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@vbfg Funnily enough I was watching a video on YouTube last night with some using a power (water power) rotary mop, it looked like a Karcher but I don't think it meets your requirements of uncorded? It was very effective especially when used in conjunction with the lance and soap dispenser.
David
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Sorry @vbfg I can't help. @KjellNN should be along sooner or later and he probably will know.
MiL day today. Well, it was her birthday after all. What did she want to do? We were at her beck and call. M&S please as new Knickers and bra were required. Wow, she can still surprise me. Anyway off we trotted. After a nice M&S assistant helped with a "fitting" she was presented with a bunch of Roses by the lovely lady. 💐
Normality returned as we drove the few extra miles to Burley Dam Garden Centre for lunch primarily but where there just happened to be a Pavers and a Klass outlet as well. For those menfolk who live in blissful ignorance, Klass is a clothes store retailing really top notch ladies wear. Despite offloading some clothes to charity last week MiL got back on the horse and bought replacements. So, it's nice to know this 92 year old still wants to catch the eye when dining with friends.
Not satisfied with that we then stopped off at AbleWorld to try out Walkers as she is finding her existing one hurts her wrists. The assistant did agree the handles were slightly too high so she has bought a new one.
All in all she was well satisfied with her day, which was rather nice.😋
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@DavidKlyne - I like the jigsaw. Hope Margarets progress is going well.
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Another good drying day, with full sunshine and a gentle breeze, so OH made the most of it before we drove to Lenwade and did a 2ml out and then back walk along the old railway line that is now the Marriott Trail.
Those that are suffering from withdrawal symptoms from not seeing a Norfolk Church for a dsy or two, here is the one tied to the village where we are staying, the 13th C All Saints, Gressenhall.
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@Wherenext we are pleased to read that your MIL appears to be in very good health!! We both wish her a belated very happy birthday.
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We bought one 2 years back, daughter found it on Amazon I believe. It worked very well. Unfortunately it has mysteriously vanished, not su4e if daughter will k ow which one it was now.
However she has just bought another one, which I have assembled and inspected, but not yet used, so I can probably find out which one it is when we next see her. It looks very similar to the first one, it was less expensive, and also on special offer, so a very good price.
She has paid for it and will keep it at her house, but we will be able to borrow it…….she is not taking any chances that I might “mislay” this one!
I think she will probably come up and clean the caravan roof for us as we are getting on a bit, but as she has just helped me to clean the rest of the van, it will not be for a while yet.
Will report back when we have used it, but will meantime try to find out which one it is.
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Lovely church @nelliethehooker. I think there is an old workhouse at Gressenhall?
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@nelliethehooker Shown the church to OH and he said his grandparents are buried there as they lived in the house next to the station in Dereham for many years as both his parents were born in Norfolk, great photos.
Weather warmer here 21.5C at the moment got all the washing dried, OH had doctors appointment this morning and he was seen mainly by a student doctor who is nearly qualified although his own doctor not far away all ok with everything, then got some fuel for mowers and popped into friends for coffee and catch up, OH busy with ride on mower cutting deck as it came off yesterday and been cleaned and now being repaired ie, metal strip a bit bent and getting old blades off to be replaced and fuelled up and mowing to be done next week as off for a meal out with friends on Thursday re their birthdays and stay at their house and on Friday OH helping with replacing a engine belt on a 31 year old Toyota Starlet good job he is good with car repairs.
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@milliehull - I saw a report today that Peterborough Cathedral has raised the £300,000 needed to forestall any plans to reduce opening or apply entrance fees. Very pleased to read it.👍️
Almost back to normal today. Food shopping at a deserted Tesco this morning then we nipped down the road to pick up MiLs new walker. She had a brief sortie around the close then she was taken to her Physio appointment. New mobile hairdresser due any minute.
Mrs WN and self out for a walk tomorrow.
A bit nippy in that wind but lovely out of it.
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Yes there is, it forms part of the Museum of Rural Life, but, at least as far as we are concerned, has an excessively expensive entrance fee!😮
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After a dullish start to the day it brighten up nicely and the temperature got to around 17C. Our lastest round of washing dried nicely outside who!s we were out, visiting a Common for Flyte's walk, then onto Castle Acre to see the castle and the priory, calling into view St Nicholas' Church, West Lexham on the way. Finished our journey by visiting All Saint's Church at Necton. Both churches are well worth a visit.
@RedKite had I known I would have search out the gravestones. Perhaps the next time we come you can remind me and I will look out for them, as we move on tomorrow.
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Good news about the fund raising at Peterborough Cathedral @milliehull / @Wherenext .
Looks like the beginning of a nice sunny day again today... 👍👍 It's cleaning the inside of the caravan day today, including finishing off shampooing the carpets.... just one left to do.... the awkward shaped one... 😀
David
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@Wherenext Yes, it's excellent news that we have raised the £300,000 needed. We can now stay open but the staff are going to have to work hard to make sure the same situation doesn't happen again. It is such a difficult time with the NI going up and also the utility charges
@nelliethehooker Yes the high entrance fee to the Museum of Rural life is the reason we have not visited. We love Castle Acre. Another of our favourites and yes there are so many lovely rural churches in Norfolk. I especially like the round towered ones.
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@milliehull great news about Peterborough Cathedral👏👏👏
Enjoying the news from others, photos, trip updates, etc…. We had a nice afternoon with close friends yesterday, a lovely meal at our favourite eatery in Wentworth, then we came back home for a coffee, and a look round our garden. (All of us keen on gardens, plants) Great to have a good catch up. We swop all sorts of treasures, yesterday I got some scallop shells (expensive to buy but friend saves them from M&S seafood dishes🤣, cleaned up thru dishwasher🤣), in return they departed with a tray full of perennials for their own garden. My new water feature was given the thumbs up………
Another cracking bargain today. I need a hat for upcoming wedding in June, found a used once Philip Treacy little (!) number on EBay. Expected it to go for a lot of money, but I honed my best bid skills and got it for less than £50. And can pick it up a mere 20 miles away. Once my gifted millinery trained sister has had her paws on it, current trim off, some new feathers on, it will do me fine🥳 Very unusual shape. I love hats.
Finally finished. Can plant up around it now. I have had the Bronze fish for years, it’s a treasure I found in the old Lamp shop that was in Stiffkey, Norfolk on a camping holiday. Sadly the shop is no longer there, nor the Antique Bathroom reclamation shop that was next door. I have a bronze frog fountain head as well. I like things, plants that remind me of holidays.
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@Takethedogalong well done on your water feature it looks great! Does the pump work from solar or have you got an electric supply to it? I would like to do something similar in our garden - when decorating is finished anyway!!!🤦🏻♀️
@InaD I just wanted to wish you all the best for your operation tomorrow. Hopefully by this time tomorrow it will all be, nearly, over! Look forward to hearing from you in a few days.
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@heddlo its a solar pump and lights. I have had one for the last six years in our big pond, after years of using a plug in pump. I wondered how good they would be, but can say a huge thumbs up to be honest, so much easier, and my big pond pump even stays in, and works all Winter. I now have three solar pond pumps, all doing slightly different things. The solar panels are around 10inch x 5inch, you get a generous amount of wire, so that they can be sited not far away, but where they get maximum sunshine. I put mine on top of a garden cane, and usually twist to face sun when I am in garden. All but the actual panel is hidden by plant foliage. They vary in price, but most come with all additional fountain needs such as spray heads, different diameter connections, etc…. Easy to clean. I have one that has a remote control. I would recommend looking at a water garden specialist, and make sure it does what you want it to do, ie is powerful enough. The one in the photo has a water lift of around 70cms, so the small pump is on a stack of two bricks in the sump. I didn’t want a big spray, just a bubbling single jet. The big one I have in our pond is much more powerful.
@InaD best wishes from us as well👍
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@Takethedogalong that’s brilliant information thank you so much, I certainly wouldn’t have thought about some of that as we have never had a water feature before. I don’t want a pond just a small bubbly feature like yours. Thank you again.
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Water features, if done properly are very low maintenance😁 OH bought me what is basically a big black rigid bucket, it has a stainless steel grid that fits snug over the top (capable of taking a lot of weight!) and the solar pump kit. I wanted to design my own, rather than buy a ready done type of affair, which are very very expensive depending upon what they use as the top display. They can be above or below ground as well. Initially, I was going to use a millstone, we have two in garden, but changed my mind. I then looked at a copper ball, a big one, but once I had picked myself up from the price shock (🤣) decided that it was too much of an invitation for passing thieves. Another idea was to buy a nice copper bowl sink, but again a bit more than I wanted to pay. So I found a mock slate hexagon pot, some Cornish Cobbles and my fish. You need to protect the water from sunshine, hence cobbles over sump, stops algae growing, protect from the wind, which blows water all over, and from plants flopping over, hence the slate tiles at the back. The tiles at the front are angled to drop the water back into the sump. Fine mesh over the steel grid stops all but tiny frogs getting stuck as well, and helps with smaller size cobbles. There’s a hatch under front cobbles for pump maintenance.
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@InaD Good luck for tomorrow. If its any encouragement Margaret is making good progress, just about trusting her to go up the stairs on her own😮 Still some discomfort which is to be expected but no where near the sort of pain she was in before the operation. Back to the hospital next week for the clips to be removed. So things move along at pace. You will soon be making plans to go away in your van, if you have not already done so.
David
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Very nice @Takethedogalong.👍️
Lovely day here but that wind from the East still nippy.
OH made a hair appointment for 9 o'clock this morning! Couldn't believe it. Up to me to get her up and moving. Forgotten what rush hour is like plus school runs. Anyway after that we set off to the Coast path for a walk. There is a bit of shelter from a Southerly from some trees so it was quite pleasant.
We came across a warming up Dark Wing Bee Fly, a fly not a bee but it acts like one and even buzzes. The probiscum gives it away.
After that we continued along the path to see if the first Sand Martins were back and they were. Yippee. They nest in the banks on the River Dee estuary. A couple of interesting wooden sculptures either side of a lovely bench with a touring theme no less.
Hope every else had a nice day enjoying some unexpected good weather.
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Lovely day here today sunny and quite warm so the days been spent spring cleaning the caravan and also taxed my classic Mercedes ready for the show season. Got it out the garage and took it a blast then gave it a good clean it’s amazing how much dust gathers on it even in a garage with a good cover on it. Here hoping for a good summer to get the roof down
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Looking lovely @Francis.
OH sitting there listening to some music with some paints and brushes to hand. I looked around and her head was at a funny angle.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm watching paint dry"
2 minutes of intense giggling later
"Is it interesting?"
"About as interesting as watching paint dry" came the reply.
We know how to have fun in this house.🤣
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Good luck for tomorrow @InaD. I hope all goes well.
I love that bench @Wherenext. Lovely photos.
Lovely sunny weather today. Wall to wall blue sky all day but a very chilly strong breeze. I took the opportunity and washed the living room curtains.
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Thanks for sharing the photos, folks. I always love to see where folks are and what they are up to. I saw one of those flies today too, @Wherenext , when I went up to the caravan to put back to the carpets after cleaning.... I wondered what it was... and now all is explained.. 👍👍
David
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All the best for tomorrow @InaD hope all goes to plan and you have a speedy recovery.
That looks a lovely motor @Francis.
Grand photos @Wherenext and @Takethedogalong
Good news about the money raised @milliehull all there must be greatly relieved. Here are a few photos from our day out yesterday, especially for you!
St Nicholas Church West Lexham
Castle Acre
Castle Acre Priory
All Saint's Church, Necton
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We are into our 6th week of our current trip and thankfully it is still fine and sunny although the wind is still cool. Had an easy drive from Dereham, around Peterborough, to our latest CL, another we have not visited before, near Oakham. Very impressed with this one too, in a small country park, so grand for taking Flyte out. However we were not enamoured by the roads through Cambridgeshire, even many of the major roads we used need a lot of repairs doing.
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Thanks to everyone for the good wishes, I appreciate it very much. I have to be there at 7.25am! Not 7 or 7.30, but 7.25! Just hope I won't have to wait until afternoon 🤞 but have reading material and sudokus to pass the time.
@DavidKlyne I'm really pleased that Margaret is doing well.
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TThinking of you @InaD Hope it goes well and you're home soon.
WWe're Heading to Essex, internment of ashes. Calling in on my brother on the way and OH's remaining elderly uncle and cousin afterwards.
Good to read others' news. I'm still curtailed by my plantar facilitis........
Enjoy your day, folks
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