What are you all up to

Hi everyone.  Just popped in to say hello during the usual chaos which comes along every December.  Tried to get on last night, but 'essential maintenamce' beat me to it.  Tried to post whilst sitting in a car park somewhere in Wolverhampton, but that seemed to have gone into the abyss!!

Glad to read you are doing well with the Christmas prep. Bakers2.  Wished I could say the same, but were just in the midst of the usual chaos.  At least out big concert next Saturday sold out at the beginning of the month.... and out big Carol Service at the Abbey on Sunday night.  So sorry to hear about your brother Oneputt - all my good wishes.

I seem to remember reading about dishwashers!!  Ours could do with replacing but we've decided to 'downsize'.  Now there's generally only the two of us a large dishwasher is a bit OTT.  If we wait until it's full, the dishes are hanging sround for a while (which I don't like)... otherwise, we have to run it part full (which I also don't like)....

Weather seems to have been a bit brighter today.  I'll try and pop in again this evening (or rather, just after midnight).  Hope all are well.

David

So sorry to read that your brother is still poorly, OP but it is good that he has support at the hospital. It must be a great worry for you all.

TG, it is good to hear that your BiL is slowly getting better.

Have a safe journey home tomorrow, tda, and pleased that you had such a good time in NW Wales.

We had rain over night and it was drizzling when we got up but thankfully  it stopped during our pre-breakfast walk. It was misty for most of the morning when we went for a walk from Hurst Green up past Stoneyhurst College but  we did see some sunshine after lunch. Last night here before we move onto Abbey Village, where we will meet up with daughter and SIL for an evening meal. The views is of the lake in from of the college through the mist. 

" Last night here before we move onto Abbey Village,"

Have a pint for me Nellie in the Hare & Hounds, was the last pub in the village before you turned right for the Brinscall/Chorley road, maybe not there anymore, my Nan used to live in Abbey village, all the houses were tied houses to the Birtwistle cotton mill, dont suppose that is still standing, during the school hols i used to work on a farm at the back of the pub, mainly hay making, no tractors, horses and trailors and pitched forks very hard work, had my first pint in the pub at 16 yrs we once stayed at a lovely little site on the right just before you entered the village coming from the Blackburn end, happy days, you could walk from Abbey village to Darwen tower up on the hill took best part of a day but was good walk.

well like most areas our weather has been pretty grim, wish somebody would put some money in the meter and switch on the sun, not cold just grey and damp, OH has taken a step back with her walking, lots of pain in her left foot, which has not been 100 pct since stroke, saw a podiatrist yesterday and going to go for more xrays, he reckons it could be a stress fracture which he says are not always visible on xrays until they start to heal looked at mobility scooters yesterday you can get some reasonably good ones that come apart so much easier to put in the boot, unfortunately the wheels are of the hard variety which are not great on gravel. Christmas lunch in the local pub today on behalf of the Stroke club, pub only 5 mins from home so will be able to have a tipple   

Rufs, that's the site we are on, Close House. We have stopped here quite a number times in the last few years. It is near enough for us to easily meet up our daughter, as we did tonight for a fine meal at the Clog and Billycock. The Hare and Hounds was still there will earlier in the year but the mill is now closed, and now contains multiple works units. We have walked up to the Tower but it is now beyond OH's I think. She would make it up ok, albeit rather slowly, but would suffer with severe pains in her knees coming back down.

It has been fine all day but now the rain is back!😵,

David, good news about your OH's appointment. Hope that she can get her operation in the not too distant future. I had been referred by our doctor to our local hospital for an appointment at the ENT clinic. On Monday I received a text/letter with a date for the first Sunday in January, but we will still be away on our current trip, so asked for a later alternative and two days later they came back with a date in the middle of checking that suits us fine, great service.

Millie, pleased to read that all is on track for your OH's operation. Hope all goes well with it.

Hope you got home safe and sound, tda.

Safe journey, R&R, whichever day you finally decide to travel on, and have a good time at Sandringham.

DK, we bought it in 1990 when we came home from Germany to live in our house. I don't remember a decor frame on the front. It was white with I think a dark brown panel across the top of the door, to open it there was a recessed grip handle in the middle.

Dark and grey here today. Plasterer came at 9am to do the kitchen wall this morning, he has put a 2mm skim on it so it's all nice and smooth now. 

I tackled the knitting machine. It's been playing up a bit so I stripped it down gave it a good clean then tried out a few different stitch settings. All performed well so attached the rubber bed to it and tried that. Success, all worked as it should. Now all I need is (a) the time to work at it and (b) decent enough light to see what I'm doing.

Not going to the shops over the weekend as it will be mobbed, best to wait until next week.

Quiet weekend then it is. 😊

Damp, grey, but not cold here, hardly been generating 1kw per day via the solar panels, thankfully most of the Christmas light are led so very low power. Just delivered all the local Christmas cards, it was good to have a walk around the neighbourhood and see all the different lighting, even the village square is looking good, but i think the local church contributed some of the decorations just to add to what the council provided which was probably not a lot, but we do have a tree.

we have a Beko dish washer, full size, i think 12 place settings, we bought it online at AO.com, it is a Which best buy, i think they are made in Turkey, 2 years old touch wood been good so far, we did have a Hotpoint but the tablet dispenser broke and could not find replacement part, but when the guys came to deliver the Beko they said "why did you not just chuck the tablet in, that is all the dispenser does" now you tell me I say when you have already installed the new one.

It is very tight to get onto the grass pitches especially for big units, Rufs. The grass pitches are closed off for the winter but there is a hardstanding pitch above the house that is used at this time of the year. The pub you mention, The Lion, is closed and someone is building houses on the land behind it, using the old pub as their sales office. The Clog etc is at Pleasington, so not far away.