What are you all up to
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Of course!
We are regular Lidl shoppers as we have one only a 5 minute walk away at home, so regularly use them when on holiday too. We are not so familiar with Aldi as none close to where we live, but use them if no Lidl available.
However, our store at home is fairly small compared to some, so we also use Tesco and Asda, occasionally Sainsburys and Morissons, and for a special treat, Waitrose and M&S, though generally only buying the special offers.
It is good to have a choice. At home we have all the stores within 5 miles, when on holiday we shop wherever is most convenient.
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😲😲. I'd certainly be looking at cutting my outgoings rather than additional spending. Has your site not got books to buy/trade/borrow? Is there no a library you can borrow from? Libraries have a selection of newspapers for free 😆.
I'd definitely be on the case of applying for a bus pass and using it however long it took, after all nothing spoiling whilst you do. Looking at any/how much sick pay I'd be due and cutting my cloth accordingly.
But each to their own 😂
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Brue that's just what we enjoy doing, never been lucky enough to find the butchers whos cooked my dinner 😉.
Keep on enjoying yourselves.
I have an appointment the other side of town and was looking forward to a good walk which would include going through the park. However it's now pouring with rain so I'll get OH to give me a lift there, I should have left by now if walking, and hopefully walk home.
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Mmm, not easy to get used to the new site names.
We only came upon the Lidl by accident, we were driving from the Waitrose car park in town to that retail park where Morissons and M&S etc are, passed the Malvern Link station en route, so I think it must be in that area, not too familiar with the geography there.
Car park seemed OK, we have a VW Touareg and got parked without any problem. It was in behind some newish looking houses, but OH spotted the Lidl sign on the wall of the entrance road. I assume it is fairly new?
We have been 2 or 3 times at the Club site, but do not remember there being a Lidl in the area previously.
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Sun and showers today for us with strong winds, just like being back home
got caught in a shower on the way to get bread this morning, by the time we came out the shop (Lidl)the sun was out and it was lovely for a wee while.Bruce you sound as if you are having a good trip, Pitlochry is lovely when it's not over run by tourist buses.
Malcolm, ii think if I was in your shoes I would be looking at getting some books to read from the charity shops. Much better than daily newspapers, the news you can get on TV and the rest is just rubbish. Now if you had a bus pass you could go to the library and read theirs or borrow a couple of books
BB, thanks for the info. When we were at St Emillion most of the towns parking was coned off for the festival so folk were having to park along the approach roads nightmare. We stayed at a site about 11 km from town, that was when we had my car on tow so no problem getting in with the van. I have heard about the Yelloh Village site, guess it would be quite popular as would the Aires. Hope you had a good 'lunch' today.
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Hi KN yes that was Malvern Link for Lidl's when we went it packed and only 1 space left hence a bit tight, when my mum was alive there was only Morrison's supermarket on the shopping complex and was Safeway's then but that is 17 years ago, enjoy the rest of your holiday. We are off for a week in the Aveyron from Sunday but it is only 65 miles from where we live just wanted a change of scenery for a quick short break but weather forecast for next week is not good.
Hope all the folk over here in France have a good holiday and not to much rain, we have had a good month of hot sun and it is a bit cooler now.
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I'm not sure about that, Goldie, after all I'm getting a state pension and therefore no longer pay National Insurance.
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As long as it's just bruising Tammygirl and there's no fracture. I thought mine was just bruising until the hospital told me there was a fracture.
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Yes but there is a difference to watching the news on tv and reading the papers. The tv makes a noise, reading the papers is a silent pursuit. Furthermore, you can select what you want to read and in the order you want to read it instead of this being dictated to you by a tv broadcast. The tv disturbs everyone in the room that doesn't want to watch and listen to it. The newspaper doesn't.
The other thing I find is that the news stories on tv keep repeating the same stories over and over again whereas in the newspaper you can keep finding new stories to read that can occupy or entertain you for longer. Also you can get information on daily tv listings and read reviews in the papers that can inform you and give you a more selective choice of what you want to see on tv.
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Thanks brue looking forward to it, van already packed just a few last essentials Sunday morning.
Hope your are enjoying Scotland a long time since we were up there, we lived in Somerset for 25 years before moving over here have been past our old place and now there is another bungalow been built in what was our side garden very cramped and no front garden just gravel everywhere and I did have a lovely front garden oh well times have changed to dry here in the summer for the plants that I had in Somerset.
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The price quoted on the front page of the Daily Telegraph is £1.60 but the warden charges £1.70. However, it's a useful service from the warden because otherwise, it would be a long walk to the nearest newsagent to get one!
The warden provides this service so why not use it? Ten pence extra is not a lot to pay!
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Then it looks like they could do with a mobile delivery service there, ABM!
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I think most of us were more thinking of the total cost, 5 x £1.70 + 2 x £2.10 = £12.70 per week........enough to buy food for 2 people for at least 2 days according to my OH!
I would settle for the TV, it is free, the radio gives a lot of good info too, I like to listen to Radio 4.
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I'm not too keen on daytime tv. You have to shut out the daylight to see the screen when it's sunny. The best programmes tend to be broadcast in the evening, usually after 8 p.m. or 9 p.m. times when I'm usually at work and therefore can't watch them. The situation now is unusual in that I now do get to watch it but only for the next 5 weeks. Reading the papers, therefore, is probably my best option. That I can do during the day even when I return to work. So the £12.70 per week is probably money well spent in my case.
Yes I agree that if you work a 9 to 5 day job and are at home in the evenings when it gets dark, you could probably watch more on the tv for free entertainment. However, I'm not in a position to benefit in that way. So I think reading is a better option for me, especially when the weather is good and I can sit outside the awning in the relaxer reading articles of my choice with the sunshine instead of being indoors!
The way my wife shops, she can buy enough food with £12 to last a whole week! She goes everyday to Tesco between half past six and 8 p.m. when food there is reaching its sell by time and is substantially reduced in price!
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Free bus passes and free tv licences? That can't be bad!
Make the most of it because in other ways, January is a horrible month!0 -
My mailing address where my cousin lives is a permanent address.
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