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  • HelenandTrevor
    HelenandTrevor Forum Participant Posts: 3,221
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    edited April 2018 #18722

    Thank you for the birthday messages, and Oneputt thanks for the cake, as for candles no more than 27 thanks winksmile

    Really warm and sunny, shame I was stuck in the office for most of the time.cry but van is ready to roll tomorrow smile even put the Cadac in the car! 

    Sorry the warm weather hasn't reached north of the border TG, hopefully tomorrow .

    Brue lovely pictures, glad to hear you are enjoying Devon. 

    Moulesy,  have a nice time at Cirencester.  

  • Wherenext
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    edited April 2018 #18723

    Happy Birthday, Helen. Are you an Octenagerian yet?😂

    Roofers finished by 2.30. Looks good but need some rain to test it out.😁 So as the sun has finally made a trip up north we decided to go for a walk and have a thirst quencher half way round. Caravan all spick and span. Only 9 more days to go😁😁.

  • milliehull
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    edited April 2018 #18724

    Happy birthday Helen. I hope you have a really lovely few days away.

    Hope you and  Lady enjoy your stay in Cirencester moulesy.

    Lovely photos brue. Enjoy the rest of your trip.

    What a gorgeous day 😎.(sorry tammygirl). We enjoyed the beautiful weather having lunch in the garden of a pub in a  lovely village in Northamptonshire with some very good  friends 😀

  • JVB66
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    edited April 2018 #18725

    The Fleece Hotel in Cirencester is very dog friendly they have their own "bar" with snacks and bowls for water which is on tap,and dog beds for them you just take them to where you are sitting,not "cheap but good food can recomend the fish finger sandwich,also the Bear pub is very dog friendly with similar dog facilitiescool

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited April 2018 #18726

    Many Happy Returns for today, Helen. Hope that you had a great day.

    WN, glad to hear that the roofers have finished, but don't go wishing for rain because as once it starts it never knows when to finish.

    TG, with a bit of luck the fine weather should reach your area tomorrow, as we has a fine sunny afternoon after a dull start to the day, and the temperature got up to 19C by mid afternoon.

    We drove over to Lanercost Priory this morning as it's been many years since we last visited, and then up onto Hadrian's Wall for a short walk. Finally visited Kirklinton Hall and gardens, a 17C ruin which is undergoing restoration. Managed an hour sitting out in the sun in my shorts, for the first time this year.

  • ABM
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    edited April 2018 #18727

    Glad  to  hear,  NTH,  that  somebody  can  find  nice,  warm,  sunny  weather  up  in  the  border  country,  a  marked improvement  from  ten  days  ago,  but  is  Brian  jealous  -  you  can  bet  your  winning  lottery  ticket  he  is  surprisedwink !!

  • Oneputt
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    edited April 2018 #18728

    Van dropped at dealers now off Birding, hopefully see/hear Nightingales😃

  • moulesy
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    edited April 2018 #18729

    Phew! What a scorcher! Pitched up at Cirencester Park and it'seems a real stunner of a day. The site is pretty full even midweek, although I don't think the grass pitches up at the top of the site are in use yet. Amazing how good weather cheers everyone up - lots of happy campers around and the present warden team seem particularly pleasant and helpful.

    Steven,  if you read this, do you know where your seasonal pitch is going to be yet? The ones I've spotted are on the wide grass area to the right as you exit the site - very spacious and well away from any noise from the college. They look very tempting! smile

  • brue
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    edited April 2018 #18730

    Nice and sunny on the Roseland too. Enjoy your Cirencester stay Moulesy. smile

  • moulesy
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    edited April 2018 #18731

    Thanks, and you enjoy Cornwall too! One of our favourite spots and walks on the south coast is to park at the little waterfront church at St Just in Roseland and walk over the fields to St Mawes for lunch and back in time for a cream tea. A lovely day out. smile

  • ABM
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    edited April 2018 #18732

    Well  summery  here  in  Cheshire  as  well,  so  I've  decided  to  put  the  Cans of  De-icer  back  into  the  shed.  If  I  need  to  use  'em  before  December  you'll  be  amongst  the  very  first  to  know  yell.

     

  • triky auto
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    edited April 2018 #18733

    cool Scorcherer !!wink again at the B/yd.Three boat lifts today,silly season is truly upon us !! I'm browning off the early year 'wind tan' nicely !!Wall to wall sunbeams all day again here in East Kent.Still trying to plan a short getaway,but but but !!!!surprised.

  • JVB66
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    edited April 2018 #18734

    Hot here today ,took car to have towbar fitted(taken off petrol version last week)then back to storage compound to "test it"and clear caravan out ready to take in for reshedualled service tomorrow morning

  • milliehull
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    edited April 2018 #18735

    Gosh what a scorcher!!  Hottest April day since 1949 apparently. So we have had the coldest weather for decades, the wettest weather for decades and the hottest April day for decades - all in the space of about 8 weeks!! I hope all those of you away are making the most of this glorious weather.cool

    We went to our storage compound today and it is drying out nicely. They were hoping to cut the grass today and tomorrow. OH is going to sterilise the water system and do some other maintenance jobs on the caravan tomorrow.

  • brue
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    edited April 2018 #18736

    I can't say it's been scorching down here, but very pleasant. Sounds like you have really hit the high temps in the east. smile

  • Tammygirl
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    edited April 2018 #18737

    Well we finally got the sunshine today, got up to sun and then it went all cloudy for a couple of hours but it did come out again around lunchtime and stayed out until setting. smile

    Got more jobs done on the van and went for a bike ride. Then a couple of hours in the garden, topped off having a cuppa and piece of cake sitting on the decking enjoying the warm sunshine cool

    We've been looking at cruises for January '19 and have decided to try somewhere we have never been before. Fly to Dubai for 2 nights then sail to Singapore via Oman, Goa, Sri Lanka, Phuket and Panang  then 2 nights in Singapore before flying home, 19 nights in total. Feeling excited and nervous all at the same time.smile

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited April 2018 #18738

    Another fine day here too, although it did cloud up around tea time. We had a 3 1/4 hr walk from the site much of it under the shade of the trees in High Stile Woods. Then a couple of hours sat out in the sun reading, in shorts and sandals ( no socks wink). Would think that the temperature was well above the forecast 15 C. Hopefully it will be similar tomorrow when we move onto Dumfries.

  • milliehull
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    edited April 2018 #18739

    brue, it has been hovering around 25 - 27 degrees here today according to our thermometer, even hotter in the conservatory (and hotter still in the greenhouse according to OH). Slightly cooler tomorrow and then thunderstorms on Saturday evening - hey ho - that is British weather I suppose.  We are just enjoying it while it lasts. 

    Tammygirl.  A friend and her daughter have just come back from a similar cruise to the one that you are contemplating (although theirs started in Abu Dhabi) and they have had the most wonderful time. I am very envious.

  • ABM
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    edited April 2018 #18740

    TG,

      Is  the  Booking  Of  Pitches  on  your  proposed  January  tour  already  open then  cool??

  • DavidKlyne
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    edited April 2018 #18741

    Another lovely day here at Henley on Thames. Decided to stay on site today and just relax, not something I am usually good at!!! Had a chat with ChasnCath fellow Club Together posters tonight who are also staying here.

    David

  • SteveL
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    edited April 2018 #18742

    When we talked with the warden, when we stayed in March, they said they would also be using those pitches in September. Yes they do look good, we are looking forward to it.

  • Tammygirl
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    edited April 2018 #18743

    Yes Brian all booked (some where already sold out) we've even got a balcony wink

  • Oneputt
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    edited April 2018 #18744

    Lovely 🌞day yesterday with a top temperature of 27C more of the same for the coming weekend.  😃. Had a really good walk around RSPB Pulborough Brooks, it’s the one place that I know guaranteed to see/hear nightingales.  Mrs One coming down to join us this morning then off to Fort Nelson to see the poppy splash, 1st WW memorial.  Rest of the weekend taken up with family duties and dog walking.  Return home Monday after picking up the van.  

     

  • cyberyacht
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    edited April 2018 #18745

    I keep meaning to visit Fort Nelson but, like most stuff on your doorstep, it's a bit "mañana". Fortunately I saw the poppies when we were away in the van last year in Essex, so it hasn't;t become imperative. Watch out for cyclists along the top of the hill.

  • Bakers2
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    edited April 2018 #18746

    Did I miss something? Not like me 😲😲😲

    CY where did you see the poppies in Essex? I saw them at The Tower, and love the inspiration, if those are the correct words to describe 😢 the new installation and hope to get there before October. 

  • Bakers2
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    edited April 2018 #18747

    Awoken to another warm day 😆😃 it makes me feel so much better than the grey days. Stripped our bed down to its nothings 😉 and at present all undercovers are in the washing machine. That'll be the last of the beds deeply freshened for another while. 😇😇

    Checked out and paid for new storage site, starting 1 June we due to pay old storage on 6 June so hopefully more benevolent gods are smiling on us now. Things have been going awry for us since about lat June, we had noted those of significance hoping to get to a number divisible by three! Total currently stands at 30. Fingers crossed were are turning the corner. OH taking motorhome for MOT so hope our change in fortunes contine. Not a moan just an observation. 

    Whatever you have planned enjoy your day and hopefully the weather.

    Oneputt there's one place I know where I'm guaranteed to hear nightingales 😉 on a day like today I'd love to take a picnic and sit and enjoy them. Shame I have chores but who knows - tomorrow? Enjoy. Maybe we could have sound recordings on here 😉😉

     TG I'm sure you'll love your cruise choice, Singapore is something else! Must schedule another stopover there as they change it so well and so quickly. Can't comment on the other places or cruising - not something either of you fancy but those who've done it love it and I know you're experienced on that front.

  • huskydog
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    edited April 2018 #18748

    Today I took the snow shovel out of my van cool

  • Bakers2
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    edited April 2018 #18749

    Are you sure you've not been too premature? 😉

  • Francis
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    edited April 2018 #18750

    Nice sunny day here too. It would be a nice weekend to be going away in the van but we have a family christening tomorrow so can't gocry. If the weather is still nice later on we plan on having a BBQ and hopefully a few beers out in the back garden. Hope everyone else has a nice weekend.

  • Bakers2
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    edited April 2018 #18751

    Francis don't often hear about christenings these days, best wishes to the receivee  (no idea on the right name 😉). Is it on a Saturday?  Again unusual as normally part of a church service around here. Yes I realise it' religin but I'm curious, I don't want to discuss religion. 

    So long as the sun is shining I intend to enjoy it home or away 😉. Home for us. Good news or us our motorhome has passed the MOT so could be a continuation of cleaning 😲

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