General Chat

Good morning all. so far bright and sunny and hardly any wind. I slept well last night.

It should be the garden group here today but not knowing about my appointment, it was changed to somebody else's house. I am unable to get a lift and not prepared to fight the bus service (although from here to either of the large towns is a good service. In the actual village one of our buses runs every 20 minutes and one every hour.) the doctors surgery, community centre and the meeting place today are all on the hourly bus, which is not a good time for anything there starting on the hour. So I have given myself the afternoon off which is fine, no chairs to shift and no teas to make.

Actually I have run out of ordinary tea bags, I was convinced I had ordered them but I think they must have been on the order Tesco cancelled and I forgot to re-order. Luckily I have some decaff tea bags, as well as lots of herb/fruit ones so no a problem and they will be replaced on Saturday.

Good morning

At the moment it’s dry and grey out. The wind has dropped to a bit of a breeze but I haven’t yet seen the forecast for the rest of the day. Dry and sunny would be nice.

We’re picking up M & V and taking them to our usual Thursday coffee meet but otherwise I have no plans for the day.

Glad your feeling abit better today Mandy and I hope the tablets kick in soon so you don't feel so tired.

I did find a picture online of the whole hospital I think and it was a huge place in its day. Ann does find some interesting places to catch our attention dos'nt she.

Whats everyone watching on the telly at the mo? Is anyone watching Professor T ? I like that as it a bit funny . Love Francis Delatour as his mother. I watch the farming programs but theres no old fashioned series on at present they all seem to come up on thhings you have to pay for and I'm not doing that. I may subscribe to Amazon so I can see more series of the ones I watched a while ago.

Evening all,

It's been quite a nice day ,we had sun for a while but about four o'clock I felt a few spots of rain when I went to the shed but it didn't come to anything .

I have felt a bit better today and did a few small jobs I seem to have one good day then I feel tired again but I suppose these tablets will take a while to get me feeling better as I have to take them for three months.

I had to get a new kettle today which should come tomorrow, I was cleaning the filter bit and the gauze like bits on the filter came away in my hand .

Ann it's such a shame when old buildings are just left to gradually crumble away ,they are left to long before anyone can do something with it then it's costs to much to do .
It must have been a lovely building in it's day and I bet the gardens round it looked beautiful , I wonder if there's any old photos of it so you could see what it was like years ago.
Vera you are having a good clear out ,I had started on our wardrobes but only got one done I hope to get back to it soon .

I could'nt even read “the reductionist aspects of instinctivism” let alone know what it was about.

Stuart has just come down and got the car started and we have left it running for a while to charge the battery up. He got a new batterry in as he said the cold weather could have ruined the battery even though its a newish one. I just don't use the car enough and I think thats the problem. Poor old car she's been really good to me. He checked the charge on the battery and said that seemed ok and I told him I drove to Holsworthy and it would'nt start when I had finished shopping. I am charging up my big mobile battery pack and shall take that with me when I go out in future.

Its thrown me and I hav'nt been able to get on with anything today. I hav'nt even hoovered.

You are having a nice clearout Vera you put me to shame.

I am going to corn the chickens now and then have a nice COT.

Vera have you worked out what it means as I would love to know. I suppose it was useful at the time but now I think it might be important and I am not in the know :-D :-D

No rain today yet but it’s forecast for this afternoon again. It’s not cold but it’s still very blowy.

I am still working my way round all the built in wardrobes and cupboards in OH’s room as all my stuff plus various household things are there too. It’s taking me ages and I am shattered but there’s not much more to do. I’ve just been trying on a couple of skirts and some trousers deciding whether to keep them or not. I love one of the skirts but sadly my waist has grown since I last wore it so that’s for charity. One skirt has gone back in the wardrobe and a pair of trousers put aside.for someone I know will love them. There is so much piling up for the charity shop that we’ll have to make several trips as we can’t stop outside either of the shops we go to so can only take as much as we can easily carry from the car park.

I’ve also put aside to go to the big paper bin at the tip all my course texts and books and all my assignments and essays from when I was doing a degree with the OU back in the 1980s. I was sad to see them go as they represented 6 years of hard work while running a home and a job at the same time but there was no point in keeping them any longer. As I was glancing through them to see what was there I caught sight of a tutor’s comments on one essay about my conclusions regarding “the reductionist aspects of instinctivism”. What??? Shows how we forget. Once I could write about it, now I don’t even understand what it means :-S

I hope you are feeling better today Mandy. I’ve been wondering how Gill is getting along these days too. Perhaps she’ll post again one day.

didn't take long for it to start to rain and hasn't stopped since, looks as though it is set in for the day. Really fed up with the weather now.

Now its raining.......

I do hope they can do something with that Chapel as its a lovely building and as someone else said it would make a good museum or information centre and it would be such a shame for it to just rot away and fall down. The sitee must have been huge when it was in operation.

Morning Anng and all,

Dull and grey here this morning and its 10 degrees and not as windy as it was yesterday. Gosh it was gale force yesterday. Just got my coffee and its raining. So much for te nicer weather later in the week that the weatherman promissed.

I have to get down the post van and then to the garage to drop my car in to be looked at. I hope she starts for me this morning and if she does I shall leave her running while in the van so I know I can get down Stuarts. Wish me luck? :-S

good morning all. 7 degrees and a bit grey here but so far dry. But so it was yesterday early and then it was a wet morning but a dry afternoon until about 4. Not very nice weather at all and it was really windy yesterday as well. forecast was not good for today, still supposed to be windy.

Ann, yes it would be good if they did put information boards up on the old buildings. I have noticed that they sometimes do it in Gloucester town, especially when they are re-building areas. They are also quite good at putting up information when archeologists are involved.

Mostly wet and windy here today as well. I’m not surprised Jake didn’t come AnnG as it certainly wasn’t a day for working outside but it is frustrating when you want to get on.

I found what you said about the chapel very interesting Annx. I hope it can be renovated. As I said in my email it could perhaps be used as something like a local museum.

It sounds as though you’ve had a busy h/w day Mel and the call from the dentist has given you some idea of what is happening. I hope he can get your plate back to you quickly so you don’t have to live on mashed potato and scrambled egg.

I worked hard on sorting wardrobes this morning but still have a bit to do. There’s another big bin liner full of blouses/tops/jumpers and oddments like scarves. They’re all in good condition so will go to the charity shop along with a very good jacket and a lovely waterproof coat with a hood. I don’t really want to let them go but I haven’t worn them for a long while and I can’t make OH get rid of stuff he doesn’t wear while hanging on to mine.

I also managed to do the ironing and a bit of general tidying up and cook a casserole with pork shoulder steaks and all the veg. Now my back is aching and I’m feeling a bit weary so I think I will take a wheat bag and my book and go and read in bed. I’ve got propping the pillows behind my back and putting the wheat bag in the right position down to a fine art now. I hope you all sleep well tonight.

Evening All,

A miserable wet day here, so I have done nothing really apart from get lunch. Oh I had a text about my covid booster, so I made an appointment for that. May was the earliest date. I slept quite well for me and lay in, but OH had all the doors open and a window, so I could hear him and rattling from somewhere so gave up and got up.

Mel I sent an email about the chapel. I see you have done more than me and got some HW done. So you may or may not have the tooth out on Friday as well as impressions?

Yes AnnG, the architect designed buildings in the city that I recognise as well. I do wish they would put information boards up around things like that and think some local people would at least volunteer to help clear the site if they knew the history. At least where it is it is pretty safe from vandals, as the single lane road to it looks like a private road and you can't see the building from the main road. What a shame the weather is holding Jake up. I know what you mean about wanting to get things done when they start to drag on a bit. It holds you up from doing other things. It's good your dentist didn't find any work to do!

Oh Mandy that feeling doesn't sound pleasant and it could be to do with your ear perhaps. You might have to see the doctor again if it keeps happening.

Did you find anything out about the chapel Ann?

Interesting about the hospital and chapel and you would think the chapel deserved to be preserved. Not, maybe as interesting as chapels hundreds of years old but having all the details surrounding it makes it historically interesting. It is bigger than I first thought it would be.

Needless to say Jake is not here, no way he could paint with the heavy showers so now I have to wait until another day. I am at the stage now when I want the garden jobs to be finished with.

Mandy, yes that does sound like vertigo, maybe you should go back to your GP. Hope it improves today.

Ann I should have commented on the chapel as well. It is always sad to see these places deteriorate. There must be many people who would love to be able to see inside it.

I had a call from the dentist this morning to say he would take the imperssions on Friday but he did'nt say if he wqas going to take the other tooth out he mentioned. He said he had taken the repair down to the lab but they had said to do the impressions so they could make a new set. I hope they get it right this time.

I was fighting with the fresh quilt cover when the Asda man came and I did'nt hear him till he knocked on the door.

Put it all away and am having a little sit to recover from changing the bed. I only have to put the pillow cases on now so that a good job out of the way. I have had a good dust of the bedroom behind the bed and sets of drawers with my skinny mop but I now need to dust all the windowsills and tops.

Its surprising what I get done when the sun shines. The winds blowing a gale and it has'nt rained yet so far so the sheets are getting a good blow. I had the quilt out there while the sheets were washing so that smells nice and fresh now too.

It does sound a bit like vertigo Mandy. Has the doctor considered that? I hope it eases for you today.

It’s been pouring but has stopped at the moment. The forecast says rain and gusty winds all day. I’ve just been laughing at a couple of goldfinches on a feeder. They are hanging on for dear life as it’s being blown around. It looks like one of those fairground swingboats as first one side goes up, then the other.

I think it’s definitely an indoors day so I’m going to sort out some of my wardrobes. Have a good day :-)

EDIT. I meant to say Annx that I hope something can be done with that little chapel. It would be a shame to see it knocked down if the building could be restored and used in some way.

Morning all,

Dull here with rain and a bit breezy, I think we should have showers today .

My head hasn't been that good again yesterday I was quite swimmy, I'm beginning to wonder if it's a touch of vertigo .

That's enough screen time for now might bbl .