Tim Cleeves husband of Ann Cleeves the writer of fiction were both there for a time in their younger day. Yes it is her real name. He worked eventually for RSPB Newcastle headquarters. He died a few years ago and met her at Fair Isle bird observatory years ago when she took a summer producing the food for the visitors and wardens plus assistants on Fair Isle.Does the pony and cart still take people to the island?
Because I couldn't walk that far to Hilbre, J used to pay for us to go over in the pony & trap @Lamont D
But this was in the early 2000's...
J had been the keeper there for a fortnight many many years ago when the regular keeper needed a break. Then they didn't have keepers any more. I don't think they could get a permanent keeper any more.
Thank you IanHug for the sleeping, shopping and driving experiences. Winner and thanks for the amazing photo. I hope and pray you enjoy a coffee and a nice sleep.
No @gennepher . Not useless. Definitely a Winner. You achieve so much.I have sat on the couch doing nothing since I came back, feeling somewhat useless.
Thank you @ianpspursMorning all from a much fresher * start to the day here in dusty L.A. @Annb it sounds as though your baking and hostessing made for a thoroughly enjoyable gathering - wonderful. @dunelm thank you for sharing the developments to your latest artwork. Good news on the success of your rain dance. Two weeks of 5 school pickups and taking to activities here ( Nonna is in Italy) which coincides with a diary replete with all kinds of events: car services, household equipment servicing and cleaning, blood and other tests for MIL and myself, drip trips, RWC, ODIs NFL, and soccer. Now the days are colder and shorter remember to order early, Fortnum and Mason delivery slots go in a flash. Have a practice run with the brassica oleracea.. do add the chestnuts and use Pancetta
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Thank you @Annb - no emojis here and copy/paste not seeming to work either.Very similar to Eccles cakes but with as slightly different mixture of fruits. Very sweet and finished off with a sugar coating. Bad for BG but just the one won't do much harm in the grander scheme of things. But I have to get Alistair to take the rest away to avoid me being too severely tempted.
Is it me, or is the website playing up again? At the moment it is refusing to upload replies, images or even emojis.
What could possibly go wrong? Koffy shop lounging is far more preferable to hospital food.Good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen just, no not just ladies and gentlemen it’s just still morning.
My blood sugars this morning were 6.5 which I was very happy with.
At 8:35am I was wandering into a builders merchant to purchase some wood for an on going and seemingly never ending project me, me’s and myself have been asked to make, this will explain why I wanted slightly elevated blood sugars.
By 9:00am I was unloading the car, of course Mrs J was oblivious to all this and still in her pit / lair.
All this early morning activity is very good, but now I am totally exhausted and need to rest up, but Mrs J has booked this early afternoon nap time for a visit to some huge warehouse the other side of Reading, my task to protect my bank balance is take items out of her shopping trolley when she is not looking, question every item she puts in her trolley and generally behave in such a manner Mrs J will want to leave abandoning the expedition. Wish me luck.
Stay safe all.
Thank you @gennepher
Thank you @Krystyna23040No @gennepher . Not useless. Definitely a Winner. You achieve so much.
Wonderful flower photo. It frustrates me when there are no cashiers and I don’t mind waiting in a queue for one. I cannot imagine how frustrating the self service check outs are for you. Seems that supermarkets and now banks are going humanless. I hope that there is a backlash and people just start using small, local shops but I fear that it will soon be online shopping only at some point.Fbg 6.9
Much much too hot for me, and Midnight...
Impossible to sleep last night. Gave up in the end, went and sat on the swing with Midnight, despite the wild beasties of the night. I could hear some beasties scattering when I flung open the door into the night air. It is MY garden...I needed that cold air. The night sky was clear. Not a beast stirred in the night...
Nighttime wildlife camera
The Fox & Badger feed together
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I have driven to do my shopping early this morning. And coming back off the bypass, 70 mph, there was suddenly a new sign saying 20 mph...obviously I was slowing down anyway, but neither me nor the traffic behind me were expecting that sudden 20mph at that point. My Sat Nav said it was 30 mph at that point, my phone said it was 20 mph at that point. So I erred on the side of caution, 20 mph I did. Within a minute there was one hell of a queue of traffic behind me. I half expected someone beeping or overtaking me but no one did. There should have been a gradual decrease in speed of the road signs, not 70 mph to 20mph. Wales has gone mad.
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A photo in the rain of some wild flowers in my garden. I have forgotten the name.
I badly need sleep now. One shop I had gone in, and I didn't notice until I got to the till, that there were no cashiers. Just self service tills. Oh no. I was ready just to drop my basket on the floor and walk out, it did have eggs in it. But a store lady came up to me. I will help you she said. So she started helping me, but then left me. I had said I couldn't hear what orders the self service till was barking at me. And of course there was a problem. The till is barking instructions at me. I look for the lady but she is helping an elderly gentleman who had Parkinson's. Shop Assistant comes back, oh it is okay she says, just the till being slow and giving the wrong instructions, and she presses some buttons and whips me receipt out...see you again she says. NOT I mutter under my breath...
I am disabled, as many people are, and it takes all my energy to do my shopping, and it takes me awhile because I am checking ingredients because of things I am allergic to. I do not have the energy to to scan ingredients by the time I have completed my shop. In any case I cannot hear the instructions the till is barking at me in that robotised voice which my cochlear processor cannot make head nor tail of...
I have sat on the couch doing nothing since I came back, feeling somewhat useless. So tired.
I need coffee...
Have a good day...
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Thank you for the photo compliment.Wonderful flower photo. It frustrates me when there are no cashiers and I don’t mind waiting in a queue for one. I cannot imagine how frustrating the self service check outs are for you. Seems that supermarkets and now banks are going humanless. I hope that there is a backlash and people just start using small, local shops but I fear that it will soon be online shopping only at some point.
I don't know! Sorry!Does the pony and cart still take people to the island?
Because I couldn't walk that far to Hilbre, J used to pay for us to go over in the pony & trap @Lamont D
But this was in the early 2000's...
J had been the keeper there for a fortnight many many years ago when the regular keeper needed a break. Then they didn't have keepers any more. I don't think they could get a permanent keeper any more.
I totally agree, not that I could eat much anyhow!What could possibly go wrong? Koffy shop lounging is far more preferable to hospital food.
I know the chippy @Lamont D ...it sells the biggest fish ever to lie across and over your plate..I don't know! Sorry!
the council have been doing major work on the promenade and lake area.
there is I believe a resident couple living there, paid for by the RSPB. As it is a bird sanctuary.
there is a brilliant sit in chippy there, not on front, not far from Morrison's and the train station.
As you know on my travels I have encountered some haddock and cod!I know the chippy @Lamont D ...it sells the biggest fish ever to lie across and over your plate..
I am living proof that aliens exist!
My weirdness knows no bounds! No UFO needed here.
I am half watching a trek dvd, and reading footie things concentrating with my tongue out, cos of my essential tremor disorder, when I heard a flutter of insect wings!
next instant the dragonfly tried to land on my proboscis!
for a fraction of a second, I nearly pulled it into my gob, but the insect realised and flew away. I have been gargling for about twenty minutes, scraping my tongue, spitting it all back out, used my anaesthetic throat spray.
I know insects like biting me, the marks are there to see. But to be my food voluntarily, goes too far! I'd rather have my protein roasted. Not raw! Yuk!
Mrs L called me a cannibal, a frog from outer space with my long tongue!
I once seen something that could be described as a UFO, however it was raining, and I was informed that it was ball lightening! There are areas on the planet that have violent thunderstorms and tremendous lightening displays! But I still subscribe to the view that we are not alone and we are but a small miniscule of our own galaxy, never mind the universe itself!
Once, in Kampala, I watched swarms of locusts being chased through the streets by locals with huge bags and nets, catching as many as they could. Fast food, Ugandan stylie. Not bad deep fried. We may all, one day be eating our protein in the form of insects. Can I have my ants dipped in Montezuma chocolate please?I am living proof that aliens exist!
My weirdness knows no bounds! No UFO needed here.
I am half watching a trek dvd, and reading footie things concentrating with my tongue out, cos of my essential tremor disorder, when I heard a flutter of insect wings!
next instant the dragonfly tried to land on my proboscis!
for a fraction of a second, I nearly pulled it into my gob, but the insect realised and flew away. I have been gargling for about twenty minutes, scraping my tongue, spitting it all back out, used my anaesthetic throat spray.
I know insects like biting me, the marks are there to see. But to be my food voluntarily, goes too far! I'd rather have my protein roasted. Not raw! Yuk!
Mrs L called me a cannibal, a frog from outer space with my long tongue!
I once seen something that could be described as a UFO, however it was raining, and I was informed that it was ball lightening! There are areas on the planet that have violent thunderstorms and tremendous lightening displays! But I still subscribe to the view that we are not alone and we are but a small miniscule of our own galaxy, never mind the universe itself!
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