Corona Virus Concerns
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Hi DEBSC, not sure what area of Devon you are in but just did a google for Plymouth area and Endsleigh are taking orders for delivery.
https://www.bluediamond.gg/garden-centre/endsleigh-garden-centre
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Hi TDA, to continue the theme.......
"Sadly not open at the moment, but when we are all able to get out and about again, people might be interested in here.....
http://www.bodminnursery.co.uk/
Stunning....ish location, lovely plants, nice cafe, and the boss is always there and happy to chat and advise!"
I am simply the finance. logistics and heavy lifting part of our gardening team but the brains of the outfit prefers this supplier.
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Cant say I remember Granddad mentioning this.
He did however constantly tell me to "get out cart road", as we headed off to see the mighty Bolton Wanderers, and was often regaled with the cry of "Dont go down t'pit-theres enough slack in your trousers".
PS-reading this back I realise that I maybe have too much time on my hands!
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What we like to hear? and what the latest teenagers language is, are from two different dictionaries, as i am sure your SIL is quite aware of
But then when travelling within the UK ,there are numerous dialect dictionaries,depending where one is
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For anyone who's been fretting overnight about this!
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Nellie, of course it is, i dont make the rules....
...i was just passing comment as everyone else does in this thread...if your essential trip to a supermarket is to one that also sells plants, then you are just buying one of their products and there is no 'trolley searching' so i dont see a problem.
however, if you decided to go to a garden centre to by plants, that would not be deemed ssential.
similarly, if you require a home delivery of 'essentials' from a supermarket and that supermarket sells and delivers plants then adding it to your order makes little difference.
the issue is, if you order plants from a garden centre that is currently delivering only plants, is that 'essential' and should these vehicles and drivers be out and about?
also, should an Amazon driver, making over 100 stops be visiting loads of areas with most of the deliveries being non essential.
currently the rules allow these stores to operate but, with the tight restrictions placed on individuals i personally think only deliveries from essentail retailers should be allowed......but that is for the govt to consider, or not.
ive made my point, some wont agree but thats life.
the thread will just continue as its done from the beginning.....
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Thanks for this, definitely haven’t been here. Checked it out on maps, and it’s a long time since we explored Bodmin, so IF we get down in September, it could be a good place to pop in as we head back North. We are hoping to stay around Penzance and Marazion, but depending on if we are in van or MH, might be doing a few stops. Looks a nice place, I am very fond of Cornish Nurseries, have fond memories of quite a few. Caravan usually returned home looking like a mobile greenhouse!
Just out of interest, does HMS Avenger still visit Fowey each year? We know Fowey very well, right back to the 1980’s, we used to spend weeks down there each year, interspersed with work!
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I sort of understand your thoughts BB, you are thinking lots of plant nurseries are all out there scurrying around dropping of individual plants and nothing else perhaps, left, right, and centre. But whilst some will be one vehicle, with one driver, only covering a limited area (as our is), many growers are using delivery services who are out there anyway, and this is keeping the nurseries and the delivery services afloat in these difficult times. It’s perfectly possible to have live plans of all shapes and sizes easily sent through the post. I had 20 small beech trees delivered before Christmas, they were dropped off by Royal Mail.
I think a large percentage of the lucky ones with gardens, even balconies, have realised just how comforting, spirit raising, motivating, growing things that you can eat or have around you can be, and thankfully it can still be done safely and with little risk. Some nurseries have closed completely, but others are clinging on to the online lifeline that still exists, and it’s not being discouraged, quite the opposite.
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Thank you, just about to open my first Easter egg
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I quite agree, especially as I wouldn't want those nurseries to go under.
Also, I have found that many like having a set routine and having something to do helps to cope with the lockdown. Binge watching tv was good at first but one soon needs something else
Do some rooms need painting? A new pressure washer for cleaning the drive? Not essential? Well maybe but it helps to pass the time and feel like I've achieved something each day and something to look forward to for the next. The same with gardening.
And as you say having things delivered with hardly any contact between driver and recipient, the ones I've had have rang the bell left the package by the door and look back from their vans/cars to see if I've picked it up, is as safe as can be.
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Hi TDA,
Well fancy you knowing about PNS Tippu Sultan.................formerly HMS Avenger sold to Pakistan in, I think,1994!
Her visits were always well received and I have had the privilege of sailing on her from Fowey to Plymouth.
If you know Fowey well then you will be aware that the very best thing about it is that you can see Polruan!
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Bad though it is, utterly heartbreaking at times, and extremely hard work and stressful for a lot of folks, there’s a lot of creativity, reconnecting with family, trying out new skills and ideas, catching up with having a more active lifestyle actually happening in places. I have never seen so many different folks out in our Park, many obviously don’t know their way around, but are happily exploring and discovering. Almost everyone smiles and says hello as well, as you pass. Don’t get the idea it’s crowded, far from it, I did six miles on my bike yesterday, and hardly saw a soul, but those I did said hello. How long I will keep cycling in park I don’t know, cases are climbing now around us, as predicted. Long way to go yet. Attic or patio will be exercise option before much longer.
For me, I have realised just how much time I don’t usually have at home. Normally I am out three days of week caring.
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😁 Crikey, I didn’t know that. We were sometimes there as she came in, usually for Regatta Week? We usually avoided that, too busy for us.
Our funniest memories are of the Bodinnick Ferry. Staying over at Bodinnick, it was a daily commute for us, mostly on foot. We got to know one of the Toms brothers quite well, as he worked up on Farm. Nothing argued with that ferry, I can only recall it giving way to the China clay sea barges, not much else, certainly not the yachts!🤣 Sitting near Old Ferry Inn, watching cars etc.... negotiating that hairpin and then the inch, inch, inch onto the old ferry was like a spectator sport. Truly happy memories💕
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Pity you were not sitting on the bench last year-you could have shouted a warning!
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Whatever was he thinking😱Or maybe the Sat Nav was doing the thinking!
Did you know that they lost a new ferry off Lantic Bay many years ago? It was being towed across from Dartmouth, things got a tad choppy, or too fast, and vup, down it went. Not sure if it was ever recovered.
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Hi BB, you have said;
he issue is, if you order plants from a garden centre that is currently delivering only plants, is that 'essential' and should these vehicles and drivers be out and about?
I mentioned when responding to your previous post how there seems to be a deal of confusion around terminology. The .gov website only appears to mention 'essential' once as follows;
The government is not saying only people doing “essential” work can go to work. Anyone who cannot work from home can still go to work.
So as I asked-I wouldn't say that you side stepped it!-what is it you think they are doing wrong?
I can see that some may think that this just covers commuting but maybe its just that we are all having to interpret what it means.
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Not aware of a ferry being lost?
There is a wreck of a dredger, Kantoeng, just off Fowey that was lost in the 30s.
Lantic Bay is my turn around point where I head back inland, to take the Hall walk back to home, after doing the coast path from Polruan.
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It wasn’t big news, no one on it, it was under tow. I can’t even find an old report about it, but we were told by locals we stayed with.
Love the Hall Walk, haven’t done that lung busting climb down to Lantic for years. We used to time it to get cut off in Little Lantic, knowing we could scramble back over rocks when young and fit. Going down was as bad as up, tendons twanging😱
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It's been a thread of many parts and it's good to hear how things are going in different areas.
We spoke to a delivery driver the other day, who had been "re-employed" from other work and although he'd covered a big delivery area he was pleased to be helping out with all sorts of deliveries. Like wise a land army has emerged in our area to harvest farm produce.
I heard someone on the radio today saying people would like to offer more help but if you can't you are doing your bit by staying at home.
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In view of the great plant/DIY debate taking place on here I thought I would have a look at the actual emergency legislation and what it really allows.
For those of you with a quirky interest in what the emergency legislation actually requires of us all you may want to spend an hour or two reading The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020 and the associated guidance. Remember the lawyers earn lots of money interpreting legislation like this. For those in the other UK countries you need to look at your version.
For those who find this heavy going I will say that "essential" is only mentioned once in the actual Regulations and not where you will expect it and the I could not find any reference to the "one hour maximum exercise" being talked about or "staying indoors".
The Guidance also makes it clear and I quote "online retail is still open and encouraged and postal and delivery service will run as normal"
Well that kept me busy for a while!
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I've got plants being delivered in the next 3/4 days but I ordered them before the lockdown so hopefully beyond criticism. I ordered some tyre valve extensions for my motorhome at the same time but they are lost in transit somewhere. Not that it matters as long as they turn up sometime.
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Guardian store cupboard recipe today is a cracker. Bear in mind it’s using stuff you have in stock.......
Soba Noodles, quick pickles and Furikake Fried Egg on today’s list.
No mention of five year old tin of Corned Beef, a ten year old bag of wholemeal flour, and jam with fur on the top then......🤷♀️
I am going to have to google Furikake Fried Egg, definitely of the 🤷♀️ Ingredients.
Edit......🤢dear Lord!
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Hello all I am a key worker in transport local authority(not a bin man but the guy who repairs them) My wife is a nurse so round of applause for all key workers.It is a little quieter when we go to work in the mornings but when im out and about with work still seems to be an awful lot of people walking about cant all be exercising.We live near Newcastle the shops are always busy why do people need so much food shelves still empty of certain items,STAY SAFE all take care
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25 years working as a Trading Standards Officer, during that time I have had to read sooo many Acts and Regulations, lots of EU ones and then try to interpret them. So thanks Forest but I will take your word for it. I never want to have to read one again!
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ill wager many out 'walking about' are taking more exercise that they did prior to the crisis...
as long as social distancing is maintained, this should be a good thing espacially as 'obese' has been idenfied among the virus 'pattern of strike' figures, along with age, sex, ethnicity...
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