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No, haven't been to the docs Bridget. It is, I am sure just a muscle sprain, I pull muscles easily. But I will keep an eye on it in case it gets worse. About 15 years ago I sprained my ankle, it took 6 months before it was completely healed so i don't hold out much hope for a quick recovery.

Well good evening everyone and I hope that you all had a happy and pleasant day.

I was full of good intent this morning, was not needed at work so just phoned in to make sure that all was well and it was.
Intended to Autumn clean the flat.......well it is half done but that is all. i kept peeking on various threads and posting on some of them. OH and stepsone telephoned and they were full of high spirits despite West Ham United loosing the first match of the seasonn. then younger sister phone, "just a quick call" she said, 50 minutes latter i suggested we speak again during the week!

Decided I need something nice to eat before I started, ham sandwich in lovely wholemeal, bread so rather greedily had some more...well musn't waste food. 2 yougurts, well they will be out of date by tuesday. did some work and then had to have a cuppa but milk had gone off so had some nice Lemon flavoured water from T...o which was delicious and finally put washing on two lots of bedding , dried and ironed same, back on computer posted a message and in 30 minutes someone sent me a copy of a birth cert and a copy of the marriage Cert, so quite a day.
Must have another day off. !!!
Oh yes also collected 3 black bags of unwanted clothes, paper work duplicated, etc...
Just the irioing to finish now.

Good night every one sleep well and God bless

bridget

Ann, I am so sorry to hear that you are still in some considerable amount of pain. Have you been seen by your GP or at the local hospital? You may need an xray just in case you have done more damage than you thought.

I hope that you get some sleep tonight.

Bridget

sorry Bridget, the Just Jean thread is on gen. Usually somewhere in the first two pages.

and I am still very sore, these things take a lot longer to heal when you are older. The bruises are very 'pretty', I think I also twisted my middle too as I fell as the muscles in my side hurt when I bend over.
I suppose (hope) it will all go eventually.

My football team is West Bromwich Albion. Nowadays I am only an armchair supporter.
However once I left school aand started work (1965) I had some money of my own and started spending (some) of it going to football.
The first "proper league" game I saw them play was the first game of the season in 1965.
We played West Ham (at home) and one of our players, Tony Brown, scored the first goal of the season, 90 seconds after kick-off!
That season I was a Cadet Nurse at a large local hospital (take home play three pounds thirteen and tenpence). Had to work some weekends, but went to every game I could, (home and away) and never saw them loose!
We won The League Cup that year, which in those days was not played at Wembley, but was a two-legged affair, (one game being plated at each ground) the other finalists were .... West Ham, if your husband was a follower in those days (1965-66 season), he might have been at those very same matches.

Albion play their home matches at The Hawthorns which is the highest ground in the English Football League. Somehow, perhaps because it is in a built up area, in an industrial setting, it doesn't give that impression. No sign of rolling green hills here - how different it must have been before the Industrial Revolution

Glad that you are feeling better Tess, I must say Yuk to Gaviscon too!! I used to take it but now take Altosec capsules one daily and what a difference, I simply can't be without them.

Hard to believe that this thread has been going for a year - my how time flies when one is having fun!!

May I ask who is your football team? I don't know much about the game and never watch the SA matches on TV, but have watched the English football on TV at times especially when Man. United play. My daughter for some strange reason supports Accrington Stanley and when she mentions this everyone says WHO?? She even got friends from London to bring her an anorak and a scarf over!

I was really lazy this morning and only got up at 7 a.m. I don't often get up that late, I am usually up around 5.30 a.m. It seems as if to-day will be quite a nice day.

Hope you have recovered after your fall Ann , a fall like that is a shock.

Take care.



Val in SA.,

Ann, Where do we find the Just jean thread
Hope you are a little less sore now
Bridget

Oh My goodness, now I really should have realised that it was the first birthday of this thread, as the person who started this I want to say a very big THANK YOU to each and every one who has helped to keep this going. A specuial thank you to those few people who kept it live when I was unable to do so.
Well year two "here we are again".
Bridget the Fidget, you must now be our archivist, !!!

My football team is West Ham United, whispering "they were awful last year they must be better this year". My husband , sister and brother-in-law are going to the match next weekend, so please keep you fingers cross that they do well.
Congrtaulations as well on your team being promoted I shall keep my ears open if you tell us who your team is!

Just had the thought that we should now all try to write a small piece on:
1. My Favourite sport
2. My favourite sports person
3. My favourite spotrs memory.
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I wonder who will write the first piece.

I tried to look at the metiorites last night but no luck did anyone see them. It only happens every 133 years so who knows if you did see them and add it in a little story about yourself on your tree one of your descendents may make a note of their ancester seeing it in 2010!!
OH and his yiougest son (30) this week, have gone away for a week to Skegness....I have never been there so hope they have some good weather and lots of fun. they are both very competitive so I am glad that i will not be there when the play tennis, snooker, swim etc but they will say " it is only banter" but soentimes it seems more than that...not sure what the weather is like up there but guess that there will be plenty to do..

Well time for another coffee so bye bye everyone, I shall be back latter today.
Take care

Bridget

Hope that everyone is ok. This thread has been going for over a year now, (sorry if this has already been mentioned and I messed it).

So a belated happy first birthday to BBs Daily Diary.

My football team got promoted to the English premier Division. The first Premier matches of the season start this week-end, so I will be cheering them on for the rest of the season.

I wonder if The World Cup will cause an increase in attendance at matches. The trouble is, it is very expensive to get in.
I used to love going to the away matches too, in my teens. A social as well as a sporting event. A great way to meet people with a shared interest, from other parts of the country.

Hi everyone, feeling a bit better today and managed to get up the road to the chemist to get some Gaviscon (Yuk). I hadn't been out since Friday and have had horrible "tummy troubles" since Sunday.

Sorry to hear about your fall Ann, hope that you are okay now and that you are able to "rescue" all the clothing that you baptised in wine.

Thanks for bringing my attention to Jeans Thread, I am prettty sure that I used to post on Jean's original Introduction thread, so have just left a message on there.

Need to go and sit down. Will be back tomorrow,
Tess

P.S. Thanks for all your good wishes ladies.

Mary in Spain
If you visit peniscola again you must let me know and we could perhaps meet up, or you could even come to my house and look across the bay etc.
So pleased that you enjoyed your visit

Bridget

Dear Tess, so sorry to hear that you are not feeling very well, I will say a little prayer for you. take care of yourself.
Val, pleased to hear that the wind had subsided and your visit to the fashion show sounds like fun was had by all....

I have been very busy for the last few days and oh is away all of next week so trying to give him a little more of my time this week.

I must look at Just jean thread

Bridget

Interesting to read about where you live in Spain bridget, thank you.
Tess sorry to hear you are unwell. I hope you will feel better soon. I had a bit of a fall at the weekend and have some pretty bruises to show for it, the stiffness is gradually going, I am just grateful that no bones were broken! The story is on gen on the Just Jean thread. I was in a bar restaurant at the time.... Soooo embarrassing. And I had only had a sip of wine!!!!

Sorry to hear you are not well Tess, hope you are feeling better soon, take care of yourself.

Well, the wind has subsided which is nice.

Went to a fashion show with a difference yesterday, put om by the ladies of our Women's Fellowship, it was absolutely hilarious, I haven't laughed so much in a long time and the introduction of each "model" was was brilliant. This show was first put on at our monthly meeting a few weeks ago and when the ladies from the local Anglican church heard about it they asked if it could be repeated for them. Afterwards we had tea and eats, again! I thought we Presbytarians always prepared so much to eat but yesterday I saw that the Anglican ladies gave us a run for our money!!

Time to have a cup of coffee.



Val in SA.

Sorry everyone, not too well at the moment, will be back when I am better.

Tess

Thanks Bridget, for telling us about Ireland and Spain, I found it all very interesting. Will be waiting for the pictures!

We have had two very cold and windy days here, yesterday the wind reached 104 km an hour and in a nearby town did a bit of damage in the township. This morning it has been trying very hard to rain but the wind is blowing the rain away.

When we first arrived here we also used to go down to the beach front to watch the fishing boats being launched and then also when they returned with their catch. We were also able to buy fresh fish there, but a couple of years ago the powers that be stopped the boats from launching here and they now do so further along the coast.


Val in SA.

Went to Peniscola in June for a weekend - wonderful place. Will revisit again one day.

Thanks for telling us all about it Bridget. Wont be long and you will be back home in Spain.

Love Mary xx

At approx. 5 am the fishing boats leave Peñíscola harbour in search of fish. When i first watched them leave the harbour not long after we moved to spain I was mesmorised at the different size boats going out each morning. I learnt to also look out for their return at around 4 or 5pm, this happened because one that very first day we heard a siren go off for about 2 or 3 minutes and wondered what on earth it was for. Had there been a major event, was iit a warning, but if so what sort of warning? So we went to the lady along the road and using pigeon spanish discovered that this was a daily event and meant that the first fishing boat was back and a second siren would sound when the last fishing boat was back!

There used to be a vast variety of fresh fish & seafood which could be purchased straight from the boats at very good prices. Over the last few years the amounts have fallen as the fish stock is falling rapidly due mostly to the large trawlers fishing almost everyday from far distant places.
However the fishermen coninue four days a week and we staill get our fresh fish.

This is what happens once he fish has been landed and sorted by the fishermen. Another siren sets off two sharp short blasts and then everyone knows that they can go to the harbour and buy beautiful fresh fish. Some is auctioned to the local restaurants and the rest is sold by ladies dressed all in black usig old fashioend scales and stones, yes real staones from the beach to estinate how much one wishes to uy. Pease do not ask me how do they know what to charge as i have never been able to work that answr out...all I kknow isthat the fish is beautiful, needs lttle cooking and tastes delicious.
They do think that I am a bit of a wimp as I always ask for my fish to be cleaned and filletted for me.

I hope you have enjoyed reading about where I live, well most of the toime, and look forward to hearing your comments.

Bye for now
Bridget
Apoligies for any errosof spelling etc, feeling tired as I couldn't sleep very well last night.

n

Good morning everyone from a grey dismal day, so far, near to Hastings UK.

Yesterday I promised to post something about Spain so first I sent some info about food in one region, please recall how big Spain actually is and today I am starting with the place I live in
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Peñiscola is an ancient town and was founded by the Moors during the Arab conquest of the Iberian Peninsular, it is often called ‘The Gibraltar of Valencia’ as it is a fortified town with a lighthouse constructed on a rocky headland, which rises to a height of 220 feet.
The castle is notable for a number of reasons, not least because it was the location for most of the filming of the epic ‘El Cid’, starring the recently deceased Charlton Heston. It was also the residence of Papa Luna (Benedict XIII) who was Pope during the late 14th century.
The castle was started around 1294 upon the site of an earlier Moorish fortress,was finished by 1307 due to the resolve of the Knights Templar who undertook the task.

We also have a maze of narrow winding streets, lined with old white-walled houses,with fantastic window boxes filled with geraniums which against the pale walls are truly a fine sight. It is surrounded by huge ramparts and entry is through the San Pedro Gate or the Fosch Gate.

Modern Peniscola is a popular holiday resort,especially for the Spanish and for the French. The Costa del Azahar has a superb marina, backed by a fine selection of restaurants, its main beach to the north is five kilometres long and 44 metres wide, comprising both sandy and rocky areas, small beaches to the south are bounded by rocky coves and cliffs, and is a renowned area for scuba diving and snorkelling.

Apart from Peniscola castle and the old town, other places worth visiting in Peniscola include the Sea Museum, the Hermitage of Mare de Déu and the Parochial Church of La Virgen del Socorro (15th century).

Peniscola is the location for some significant cultural events including the International Festival of Cinema Comedy held in May / June, the Short Story Award judged by a jury formed from members of the Spanish Royal Language Academy, and the International Festival of Ancient and Baroque Music (held in August).

We enjoy a superb all year round climate with plenty of sunshine and very low rainfall. Peniscola has though had snow since we moved there and most of the winter population ran outside taking photos of such an unusual event. Winters can be hot or cold, our first Christmas day there the temp was very hot about 30c but last year it was Cold!

I hope that this gives a picture of where i live. In fact we live halfway up a very large hill or small montain so our views are wonderful and I have just realised that I forgot to mention our fantastic fishing area. Will do that in part 2``


Bye for now

Bridget