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My team lost too Gerard, (West Bromwich Albion) to Swansea 3 - 0

Dry at the moment so washing on the line, just hope that it stay that way.


Not a church goer myself, but two of my sibs. are.

Hoping tp have a "pottering" day today. Lawn badly needs mowing + + +

Paperwork (esp for family tree) needs sorting. I have recently got a wealth of information, but all on sheets of paper, not in any order. Trouble is, once I am on a run, I just don't want to stop.
One day I will sort out a good filing system.


Like Berona, I am reading my books for the greaders group. Have got both of them, but the one I am reading at the moment is a hard-back with smallish print and over eight hundred pages!

You may enjoy it Gerard, "London" by Edward Rutherfurd.

Need to stir myself (with a nice cuppa) before getting down to "potter mode"

Tess

Soon be off to Church - the weather is beautiful again first thing - perhaps it will stay nice today.

Yesterday's football was a disaster my beloved team lost 4-3. The cricket was rain affected but at least there was a result.

At least the moving of the equipment to and from the venue went well.

Hope everyone is well and enjoying their weekends

Maybe be on again tomorrow :-)

Gerard

Another busy day ahead - the main deal today is to get the equipment necessary down to the venue - that'll be second thing this afternoon!

Before that - the final throes of cricket season, the 40 overs final between Surrey and Somerset and Football, my beloved Arsenal at Blackburn Rovers.

Weather is set fair for the final weekend of the summer, but being England that could change in a trice.

Hope everyone enjoys the weekend - wherever you are - and whatever you are doing!! :-)

Hello every one.

Gerard, believe it or not I have lost Juneau with our connection on my tree, so went to my tree on Ancestry and discovered that I have a lot of your family tree on there already, so added the extra people you supplied and now......it is complete. I will print it off in the next day or so and use it as a framework for getting my tree on her corrected!!

The weather here is cooler this morning and we are having a lazy day as we shall go into town for the Moors and Christians Parade which is a highlight of the year. I have written about before, on this thread, so will not give a great deal of report unless anything changes.
The parade is billed as starting at 19.00 hrs but has never started at that time in the years we have been here.

Of to the UK next Friday, shall have a look around Attleborough to see what the house prices are doing. I know we are not moving immediately but I like looking!!

I hope that everyone has an enjoyable day

Bridget

Back after eating my dinner and having a few phone calls.
My American cousins met my Staffordshire cousins yesterday. They were most apologetic about being (a day) late, but the rest of us are quite lais back about it.
Still hope to see them sometime over the Severn Valley Railway Gala, but will not be on Saturday, as will now be seeing yet another cousin, and taking her around town.

Have also managed to extend the tree of my English Family, all the way to the present day.
It seems that some of them are living in Birmingham (like me!)
Not sure if we will ever met, but am already in touch via FB with one of them.

I still have nowhere near 20.000 people on my tree, even counting thoses that are living rellies, who have not given their permission (as yet) and who are only on my "paper tree"

Will be back over the weekend.

Have been rather busy since returning from my holiday in Devon.
What a missed opportunity, neglecting to put the exclamation mark following Westward Ho!

I didn't realise that it is the only place in the world with one, but think that I must have heard the question in some quiz or other.
thanks fpr pointing it out (reminding me) Gerald.
You do seem to be very busy with your voluntary work, helps to keep you active and aware. Well done.

You should be able to use your bus pass in Devon and in all parts of England. As long as it is a Pensioner/special consession pass, and it is deemed a local journey.

I used mine in Somerset, quite a bit too.
Have got some food in the oven at the moment, so may suddenly sign off and come back again, if the timer starts bleeping.
Went to Stone in Staff. with my sister and her O.H. on Wednesday. Hoped to link up with cousins from Colarado, who are on a canal boat holiday here.
Luckily to have got some more cousins living in Stone so we chatted to them will watching the boats on the canal.
The ducks were having a great time going down the overflow slope when there was a rush of water. A lot of chatting and laughing and some eating in a canal side pub. Unfortunately the American cousins didn't make it .. they phoned me later at home to say that they had been held up by high winds and engine failure.
Not sure if they were talking about the plane or the canal boat.
Hoping to catch up with them at the Severn Valley Railway Gala in eight days time.

Been out Monday, tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week. This is very good for me.Needless to say, I am now tired and rather stiff.
However, a couple of hours ago, I tried digging up some potatoes I had planted earlier this year.
The fact that I didn't know what I was doing is proved by the fact that I only found three marble sized potatoes!

Will try again another time, in a larger patch of land. (Giving them more room to grow, I hope) So wish me luck.

Bleepers going, so back later.

Well Gerard
Thank you for the good comment about moving forward!
Please look again this morning if you have the time...poops just realised you will be busybtoday! I would be happy to finish everything asap so that you can keep you living people protected.
I normally ask people if the want or need to have their images public or not, thankfully most of mine are not worried either way.

It is another hot day, and as we were out last night until about midnight the family apart from me did not get up early.

I am very impressed by the amount of your time that you spend for the benefit of others! I have normally involved in quite a few projects etc but since beingbrather unwell last year, I have put everything on hold. However when we do return to the UK permanently I will do some voluntary work.

I must go now but will be back later

Maybe someone else will post on here today!?

Berona, what are you upto today?


:-D :-D

Bridget is getting closer to joining me onto her tree - yippee - well done Bridget!!

Had the day off from voluntary work yesterday - so I spent the afternoon with OH finally finishing off the shed prior to making it more homely. Sealing the inside with concrete and then finishing off the floor tiles by covering them in a thin layer of wet concrete. Guess what!!?? This morning I have a designer floor - complete with cat's paw prints. I have checked out my four cats - not guilty!! :-)

Going in later to work to help prepare for a function tomorrow evening which is very close by to us in the local Roman Catholic Church Hall - a multi-cultural affair to help Somalian refugees.

The weather is beautiful today - the sun is shining there is a beautiful blue sky and the last international cricket of the season is today. OH will be pleased!!

Until tomorrow

Gerard

Never before have I found two trees that are definitely connected so difficult to complete maybe I need to calm down first.
Gerard, whose son is mattes Norris , then maybe I can unravel everything. Maybe it is the excitement of finding a new person after so long

Quite agree with Gerard about not needing two cars. We have one between us know and has not been a problem. Is it still possible in the UK to get free bus passes,only I would li,e to get one and ad I still have a part of a house in Norfolki would like to get one on my trip back.anything else worth having??

The noise all night has been both fun in the early hours and a BL...y nuisance from 2am until an hour ago.the Moors and Christians parade is always worth while but is this build up to it really necessary.maybe it is because I am older now that it irritates me!?

Bridget

Berona - I have been driving for 40years and last year sold my lovely car, but I am fortunate OH lets me drive hers. What I did discover is that we didn't need two cars! and that I did too many short journeys instead of walking.

Bridget - I will look as requested at your tree - but you really need to get to Matthew Norris first as directly as you can and then to me as directly as you can, and then you can fill in as many other relatives as you wish! :-)

For everyone else I spent most of the day in my black bow-tie helping out with my voluntary work with a function at their premises - to raise funds as the local council have cut their funding by 80% in these difficult times.
I am now back home on a beautiful warm sunny afternoon, with blue skies and white fluffy clouds, sitting in, waiting for a phone call!! :-(

Hopefully better news tomorrow

Gerard

Berona
You must have been very young when you first started to drive...50 years is a great length of time. I learnt to drive in my early 20s and hsven driven wherever we were But last year when away from home I completely lost my confidence. However I will drive again when in the UK and maybe that will help me to drive here. It does seem sill not to drive after 42 years of doing so!!

Independence really is so very important to us all, and we should fight hard to maintain it

Bridget - my main problem about not being able to get around is that I am a very independent person. Luckily, I am happy to be staying at home and only need to have transport when I have a doctor's appointment or I need refills of my permanent medics from the chemist. Daughter is always telling me to get rid of the car and she will take me anywhere I want to go - but she has three children to ferry around to three different schools, sports training sessions and sports events, etc. plus her own shopping and she works two days per week - so I still take myself everywhere. Anything I want installed, fixed, etc., I have sons and a great son in law who help there. Again, I do what I can myself because I'm independent.
I'm just a contrary old biddy. I want to get rid of my car so that I don't have the responsibility of it any more - but then, I find it hard to face the fact that it won't be there if I should feel like going somewhere. Having a license for fifty years has given me the independence of being able to go where I like, when I like and that's a lot to give up.

Good morning

It is still dark here in Peniscola, and very very quiet. I have just finished my first coffee of the day, always the best, and have read my emails, looked at the online news and decided that it was much more pleasant reading on here!
Tess, you certainly get around! Devon, Birmingham, Staffordshire where next?
We have finally made the decision that within the next two years we shall move back to the UK and most likely to Attleborough or very near by, in Norfolk. By the end of 2 years we shall have lived here for around 10 years.
It is and has been a wonderful place to live and we are not quite sure if we should buy an apartment or not. I think not, OH still deciding. We have made a lot of friends and many have said that we could always stay with them, regardless of whether or not they were here.

Having a great time with Army son and wife, they are relaxing, enjoy cooking and happy being in the garden and swimming. I think that today they are going to the beach for a couple of hours and then wander around town. They will also find out which day next week is the Moors and Christians parade, a truly magnificent event. I have written about this several times on here.

Berona, sorry to hear about your travel arrangements maybe becoming more difficult. There must be a solution, are there any special services nearby where someone could help and advise you.?

I am no longer confident driving in Spain, annoys OH sometimes but deep down he does understand.
However once in the UK not a problem. I am fortunate enough not to have any disabilities in that area,

Gerard. Would you please look at my tree again? I have started to add peoplevas you listed but fear that I have become somewhat muddled, I will send you a PM.
Rather like yourself I do enjoy being involved in the local community and this is another thing I hope to be cable to do once back in the UK.

Well time now to have a look at some of the other boards, before everyone starts to get up, and Jet and Joe want to go for a walk.

Bridget

:-)

Hi Everyone

Just back from voluntary work - put together a computer and made it work (you know one of those old ones with a tower and a monitor the size of a basketball) - my wife in the meantime was preparing the first floor room (with another volunteer) for a party of 15 tomorrow. This means an early morning start and I shall be helping to serve the food and drink - haven't done that sort of thing for years and years.

Tess - you ask of Somerset - my brother's sister-in-law and her husband live in Crewkerne. My wife and I were married in a mill in the small village of Haselbury Plunknett which is about 2 miles from Crewkerne. We try to visit as often as we can (but not often enough).

Just thought you would like some trivia - Westward Ho! is the only place in the world with an exclamation mark in its name, and you missed it out!!!
:-)

You say you used your free bus pass in Devon! - I have one for London could I use that in Devon too??

Signing off now - have got things to do before I watch Football on the telly later (my team are playing in Germany tonight)

<3 Gerard

Good morning everyone.

Berona, I know no longer buy books from the UK as I found that the delivery cost is such a burden on the cost of the books. Also where we live we have only one chance for special home delivery and then we have to collect it from the Main post office. The parcels or letters are only held for 48 hrs so if we are away or with friends by the time we get home the parcel has been returned!

If we ever go back to the UK to live than the postal system will be very much appreciated !!

Tess, your holiday in Devon sounds delightful. The UK really does have some beautiful countryside. When my First two children were very young we used to take them to Devon for a week on a farm. They loved helping with the cows, and picking flowers, the couple owned the farm were such happy and kind people.

My son and his wife are enjoying their stay and unwinding...son runs three times each day and even runs up to the top of the castle and back again!
Then he does more exercise to cool down!
He tells me that this is just a quick and easy run! Easy ?? I do not think so!

Well the sun has suddenly burst through the cloud and it looks as if we are in fir another hot day

Tess - I ordered the two books chosen by the Greaders Group on the evening that we voted. The publisher acknowledged the order and said both were "in stock" and should be here within 7 to 10 days. Two and a half weeks later, one arrived and the other arrived the following day, both with International postage in English currency on them.

I had read a complete book while I waited and still waited a few days without reading matter, as I don't like reading two books at the same time.
It didn't help matters either - to find that one of them has more than 1300 pages in it! Now, I will be working hard to get through both of them before it's time to review them! I can only read for about an hour, then my eyes moisten and I have to give the reading a rest.

I have a bus stop right outside the entrance to the villa complex where I live. I have been here for five years now and have been happy to know about the bus stop for when I stop driving soon. However, my leg-power has deteriorated such that I no longer think I could climb into a bus, and since I can't walk far, I don't think I will be using the service. Just my luck!

I am back from my rather windy holiday in Devon.
Hotel was ideally placed for bus trips (the bus stop is just outside the hotel) and bus fares are cheap in that part of the country.
I was able to use my bus pass, so all journeys were free.

Walked down the cobbled street in Clovelly, only a few people round so able to take my time and enjoy it.
Also went to Westarrd Ho, another pretty place.
Other people on the coach, in the hotel were very friendly. I was the only one travelling alone, but was made to feel welcome by everyone else.

I am going to be rather busy over the next couple of days. Meeting my sis-in-law in town (Birmingham ) tomrrow, for a lecture about Birmingham. Will also be popping into the Library to a collect a book I requested 9for the GReaders group).

On Wednesday, should to going to Staffordshire to visit cousins who live there, we hope to meet some American cousins who are here on a canal boating holiday.

Have managed to empty on suitcase and do the washing, so can fell relaxed about that.
Have also managed to track down some cousins living in Birmingham, (just today) just made initial contact (not via GR) so keeping my fingers crossed that we can continue to exchange information.


Greentiedmonster, you say that youy like to visit Somerset once in a while. have you got any famly connection with that county?
When I was researching my Welsc forebears, I found that one of them came from East Quantoxhead in Somerset. Have managed to visit once while staying near Watchet for a few days.
Another lovely part of the country.

Back soon,

Tess

WHERE IS EVERYONE apart from myself and Greentiedmonster???

Please come back and join us, tell us anything boring, normal, fun, annoyed, good news, success etc..

I miss you all.

I can confirm my connection with Greentiedmonster but promise that I am not a monster and as age creeps up I am becoming less bossy!

Bye for now

Bridget :-D

Well if your OH was watching cricket he well knew the weather in London.

............... and my OH wanted to know they play when it's dark and raining.

Soon will be off to voluntary work today, but have solved how Bridget and I are related.

It seems there is a Matthew Norris c1803 who has two particular daughters Adeline and Agnes. I am related to Adeline and Bridget to Agnes.

Now all I need to do is see if I have a connection with Berona and her Birchall/Burchall line!!

The sun is shining on one side of the house (the other is starting to look a bit grim) - all the trees are still standing (around here at least) - so a normal September day in sleepy 'Holloway village'

Back again tomorrow :-)

Good afternoon. I have just deleted my last thread as I had added incorrect info. So Gerard, thank you for opening your tree so that I can find you.

There are a few minor changes that you need to make about some of my family but will send list to you on a PM.
With 20000 people it is difficult for me to see how or which surname connects us.
However I also wonder if you have simply copied but also checked all the info you haveI know I am rather nosy. I

It is a beautiful day here husband is watching Cricket and also dozing off from time to time, son and wife relaxing by the pool and all is well so fare today.

Bridget