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This is what should come up Bakers. I have resized my photo to medium
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TThanks @Takethedogalong fir both posts.
NNot Seen those icons. Happy to just click and go. Long may it last 🤣
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@milliehull by jove that's early for receiving Christmas cards 🫣. I don't put ours up until the week before. We have the family in the village having their do for Christmas lighting up in aid of MAGPAS on Sunday, plenty early enough!
I was shocked to come down the close tonight about 1730 and as I turned towards our house next door but one have lights up. One flashing by the front door and snowflakes projected onto the house. They've beaten the Americans who leave their Halloween Dec's up and add to them for Christmas this year. Even if our son puts our tree lights up this weekend, I won't switch them on immediately.
Well done on all the wrapping for NI gifts. Do you have issues at the airport? I know it's part of the UK but one never knows....
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@Bakers2 I do like your advent calender, well done. We delivered a few X Mas cards before we left last Thursday, the night before we set off on our trip!!
We had a heavy frost overnight but it has slowly warmed up during the day, although it has not been as sunny as yesterday. We had a good walk this morning around the mere with the WNs, and enjoyed their company tonight over a beer or two!😁 Don't think there will be a frost tonight as it has clouded up somewhat, although it is still rather chilly.
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@Bakers2 - that Advent calendar is stunning. Although I'd be more at home making the table it's lying on 😀, I can appreciate the skill that's gone into it. You must be really pleased with it - and rightly so!
Got back home from Tebay about 1400 yesterday. The trip back was horrendous - I've never seen the A1(M) so busy - just seemed to be wall to wall trucks all the way - plus an accident just north of Wetherby and a 30 minute delay. Weird thing was, by the time the queue disappeared, there was no sign of an accident whatsoever. Was much quieter on the A64 around York and I was able to relax a bit. Think I'm getting to the point where towing 'the beast', 300 miles in 24 hours is a bit too much!
First thing I did when I got home was to check and make sure the heating was still working! And it was😀. Van will need a really good clean today - never seen it so filthy.
Wonderful photos @Cornersteady
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Love the Advent Calendar @Bakers2 that’s really beautiful. I really love craft’y things. I’ve just started learning Quilling, by just I mean a few days! My Art and Craft Group want an evening ‘lesson’ for our February meeting so I’ll need to practice.
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@Bakers2 your advent calendar is absolutely beautiful. Such a lot of work. I am sure it will be treasured.
No we haven't had issues at the airport when going to NI although the presents will all be in hold luggage. The same rules for hand luggage apply when going to NI as everywhere else.
It is a brightish morning here with no frost and slightly warmer.
Lovely to hear that @Wherenext and @nelliethehooker had a good meet up.
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A great Advent Calendat @Bakers2. Glad to have the heating sorted @richardandros. I know what you mean about tbe roads and tge state of the van. We travelled back from Lickpenny CANC site in Derbyshire to Tamworth. When we got the caravan back to storeage, the first thing I did was to quickly clean the front of the van with 'Dry Sparkle', just to get the main bits clean.
...and today the concerts kick-off. First off, the U3A Christmas Concert at St Editha's Tamworth. Probably the earliest Christmas Concert I've ever done.... it's not even Advent Sunday until this next Sunday, but it was all to do with the availability of the venue and those taking part..... Now it's 'non-stop' practices, performances etc until Christmas Day!! Plus loading and unloading the car with keyboard, speakers, stands etc., etc. One of these years I've promised myself a 'performance free' Christmas..... Oh, hang on a minute..... that was a dream I had.... 🤣🤣🤣🤣 (TBH I think I'd miss it if I didn't do it...)
David
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Those advent calendars are something to treasure @Bakers2
A morning in garden for me at Mums today. Still ploughing my way through a big pyracantha, but hopefully it will look a lot better once it gets its new growth in Spring. Hoping to get into my own garden tomorrow if the weather holds. A bit chilly, but sunny and bright here today.
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@Oneputt fabulous photo👍 I hope you have a good trip, and that your brother is stable OP.
Just finished my afternoon off with more leaf raking, with help from OH. Garden not looking too bad, Inam just waiting for last of leaves to fall now, then the big border sort out can start. Only three more weeks to go, and days start getting longer🥳
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Great work @Bakers2. Hope to see it making a fortune on a 2050 edition of Flog It or Antiques Roadshow😁
Had a smashing couple of days chewing the fat with @nelliethehooker and a few walks in really good, if cold, weather. First time we've been out in this van in weather that touched below freezing and it felt comfortable. Just before we came away we had the van in at the dealers to check the oven. When they couldn't find the problem but knew there was one we asked them to just disconnect the oven but leave the gas rings functional. We found out last night that they wouldn't work no matter what we tried and what we checked. So, thanks goes to @nelliethehooker for coming to the rescue and heating our pre-prepared Chilli. Decided to call in at dealers on way home to complain. Mechanic attached the gas, checked the valves and the blasted hobs fired up!. We felt like absolute beginners instead of veterans. An airlock was blamed.
Got home and rang the COVID hotline as I'd had an appointment letter (talk about antiquated system) giving me an appointment in mid January! 15 months after my last one. Spoke to an understanding young man who changed it to a week on Monday but said GP didn't have me down as vulnerable! He can't change that so, although I've already contacted surgery about this, it looks like a personal visit is going to have to be made to press home the point. If I can get one that is.
MiL managed fine in our absence, fortunately being too icy for her to venture far. She was out at a friends gathering today having lunch at a friendly restaurant they often frequent so we unpacked in peace.
Hope you get some comforting news about your brother @Oneputt.
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It was grand to see you both again @Wherenext and we enjoyed the walks and your company in the evenings. Glad we were able to help out with your evening meal.
Hope that your brother is somewhat better, @Oneputt. Lovely photo. I am jealous of you being able to see Venus tonight as we have clouds and some rain.
Good to read that both @DSB and @richardandros have got home ok, even if you have lots of work ahead of you getting your caravans clean.
We had an another easy tow down to our latest site, a CL this time and another one we have not visited before. It is fairly basic, but does have H/S and EHU, but at £10 per night we certainly can't complain. Little wonder that it is full tonight, and the owner was saying that his booking this year are 20% up last years, little wonder! Plenty of places to visit in the area which we have not been to in quite a long while so there may some photos coming along.
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thank you your kind comments on my advent calendar. Apart from tthe school girl error 🤐🤔 I enjoyed making it.
I take my hat off to you @heddlo doing quilling. Our WI Federation offered a Craft Dabble Day last year, I tried several new crafts, including quilling. It's not something I'll try again 🤯. They offered another day this year, sadly I couldn't attend. Here's hoping they'll offer another day and I can attend.
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Glad you had a good meet up @nelliethehooker and @Wherenext Cannot believe your GP WN, needs a rocket methinks.
Hopefully a day at home for me. Have just ordered some jewellery stuff to make up for family, and myself. Quite a good day here, so garden beckons shortly. I have a couple of new to me crafts to have a go at @Bakers2 needlefelting, and air dry clay. I shall possibly get hooked on both, and given the clay could get messy, need to time things right, and find the right location not to get interrupted.
@milliehull have a good trip to NI, it’s a place I want to visit if we get the chance.
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This is a rather uninspiring photo, but I am just experimenting on my phone. We came across this ruin today while out on our walk and I wonder if anyone knows, or can guess, what it was? It was built in 1804 and was in regular use until 1846, before being abandoned from its original purpose. It was initially built for a specific recreation but was later used as a molecatchers home!
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We came across this magnificent creature when out on our walk this morning.
Then after lunch we had a walk from here, before calling into Tesco for a few items. I am sure someone, other than @Wherenext, can guess where we have been today.
@Rowena for some reason the Alligment and Sizing facility doesn't seem to be working on every occasion at the moment.
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love the bee @nelliethehooker Guessing somewhere around Ellesmere (not the Port)?
What was the previous ruin Nellie? (Shooting lodge?)
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Thank you for all the lovely comments about my photos, back home now but a quite full schedule of events leading up to Christmas to look forward to. Outside lights were put up before we went (actually early November) but the switch on is tonight. Inside tree and lights are going to be done tonight as well. A mince pie when all is done.
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Yes tda, we were walking around the mere yesterday morning, and there are lots of sculptures around the there and along by the canal, many of them commenorating the work of the Jebb sisters, especially Eglantyne who co-founded Save The Children in 1919. She went on to draft the first declaration of children's rights that has evolved into the UN Declaration on the Rights of the Child.
The previous photo is of the old Grandstand on the Old Racecourse above Oswestry.
I am also having a few problems with the duplication of letters when opening a post, and am not always able to get the @ symbol to respond properly. Perhaps you could report/ flag it up to ithose at HO?
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WE have had mixed weather with rain overnight and then again this afternoon. Thankfully we were able to get our walks in when the sun was out and it was dry. This morning we walked along a stretch of the Montgomery Canal from the hamlet of Queen's Head past the Ashton Locks. After lunch we had a look around Whittington Castle, getting back to the car just as it started to rain.
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@nelliethehooker thats interesting about the old racecourse grandstand👍 We stayed overnight in that general area a few years ago on way to Wales, at Hanmer, a lovely village with a nice church and pub. We want to go back and explore a bit more around there. Ellis Peter’s set some of her Brother Cadfael novels around Oswestry.
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A long day for us yesterday. It was BIL’s funeral, so lots of tears, but remembering the person he was, lots of laughs as well. It was a big funeral, he was well loved. Caught up with a few folks we haven’t seen for a long time.
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It's all go in the room above me. Banging, hammering, sawing, drilling, grinding.
All in a good cause. We making a change in the bathroom. Out with the small corner shower and in with a bigger easy accessible walk-in shower. Room to turn round. Room for a stool. And handrails!
I think there's a bit to go yet.
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There's a few old racecourses around, like the one at Hergest Hill and Kendal.
Had a full day. Stopped off at Moreton, which is on the North Wirral coast for a good stroll, looking over at Liverpool Bay and the Irish Sea. After lunch we drove to the clubs Southport site for 2 nights, using our free night (thank you CAMC). Walked over to the town, which is looking a bit sad from its glory days. Nevertheless I managed to buy last years Christmas present from MiL, a National Book Token. She'll be pleased as she keeps asking me about it.
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@Wherenext: We visited Southport a couple of years ago and agree... we thought the town looked a bit 'tired', but we did manage to find a couple of nice cafes.... (no surprise there then... 🤣🤣🤣🤣)
Fantastic 'creature photo' @nelliethehooker
Just back in from the first of our 'pub carol singing'... 😀
David
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@Wherenext glad to read that you got to use the free night voucher this time, and that you got to Southport ok.
@Takethedogalong (After 5 + attempts I still can't for the life of me get this stupid system to work properly all the time!😖) the Old Racecourse at Oswestry is way above the town to the South West. It commands grand views all around in good weather, though probably best in the early Spring before the trees are in full leaf. There is an all grass CL, called Domo, at the eastern end of the RC, with open views to A E Houseman's Blue Remembered Hills.
We are now on the C&CC's Wolverly site, which is even better than we last remember it being. It too is not very busy, with just 13 units on it, and caravans just outnumbering M/Hs. There are plenty of good dog walks from the site, with the canal very close, and playing fields behind it.
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Had an unwelcome visitor this morning - obviously looking for breakfast😕! Spotted Mr Heron standing by the pond, licking his lips. Although the fish aren't valuable (in one sense) - just goldfish and shubunkins - some of them are over 10 years old and there's now over 30 of them and some are huge (for goldfish, that is!). Got quite attached to them in a strange sort of way. Anyway - Meg to the rescue - out in the garden barking like mad and fortunately he scarpered and I don't think he managed to get any. I've no doubt he'll be back. Probably one of the disadvantages of living close to Yorkshire's largest natural freshwater lake!
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My cousin has a large pond and like you they have very many goldfish that have grown to a huge size and old age. A heron started taking them, once he had found them he kept returning so they had to put up a small electric wire around the pond. It worked, he doesn’t seem to have taken anything else in the last 5 years.
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Had a long walk today, for us, of about 8 miles along the coastal path next to the sands and Marsh. Haven't walked as far in one go since the Stroke so quite pleased if bushed. It was a fine day, cold but dry.
My wallet had a holiday.😂
Home tomorrow.
Just as a matter of interest I've had the same typing problems as some others using a Samsung Android so it's obvious that the CT system isn't that compatible with some users systems.
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