What are you all up to
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Lovely photos moulesy. The downstairs accommodation looks very clean and well looked after. I wonder whether it was back in the day?
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Will this be the first time you have seen your youngest son since the Manchester terrorist attack Helen? If it is I am sure you will be so relieved to see him.
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Have a lovely weekend Millieh, I'm sure MrH will get into the swing of it once you are all together.
Well still no thunderstorm lots of gusting wind but even that is dying down now, we wound the canopy away just to be safe, don't like getting up during the night in my pj's
Malcolm, we've had 7 weeks of good weather but back home where I live haven't I keep telling you not to judge everyone else's weather by what you have
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Yes Millie, not seem him since the attack, video call and messages only. Looking forward to seeing him later.
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Beautiful morning, still sunny but much fresher, just back from lovely early walk with the dog,
Last day at work, yippee
whole week off, first holiday this year, apart from a couple of weekends. Plenty of R&R and a bit of puffin watching at Bempton, hopefully! Glad you've had a great holiday Tammygirl, with plenty of hot sunny weather.
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Have a great time in your new caravan Helen. Happy and safe travelling.
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It was a busy evening at work yesterday. Plenty of deliveries to do mostly in Lancing but two in Shoreham and cooler weather too. It was the breeze that made the difference.
We're just about to have breakfast now and later this morning I have to go to Boots to collect my new glasses.
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Enjoy your holiday Helen. Would like to go up that way in the future. Enjoy seeing your son too.
Late start here today, nice fresh weather. Will be at the Montacute NT food and craft fair tomorrow, one of our family has a stall there. Usually some good local food on sale.
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We've just finished breakfast. I'm now sitting in the relaxer in the awning with the doors open. Nice cool breeze coming into the awning, no need for aircon now, you'll be glad to know. It's switched off.
We had cereal for breakfast followed by grilled sausages and tomatoes with brown sauce and granary toast, cooked using the electric grill. When we shop at Tesco, we always try to buy the reduced fat sausages if they're available.
I hope everyone else on here, including the anti-aircon squad, are enjoying the cooler and more comfortable weather. This is the kind of summer I like, a nice cool breeze with fair weather instead of the sweltering heat of the previous few days. Now we can all feel more energy to enjoy visiting places and going for walks etc.
There's a lovely walk from this site up Highdown Hill and Gardens but you do need reasonably cool weather for it, otherwise it would be exhausting!
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Yes but 36 to 40 celsius is not what I'd call good weather, Tammygirl. For me that's too hot! I like 15 to 20 degrees, more like what I'm getting in todays weather here in Worthing. So I'm happy just to be here! Although granted, if you like to spend your time sipping cold drinks and dipping in and out of the swimming pool then I suppose high temperatures are not too much of a problem. However, I wouldn't think it ideal for walking and cycling though.
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That's the best way to tour around, HD. Much more comfortable in a car with aircon than otherwise!
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There's still some sun here, BB but some white cloud too. So it's in and out with a cool breeze which I prefer. I wouldn't call it dull and grey though!
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If the history books are anything to go by, life was a lot harder in the days when there were no cars. How much more comfortable our life is today compared to our ancestors who had to walk everywhere.
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Aircon in a car has its uses, certainly on a long journey on a hot day it makes the journey much more relaxed. Probably better for fuel economy as well, as although it lowers it, I doubt it is as much as driving with all the windows and sun roof open, as we used to do.
However, once we have arrived the last thing I want to do is tour round looking at the scenery through glass. True in high temperatures I would not want to climb a hill or mountain in full sun, but there are usually shaded low level walks available.
Today in Notts it is back to normal for this time of year, so certainly no fear of overheating. Off for a swim shortly. Change over day at the Hotel / leisure club, so hopefully I may have it to myself again.
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Malcolm, we've only had a couple of days with temps that high, the rest of the time it's been between 24 and 30 which is good weather. Compare that to my home town where they have had days on end of high winds heavy rain and grey miserable skies, I know which one I prefer. I keep in touch with my sister so I'm well aware that they have had a few days here and there of decent weather, decent by the way means not rain
Anyway this is our last lazy day as tomorrow we will be driving back to Zeebrugge for the overnight ferry to Hull. So after lunch we are going for a longish cycle ride, will pop across the border into Germany at one point then back out again.
Have a great week away H&T it will be nice to try out the new van on a proper break away.
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Thanks Oneputt, seen the puffins before, but would be lovely to see a puffling
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Well that's work finished
holiday here we come! Don't care what the weather does, but know I'am definitely not going to be confined to the caravan.
or sight seeing from the car. Thanks for the good wishes folks.
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We left at 11:30 and drove along the Worthing sea front before turning left towards the Grafton Road multi-storey car park, using the Smart Car, of course, the Shogun's too tall. We found a space on level 7 and then went down in the lift to M&S Ground floor which comes out in the Food Hall. From there it was only a short walk to get to Boots as it's right opposite M&S. Then up the escalator to get to Boots Opticians. My glasses were ready for collection. After that we went for a walk along the sea front and then on to the pier. I had to hold on to my cap as it was quite windy. Nevertheless, we found a bench and sat for a while with a view of Brighton in the distance. The tide was in and the sea looked green and rather choppy.
Then back through M&S Food Hall to get to the lift for the car park. We were just over the hour but less than 2 hours so we had to pay £2 parking fee. Now we're back at the caravan and lunch is cooking on the electric hob in the awning. Inside, I've got the aircon back on again as it has gone warmer with the sun coming over the top of the awning.
After lunch we'll be going shopping at the Tesco Extra to stock up our food supply.
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Hope you all have a great time in Yorkshire and that the new van is everything you hoped it would be! Whereabouts are you staying? When we lived in Hull that stretch of coastline around Flamborough was one of our favourite days out.
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Just back from a longish walk. Parked in Ludham and walked along Womack Water and the River Thurne to Potter Higham, continued on towards Hickling to view Black Winged Stilts and their chicks. Great walk with plenty to see and a total of about 8 miles.
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M&S food is good admittedly but it's a bit more expensive than Tesco. Also Tesco Extra is bigger and has more selection.
I get a fair amount of exercise at work as I'm in and out of the car all the time delivering pizzas.
Also we did go for a walk along the sea front and along the pier.
I've just woken up from an afternoon nap so the kettle's on for a pot of tea. Only an hour to go before I'll have to leave for work.
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It's our last day at Ross Park - the week seems to have gone by very quickly!
We wanted to at least get a sight of wildest Dartmoor but, in spite of the cloudier weather, it was still too hot and humid to take Harry & Lady on any of the higher walks. So we drove to the lovely little village of Lustleigh, right on the edge of the moor and walked from there. There are some very attractive (and, no doubt, expensive!) thatched "cottages" in the village and in the "village orchard" is this huge May Day rock where the village May Queens are crowned. Inscribed on the rock are the names of all the May Queens back to the 1960's.
The walk went through some woodland trust land down to this ancient packhorse bridge at nearby Hisley and another chance for the dogs to paddle and cool off! We didn't see a single other person all along this stretch.
Determined to at least get a glimpse of the real moor we cut through some, shall we say, rather challenging lanes, (seemed like two narrow strips of tarmac separated by wide strips of grass really) to stop for a coffee near Becky Falls (£8.25 per person to get in - er....we'll give that a miss then!) with the company of these Dartmoor ponies.
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