Mundane News

[biggs682]

Both our and our next door neighbours front lawn has been cut

 

[oldwheels]

Temp up to 19C today so not only did I take my jacket off I also had to take my jersey off when planting potatoes. It has now fallen to 15C in the shade at the front of the house.
Got another row to do but that can wait till Friday I think as it it will be in harder ground and I need to dig a trench which I am not looking froward to. Might try some runner beans against the deer fence as they are easy to deal with. Unfortunately that bit is also infested with convolvulus which looks very like the beans when initially growing up the fence and tend to choke the beans.

 

[Speicher]

Just shows you how subjective humour can be.

I find Henning Wehn very funny, likewise Jo Brand. But then again, you lot might not...

Henning Wehn I find very funny, and particularly like his accent.

 

[Speicher]

Anyways, time to stock up the wood bins, then put on some clothes that are presentable and toddle off into town.

If I set off from here to toddle into town, most of the shops are shut just after 4pm.

 

[Illaveago]

Temp up to 19C today so not only did I take my jacket off I also had to take my jersey off when planting potatoes. It has now fallen to 15C in the shade at the front of the house.
Got another row to do but that can wait till Friday I think as it it will be in harder ground and I need to dig a trench which I am not looking froward to. Might try some runner beans against the deer fence as they are easy to deal with. Unfortunately that bit is also infested with convolvulus which looks very like the beans when initially growing up the fence and tend to choke the beans.

Glad to see you are making a stand against the holiday makers. Good camouflage runner beans .

 

[oldwheels]

Glad to see you are making a stand against the holiday makers. Good camouflage runner beans .

Not as good as the bl---y Jerusalem Artichokes I unwisely planted some years ago. They get to at least 7ft high in summer so my shed sun trap is completely private. They grow like weeds and are virtually impossible to get rid of unless as a last resort get weedkiller which I do not approve of. The stalks have to be cut down in autumn and make a good bonfire except that now I have a wildflower area which I do not want to burn.

 

[Reynard]

Town trip sorted. Well, mostly. Tesco was out of stock on the large packs of bog roll, and I'm not messing around with packs of four or nine... Hey ho.

Did get bread, breakfast items (cinnamon & raisin bagels) and breakfast cereal on yellow sticker, but I had to pay full price for the bunch of bananas.

Book also purchased for the parental unit. She likes military history, so I got her one about a battle. (Waterloo, actually.)

Just having a before sorting out some supper.

 

[Reynard]

If I set off from here to toddle into town, most of the shops are shut just after 4pm.

Wednesdays used to be a half day in Ely when I first moved out this way. Most places are open till 5 or half five.

 

[Speicher]

Wednesdays used to be a half day in Ely when I first moved out this way. Most places are open till 5 or half five.

Shop opening times around here are unusual. Mostly because they are nearly all independent shops as opposed to franchises. There is a tiny branch of Boots, Savers (a cheap version of Boots), Holland and Barrett and a miniature Tesco.

Most shops close before 5pm, except for those franchises/chains. I think I have mentioned before that some shops are closed all day on Mondays, and/or Thursdays. The only shops open on Sunday is Tesco and the equivalent of the "pound shop".

There is a small Asda, if you are desperate short of the essentials.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

If I had had cod on Southwold beach I'd have ended up wondering what it would have been like if I had had haddock. So, naturally, I had haddock.

Not before I found myself having a coffee next to Sir Bradley Piggins, though.

 

[Reynard]

Jacket potato, beans and cheese for supper. Quick, easy, tasty and filling.

 

[Jenkins]

we do that clock change thing, Spring ahead 1 hour, so it's dark when I get up. cat doesn't mind. provides some cover for his explorations outside

Oh buggerations - I've just checked and we do the same over here this weekend which means my early start for the day out on Sunday has just got even earlier.

 

[classic33]

Didn't get up earlier to get some miles in
Another lovely looking day outside
Time to get a wriggle on

Did it fit you?

 

[classic33]

I wonder why my solicitor is incapable of writing in English

He's not writing it all in Gaelic is he?

 

[tyred]

He's not writing it all in Gaelic is he?

Nope. He wrote in legal mumbo-jumbo.