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How about a nice scarf?
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A cold frosty sunny start to the day. A strange time of year for silaging, but it's the first dry spell for about 6 weeks. We're not cutting some fields - dangerouly steep with thawing frost - so we should be finished by tonight. And very short days! Usually we would carry on much later in the evening.
While it is more difficult to get a non urgent appointment, our doctors are very good if you really do need to speak and/or see someone on the day. And the follow up is just as good.
We've got our flu and covid jabs this coming Saturday. I had to reschedule them as I had a steroid injection in my shoulder last week.
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Happy birthday to Mrs M🥳 Knowing you both love Cornwall, what about a Cornish designed bit of jewellery? Wearnes are based in Helston, and have lots of different designs, some have a shipwreck link! I particularly like their silver bangles, with a seaside charm attached……
https://www.wearnes.co.uk/about/
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Another cold, but at least relatively sunny day here. Frost overnight and fog early on.
I spent Sunday shredding garden stuff, and on Monday cut our neighbour's hedge, so more shredding. 3 full garden bins emptied today, so I can start filling them up again.
Smart car is still at the garage, the sump plug is leaking and needs to be replaced, but is an odd size, so has had to be ordered. They also suspect that the threads have been stripped at some point, so just fitting a new plug may not cure the leak. Sounds expensive! ☹️
Just a pity our new car did not make it here before the MOT. Sounds like it could be tomorrow before the Smart is ready.
Insurance on both cars is due on the 19th, and has shot up since last year, so after some research OH rang to see if the present insurers could match some lower prices. They did give some reduction, and by also removing SIL from the insurance we have saved £165. He has never driven the VW, and since the new car will have a back seat, DD will be able to borrow that if necessary rather than her husbands car, so no need to have SIL on the insurance. She is still insured on both cars.
No doubt the insurance will go up once we get the new car, but at least we have the £165 to go towards that.
My age is now affecting the number of quotes we could get, LV refused to quote at all.
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Sick and tired of these closures for Essential Maintenance without the promised notification!
You and me both Nellie. We were promised notice by Rowenna but that didn't last long. We enjoyed Gunby Hall when visited.
A morning pruning various bushes including an overgrown Dogwood. Now have full brown bins and a few old black dustbins as well. That took up the morning, which was pleasant in the sun. We also attracted a few visitors so that slowed things down but it I'd rather have a break and a good blether.
Frustrating afternoon. Long story short we wrote to Kia as our headlights differ from manual. Need to know how to alter them for France next week. Referred us to local dealer who didn't know how to do it!
Technician ended up "googling" for answer which he didn't find. They recommended we go to one of their competitors! about 15 miles further from home. Think not. Not impressed.0 -
"Frustrating afternoon. Long story short we wrote to Kia as our headlights differ from manual. Need to know how to alter them for France next week. Referred us to local dealer who didn't know how to do it!surprised Technician ended up "googling" for answer which he didn't find. They recommended we go to one of their competitors! about 15 miles further from home. Think not. Not impressed."
we have a Kia Sorento 2013 and our headlights adjust automatically so that they are suitable for left and right hand driving, did not believe the customer service people but that is what it says in the manual, no idea how they achieve this, but it seems to work, have done lots of driving over there and no problems.
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Very cold few days here but nice and bright. It was the Great Eastern Run here on Sunday and we are on the route - both going out and coming back. We watched for a while but as we knew no-one running this year and it was cold we came indoors. SIL usually runs it but decided to marshall this year instead. Daughter did the so called 10k 'fun run'. She said she came first in her age group but I didn't dare ask which age group that was!
.We have lost our box hedge to the box caterpillars/moths. They ate it all to death. We waited a while to see if it would pick up but no luck so the guy who helps with our garden dug it all up for us this week and it is now cut up and in our brown bin. So sad as we have had it for years.
As for GP surgeries. We seem to have a wait a while to get a 'routine' appt. but if we want an on the day appt it isn't too bad as long as we ring first thing. We have to press a number to hold our place in the queue which means we don't have to hang on the phone. Someone then rings us back and decides whether it will be a phone appt or face to face and who with. I have to say that our GP surgery have been very good to us during all OH's trials and tribulations recently.
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have lost our box hedge to the box caterpillars/moths. They ate it all to death. We waited a while to see if it would pick up but no luck so the guy who helps with our garden dug it all up for us this week and it is now cut up and in our brown bin. So sad as we have had it for years.
Same for us Millie, grew ours from cuttings about 30+ years ago, such a shame. We cut ours right back a year ago, it started to recover but then it was attacked again so we dug it all up
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Just booking some sites and noticed this, which I am pretty sure wasn't there last time?
A short day trip to Sunderland getting legal stuff updated and when we were leaving and after paying what would have given a week+ on a club site the solicitor asked what plans we had and we replied we were heading to the charity shop.
On reflection I perhaps should have mentioned we were dropping stuff off?
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Firstly Happy Birthday to Mrs M 🎂🎂 Hope you both enjoy your luxury break.
Been sunny and breezy today, worked this morning, then after lunch I had my mammogram appointment, no trip to Oxford this time, just a walk up to our hospital in town.
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That came up when OH booked Balbirnie about 8 weeks back. She requested a pitch near a service point, and we did indeed end up suitably close........about 5m away.
Only water and waste, so turned out fine as we usually prefer to use our own shower.
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Frustrating afternoon. Long story short we wrote to Kia as our headlights differ from manual. Need to know how to alter them for France next week. Referred us to local dealer who didn't know how to do it!surprised Technician ended up "googling" for answer which he didn't find. They recommended we go to one of their competitors! about 15 miles further from home. Think not.
We had a 2013 Sorento KX2, and now a 2016 KX3. The headlights on both cars give a dip beam with a flat (horizontal) top edge, i.e. no kick up on the kerb side like most European headlight beams. Those with the kick up, need to be modified for driving in Europe, but we have worked on the basis that the Sorento doesn’t need that and have not had a problem in several weeks driving in France. Enjoy your trip.
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Cheers Heddlo. Should have mentioned that the model is a GT-Line Sportage.
We'll probably just position deflectors. I've written to dealers and Kia. I wrote to Kia yesterday asking if the headlights actually needed adjustment as nothing in manual. It was them that referred me to dealer.
We'll definitely be driving in the dark so needed clarity from them.
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This has been shown in various forms over the years. Once when we had an temporally invalided member of the party we were told that pitches would be allocated on the morning of arrival from those free and that specific pitch requests were not possible, it would be one nearest on arrival day. That seemed fair and worked for us. We were also advised on arrival we could choose any other if we wanted but the pitch coned first thing in the morning was ours for the taking if we so wished it.
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We have moved up to mid Lincolnshire to another new to us CL, and a great find it is too, a great improvement from the the last one, which was the poorest thst we have used so far this trip, the only one that we would not use again (so far that is).
Birthday greetings to Mrs M fir next Wednesday, Moulesy. Hope you both, + the dogs, enjoy you time away.
Have a safe trip over to France WN. When do you head off?
A couple of photos from Gunby Hall, including one of a very impressive Cedar tree.
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I was told by my KIA garage never to use deflectors if your lights are LED, they told me that these generate a lot of heat that is disapated thru the lens and if you partially block this then you could cause a build up of heat within the unit causing it to fail, This may be Bull S***, very odd that Kia dont have a headlight standard across the range, especially when the Sorento & Sportage are very similar.
one of those dark dull mornings, however, very mild i noticed that the heating only cut in for a very short while, long may it continue
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Happy Birthday to mrs moulesy. 🎂🎁. I hope you and the dogs have a w onderful time.
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Going back to when I had my last Sorento (59 plate) I had headlight protectors that clipped over the main lens and I put the beam deflectors on that. Are they still available? Might be an easier and cheaper option if they are to be used a lot?
David
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Yes OP we grew ours from cuttings as well when we moved into this house 30+ years ago so very sad to see it go. A number of people have had the same problem this year it appears.
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CT is all over the place today, almost every thread heading relates to a historical date long gone. This thread excepted. It updates one click, then reverts backwards another. I can’t even find the right thread to report this🤷♀️ Anyone else having issues?
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TDA
I have reported your post to Rowena to make her aware. I think there was a close down overnight which has probably contributed to the problem. Where you have today's new posts they are displayed correctly but sections without new posts are all over the place.
David
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Thank you from Mrs M for her birthday wishes - she'd say "wish you were here" but you really, really wouldn't want to be in Dartmouth today, where Storm Babet has hit with a vengeance!
Yesterday actually turned out much better than expected - dry all day - so, for those who know the area, we took, the short drive to the NT car park at Little Dartmouth and did a circular coastal walk via Dartmouth Castle. Well, I say "we" but obviously we are walking separately at the moment, one with Ralph while the other stays with Lady. So Mrs M sets off, with the map and instructions and does the walk with no problems. Mr M decides he doesn't need the map, it's all perfectly straightforward and, ...er ..., misses a vital turning meaning we ended up walking all the way back to Dartmouth and the hotel - how we laughed!
TtDA - thanks for the suggestion about Cornish jewellery - came too late for this birthday, but I've had a great idea for Christmas now!
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Yet another night of essential maintenance. 3rd on a row to my knowledge. I was surprised by it on Sunday night!
Rain stopped garden play. Trying to get stuff done before end of next week when we have garden help extending the back grassed area.
So far, mild - ish and slight breeze. 4pm on Storm Babet due to arrive. Biggest joke email from anglian Water, prepare for heavy rain tips.....
- Use water from your waterbutt so it's ready for refilling
- Check your drains are free from debris
- Check drains in your road are clear
3 is a total joke, Cambridgeshire CC are not hedge trimming, road signs are almost total hidden. Not doing kerbside weeds. Huntingdonshire sent out road sweepers our village 3 days running last week. FB alive with comments best of which was along the lines "we have best polished weeds in the county". Brought up by our rep at the meeting, video of response unbelievable waffle.....
When we viewed our house 2 years ago, anx various visits in the months before the village was so well cared for. Sadly it looks very neglected now. Parish council doing its best, local volunteers litter pick regularly but it still looks sad.
Happy birthday to Mrs Moulsey for next week.
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This is a BBC pic taken this morning of Goodrington just east of you, M.
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It is many years since you could request pitches close to facilities on the booking form, not sure when it made a return as we have not booked a Club site since 2021 until we booked Balbirnie recently. For a long time you had to phone each site you were using.
CCC have had a requests box on their on line booking form for a few years now.
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The tick boxes for proximity to service point or toilet block came in with the new booking system K. Interestingly we've had quite a few requests this year here to be near the toilet block, shame it's not been built yet!!
Had 45mph winds most of the day today, for some stupid reason I'd planned to clean the RV roof, at 4 metres tall the plan quickly changed to planning next years rest days. Some posters on here have inspired us to try more CL's, that will make a nice change and hopefully some peaceful R&R.
JK
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I wrote a complaining email to KIA yesterday and received a reply today saying that since 2016 the headlights are compatible in UK and Europe!
Which begs several questions. Namely why they didn't tell me that when I contacted the very same customer services on Monday, plus why the manual shows you how to alter the lights for Europe for 2 different sets that will apply to this model, neither of which were installed, why their dealership is totally clueless as to this and why I had to waste a trip there. I'll be asking those questions when I reply to his email.
Panic stations first thing this morning. Mrs WNs breakfast bit back and she had a cap on her tooth come out. We rang the dentist and luckily there was a cancellation at 10.00 in Chester, so we hightailed it there and they replaced the cap which she had recovered intact.
Then back home and off to the opticians for me. Fortunately all seems roughly the same, albeit after 2 hours of tests, with waiting involved.
Home to deal with paperwork for next weeks trip. Nellie we set off next Tuesday leaving MiL to look after things. Quite good really as we have someone in the village that is doing work next door and he often pops in for a chat with her.
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