A lovely idea to stay at the inn. Hope you enjoy it when you get there.
I have seen a picture of the house in Weston Turville that my family lived in for about 200 years. Although it was rented all that time, it still has their name today. It's a private house now, although it was a pub for some years after my ancestors left there, so we couldn't really ask to visit. Not that I could now anyway. When my brother and SIL were her yesterday, I asked whether they had ever been to Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire (they live in Wiltshire and visit Gloucestershire frequently). They haven't but when I told them they should since it is our ancestral seat they said they would go and stake their claim. Good luck on that one.
Poor old Teddy II. Whether he really did die the way the story tells it (shudder) or some other way, he was killed one way or another there at Berkeley. I mean, I know that he was considered to be homosexual and that it would have been very much disapproved of, but really! People were very brutal in those days. Not that some of my current relatives wouldn't be as bad, if they thought they could get away with it. Unforgiving bitterness is the name of the game unfortunately, especially in my father's family. Chips off the old block, many of them.We must definitely be distantly related as if I were to shake my family tree a few Berkeleys would fall out, Berkeley Castle of course is where Edward II met his grisly end.
It is an amazing price for such good quality. As I am taking it for health reasons I wanted the best I could buy - which I thought would be from Waitrose. Thank goodness I saw the Which report on Aldi's oil just before setting off to Waitrose to buy oil.
Yes, that's the one. I am also going to buy another bottle next week so I have got one if Aldi run out of it.Yep, that’s the olive oil I buy - about a third of my current bottle left in the cupboard and a new one waiting behind. Looks like this.
I do love your painting @dunelmGood morning everyone on yet another all things bright and beautiful start to the day here in the dark and dangerous north. 5.1 this a.m. after a day of luxurious ease. Only one task yesterday - walk into town and collect a prescription for Mrs Miggins. That out of the way and, after a chat with my mum, some indulgent nothingness, a bit of reading and paint splurging. Funny old dream last night - I pay them no mind unless I get a stress dream which rarely happens. Very few things cause me stress, especially if it’s something that is not under my own control. Two years of CBT (founded upon stoic ideas) helped me enormously. So too does not paying much mind to TV news or the under house waste pipes that are Social Media. Anyhow, art bit, not as I envisaged but never mind. Find strength in your own imperfections - the Japanese Call it Kintsugi - it’s mainly about mending broken pottery with powdered gold but the principle works for your mind also. My day tells me that there are wonders to see so probably a walk through the woods and down to the sea. I could collect some Sycamore helicopters for The Girl In The Bubble. First though, some koffy.
Oh no, if JKP doesn't wake up soon we may be too lateYes, that's the one. I am also going to buy another bottle next week so I have got one if Aldi run out of it.
Thanks for the advice@Lamont D. I am instructed not to eat for 6 hours before the scan but it is an early morning appointment so I will take a breakfast snack with me for afterwards. I have non alcoholic fatty liver syndrome and am experiencing a lot of abdominal pain. They have asked for a repeat blood test for cholesterol which is also high. Awaiting an appointment at the Endocrinology department as I have proved intolerant to all attempted statins and alternatives over time. Heh ho! Will just have to wait and see what if anything they come up with. My best wishes to you.it does sound as if it's similar to a sugar crash. A rapid drop in BG levels.
hope your scan goes well.
I have up and down liver and kidney function results.
having a lot of water pre blood test for a couple of days before, will help with the results.
got that from a doctor who specialises in renal conditions.
Best wishes.
A beautiful copse of trees. I am loving this new series @dunelmGood morning everyone on yet another all things bright and beautiful start to the day here in the dark and dangerous north. 5.1 this a.m. after a day of luxurious ease. Only one task yesterday - walk into town and collect a prescription for Mrs Miggins. That out of the way and, after a chat with my mum, some indulgent nothingness, a bit of reading and paint splurging. Funny old dream last night - I pay them no mind unless I get a stress dream which rarely happens. Very few things cause me stress, especially if it’s something that is not under my own control. Two years of CBT (founded upon stoic ideas) helped me enormously. So too does not paying much mind to TV news or the under house waste pipes that are Social Media. Anyhow, art bit, not as I envisaged but never mind. Find strength in your own imperfections - the Japanese Call it Kintsugi - it’s mainly about mending broken pottery with powdered gold but the principle works for your mind also. My day tells me that there are wonders to see so probably a walk through the woods and down to the sea. I could collect some Sycamore helicopters for The Girl In The Bubble. First though, some koffy.
Thank you @ianpspursMorning all from a same day different t-shirt start here in L.A. Ideally I'd have been to Aldi for Olive oil before people on this forum snap it all up and hunter gathered some rotisserie chicken. Something about the moistness of the bought ones we've never quite been able to match. I think it may be the effect of lined bags - but events dear boy, events have put the kibosh on all that. No grandchild care duties planned for nine days so JKP can slumber longer. For a while now I have been a man with a plan but suddenly life has come over all Spaghetti Junction and the sat nav needs updating. Nothing bad, quite the reverse but it feeds into my ongoing internal debate about how I leave the stage "properly." A major strand of this is my ongoing doubts over Elsie Keto as Gillette - Is it, is it really though? Anyoldhow, @dogslife good to hear from you but hug for the hypo symptoms. @gennepher thank you for sharing yesterday's creative - I liked the pastel/washed out effect. Some of us have an endless propensity to make the perfect the enemy of the good and modern technology throws out too much data. Data, information, knowledge and wisdom are very different - link just for good manners to acknowledge the source. I'm also much more comfortable in that kind of space than anything creative.
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I am intolerant to statins also but a Consultant at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital told me not to worry because if I could take statins it would only increase my lifespan by approximately 4 days maximum. I don't know where he got that figure from but it did make me feel a lot better about it.Thanks for the advice@Lamont D. I am instructed not to eat for 6 hours before the scan but it is an early morning appointment so I will take a breakfast snack with me for afterwards. I have non alcoholic fatty liver syndrome and am experiencing a lot of abdominal pain. They have asked for a repeat blood test for cholesterol which is also high. Awaiting an appointment at the Endocrinology department as I have proved intolerant to all attempted statins and alternatives over time. Heh ho! Will just have to wait and see what if anything they come up with. My best wishes to you.
~~We must definitely be distantly related as if I were to shake my family tree a few Berkeleys would fall out, Berkeley Castle of course is where Edward II met his grisly end.
I think that we all are related - as family trees tend to loop back on theirselves.The ispopoint for Europe is about 1000AD. Which means that anyone with European ancestry today is a descendant of everyone from the 10th century who had descendants. Going back only 33 generations (about 1224AD) would give 2 n x 33, over 8 billion ancestors.
Thank you @Krystyna23040I do love your painting @dunelm
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