General Chat

Good evening everyone

Lovely pictures from the church Ann. The tombs must have been amazing when they were first set up.

That is some wisteria Jane. I should think it is quite old but someone has been looking after it.

What a shame the food isn’t brilliant at your hotel AnninG. We always look forward to our evening meal when we are away and feel a bit cheated if it isn’t up to much.

I hope you are safely back Frank and not feeling too tired after your journey.

Gill, have your workmen finished the outside work yet? Let’s hope it will be stress free from now on. Thinking of you watering all your pots has reminded me that I need to do mine, though I don’t have nearly as many as you. We have had a couple of heavy downpours today but everything still seems very dry.

What a good job the leak wasn’t on your property Mel. It could have worked out very expensive. I hope you get some sort of refund.

Has anyone heard anything from Anne lately? It seems a while since she posted anything. I do hope she is OK.

I have just had the joy of cleaning our floors. I hate doing it and often “persuade” OH to volunteer but my hints have been falling on deaf ears this week. I have a steam cleaner but it seems to take forever. We have carpet in the sitting room and our bedroom but the rest of the downstairs - large, oblong hall, big L-shaped kitchen-diner, utility room, conservatory and cloakroom - is tiled right through.

It’s about time I started cooking tonight’s meal. I hope I can submit this post without losing it.

Evening all,

It's been a lovely warm day and at times it felt quite muggy ,i have been getting compost in some pots ready for the toms and cucumber plants ,we bought some cucumber plants this morning and i have put some tom seed in so it will be a week or two before they will go in the pots ,i had just finished when we had quite a heavy shower but it lasted all of five minutes .

Ann lovely photo's as usual ,the colour on the tomb must have look beautiful when it was first done ,it looks a nice little church with some nice stained glass windows .
Oh , i can just feel those thorns in OH's fingers ouch !!
I missed that programme with Miriam Margoyles but i have seen her in other programmes and she speaks her mind :-D

AnnG that a shame the food is not so good but you sound as if your enjoying yourself with lots of walking .

Mel that was good you won't have to pay for the leaks ,i hope you get a good refund .

Oh Jane that op you had on your nose didn't sound very nice to have done ,just thinking about it made my eyes water .
How's the hip today after you twisting it ?
That lovely Wisteria,what a picture , there was a place in town that had Wisteria growing all along the railings in front of the building ,some one cut so they could paint the railings such a shame as it had been there for years ,i could remember it being there when i was little as the building use to be a toy shop/

We've had noisy planes here most of the day and last night ,they did say on our local news that there would be noise from them because Mildenhall and Lakenheath planes would be flying for a couple of days ,they are those fighter jets and they really roar overhead.

Oh Vera you didn't lose your post tonight ,so annoying when that happens .
I use to have a steam mop but it clogged up as our water has so much scale in it so i just use an ordinary mop again now
I was thinking we haven't heard from Anne i know she said she hadn't felt well so i hope she's ok.

It was really the first night that the meal was not as good as it could be, it has got steadily better each night, and tonight was not bad at all, in fact we wondered if there was a different chef on, apparently they were really busy last week then very slack from Monday until picking up again today, wonder if staff chose the slack time to take leave. Breakfasts have been nicely cooked though.
I have read posts but I am too tired now to answer them except I am glad they have found your leak Mel and hope you get a refund.

Morning all

Wet here today I think we're going to have the rain for the rest of the week so next doors drive can't be finished. They've put all the blocks down but it needs sealing which I think needs doing when it's dry. The neighbour said it's being done at the end of next week. The pipe work has been done from their bathroom so we don't have the water coming onto our side anymore and the drive doesn't cause trouble with running rain water so that's good as we have enough puddles of our own, so don't need anymore water coming towards our bungalow.

The two houses opposite and to the right slightly have come on the market with the same agent who sold next door, so no doubt the angry boss will be back for months on end again as the one nearest us needs lots of work doing to it and the agent recommends the nasty boss as they are friends. If that happens we won't be looking forward to all the noise and mess again.

I banged my head yesterday on the top cupboards in the kitchen when I was cleaning the worktops so I have a bruise and a headache now. On a positive I did really well on OH's tree yesterday and hoping to have another good day on it today.

Going to get a cuppa, then catch up with all the posts.

Morning Gill and all,

Not a bad day here so far as we have sunshine and blue sky with huge white clouds scudding across it. The wind is from the south west today I think.

Hope we hear from Frank today to know he arrived home safely. I do hope they are ok and were just worn out when they got back.

If AnnG has this weather it should be quite pleasent for a walk about today.

I bet our Sandra is on a count down now and getting excited and I hope Gill got my card ok as she did'nt say anything. Gill it has a pink and white envelope and a snowman stamp on it.

Good morning all. Mel very blustery, not very warm and a shower at the moment here. We have just had breakfast and will sit here until the rain stops as the bus stop we want for Brixham does not have a shelter and is right by the sea front.

Good job the leaks are by your meter Mel and you don't have to pay for them to be repaired, it sounds like you might have a good rebate coming your way and lower bills from now on. Some cards have arrived Mel, there was a brown one with a snowman stamp on, is that yours? It's brightened up a bit here but still very cloudy and everywhere is wet from all the rain. We are forecast more rain during the rest of the week. OH has just nipped to have his hair cut then he's off to his mum's to see her and pick up Sandra's birthday card. MIL puts money in it so doesn't like to post it to her. Sandra's still asleep so I might wrap her presents up while she can't see them.

I feel sorry for your sister Jane, I know how it got me down being ill everyday for 9 months, it's no joke. I've never heard of the problems you had with your nose during pregnancy, it sounds awful and what you had to go through, at least the op worked and you could breath through your nose again. I love the Wisteria pic you sent, it's very big and looks so beautiful.

Yes, I have lots of pots but we use the hosepipe to water them. It was a bit of a nightmare last year though when there was a hosepipe ban and it took us a very long time with the watering can to watering them all. Unfortunately we did loose a few plants but I suppose everyone did in all that heat. I hope it's not going to be as hot this year. I don't mind some sun but not so much the heat that can come with it.

It's all very quiet next door so I'm not sure if any workmen are going to be there today. I think, apart from the drive being sealed, all the outside jobs are done, just the gardens to tidy up. I overheard the new neighbour talking on his phone yesterday and it looks like he's going to move somewhere else, so next door could be on the market soon if that's the case. I wonder what potential buyers will think when there's 3 properties for sale all together, it doesn't look good does it?

Sorry Ann I mis read your post and thought you were putting turf down. The way you describe the new borders sounds lovely and will give you splashes of colour then. The bulbs I planted in the front garden are starting to come out now and they look so pretty dotted around the other plants. There are a few small Tulips I meant to put in pots for the back so I'll take those out once they have died back, but apart from those the rest of the bulbs look lovely. I didn't get the email of the church, I'd love to see it, could you send it to me please? Thanks.

That's a job I don't like doing Vera, mopping floors, although I don't have as many as you, at least it's all done now. I say my OH has selected hearing when it comes to helping around the place. He's good in the garden though so I can't complain.

It sounds like you ended up having a pleasant time out yesterday AnnG once the sun came out that is. 4 miles, that's a lot of walking, I bet you slept well last night. Pleased to hear the food is improving from the first night you were there.

Well I made myself a drink and forgot about it, so I'm off to make another one now........silly me :-S

HEAR I AM. !!! Good morning to you all,

We got up yesterday to rain, and it stayed with us all the way back to OXFORD. With the rain and stray from all the lorries, I wondered how Ros managed. At times we couldn't read the NUMBER PLATES of the cars in front. We went straight to an eatery in Northampton, to eat before going home. We finally arrived home around 4.30.

We unpacked the car, and Ros, got a washing machine load on, which is on the dryer and radiators this morning. We are both knackered this morning, after that horrendous journey home yesterday. It's been raining here for the pass two hours, and I think it might be set in for the day. Cold and miserable, after the lovely temperatures down in Devon. I got sunburnt around my neck, from sitting outside reading.

That house that Sylvia and Max has, was the ADMIRAL OF THE FLEETS HOUSE as a DETACHED HOUSE. It was him, who could see his fleet in the BAY. So how old it is, I just do not know.

Conrad said that his area Spain has had the worst storms for over SEVENTY YEARS. Tropical storms, that have done so much damage. A lot of the villas and apartments are leaking. So lots of complaints for him to sort out. The trouble with the builders in Spain, is that they don't build property, expecting such unusual weather conditions.

That Vera LLYN book is also written by her daughter, with lots of letters from the troops and decedents. It is called "KEEP SMILING THROUGH" A great read if you are sentimental like me, and grew up listening to her on the radio. AND ARE OLD. lol lol.

Going to have a shower and shave and get dressed. I have got Liver out of the freezer. So Liver, Onions, Mash and peas tonight. Before madam goes to Choir.

Be good, see you later all. xxxx

The pink and white card with the snowman stamp has arrived, so your card has arrived now Mel, along with another one. I'd just finished wrapping all Sandra's presents when my mum turned up, so that was good timing. I'll catch up with the posts later when mum's gone home.

Glad your home safe and sound Frank and your sure to be tired after that drive in the rain.

It been heavy showers here this morning and I think the first one wa sabout the time AnnG said she had some.

We have both been in the garden. Oh is sorting out the hostas round his pond and I have taken a couple of things off the patio and dwon to the shed and brought some up from the shed and oh told me we have gale for winds tomorrow so take them back to the shed!!!!!!

Yes Gill thats my card pink with a white lable bit for the address and a snopwman stamp. I forgot the stamp was a 2nd class but I wanted to put the snowman on for her. Glad its arrived safely.

Nearly time for lunch already time flies when your having fun dos'nt it.

Enjoy Brixham today AnnG and I hope you get some sunshine to get about a bit and have a nice walk.

Afternoon Everyone
Lots of posts already today !!. I have been shopping and oh goodness this extra long journey each time seems to take ages.I came back via the country lanes just now to see if was any quicker than the A14 but I reckon it is about the same.

Good to see you back home safe and sound Frank after what sounded a horrible journey.Ros was good to cope with it.I bet you were so glad to get home .You have had a nice long break away this time. Next Spain :-D. Fingers crossed the weather will have improved by the time you go. My Niece and 2 Nephews are off to Benidorm today for 3 nights. That is Janice's 3. Michel and Matthew have paid for Rachel to go as her 40th Birthday present. All I can say is watch out Benidrom :-D :-D. I think there will lots of drink and clubbing. I bet there will be pics on facebook :-D :-D

It looks like it is going to pour in a minute. It came down in torrents just as i got to Sainsburys,so I had to sit in the car and wait for it to ease off.There was a bit of hail too.

Oh Gill I do hope the stroppy Boss won't be doing any work on the house across the way. At least if he is it won't be right next to you. So you think the new neighbour won't be moving in .I bet he might be glad to see the back of the place after all the trouble he has had. I often wonder sometimes when I see several houses up for sale in the same road.Loads of houses went up for sale around ths area a couple of years ago when it was known all the new developments were going to start. But they seemed to sell fairly quickly. The one house that is still on the market in my road is Joans house(she was the 92 yr old lady who died. It has had sold signs up several times but then back up for sale again. It is sad to see it empty for so long.

Chris has hoovered right through the house while I was out :-D I don't think I dare ask if he fancies mopping the floors too :-D :-D. Looking around I think he has dusted in here too!!. I will attack the bathroom later. Hannah and Gareth will be here tomorrow evening so I need to get the bed made up and clear all my mess .I have slept in there for the last few nights because of my painful hip .
It is a lot easier now Mandy ,but my back hurts ,so I think that must be to do with the way I twisted too.What an old crock :-S

Anne is still not here. I do hope she is ok.

I passed the cottage again this morning with the beautiful Wisteria .It is just stunning .

I see Storm Hannah could be on the way!. I think it is so funny that the last storm was Gareth :-D :-D..The next storm with a girls name will be Jane.

Shopping needs to be put away now. Gill my card has a Snowman stamp on too just like Mel :-D

Hi Mel, Yes we both have felt like nothing on earth today. BUT I have managed to water all the baskets, pots and trays of plants, as well as the patio, greenhouse and the plants round the pond. I have also cleaned the bird baths, and refilled them with clean water. I was seriously thinking of trying to cut the lawns, but thought better of it.

The weather can't make up it's mind what to so. One minute there is sunshine, then over come the clouds. The one good thing is, the washing on the airer in the conservatory has all dried, and ready for ironing. We aren't short of anything, so it can wait until Ros feels like doing it.

I have had my begonias arrive together with instructions (tips of how to plant, and care of tubers.) So thats another job for me. I also had delivered a new Shower and the sliding bit you attach to the wall. I will see if I can tackle that tomorrow. I hope it's the same size as the one I am taking down. Plus I ordered and it's just arrived a SCREW IN SPIKE for the lawn, so I can fit the bird feeder in it, rather than keep filling the little feeders on the bushes and trees. I expect I will continue to do both, for those birds, who know where their food is now. !!!! (mustn't upset any of them) SOFTY or what ;-) ;-) ;-).

The power lead to the MacBook keeps falling out of it's socket. So I have had to tape it in to position. Life just isn't easy. :-P :-P :-P :-P

I ACHE all down my right side, including my neck, shoulder, back, hip and leg. I think I am falling apart. lol lol.

Afternoon All,

My word it did turn cold here last night. OH got home from the match and was freezing and certain he wasn't going to tonight's match. Of course he's forgotten that now and is going tonight, but dressing for the Arctic!! :-)

Jane what a horrid thing to have done to your nose. I think I must have narrow nostrils as they seem to close inwards if I try to sniff hard! I have a fear of burglars tying me to a chair and sticking that gaffer tape across my mouth! I'm sure I would suffocate. That Wisteria looks beautiful on the cottage and it does seem to be a good year for it. Sorry your hip has been playing you up, but it's good Chris gets stuck in to help.

I hope whoever moves into the properties for sale near you have their own builders Gill. It would be too much to have more problems. We are not sure whether we will stay here with the big units planned to be built in view at the back of us, so for now we are getting everything shipshape and a bit easier to look after as well. That will help us and be better for selling if we need to go down that route. Later, as we progress, we are dismantling the raised beds at the side and using the concrete gravel boards they are made of to add to those on our back fence. There are 3 rows already there topped by a 3 foot wood fence and trellis top. We will need smaller top panels then or just a trellis at the top and so will have very little there to paint and maintain. The existing wooden panels are rotting now so we need to do something with them. I will get a raised veg trug then to grow a bit of salad. We've still the garage to clear yet, so plenty to keep us busy. Sorry you didn't get the pics......I will send them again.

I had a letter this morning cancelling my appointment to see the surgeon in June. They've brought it forward a few weeks to just before we go to Cornwall.........less time for weight loss, so I will have to ramp up the diet a bit!!!! :-0 :-0

Good to see you got home ok Frank. It's very tiring driving in those conditions, so well done Ros. So the big semi was originally one big detached house then. How great it would be to be able to see it and the views from it when it was first built.

We have had 2 really heavy downpours that only lasted a few minutes and it is dry and sunny now. We did half an hour in the garden first thing. OH now has 14 sacks of garden rubbish to take to the tip in the morning, so we are making some headway. I am off to one of the free talks at the hospital that does them tonight.

Mel I think you have a good chance of getting a refund on your water, as the water board let it leak before it reached you so to speak.

Don't know about that Ann as oh deals with the water bill, leccy and telephone so I never see those bills. Have you not put anymore of MIL stuff in the garage up for sale lately?

I do hope our Anne is ok as you lot mentioning it has made me worried now.

Oh has been pressure washing the decking outside his filter shed and got soaked and cold so he came in and had a nice shower. I thought we were going for petrol today but with it keep pouring we hav'nt bothered. I cook a pork loin last night but it was a bit late so I did toasted cheese sandwiches and we have the pork cold tonihgt with chips and peas so nice and easy.

Well ,would you believe it. After waiting for rain and then deciding it wasn't coming I just went out to hang 3 bits on the line and as soon as I got the first thing up down it came :-S :-S.It's only Hannahs dressing gown .I am not sure she even uses it but it has been hanging on the back of the door for so long so will have been very dusty.

Ann ,will this mean that you might have your op just after your hols now if you are seeing the surgeon so much earlier? Get on that bike :-D :-D. No Puddings :-D :-D
I am still waiting for my date .I am assuming it will still be around June 20th as that is when the lady said it was likely.But who knows.
You seem to have a lot planned for making your garden easier for you which makes sense now.Would it upset you if you felt you had to move? I am sure we will one day.
The thought of all the upheaval and sorting out all the stuff in the house is quite daunting.We have so much :-S

What you said about being tied to a chair and having gaffer tape stuck over your mouth and not being able to breath through your nose made me feel a bit claustrophobic LOLOL

Frank ,you be careful now in that shower fixing the new one.You always seem to have bumps and falls in there :-S
You are a softy like me when it comes to the birds :-D. I got more food this morning for them. Tescos have packs of Sunflower Hearts 2 for £2 .One pack £1.75. I mix the sunflower hearts with those suet pellets. I dont use Bird Seed in the window feeder .

Cordon Bleu Dinner tonight (NOT :-D)...... I am having Eggs on Toast with Baked Beans, Chris a ready Cottage Pie and James Burgers and Sweet Potao Wedges .
We seem to have so many eggs (3 boxes) . I know that a lot will be used when H&G are here as Gareth does cooked breakfasts.His Poached eggs are great.
On Saturday morning Chris and James are booked for a Clay Pigeon Shooting session somewhere near Bedford.It is James's Birthday Present for his Dad (which was in Jan). Hannah is going to try and get in touch with the place to see if it is possible to add Gareth .It would be nice if the 3 'boys' could all go together.

I am looking out the window now and it looks like wall to wall sunshine..I think there might be some clouds though looming again.

Evening all,

We've had sun shine and showers ,Colin had his appointment to see the Physio at our little hospital in town ,he has trouble walking very far and is quite bent over when he does walk, he knows after having his scan that he has general wear and tear on his spine and he now has some exercises to do and has to go back in May ,she's hoping she can get him walking more upright which should help the pain he has when he walks .
We got home and he remembered he had left his phone at the hospital ,it had slipped out of his pocket and the lady laid it on the side so back we went by that time the rain was coming down .
I did hang my bedding out after lunch ,i had to keep an eye on it but in did get it all dry with the lovely blow .

Glad you got home safely Frank ,Ros does well to drive all that way and driving in the rain can be very draining with all the spray coming off those big lorries that come sailing past .

As Ann said Gill maybe when people move in the properties over the road from you they will have their own builders and it is over the road so shouldn't be as bad as all the trouble you've had from next door .
I think i used a snowman stamp on the card i sent Sandra :-D we must have all had them left over from Christmas . :-D

That's a lot of bags for the tip Ann it's surprising how the bags soon fill up .
So you need new panels in the garden ,we need some new ones down the side as we had short ones up and then next door put taller ones up so we see all the backs of their panels .
That's good you have an earlier appointment to see the surgeon but i bet you will be wondering now if it will affect your holiday ,they might have you in after seeing him .

Suns out now .

Evening all. We have been very lucky today. One shower when at breakfast and then a mixture of cloud and very warm sunshine although very breezy. We went to Brixham and Paignton on the buses and only walked three miles today. All packed now for moving to Dorset tomorrow.

We've had lots of rain but the sun is out now. OH has just said we're in for stormy weather on Saturday, typical as we were hoping to take Sandra out for her birthday, so we're going to wait and take her out the following week if the weather improves. We'd like to take her back to Chester Zoo but no animals will be out in a storm so we'd rather wait until it's sunny again.

Pleased to see you made it home okay Frank, the journey sounded horrendous with all that rain, Ros did well to get you both home safely. Be careful sorting out the shower, you don't want to have any accidents.

You card must of been the brown envelope then Jane as that had a snowman stamp on it. Sorry to hear you're in pain with your back now, I hope you feel better soon so you can enjoy your time with Hannah and Gareth.

I love the photo's Ann, I noticed you had sent it first time around to my old email address, but I have it now and they were fascinating to see. It sounds like you have lots yet to do in your garden. My mum said it was a lovely sea of blue as she came through the side gate earlier. We have moved the Tulips out now as they had gone over and replaced them with lots of pots of bluebells and that's what she was commenting on.

Love the photo of the doll Mandy, you are very clever especially making it without a pattern.

The problem we'll have is the skips being delivered over the road, the road is narrow and their wall was hit when the skip was delivered next door, so there's a chance our post could be hit again if it's the same driver. Apart from that there shouldn't be to much else to worry about apart from the noise and vans everywhere. We're hoping to put them off having the boss from next door if we can, we shouldn't be to hard once we tell them what's been going on.

We have thunder. Its been rolling around for a while now.

Oh you were lucky then today AnnG with the weather .It is not looking so clever for the weekend .Maybe Dorset will miss any rain :-D Fingers crossed.
That was a pain having to go back to get OH's phone Mandy :-S Does he keep the phone in his back pocket? I often see phones poking out of peoples back pockets and think how easy it is for them to be nicked.
I hope the excercises will help him .Does he just lean forward when walking rather than bent?I lean forward (I remind myself of my Mum :-S :-S) I should do my exercises .They do help.It is just remembering to do the blooming things!

Next door have been away for a couple of days but are back now. They have just put the recycling bins out, but the Bin Men came today. They must think it is Wednesday today :-S. Maybe in the morning they will realise nobody elses bins are out :-D

Time to eat now :-D