General Chat

Just come in from the garden.

Had a lovely time with Gt Granddaughter. She is so tall only 7 but can be taken for nine. We walked around Maryport and found a cafe to have a coffee, she had J2O. Next we walked to a large adventure playground with lots of climbing things and slides and a zip wire. She paled up with another girl and a couple of boys and had fun for about half an hour while we sat in the sun watching. Then we went into the shop belonging to the aquarium as I told her she could pick out something for five pounds (I don’t see her often). She found a couple of things after much deliberation and I allowed a slight inflation of the offer. We also bout a book fir almost 2 year old sister. Next was the promised ice cream. We all had one again sitting in the sun. Then we came back stopping at Lidls on the way for steaks for tonight . Back then for lunch and Mummy arrived at 2pm with Gt granddaughter number 2 who will be 2 at the end of October. She is a chuckle child and, once she got over being shy she was happy for me to play with her in the garden. They left at 3.30 to go home. Daddy is working a late shift as a bus driver. I enjoyed seeing them both <3

Hope you have had a good day with great-granddaughter AnnG.

It was a sweltering night so hardly any sleep and it has been unbearably hot today. Usually on the coast you get a bit of a sea breeze but there wasn’t any today and the temperature isn’t supposed to drop much overnight. We have walked quite a bit today - well, slowly sauntered really with plenty of stops to take on water from our own bottles or have a drink in a cafe. I was surprised to find the phone said we had done 4.3 miles, though I am not sure how accurate it is. We are going out for a pub meal about 6.30 and will walk so there and back will add another mile. If I tire myself out perhaps I’ll sleep better tonight in spite of the heat.

Tomorrow my friend from Eastbourne is driving over and we’ve booked a table for Sunday lunch at a recommended pub. I’m really looking forward to seeing her after quite a while.

Better go and shower now as I am hot and sticky and I don’t want to drive the other diners away lol.

Morning all,

Pc is telling me its to break the record high for the 9th Sept today. its 19 degrees here at tyhe mo but te sun is shining and the sky is a clear blue and not a leaf moving in the garden.

Vera I could just see yu neighbour in m minds eye getting stuck, glad it made you laugh.

Have a lovely time with great granddaughter Anng. 7 is a nice age to take them out and about.

Good morning all it looks a bit grey here, no sign of sun yet but we can’t complain we were so lucky with the weather last week. Taking out 7 year old great granddaughter today, just to Maryport where there is a good playground for her and an aquarium. As she is back to school there is very little chance to see her this time.

Pleased that your rental place is nice Vera, hope the weather holds for you.

Good that you are safe back at your daughter’s AnnG. You are getting a nice long break.

You’ve been very busy with all that strimming Mel. Your bil is good to keep the mowing under control. You made me laugh when you said about my poor neighbour making a good seaside postcard. I could just picture it :-)

We didn’t have a bad journey at all though there was a lot of traffic. The property we are renting doesn’t look much from outside but is lovely inside. Large rooms, well furnished and all good quality furniture and appliances with a huge range cooker that frightens me to death. It took me half an hour of reading the book of instructions to find out how to turn the oven on to heat a quiche and found I had to set the type of cooking/heat required on one control knob and the temperature on another. Good job I am not planning to cook much.

It has been really hot all day and is still 21 degrees now. I’ll be throwing off the duvet that’s on the bed. I think I’ll go and have a cooling wash, clean my teeth and take my book to bed now.

Glad yu're back at dsughters now and have a nice time there till the 15th.

Just strimmed down the back garden and all along the west lawn edge. BIL is now mowing that lawn so I must go and give him a drink.

Back at daughters now and the sun is shining .It is a beautiful day. We stopped off at a garden centre near Carlisle for a very nice breakfast and were home by 1.30. A lot more traffic this side of Solway Firth than there was where we stayed. We had a lovely week and I am here now until the 15th.
Yes had a nice chatty email from Ann so must reply to that.

Hope Vera has had a good journey and arrived safely at her place they are staying.

Gosh its hot. Been up the shop for sme rolls.

Caught a stoat in the rabbit trap this morning so I let it go as they eat baby rabbits.

BIL here and is mowing.

Morning all,

bright morning here and pc is saying a record high today it is 18 degrees at the moment.

I think BIL may come today so I better have a tidy up of the table as there is painting stuff all over it.

Slept well as I hope you lot did.

Safe journey for Anng and co ltd.

Had a lovelky long email froim out Ann this morning as I know you lot have had too.

Hpe you sleep ok tonight Vera and safe journey.

I had to laugh at the poor lady getting stuck. I know I should'nt have but it was the way I read the post with her being 5 foot high and wide. iT WOUD HAVE MADE A LOVELY SEASIDE POSTCARD.

Sorry hit the cap kock by mistake.

Its still 24 degrees here and I am so sticky I am going in the shower.

Ooh, it is hot. I’m OK during the day but I wish it would cool down more at night. I found it impossible to get much sleep last night

Met our friends for coffee this morning; just 5 of us today. This afternoon I have been packing and sorting out foodstuff. I’ll take some basics like tea and breakfast cereal and I am taking something for tomorrow’s dinner but I hope we’ll eat out most of the time. I’ve frozen a load of tomatoes and turned half a bag of spuds into 2 lots of mashed potato to freeze and half a bottle of wine is being frozen to go in the next chicken casserole or make a sauce.

Mandy, we are going to be on the Sussex coast, quite close to my old school friend so we are meeting up with her on Sunday and Wednesday.

We had a bit of excitement yesterday. A large fire engine arrived at the house across the courtyard from me and several burley men got out and went in the back gate. After a while they went and an ambulance arrived. The lady who lives there is in her 70s, in poor health and never married so lives alone. I had a chat with her brother who was at her house today. Apparently she decided to paint some fence by her shed. She is 5 ft nothing (in width as well as height) so to reach the top was standing on a flower pot!!! Of course she fell off and got wedged between the fence and the shed. She had her phone and rang another neighbour who called an ambulance and also her brother who lives locally. He thought if the ambulance was manned by two young girls they would never lift her so he called the fire brigade. I don’t think she is too badly injured but the hospital found her heart was very irregular and she was extremely dehydrated so they are keeping her in for a few days while they sort her out. She is so independent and won’t accept help. We’ve seen her wobbling on a chair clearing her gutters but she wouldn’t let OH take our steps over and do it for her. All the neighbours are hoping that this fall will have frightened her enough to make her accept help when it’s offered.

It’s time I showered and washed my hair and got our last few bits and bobs together so I’ll say goodnight, sleep tight and sweet dreams.

Yes sadly soon gone and we are more or less packed ready to leave. We have not seen the sun today and we had a very light shower this morning. We just went to Castle Douglas and bought a few more bits for Christmas presents. In the clothes shop that had a sale on I bought a T shirt and a light sweater and daughter bought a dress and jacket for a wedding next year. We had a lovely lunch in a Greek restaurant came back, packed then sat out by the loch reading for a couple of hours. Came in as it got cooler at 6pm.

Afternoon all,

Oh my word it is so hot ,we went shopping first thing before it heated up ,it was lovely and cool in the shop with the air con but by the time we came out it was roasting out .
Got all the shopping away and have just sat in front of the fan since lunch .

Vera hope you've got all your packing sorted where are you off too ,hope you have a safe journey and the traffic isn't to bad .

Oh Mel what are the water company doing with your bills the sooner the leak is sorted the better ,what a worry for you .

Anng your week has soon gone ,it sounds as if you've had a good time with good weather safe journey home for you too.

Morning Anng and all,

Quite bright here this morning buy the sky is grey its 21 degrees and pc says mostly cloudy.

Had another bill this morning from SWEB for £1,400 and something which I will not be paying.

Good morning all. Sun is shining, blue sky with whisky white clouds, cows are contentedly munching having been moved to a new field.. just a last visit to the local town, Castle Douglas today then packing :-(

Raining at 10pm but not a lot.

We had a good day today. First we went to Kercudbriight and had coffee in a lovely garden of a cafe, with a toasted tea cake. Then we had a wander around some of the little shops and managed to buy some Christmas presents that were a bit different. This is known as the artists town of this area of Scotland and there was more than one shop selling paintings.
We had a walk round the harbour, the trawlers were out as it was low tide but there wa plenty to see.
Next we drove to Don beach, a lovely rocky cove where we had our packed lunch sitting looking out to sea. Then we spent time walking across the sands and watching people in the water. Not really a lot of people there but that has been the same all over this lovely corner of Scotland. I am so impressed with this part of Scotland, so beautiful, very rural and the people are lovely very friendly.

I did pick up a few small shells Mel but not sure they are small enough for you.

We came back then about 4pm to spend time in the hot tub while looking out over the loch. And soaking up the sun.
Just one day left now :-(

I have just had a good laugh!!!

Had an email from the leccy board telling me the prices are going down on the 1st October.

Now read this.



Ofgem has announced that prices are going down for a typical household*.



Great news - your energy unit rates are going down. However, we need to make you aware that your daily standing charge is going up slightly, in line with Ofgem’s cap. This is to reflect increases in the cost of getting energy to your home. Most customers, who are using energy, will find their overall spend goes down. Take a look over the page for our estimate on how this will impact on your annual energy spend.