Mundane News

[carpiste]

Just took delivery of some new fence panels. Moved them under cover so they can dry out before getting a damn good coat of fence paint.

 

[Illaveago]

Went for a ride, raincoat on, raincoat off, raincoat on, raincoat off and so on. Will try again later when the weather decides on one or the other.

Are you doing a new version of the Karate Kid ?

 

[Jenkins]

I wonder if today, at work, will go any better..
Yesterday, waiting 2 hours for my trailer to be loaded, then off to Peterborough and Lowestoft. Return journey, A14 closed for roadworks so clever me knew that going via Beccles and Norwich, A11, would be easier, especially with a 16' high trailer.
How happy, on a scale of 1 to 10, do you think I was when, without any pre-warning signs, they shut the A11 at Snetterton so I had to turn around and go back to Norwich
Ended up via Swaffham & King's Lynn...
Hey Ho.

I did hear @Jenkins seagulls at Lowestoft, though!!

Bloody gulls - they nest on the roof at work and make a heck of a racket all day, added to which swooping at people walking into the building now they have young to protect

 

[Speicher]

There is a new "shop" in this market town.

No prices
No regular stock of particular items , but it is edible.
You can only "buy" what will fit into one of their baskets.
Times of opening may change, according to the decision of the owner, but the "usual" opening times are on a poster on the door.

 

[Jenkins]

Bit of a good news, bad news day.
Good news was that the postie delivered £10 worth of beer vouchers thanks to the Co-Op's dividend payout
Bad news was that the first scheduled gig after lockdown has just been cancelled having been postponed a couple of times already.

Time to prepare to go to work.

 

[Reynard]

Mild, grey and blustery here chez Casa Reynard. It rained overnight.

Moving my tomato plants seems to have done the trick - no sign of any further slug damage. Can't believe the buggers wrecked them that bad in the course of a single night...

Anyways, I have had a kitchen morning, doing all the prep work for tonight's supper. That's because I have to head out after tea time to go and pick up that job lot of Autosports I bought on the Bay of E.

It's nearly time for lunch, and then it's bike time

 

[Speicher]

Before anyone asks, no, the new shop is not a food bank. It works in partnership with the food bank, but is entirely independant of that.

They can stock fresh food, and if you want to, you can take non-perishable house hold items to swap for the food you take. Among their suppliers seem to be Marks and Spencer (bread etc) and one of the local golf Clubs. Four days a week it is open for about three hours each session.

Lastly you have to live here to use the Shop.

 

[Reynard]

I think it's been about five or six years since I last bothered with a haircut.

Am just a wash, towel and then blow dry kind of girl.

 

[Reynard]

Before anyone asks, no, the new shop is not a food bank. It works in partnership with the food bank, but is entirely independant of that.

They can stock fresh food, and if you want to, you can take non-perishable house hold items to swap for the food you take. Among their suppliers seem to be Marks and Spencer (bread etc) and one of the local golf Clubs. Four days a week it is open for about three hours each session.

Ah, like a Community Pantry, then.

There's one a few villages along - a friend of mine volunteers there. They also do free food boxes for those in need.

 

[biggs682]

Most of my bikes cost less than that.

Exactly

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I'm having a coffee by the Horsey Mill Pump

and soon I'll be off to Horsey Gap to see whether there are any grey seals to be seen.

 

[Speicher]

Ah, like a Community Pantry, then.

There's one a few villages along - a friend of mine volunteers there. They also do free food boxes for those in need.

Oh yes, just like that. On the facebook page, they say that if anyone would like to take more than one basket per visit, speak to the "Manager" and they will try to help. I have no idea how long it takes from seeking a Food Bank voucher to getting one, but I guess there is a gap.

The Food Bank (under "strict" guidance from, and audited by the Trussell Trust), is round the corner, but only stocks non-perishable or long shelf life, ie tinned or packet foods.

This Pantry takes food from shops etc where the food has a short, one day or two, life left.

 

[Speicher]

Earlier this week they had a lot of packets of Jack fruit. I have no idea what that is.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Awaiting result of a self rapid lateral flow test for Covid 19. My wife and I are visiting my mother tomorrow for first time since pandemic started. Both symptomless and double jabbed by four weeks. But just want to take every precaution to not be the son that gifted Covid 19 to their mother. If positive, visit is off.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

And Covid 19 lateral flow test result in and negative