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  • brue
    brue Forum Participant Posts: 21,176 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    edited April 2017 #4382

    I bet there are a few more bells to be heard tonight, Thursday is practice night. wink

  • brue
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    edited April 2017 #4383

    Oops JVB has already said that, I wasn't paying attention! surprised

  • ABM
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    edited April 2017 #4384

    Not  heard  much  from  Volvoman9  lately  undecided

     

    Hope  he's staying  fit  &  well  enough  to  still  perform  on  the  Walking  Football  field,  or  is  he  composing  one  of  his  famous  sagas  ??

  • Bakers2
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    edited April 2017 #4385

    You're right! Not had a saga or roving reporter story to read for ages, certainly not on this upgraded site.

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited April 2017 #4386

    I've done it, Ian. I phoned ACAS yesterday afternoon and they put me through to HMRC minimum wage unit. They said it would take 4 to 6 weeks for them to carry out an investigation into dinner2go.

  • EasyT
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    edited April 2017 #4387

    I would be very surprised if they have not been investigated before

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited April 2017 #4388

    HMRC didn't say about that. They asked me to confirm my willingness to give evidence in a tribunal if necessary but it hasn't got to that stage yet. There may not be any need for a court hearing if dinner2go co-operate sufficiently with HMRC. I don't think I can do any more myself. I think I will just have to wait until I hear further from HMRC. 

  • EasyT
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    edited April 2017 #4389

    Might be a long wait. A friend of mine was invesigated for over 6 years

  • JVB66
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    edited April 2017 #4390

    The site is closing early this year for major refurb(new lease?) old facilties blocks going and new large block in middle of site with 50 hardstands/all weather pitches,so if you want to see one of the last all grass sites, book now cool

  • Bakers2
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    edited April 2017 #4391

    Oh a carpark with bells 😉😉😉😉

    Will it have whistles too?

  • JVB66
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    edited April 2017 #4392

    I think the hardstands will be above the normal "flood level" area of the site so it may not be as bad as it seems Black Knowl will lookundecided

     It is very busy now

  • triky auto
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    edited April 2017 #4393

    undecided Dull & low cloud here in East Kent this morning.Back in the house last night ,,left the "Concorde" at the B/yd for the 'scratch' to be polished out today.Caught up with the backlog of post/mail etc.Some encouraging noises from the planning people regarding my application for the "Boathouse" ,more waiting now though !!wink.

  • milliehull
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    edited April 2017 #4394

    Dull and overcast here as well.frown. Piles of ironing to do this morning.  We have a busy weekend coming up.  A friends 70th birthday tomorrow.  She is having a big birthday lunch with lots of family and friends and then we are out to lunch again on Sunday with friends we haven't seen for a while.  No cooking this weekend. laughing.

  • moulesy
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    edited April 2017 #4395

    I think today I will spend most of the time recovering after reading my latest online bill from British Gas saying they want to increase my monthly payments from just over £28 to just over £60!!  surprisedyell

  • JVB66
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    edited April 2017 #4396

    We are with EON duel fuel which allows us to set our own monthly payments,  as long as we watch what the usage is when giving monthly readings, £32 at the moment

    You are not going away enoughcool

  • brue
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    edited April 2017 #4397

    I had a similar shock, then I tried a "better" fixed offer with EDF and it was even worse. Inflation starts here. frown

    JVB I looked at some aerial flood pictures of Tewkesbury and I think you'd have to swim to the new hardstandings. wink

  • JVB66
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    edited April 2017 #4398

    I did say "normal"  maybe i should have said in the past flood levels ,that's why the office is  about 10ft up steps and most EHU are about 3ft above ground (like Rowntree Park at York)

  • moulesy
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    edited April 2017 #4399

    They're going to have to be very, very high to be above the flood levels indicated on the gates at the entry to the site though!! wink

  • Malcolm Mehta
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    edited April 2017 #4400

    HMRC said it would take 4 to 6 weeks.

  • brue
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    edited April 2017 #4401

    I meant that floods across the roads would prevent access to the site even if the pitches were ok. wink

  • Bakers2
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    edited April 2017 #4402

    We're with EON and our repayments have done the opposite to your mousley same figures too. We'll go along with it. Thought previous far too high and this probably too low. Mind you I keep an eye on use age and always put bill money away every month so any excess owed can be cleared. That shocks them LOL. We too can set our own monthly DD's 

  • JVB66
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    edited April 2017 #4403

    That has always been like that as at York ,I think they still have a boat heresurprised 

  • brue
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    edited April 2017 #4404

    Let's hope neither place floods for a long time. Sorry the site will be closed for refurbs a lot of us will miss it.

  • Bakers2
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    edited April 2017 #4405

    Cloudy here in Essex. Awaiting son and Co arrival, will be later than they reckoned - again! Thought he'd forgotten to text as leaving and think they'd be halfway when got text to say leaving,  lost necklace delay not found. I have Dr's appointment for blood pressure monitor fitting at 11am need a lift because of parking, so may not see them. No response on time of wedding! Just arrived

  • brue
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    edited April 2017 #4406

    Our EDF dual fuel went up from £59 to over £120 on DD. Can't find anything better either. Lights off from now on!

  • moulesy
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    edited April 2017 #4407

    In fairness, I can see that the meter reading is correct and that the problem is that our monthly payments have been too low up to now, but those are the payments that they set for us! Anyway I have contacted them asking if we can pay off the outstanding balance (which we'd have to do anyway before swapping) in order to reduce our new monthly payments! yell

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited April 2017 #4408

    Hope all you Tewkesbury lovers have done the Battlefield Walk!laughing We have never stayed at the site, but have stayed in Tewkesbury overnight a few times solo on our way down to Cornwall. The Abbey is absolutely stunning, full of famous historic people, and has a grisly relic usually hidden from view.....sheets of plate armour from the battle are used inside the Treasury door to reinforce it! I was lucky enough to get a look on our first visit. Still has the square holes where bodkin arrows killed whoever was inside the armour! 

    Love the sound of church bells, very English!laughing

  • Yertiz
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    edited April 2017 #4409

    In case there is anyone who hasn't seen it in all it's glory!

    Nice site but wouldn't want to be there when it floods surprised

  • brue
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    edited April 2017 #4410

    Nice photo Yertiz. It's a fabulous view. We're lucky to be able to stay so close, I love the waterside walks too.

  • JVB66
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    edited April 2017 #4411

    Bit "sad" but have just been looking at  sites directory for a stop on way home  for Sunday night (more home fuel savingwink)and noticed that the "new club" seem to give the false impression that that they now "own" a lot of the sites on their network when reading the site info, when in fact I think most are leased? as is here (Tewksbury)surprised 

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