OneGuyFromBarlick

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Thank you for the best wishes. It’s taken some time to get on. We have been to Housteads Fort on Hadrians Wall and the NT place Wallington Hall and gardens . We are now at the cottage we are staying at . This is our third visit here. It’s a beautiful tranquil spot and incredibly well kept . We shall...

Thank you for the best wishes. It’s taken some time to get on. We have been to Housteads Fort on Hadrians Wall and the NT place Wallington Hall and gardens . We are now at the cottage we are staying at . This is our third visit here. It’s a beautiful tranquil spot and incredibly well kept . We shall...

Morning

Its an early start today as we want to leave for Northumberland after breakfast, I am not going to art. On the way we have to call in to the surgery as Bob has to have a routine blood test. The forecast is good for our few days away. Have a good day all

Yes Friday I couldn’t remember how far behind us you were

Morning What a lovely morning, and we woke up at a better time. Today we do not have a long list of things on the calendar which makes a change. I shall go for a swim this morning, as the physio has given me the all clear to do so. I have some neck exercises to do which hopefully over time will reli...

Morning My body is on french time still so I was wide awake well before 6.00 am . Not a bad thing as I have a physio appointment at 9 at the other side of Rochdale so will have to leave by 8.20, i think I have a trapped nerve in my shoulder and despite the Pilates type exercises I have been given an...

Morning We were home by 12.15 pm which gave most of the day to unpack the car, do all the washing and titivate various plants in the garden and greenhouse. Our neighbour had watered the plants in the greenhouse but the heat had been so intense they are not looking too good. Bob managed to get down t...

Morning It was a beautiful day here. I spent the day pottering round the house and garden with Briony and Ed. We wrapped Eves birthday presents in the morning ready for her return from the swimming gala in Birmingham, and in the afternoon B and I sat in the garden doing some watercolour painting. It...

That all sounds good Sue.... I'm trying to remember where I spent my 17th birthday, on Harrod's Farm I think..... but more like3ly at the start of my last year at school.... I can’t remember mine either but did meet Bob when I was 17 just after I went into my final year at school before A levels.

Morning We are in the Premier Inn at Coventry. Bob is going over to Bedford to take part in a boiler testing seminar. I shall walk up to Julias later. Julia and Eve are at a swimming gala but I will spend my day with Briony and Ed. We shall all see each other this evening. Eve will be going out with...

Morning

What a beautiful day yesterday, it reached 24 degrees, though there was a stiff but warm breeze at St Malo. We are awake early for an early breakfast before we drive down to the ferry port. Have a good day all, hope you get some of this nice weather too

Morning Just the bathrooms and kitchen to tidy this morning, then its an omelette for lunch before we drive to St Malo where we will stay overnight. The ferry is an early start tomorrow but a relaxing 9 hour crossing. The weather forecast is very good indeed so we may sit out on deck. Then we shall ...

Morning My bit of gardening is finished, Bob wants to do some weed killing, otherwise our main purpose for coming is completed. There is very little cleaning to do as we have spent most of our time outside but today I will hoover upstairs and wash all the towels. Our little robot vacuum cleaner ( co...

Stanley wrote: ↑21 Apr 2026, 07:37 We shall be up early as we are expecting a delivery of heating oil
I'll bet that wasn't painless Sue!

You are right , luckily its only about once every three years we need to this , and it is cheaper ( despite present issues) after the winter. It was nearly 1000 euros

Morning We shall be up early as we are expecting a delivery of heating oil between 8 and 12. The only other plans I have today are to finish planting up my veggie plot. We bought loads of plants at the market yesterday and I managed to get the tomatoes planted with a small frame around them to suppo...

Morning A busy day yesterday. I fed the roses in the morning whilst Bob sorted out the automatic watering system for our pots of plants . After lunch we were having a short walk along the river when Joanne phoned to see if we were in. She arrived shortly after we got home and had a cuppa. She came t...

)Morning We had a good day on Friday visiting Porchester castle and a short walk along the coastai path. We then went and had a beer at the outlet centre and bought some jeans at the M&S there. The crossing in the evening was calm . We arrived at the house via the shops for a few essentials such...

Morning No cherry trees don’t last Stanley but we usually get a week of good blossom if its not too windy. We are lucky it reached that before we left, it will be over when we get back next weekend. We are in a Premier Inn near Oxford, we shall breakfast and I will do my daily Duolingo french before...

Our cherry tree today. I love this tree Yes fingers crossed

Morning Yes Stanley it was a very stressful and distressing morning, not helped by a very early start, leaving me with rather a nasty headache that would not clear. The afternoon was quieter but I chose not to swim even though we were back in plenty of time. We did our packing for our week away and ...

All good except for the nearly 4 hour wait with no one telling me what was happening. Bob was the first on the list we were told. It doesn’t do a lot for your stress levels when a nurse tells another patient that there is a delay because of a problem with the first patient….which turned out not to b...

Morning We were up at 5.45 am and on the road by 6.30. Bob has an appointment at Christies at 8.30am for the last of his 2 year checks. We were here by 7.30 and should be home by lunchtime. I have bought sandwiches ( and a coffee) at the M&S cafe so we can have an early lunch here if we need it ...

Morning This morning I shall have a two hour session with Maxine, as we postponed last week due to my cold ( or was it/is it hay fever, no one else caught it and my nasal symptoms respond to hayfever medication. It is the time of year for my hayfever) . This afternoon we have a covid vaccination and...

Evening

It was another early start for french in Haslingden and busy day, I forgot to write again. I will do better tomorrow