WM.
Postman just been, my winter fuel letter has arrived, but not OH's.
Need to finalise measurements and get new blinds ordered up this afternoon.
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Yesterday a freelance reporter came out to record a piece about calves in jackets - for Farming Today (05:45 BBC4) - to be broadcast soon.
.Sorry to seem a bit on the dense side Goldie but those Calves in Jackets are they larger versions of
"Pigs In Blankets" please ??Put simply - wearing jackets, the calves use their energy to grow (rather than keeping warm).
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Yes just to confirm we are on the East side of Scotland, or to be really accurate we are East of Central
still nice and bright and sunny but
at 1c a bit chilly when you go out.The farmers here do clear the ditches at the side of the roads, the council cut a channel out from the road to the ditch on the ares where water doesn't drain very quick.
Goldie the calfs look very cute and cosy, reminds me of when we had a horse, rugging her up in winter.
Spare bedroom all clear now and looks like a bedroom again
all the cushions are stacked on one of the single beds though and covered up
to protect them from the sun and dust. We don't usually take them out but the van is going to be with the dealer until the first week of January with us being away over Christmas and they close untill after the New Year. Besides it will be easier for them
as they will need access under the beds to run wiring.Boiler man not turned up yet.
Bakers OH's AAA was the Abdominal aortic aneurysm, he got told straight away the results, everything is fine, phew!
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Sorry meant to say with the jet stream being where it is at the moment we in the north do get bright and sunny weather albeit freezing cold. When the jet stream is north of us it means we get the horrible wet rain. Hope for all of you in the south the rain
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My its quite on here today.
Well having stayed in all day waiting for the bolier man OH decided to call them to see what time we could expect him.
Turns out they cancelled the appointment back in October
now
we have a 24hr answering machine, email, and mobile phone, of which they have all the details. We have not had notification on any of the devises about a cancellation.When you delve deeper into it they say they phoned to confirm the appointment and because they didn't get an answer it was cancelled
OH is
rightly fizzing. Why would you call over a month before to confirm, why confirm in the first place once an appointment is made and in the diary why should you need to confirm it. Its a yearly contract servicing and breakdown cover they know it has to be serviced
to meet warrenty cover.Now waiting for them to call back to make a new another appointment, nothing available until middle of January, when we were hoping to be away in the van at the Manchester show. Why are they having to call back, why couldn't they
just give us the appointment there and then. What a way to do business.Rant over.
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Waiting in for delivery of our new Broadband hub, changing providers in the hope the download speed will be better.
and a cheaper
deal. Have been baking while I wait, lovely smells coming from the kitchen as they bake.Bit brighter day today , thank goodness, turned very wet again yesterday, matched our mood as funeral was very sad. Wife of the deceased had had a stroke during the week and had only been let out of hospital for a few hours.
HelenandTrevor how sad, poor woman more than enough to deal with without extra issues. I do hope she has some family support.
Nice to see a glimpse of the sun hey? What have you baked. It need to tantalise my taste buds
Sorry Bakers2 re late reply, had problems with website.
Baked aDorset Apple cake, looking forward to having some 8f it later .
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Tried to post. Error message, service unavailable
Had a few problems too before I went to work, thought it was me, but perhaps it wasn't.
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Sun finally appeared this afternoon,
had almost forgotten what it looked like! Vat returns all done this afternoon, new broadband hub delivered at lunchtime, change over day tomorrow. PS, your calves look cosy in their coats Goldie . ?
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