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Morning All :-D <3

Fish out the gloves and wooly hat with the pom-pom this morning, it is chilly willy. Wrap up warm. :-)

Have a good day Everyone <3 <3

Morning Maddie <3 :-D

I didn't think it was as cold today, still need to wrap up warm mind ;-) :-D

Got me gloves out today but no hat, yet :-0

Morning Maddie :-D <3 Belle :-D <3

Sunny here :-D just saying ;-) but not been out yet :-0

Morning all :-D <3

Chilly here ;-) Wasn’t so cold last night though :-D

Off visiting this afternoon :-D :-D

Afternoon everyone :-D <3 <3

Strong wind here and plenty of sun…set the heating to come on this morning :-D :-D

Just doing my Tesco order and having a cuppa…I may even have a crumpet :-D :-D

Enjoy your afternoon whatever you get up to :-D :-D

Von….do they know you were coming :-D :-D :-D

Afternoon Maddie, Belle, Fly,Von and Ann :-)

Bright and breezy here, but not at all cold. Brilliant blue sky and really sunny.

Just back from school.
Dinner was starting to be served - spag. Bol. with extra veg and with grated cheese as an optional topping... It looked tasty :-D

Me ? I've got Cup-of-soup.

Afternoon Belle, Fly, Von, Ann and Gwyn :-D <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Well this is a day of two halves! I had an early appointment this morning, and was bundled up. By the time I got back home about 11.30 the sun had put its bonnet on. :-) :-)

I am about the sit down with Charlie Bighams lasagne.

I bought a Sparkles light up lantern this morning with shortbread in it. May have one with a cuppa this afternoon. ;-) ;-)

Enjoy, Maddie :-D

I was reading back yesterday's chat about hop picking.....
We walked alongside the hop gardens, when we visited the NT castle last week. The hops had been harvested, so not much to see there, but the old pickers' huts and the information boards were interesting.
Apparently some families would travel to the hop fields each year and would stay in the same hut each time, often customising it by hanging up sheets etc. for their stay.

The farmers would pay their wages in tokens, which could be redeemed for cash at the end of the harvest. This way, the farmer knew that the workers would remain on site until the harvest was completed and not go back home leaving the task half done ;-)

I don't have ancestral links here, but think some were involved with hop picking in Herefordshire.
There, workers travelled from the South Wales coalfield to find work in their summer break.

...End of history lesson ;-) :-D :-D :-D

Anyone home :-D <3

Meeeeeeeeeeeeeee :-D

Evening Von :-D <3

Did you have a good afternoon? :-)

Evening Von :-D <3

Evening Fly :-D <3

:-P :-P Evening Maddie :-D <3

Yes thank you we did :-D :-D

Have you been shopping Von ;-)

Wotcha :-D <3

Evening everyone <3 <3

Did they let you in Von :-D :-D :-D

Now what have I supposed to have done? :-S :-S :-S :-D :-D

Evening Ann :-D <3

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