OneGuyFromBarlick

Bubble and squeak

Season's greetings Sue! We have significant rain here but it could have started as snow, I was in bed having Second Sleep. Stay inside and keep warm and dry..... That's what I shall be doing. Oh and cooking attractive savoury cabbage and onions. I learned a long time ago that it was an advantage to...

So much for the walk. Its snowing…it was forecast for tomorrow

Morning Its not nice out there, drizzly and cold. I am not sure if we are going to the bank, being a sunny day on Sunday I think the little train took about £90. Worth of train rides. I don’t mind walking in drizzle but not keen if it gets heavy. Otherwise today I will plod on with my suit jacket wh...

I think it was what is described as a challenge run not a fun run . He has done several over the years and trained for a year for this one . This is by far the longest but believe me for a 50 year old he is jolly fit. The other categories were not 48 hours, only the serious runners did that. Some on...

Morning Water divining is a ´thing’ . We have done it on our field in France, for fun really, but it does work. Bob has used it to find water pipes in floors. There was certainly plenty of water fell on Friday. Hope you can solve the problem Wendy. Talking of Friday, my son in law did another endura...

Morning I slept like a log last night, having come to bed early and waking up just now at nearly 7.00 am. Today being Sunday it will be a typical day, a bit of cleaning, some sewing, a bit of cooking and Bob out at the park. I also want to go in the greenhouse where my potato bags are sitting. I gro...

Evening
Just realised I did not write today. Bad nights sleep, awake 3 till 6 then slept till after 8. Out just after 9 then lunch with my sister. We didn’t get home till 4. I lost track of time. Hope you all had a good day. Saw on facebook you were busy in your poly tunnel Wendy

Morning Its a cold wet day today. 7 degrees, wind snd rain. I shall run the vacuum cleaner found this morning, well Bob will, and titivate the bathrooms. Not much to do as we have only been home since Tuesday evening. However I have my usual landslide of sewing debris between the sewing room and din...

Morning Well that was a better nights sleep and waking about 10 minutes ago at a more civilised hour than three in the morning. We went to the cemetery with flowers yesterday to find that the old section where we were going had been fenced and padlocked off for safety reasons. There are many old and...

Morning I am awake early, still on french time, so time to read what has been going on here over the last couple of days. Wendy it was good to hear you have been out and about and staying with friends. A bit of normality for you after a difficult few months. Kev, the bedroom looks good. You wouldn't...

We found St Malo a really interesting place to wander around. Morning Yes it is but we could not park anywhere near the main town. However the small bay just beyond was easy to park at and very pleasant to walk round. Particularly interesting was the renovated wartime boat as per my posting on Sund...

Morning
We are at the port. It was hard getting up at 6.45 when we have been waking up at 8.00. It's raining and due to rain on the crossing with a medium wind. Arriving at Portsmouth at 6.15 and staying over night there. Have a good day all.

Just had a walk round o e of the bays at St Malo a d found this boat. It was renovated in 1999. https://weristwalter.eu/project/ile-de-sein/ Used June 1st 1940 by the youth of the Ile de Sein .mentioned in the article. It was previously a postal boat. It returned in 1946 and became a sand dredger . ...

Morning Thats a good start to the morning. I knocked my glass of water over my pillow, the corner of the bedding and mattress, plus bedside table, and carpet. I now have to dry it before I can make the bed ie before we leave after lunch. Its thick fog outside so sun won’t do it so I am sitting here ...

I can't believe it's two weeks Sue.... I have just finished cutting my pork belly up and putting it in the slow cooker with Onions, oranges and spices. I've decided I need milk so I shall get my walk but just at the moment we have drizzle... We left home on the Sunday morning , arrived here Tuesday...

Morning Well it certainly rained yesterday. It started as we we were eating our meal in the restaurant and continued until 5.30, when the sky cleated to a pink hue then it went dark. We got soaked going back to the car . This morning is 8 degrees and foggy but this afternoon is forecast 16 and full ...

\for once we have a better forecast than you Sue. The weather is very settled and I think this could mean a very smooth crossing.... I hope you enjoy the restaurant. Rain mid morning till 6 but dry after thst. Monday very wet indeed. Thats the day of the crossing. We shall go to St Malo on Sunday a...

Morning Well we bought our gates and are really pleased with them. They are in our garden store ready for putting on next visit. In the afternoon I cut back my geraniums and begonias in the pots and double covered them with plastic bags and straw. They usually survive the winter like that. They have...

Morning Where do the days go, pottering with this and that. Yesterday was no exception. I dead headed some roses in the morning and cut back a woody herb that I had forgotten to do. Bob continued mending his rail which I think is now done. Over the week we have done a 1000 piece jigsaw which we fini...

Morning Sue. I was thinking along those lines re. selling the house yesterday but decided the last thing you need is a nonagenarian shoving their oar in. And you have answered a question I had about the railway, I was wondering if Bob had dismantled it.... I have been to the Co-op in the rain for b...

Morning Well we had our visit from the estate agent, Julie, who confirmed that the people who were going to visit wanted a detached and in the end didn’t visit anything. We discussed the number of people reviewing our property online, its about 4 a day equal french and English. We renewed our contra...

Morning It was a busy morning treating the lawn but a quiet afternoon. It took Bob most of the day to saw up the old tree into logs but that is one job done that has been worrying us. Today we are expecting the estate agent to call, she messaged us and explained that the intended viewers decided not...

I’ve finished my jigsaw, it was a tricky one (aren’t they all), I really enjoyed doing it. Onto the next. . IMG_5494.jpeg Morning Cathy I love jigsaws.i bet all that blue background was difficult. Luckily when we are in France we have an old small table that we can leave by a window. It just takes ...

Morning The rain arrived earlier than expected yesterday afternoon. I had just finished my gardening, indeed that is all my gardening till I cover the pots for the winter. Bob however got a bit wet as he was half way through taking down a very dead sweet chestnut tree. We were worried it was going t...