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Thank you for sorting this thread DavidKlyne. One had to get onto the thread to use that 'trick'. Well done.
Happy Easter everyone.
Beautiful photos milliehull - the sky looks fabulous and so clear.
Wherenext I've emailed you, but might not be the right address!
Just returned from a lovely family day out. My crew and my brothers 13 of us, not as unlucky as it sounds as 14 growing nicely inside daughter in law 😉. Audley End miniature railway and fairy glen. Weather played ball too. Dry underfoot, sunny and mild. Celebrated niece's birthday too, 2 lots of cakes 😀 one her hubby made with candles. Mine were just individual ones as I wasn't sure, easier to transport and eat on the go. Candled one back at their campervan in the carpark.
I'm longing for the rain to ease but now I learned that after our grassed areas have been scarifier, aerated and treated on Wednesday they will need 30-40 minutes watering daily or 2 weeks if it doesn't rain! We have 3 grassed areas so guess what my thoughts are?My daughter in law and I are at odds on weather. She needs to get the crops in! I want them in, because I want to eat but.....
Other half discharged from the cardiac clinic 😀 unless he has issues, contact direct to be seen. However swapped for oral clinic. Fingers crossed all to be sorted in June. Fabulous service from GP and NHS here.
Delighted to say the bats were out hunting this evening. Still light at 7pm. Don't forget clock change overnight, darker first thing for a while but light evenings. Just need some warmth and moisture 😉, see earlier
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Good news about your OH, B2, hope that t'other problem gets sorted soon. Sounds As if you had a lovely time with your family at Audley End.
Great photos, Millie, glad that you are having a good time over in NI.
Pleased to read that you are feeling fit enough to clean your caravan, WN.
Enjoy your special days out tomorrow, OP and tda.
It has been a successful couple of days with sorting out our next trip, as we have been able to book all the sites we wanted, up to now at least. The weather has been generally good with lots of sunshine but we have had the occasional short shower as well.
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Had lovely stroll this morning. The weather was sunny but a bit nippy with an Easterly wind.
I often moan about where we live, in the grand scheme as North Wales doesn't have consistently decent weather, but do like the village as the countryside is so accessible as today proved. I was soon out on country lanes searching for a first Swallow at a farm that is always the first locally to receive them but none seen today. Plenty of flora and fauna to keep me happy though.
Got back and got stuck into sorting a border out in the garden. Managed to finish it before lunch. I've been confined to quarters for the rest of the day (cooking).
MiLs birthday. Only the 30 cards this year. No space to put them all.
Scotland Nellie?
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Happy birthday to your MIL WN. I hope you all have a good day. The sun is still.shining in NI despite the dire weather forecast before we arrived. There was a bit of a nippy wind this morning but it has dropped a bit now. Son is doing some gardening with some 'advice' from OH. 😉.
Congratulations on the news of your DIL Bakers2. your family day out sounds wonderful.
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Thank you Millie. She was being a bit of a grump this morning about it until I suggested we return the cards and flowers to the givers. She reluctantly agreed to cheer up.
OH has just remarked that the weather that was forecast for here was supposed to be worse. We'll take it as I expect you will.
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Just looking in quickly as away in the van currently.
Happy Birthday to your MIL Wherenext hope she has a lovely day.
Millie, Enjoy NI our forecast for the weekend wasn't good when we left home, but been okay on the whole
Have been walking round the Dudmaston estate this morning, just back and decided to take the awning down, should go and help, I suppose.🤣
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Another fab day weather wise. Fancy dress party was really good, Mrs One went as Andy Pandy (made her own costume including hat) and I went as Rupert Bear. Some there thought a 6 foot + bear was a little intimidating. Now back on site so he’d a wander, not many empty pitches
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Did you wander round the site dressed as Rupert Bear OP? 😲
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MiLs birthday. Only the 30 cards this year. No space to put them all.
Scotland Nellie?
WN, please wish your MIL a belated birthday greetings from us both. You may be correct!😉
OP glad that you had a good time at the party. I bet your costumes went down a bomb.
Enjoy your time away, Helen, and have a safe journey home.
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Another busy week, but at least some sunny weather, in between the downpours. Managed to get the gas in the van sorted, cleaned the water system, cleaned all the floor under the bed and seats, ready to re-load.
Some shopping for the holidays, more looking after the boys and the guide hall, and yesterday cleaned all the inside of the van, so today we started putting stuff back in. Afterwards, another trip to the guide hall for OH to sort out the heating and check supplies before meetings start again on the 15th.
Someone else will be looking after things for the next 3 weeks.
Tomorrow will be expensive.....2 cars to fill with fuel! DD is borrowing OH's car for the trip to York as she has not managed to get her boot lock replaced yet. We will go down for lunch, put on the roof box for her, and leave the car there. Hopefully she will return it with a full tank!
If the weather is decent, we plan to get towels and bedding into the van too.
OH was just saying that all the organising and packing seems to get more tiring every year.
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We don't have many sheep, but my grandson has a small flock of Herdwicks. The first lambs arrived yesterday - fit and well.
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Lovely little Herdwicks. Costumes sound great Oneputt, good ideas. Happy Bday to MIL WN, give her our best wishes.
Wedding was really nice yesterday, interesting venue, great food, lots of happy, lovely people. We took MH, arrived early and got changed in there. Hound was fine, he had a good day. Venue staff came out to check we were bonafide guests, but OH in his fancy tweed suit managed to persuade them all was ok. They were nice, do right to be cautious. Glad rags away now until next one. (Next year, new hat🤣)
Cold and wet here today. I am back up at Mum’s.
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Great photo Goldie. My SiLs cousin used to farm them further into the Lakes. He said they are obstinate creatures when confined and he was always grateful after lambing to release them back onto the hills.
Glad the wedding went well Ttda. We had a quiet day by recent standards yesterday but she seemed to enjoy it. I recorded a programme that was on over Christmas about Wild Scandinavia and in typical fashion forgot all about it. We're not big tele fans. Found it yesterday and showed a portion of it to MiL. A Norwegian lady likes to Base Jump from the cliffs above the fjords. I asked MiL whether she fancied it. She said she might do but if she did it would be without a parachute! (Maybe I'm annoying her today
).Chucking it down. I decided to get the food shop in early so was at Tesco for opening time this morning.
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Grey and a bit damp here today. Son and I took a turn round the village with the dogs this morning and had a chat to one or two people. He also filled me in with some of the local gossip! I am just watching the ferry going across the lough. Not much else happening on the water today. Grand-daughter is busy revising for her upcoming gcse exams. Not sure what grandson is doing.
Glad the wedding went well tda.
Hope you have a safe journey home helen and trevor and that the traffic isn't too bad.
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Been quite a nice sunny day here in MK. I have just washed the car which was badly needed and done a bit of gardening which I am way behind on. Having terrible trouble with my right knee at the moment. Even the strong painkillers the doctor gave me don't seem to be working. Tried an ice pack which is fine whilst in place but soon wears off. I have today resorted to a heavy neoprene physio knee support. It has provided some relief but not all the time and not particularly comfortable!
David
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Had a good meal with our friends yesterday and caught all news whilst in UK and they will be busy next week as 1 of them is off to UK by plane to collect mother in law and bring her back to here and will be collected by her son from Toulouse airport then here for a fortnight and then the same journey back not bad for a 92 year old and will help her as she lost her husband of 70 years in January, we are off to them this week for 2 nights as they have a water leak from one of their toilets so a new toilet to insert and all the work that goes with it and they have to get it done as they will be opening the B&B from May and full for that month.
Weather was sunny but a bit cool this morning a bit of washing got dried outside and more to do tomorrow, we have just had a short thunderstorm and rain but sun now back out again.
Not much going on around here for Easter Monday very quiet but back to normal tomorrow.
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Not been to bad a day here yesterday was also nice too bright and sunny really feeling properly like spring now.
Spent a couple of hours today valeting and polishing the car looks really nice now gave the seats a clean with some leather cleaner. Not much else planned today it’s got a bit cold outside now
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Glad you enjoyed the party, I remember many years ago OH and I went to a fancy dress party as Andy Pandy & Looby Loo.
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Lovely lambs Goldie hope they do well.
We arrived home this afternoon, journey was uneventful and roads were fairly quiet. Had a lovely fews days away, visited Kinver Edge and the rock houses, very interesting, and lots of lovely walks in the area. Never seen the area so wet and the River Severn was very fast flowing and high.
Caravan has been emptied and some of the washing done. Both car and caravan are very dirty and will need a clean, if we get a dry day.
Sorry the pain killers aren't working too well DK, hope the pain eases off soon.
Glad your next trip plans are going well Nellie, where are you heading off to this time?
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where are you heading off to this time?
Helen, as anticipated by WN we are returning to Scotland when we go.
David, sorry to read that you have pain in your knee, which eases with the neoprene support. OH has a similar problem and uses a support whenever we go out walking.
Goldie, lovely photo of the Hardwick twins
Glad you were cleared by the staff to go into the wedding, especially after all the hard work you put in getting ready for it, tda. The whole event sounds like a grand occasion.
It looks as if you have been busy again, Kjell. Hope your holiday goes well, where are you heading this time?
Our weather has been rather mixed today, very much that experience by most on here. We have not done very much apart from going on our usual walks.
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Glad you enjoyed the wedding. The last "formal" wedding that I went to was the evening reception of a work colleague, held in a fancy hotel and the food was either a sausage balmcake or a beefburger and the wedding "cake" was an iced cup cake. I was told at the time that it was the "in" thing, but it appears that, luckily, it has never caught on!
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I suppose we haven’t been to that many weddings really during our married life. We tend to approach each one with a degree of wonder, not least around the venues chosen, and the order of the day. We have used the MH now on two occasions, and it is proving to be a great option, even if we don’t actually stay over somewhere. Food on Sunday was really nice, sit down formal four course, but it was a bit of a gap between short ceremony and eating. There were some keep you going snacks at one point. Evening was nice, a disco dance, but not too loud and it was quieter in some areas near the bar. Evening eateries were buffet foods, burgers, sausages, salads, pasta, rice, etc…. More and younger guests there in evening. As a non church wedding, it was a good one. A lot of thought, some good fun, excellent planning.
Next one, next year will be totally different we know. Very old church, I think bride (who we used to take out riding with us) is planning a horse and carriage, and then the wedding meal and shenanigans is Hodsock Priory, so plenty of history, lovely gardens, end of June as well. Only half hour from home.
I have seen the Cupcake wedding ideas. Done well, they can look great if you want something different. My Mum made, iced and decorated our fabulous three tier cake many years ago. She was brilliant at sugar craft, and it was just stunning. Back then, it was church or registry office, no castles, hotels etc….0 -
I love herdwicks Goldie, my favourite sheep, we don’t get many in Devon 😀.
Weddings seem to get more and more elaborate/expensive these days. We have been to some over the years that must have cost a fortune and then sadly lots of them haven’t lasted, probably leaving the parents and the couple still paying the bills. Over 50 years ago ours was done on a shoestring, but it was a good day. Relatives and friends who were married around the same time as us and also done on a shoestring are all still together so I don’t think it’s all about the ‘show’.
Son and family are stopping the week, a few days out with them which has been nice, but a quieter day for us today, which I needed, as they have gone house viewing. I’m a bit grumpy, we are dog sitting, which is fine, she’s no bother, laying at my feet asleep now. Its the mud! She’s a springer and very hairy, belly, feet all feathered. I used to trim our springer cos of the winter mud but they say they like her as she is. She came back from her run in the field plastered in mud, they didn’t bring an old towel, (or anything else), just the dog. I supplied a towel but after rubbing down, she was still absolutely covered, then when I said I’d rather she was left in the kitchen in her bed (which we supply) rather than being allowed in the living room on our pale carpet, until dry, and I’d stay out there with her, apparently I was being awkward. OH says I shouldn’t complain as they are guests, so now I’m in the dog house with everyone. (sorry for the moan)
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I’m with you Debsc. We kept our Airedales very well trimmed, even took their legs off, just leaving the beards. It kept their skin healthier, no mud or sand trapped under feet. Labradors are fairly happy to be jet washed🤣
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I sympathise DEBSC. We are dog sitting our son’s dog for a week and I’m fed up with the muddy feet! Like you we have pale cream carpets (obviously with no dog in mind) and it seems almost every time he goes out I am washing his feet before he can come in. He’s a nice dog but I’ll be glad when we take him back tomorrow. I’m just grateful it hasn’t rained as much as was forecast as it’s bad enough as it is.
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As I reported a few days ago - on the page that has since disappeared! - we're on site at our favourite CS near Malton but it's very wet underfoot (grass pitches) so Meg has to have her feet washed after she's been out before we let her in the van. Woke up this morning to thick mist and a heavy dew but went to Filey later on and were able to sit on the cliff tops above the Brigg in glorious warm sunshine. Needless to say, on returning to Malton, the weather had stayed as we left it.
Talking of weddings - was chatting with the owner's son who was telling us about one of his friends who got married last year and the wedding cost over £40k!!!! Six months later, he was divorced! There has to be a moral to that story, but I can't quite work out what it is
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DEBSC I'm totally with you. I think the awkward ones are the others. Family or not, they are guests, so your rules should apply! You're not disallowing the dog access to the lounge, just when it's dry and clean. The least that should be done is a paw and belly wash and dry BEFORE entry to the house as far as I am concerned.
A dog towel should be with dog owners at all times! We have a large selection of very handsome ones 🤣🤣🤣
We keep our cockapoo, and our grand dog is too, clipped to moderately short so mud and wet isn't an issue. She looks lovely when longer, but keeping her knot free, brushing etc is why we do. If she only trotted nicely on lead on hardsurfaces I'd still keep her short.
We've had a dog shower fitted at this house. Best money we've spent 😀. It's been such a wet winter the dog trots straight round to the shower to await ablutions 😂. Yes it has warm water, a look of digust if I don't do my boots first to get to the warm water. Spoilt! We are lucky enough to have an under cover area, generally breezy, to towel her off. I think she's disappointed if we don't use the shower 🤔. Also good on a hot day for cooling.
It hit home to me how easy a dog shower is when we were away. I'd taken towels but no bowl. Sorted the later at the nearest town. But paw washing wasn't as easy or happy for either of us!
RichardandRos glad you're away and enjoying. We awoke to thick fog Easter Sunday, paying for beautiful Saturday. It did clear to bright grey. Today we had a lovely sunny interlude. Started grey gone back that way.
Glad the wedding went well takethedogalong. Sounds like a nice day. Personally I don't understand spending vast amounts on one day. We certainly didn't 44 years ago. Is it show? I'd rather put it to a house, which is what we did. We had a lovely day with friends and family. As for 40k 😱😱. I trust they had a roof over their head..... Our daughter, in NZ, had cup cakes as part of their wedding cake. One 'normal' size cake to cut. It was all displayed together. I'd post a photo if it wasn't such a faff to find one and resize! Larger cake on the top, cup cakes in holders arranged in tiers cascading down. Distributing was certainly much easier!
Good to read others are enjoying their days. Safe travelling to all those on the move.
Pleasant couple of days in the garden, resulting in a much less strenuous day for us both today 😂
Edit. RichardandRos very sad that the couple split within 6 months. A friends daughter, nowhere near such a heavy amount on a wedding. They were in the plane on their way back from exotic honeymoon when he told her it was over! Wedding photos never collected let alone seen.... They'd been living together for a few years, so that wasn't it! Similar situation with son's friend but not quite so quick but only months. Both now happily married and settled. Why didn't their OH's have to courage to call it off before the day? Embarrassing but less costly and no legal fees!
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Chilly and damp here today, but managed to get some things done before the heavy rain started. We have been looking out stuff for the first trip of the year, always a major undertaking as our dealer requests the van be empty when brought for servicing.
Stuff to go in the car was lined up along one side of the hall, caravan stuff along the other, all in big bags, most now stashed so feeling somewhat exhausted. Still food and clothes to organise. Rather more stuff than usual as DD and the boys are coming with us, even after OH had weeded out some of what DD had supplied, on the grounds of preferring not to overload the van or kill the car!!
While we were busy doing all that the doorbell rang and it was the Lib Dem fellow Willie Rennie canvassing for votes in the election. We had a nice chat and he enquired if we were having a "clear out"! DD found that hilarious.
It is pretty chilly out in the van, just using a small fan heater when we are out there doing things, too expensive to heat it up properly before we go using the Alde. Once we get to our first site we will get it going on gas, with the electric fan heater for some "instant heat". We have had a few nice sunny days, quite warm at times, we need more of those, not this driech weather.
nellie.....we are heading first to York, then the guests go home and we continue to North Wales and the Lakes, only a shortish trip this time.
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