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Cheers brue and WN, I've got them on a couple of trays just now to dry them a bit as it rained here last night. Once dry I will put them in a brown bag I found in the drawer and hope for the best
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Hope you enjoy BC tomorrow!
I did the hospital merrygoround today with Mum, parking being the most stressful bit. Our hospital now charges blue badge holders, and has altered all the barriers so it's a nightmare going round and round. On the plus side, Mum is doing fine, no mention again of a pacemaker thank goodness. It appears that her eyedrops for glaucoma are causing her heart to beat slower, so how lucky that tomorrow's appointment at the hospital is with her eye specialist!
Mum gets straight to the point with questions, so "am I going to die?" was truthfully answered with "yes, but not at the moment, so get your purse out, we're going shopping!"
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Glad to hear that you're mum's doing fine, tda.
Sounds like a good day at Far Ings, WN. We've done that walk along the Humber too. Have a nice time at Burton Constable, or was it Constable Burton, tomorrow.
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Hi everyone,
Really grateful for all your comments and good wishes. Sorry I'm not around very much at the moment too. I'm feeling quite tired and am sleeping a lot of the time.
Hoping to get a little bit more around to normal as the week goes on. Just trying to shake myself out of this 'post-operative lethargy' which I seem to be in! 🙂🙂
David
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David
How long were you in hospital for or are you still there? I seem to recall when I had my hip done that for the first month I had to have an afternoon nap which is one of the better prescriptions I have had
David
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Yesterday went to Norwich to see the Go Go Hares prior to them being sold off. They had all been brought together just outside the forum. Three years ago one of the most expensive dragon was sold for £20k, it was painted by 12 year old Kieron Williamson. Be interesting what the Hares go for this year.
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Yes JVB. That is what we have been told. It is SO busy. It is even more popular than Tim Peake's space capsule. We have had over 1000 visitors this morning!! It is so lovely to see the Cathedral so full of people.
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Moons ?? Painted Hares ( including one rather like a freshly dug carrot ! ) ?? and even Liverpool's Giants are away to the French Marrionnette's Museum There won't be much left to chat about other than the lack of a yearly frenzy day .
Millie, don't forget to remind the Cathedral Cleaners that it's NOT common or garden dust, it's genuine, real, warranted Space Debris -- Worth a Billion or three. After all thats why Branson et al are in the Space slow walk business
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DSB, I'm sure you'll start to feel improvements but I think these knee ops take quite a time to recover from, so if you feel tired, I expect that's par for the course. A few weeks will make all the difference, hope you feel a lot better soon.
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Can this really be England in October?
We did one of out favourite Cornish walks today, parking at St Uny's church in Lelant and walking along Porth Kidney Sands, round the headland to Carbis Bay (dog friendly now) and along the coast path to St Ives. Tee shirts and shorts were very much the order of the day! The town was still quite busy but nowhere near as heaving as it is in Summer. The first picture shows the view back along Carbis and Porth Kidney, the second St Ives itself.
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Similar weather here near Boscstle. Took advantage of it to get the weekly wash done before heading off to Bude then down to Sandy Mouth. Lovely walk along the dog friendly beach in both directions from the N/T car park, admiring the spectacular rock formations.
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Awful day weather wise here, have been busy preparing for my sister's arrival tomorrow......tidying, dusting, hoovering, bed making, just the hall and stairs to finish tomorrow morning.
OH even started putting away stuff in the new kitchen cupboards we fitted a while back, she has been agonising over what to put where now she has so much extra space. However, other drawers have been emptied to relocate stuff, so the place is not looking that much tidier!
Tomorrow looks to be a much better day, which is just as well as I plan to take the bus to Edinburgh airport to meet my sister. Parking at the airport is horrendously expensive.......the bus is free for me so just my sister to pay for, which will be much less expensive than the fuel to drive both ways plus the parking. Less stressful too.
We will be back at the "new house" on Thursday, when hopefully some of the recently plastered rooms will be ready for painting. DD has also bought some new switch plates, so plenty for me to do.
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Sorry KjellNN but a glorious day here. 3 loads of washing out on the line. Booked a few days away with the other club, Chipping Norton and Oxford will only be a week as need to be back for mums shopping. Then went down to Heybridge basin for a walk. Didn't do so well on that score.
Met a chap, a couple of years older than me, I worked with when I left school. Just a few years back 😉, then worked with him again for a year or so before our daughter was born, again a few days before yesterday! Good chat, I do bump into him from time to time. Turns out his nephew is the lock keeper. As a result of our chat and delayed start we watched an oyster smack negotiate the lock and park up on the canal, I'll add some photos hopefully. Quite a tight fit width wise but it didn't bump at all, very skilled team. The boat behind with red sails oyster smack/Thames barge was full of folks off seal and bird watching.
Good to hear others are enjoying this Indian/St Lukes tincture.
Brue I hope your break will allow some R&R and space.
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My first caravan holiday was at the site at the top of the lane at Sandymouth with my parents. All very rudimentary in those days. You collected the milk in a jug from the churn.
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Lovely weather here today very warm and sunny. We went in to York today and took a boat trip down the river and got some great views of the minster. After that we visited the musuem to King Richard which was in one of the 'bars' on the walls very interesting and reasonably priced we got chatting to one of the tour guides who was very knowledgable. We then went and had a couple of drinks in the Snickleway Inn one of our favourite pubs. The weather was so good when we got back to the van that we were able to cook dinner on the Cadac who would have thought we would be doing that in October.
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Lovely weather for us too in Cornwall, but the sea was a bit choppy for a ferry ride to Falmouth across the bay so we opted for the more sedate King Harry Ferry and went to Trebah sub tropical gardens, still looking good as no frosts have got them. Had a nice walk with the old terrier in her buggy, managed to get it right down to the beach at the end of the gardens. Always feel a bit of a twang when I see the memorial to the Americans who left for D Day from there, so beautiful and so sad, 7,500 men left for Omaha from Trebah beach on the Helford river
Thanks B2, we have had a really good rest, back to the fray soon but with a bit more energy I hope.
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Moulsey, we're at the end of the Roseland, a very steeply sited bungalow with views out to sea, a last minute find! Hope you are enjoying your break too. Another time I'll get in touch for a meet up, several of us seem to be in the area or heading this way, we've been lucky with the weather, I think we'll need to make the best of it tomorrow. Mr Brue will have to brave the sea for a trip to Falmouth...
(Strange that he spent time doing up a fishing boat but there you go!) We wish we could visit Glendurgan as we like the walk to the beach there too but have given up on it because of the dog, we've been there years ago but just drive past now.
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“several of us seem to be in the area or heading this way”
While I’ve gone the other way. Nothing personal. 😎
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We only have one cleaner ABM but I will be sure to tell her.
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Our daughter was born in the middle of September 1983. It drizzled all day the day she was born, personally I didn't care! 10 days in hospital!, not the 5 hours after birth my niece has had in the last week! Every visitor came in wet and complaining 😂😂. The first fortnight or so home was glorious days such as were having now 😉. Often had a note through the doot from the midwife who called, without an appointment, as I was out savourying the weather. It was a hot summer too! Also my mum and brother and now my great niece have early October birthdays and I recall celebrating lots of their birthdays in the garden.
I love it it helps shorten the dark days of winter. Dreading the cooler weather myself - more or less 18 months since we had an English winter 😲😲😲
Very misty/foggy start here but sun making a valiant attempt to come through. Did put the thicker duvet on the bed last night, so thinner one washed and awaiting going in the line.
Opticians - lenses and glasses check. Bits of town shopping then back to prepare things to take with us tomorrow.
Enjoy your day folks
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I like the autumn. The only downside, and you say, is what follows. No cruise to the Canaries for Christmas to look forward to this year either.
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I love our seasons. I don't think I could live without them. I would however like a shorter winter of dark long dark nights and short days, but to get both it's closer to the equator and no long summer evenings. Can't win them all 😉
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Yes it is a big area for one cleaner and she has other duties as well
Yes we have a big volunteer spring clean a couple of times a year and we welcomers clean the glass doors and around the welcome desk etc when we have time.0 -
Making the most of another glorious Cornish day, before the wet stuff sets in tomorrow!
We drove to Mylor Churchtown, home to Mylor Yacht Club where there are a number of very attractive (and expensive looking) yachts moored up. We walked around to Flushing, opposite Falmouth and back to MC for lunch. Walking through the churchyard we came across this very sad memorial to HMS Ganges, a naval training vessel which was moored in the harbour at the end of the 19th century. It was used as a training vessel for 15 to 17 year old boys, many of whom apparently went on to outstanding naval careers. But the memorial commemorates 53 boys who dies during training, either through illness, accident or drowning. The oldest I could see was 16 years and 8 months. Very sad.
The church itself has a very attractive lytch gate and looks out onto a stretch of water called Carrick Roads with views across to the Roseland peninsula.
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Last day here on our CL. Heading westwards over the Pennines tomorrow.
Enjoyed yesterday at Burton Constable. Had a long day out so we slightly overslept this morning but then went for a walk around the Alkborough Flats, accessed from site. Had wonderful views of some Bearded Reedlings eating thistle seeds. Back for lunch and another stroll coming up after dinner.
Funeral to attend on Friday and MrsWNs uncle in a bad way. MIL wants to stay in a hotel near the hospital with his wife so I'll have to organise that. Normal life resumes.
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