General Chat

Thought I'd better do a quick post as I probably won't post tomorrow.. It's been a bit of a hectic day so I didn't get a chance to post earlier. The final straw was making the effort to go to a Ladies Club meeting tonight only to find I was down to do the teas with one other lady who was unwell and didn't come. I had completely forgotten about it. Thankfully everything is provided and someone else gave me a hand but it was a well attended meeting tonight so lots of washing up!

Tomorrow we have an early start as we are on a trip to Hughenden Manor near High Wycombe and the coach leaves the bus station in town at 8.30 am.

I hope you are managing OK Mandy with help from the family and are getting some rest.

Not sure we are talking about the same place Ann. The car park I mean that we used to go to was NT and was not far from the small free car park in the centre by loos and near several small cafes and shops selling stones and various souvenirs. From this larger car park you could walk over the cliffs and down into Kynance or you could walk round the cliff path towards the old lifeboat station in The Lizard village. Looking on google I think that car park is still there but I didn’t get to see as there was a prominent sign to Lizard point And a NT car park which was where we went. Tony and I always walked down this road on the path until we reached the cliff, then walked round the cliff path until we reached the old lifeboat station from this side, then back up and into the centre and on to the large NT car park where we had left the car to eat our pasties and yes they were as good today as when we had them. And I see you can order on line.car park.

Mmmm I bet those pasties you used to have with T were tasty AnnG and cornish icecream too. I have a feeling we have used the NT carpark with the long narrow approach road too. It's ok till something comes the opposite way. It has a little cafe and toilets behind the carpark and you can walk down towards the big cafe on the right and the beach, but it's quite a steep path. I didn't know of another carpark where you can see the beach......is it at the big cafe you can see from the carpark at the top?

It's a shame the Factory shop didn't have the tops you wanted in the colours you like Mel. It's always pot luck what they happen to have though.

Went and bought chickens food this afternoon and half filled the car up with deisel. Had a quick look in the factory shop but they did'nt have any polo necked long sleeved cotton tops in good colours just white black and a miserable orangey brown. Thats the colour that makes you look ill I always think. I have had lovely colours in the past, mauve, cherry red, navy and black and grey also i think I bought a nice dark mauve one last year or early this year.

Have done myself a nice egg, ham and cheese salad for tonight with cue my toms romain lettuce and carrot. Forgot to put spring onion on the list!!!

Still can't get poor Mnady out of my head, keep wondering how hse is coping.

Sounds like you had a nice day today Anng having T's favorite pasties and a nice icecream. I forgot to have lunch before I went out as it was rather lateish but I hav'nt missed it and I resisted lots of nice chocolate in Mole Valley as they have their Christmas stuff in. They had a lovely tin with chickens on the front I thought would be nice for Di but it had fudge in it and I know she dos'nt like that. She prefers savory things.

It has stayed bright and dry with a strong warm breeze today. We did get to the Lizard and enjoyed T’s favourite pasties. But I was a bit disappointed that daughter and SiL didn’t believe me when I directed them to the NT car park we always used and chose to follow directions to another one which we had always avoided because of the very narrow approach road.anyway we sat there to eat our pasties then left the Lizaed for I think it was Portscatho where we had a walk round and an ice cream.

The car park we used to use was where you can look down on the little bay and beach below. (kynance Cove).

Ann’s pasties now belongs to the son and they have been sold from a shop for the past year instead of from the house. And there are also shops in several other towns and villages they are still as good.

Morning All,

Cloudy, quite dull but windy and 17 degrees here but it feels colder. One wash is dry and put away but the bedding will have to wait as rain is forecast for later and tomorrow.

I don't get any text messages from Asda Mel, just emails. I think we will be getting more subs this autumn as the shortages we were warned about seem to have started. I can't seem to get my Options white chocolate drink from Asda or the Co-op now and I noticed there were hardly any biscuits at the Co-op yesterday. I'll have to see what my delivery this weekend brings!

A few more of OH's meetings this week have decided to go online so he will be zooming mostly which suits him fine rather than be sitting on child seats and driving down dark lanes at night. They tend to be quicker online too and with the time saved travelling he will be able to watch a match he wants to see tonight.

You are right Gwyn about OH's filling spaces as we clear them! Because of all of OH's books we have designated bookcases and shelving. I've noticed that anything we both use like the NT book, dictionaries, atlases and street guides eg seem to find their way to my shelves! :-) He does the same with CD storage and records and acts all surprised when I find them. lol.

I hope it stayed dry for you AnnG. The Lizard can be a bit wild when it rains. I like the little gem stone shops there at a place you can park on the green in the middle. Gunwalloe is on the way I think and the Church of the Storms is quite interesting being almost on the beach.

May nip to the shop for a paper next then change the bed and do some dusting.......what an exciting day!

5 subs today and they all went back. Sent round rolls instead of finger rolls laughing cow light cheese triangles instead of Dairylea two huge heads of broccoli instead of the tender stream a sweet butter pastry case instead of a savory one so I should have a £5 something refund. What I did keep did'nt hardly fill the bottom of my plastic box.

Neighbours called round this morning just as I had got dressed and that was a bit of luck as I had been going from room to room naked collecting what I was going to wear today. :-0 We chatted for quite a while.

The suns out here now and its not too cold out. Washing machine is busy and nearly finished so that can go out on the line and there's a bit of a breeze so it could dry quite well.

Hope Mandy had a better night last night and is'nt getting too bored with just sitting around and watching a bit of telly. There's not much more she can do with both wrists out of action. Sound slike the girls are helping though.

Good morning all, dull here too but looks like it is brightening up a bit. Not raining but looks damp. Probably going to The Lizard today if it doesn’t rain. Tomorrow looks like being a wet day. I will have to check but it looks like my DD for energy is less this month so that is probably the bit of rebate.

Morning all,

Asda messaged me at 7.10am to tell me I had 5 subs and most of them are going back.

Dull and miserabl;e here at the mo so I am hoping its going to brighten up a bit as theday goes on. I think we've had that very fine rain in the air as last night everything outside on the patio felt clammy.

Must get tidying today again, the uti room is a mess as I had the corner out where I keep the egg boxes and other things I don't use a lot now and under eveything is a fan heater with a coal effect on it so I don't know what I am going to do with that as I shan't use it andits so heavy I shall have to get someone to get it out for me.

It sounds like you had a bit better night Mandy. Trying to eat must be really difficult with both arms in slings as you say. You can't even use one arm to help the other and the plaster must make them feel heavier too. I expect the anaesthetic you had is still making you tired too. I think they told me after an operation that some is in your system for a couple of months. It's a good idea to keep having a careful walk around the garden though to get a bit of exercise and fresh air. At least this immobility is temporary till the plaster comes off. <3

Good to see you posting, Mandy, but I can imagine that day to day life is quite a struggle.
It must have been nice to have a little walk in your garden, but everything is such an effort, no wonder you are tired.
I'm a great believer in 'listening to your body' and if it's saying you are tired, then the best thing you can do is give in to it and maybe have a little sleep, as rest helps healing too.
I was telling my daughter that you are having to use a straw to drink with and she wondered whether one of those drinking bottles with the flip lid straw spout might help, as you could perhaps hold it between your forearms, if it was't filled much, so wasn't too heavy.
I expect you are finding all sorts of ways of coping and I hope you are starting to heal well.

I do smile at the antics of the various OHs. :-)
While the ladies are clearing out, they do their best to fill the empty spaces.
While the wives are thinking of ways to economise on use of power, they play with their new 'toys'.
I remember sorting out a cupboard here some years ago and I found all manner of things, which I swear I'd never seen before. I mentioned it on an old thread on here.
There was even a rickety ironing board with a floral cover and wonder of wonders, a map of the Ukraine area...all in Ukranian.
I definitely knew nothing about them :-S

I popped into town earlier to put in my next prescription.
On a grassy bank nearby, there has been a lovely display of Autumn crocus. They are so pretty, but have mostly gone over now. I do love looking out for them, at this time of year, each year. Lots of reddening rose hips about and still quite a few blackberries near us. I might pick one last small dish of them this week to go with some apples for a crumble.
Sharron, who died last year, would be horrified :-0
She always said you shouldn't pick after 29th September, but as I had grown up in Hampshire and not over the border in her Sussex, I had never heard that saying, so I just do my own thing making sure that there are plenty of berries left on the bushes for the birds :-D

Good to see that the weather is allowing you to get out and about AnnG. It sounds lovely, so I hope you continue to have more fine days.

Mel
The paperwork seems endless, but it will get done <3
I hope your solicitor is soon well, so that you can make progress.

Mandy sleep when you feel tired. Hopefully you will start to improve soon. The very act of trying to do normal things is tiring. It might be easier to eat with a soon something like mince and mash or pasta bake if somebody could cook it for you.

Vera Enys seems to only be open April until September.

I think it might be the Lizard tomorrow to see if we can get T’s favourite pasties for lunch.

Well that's the mammogram done. I was a bit early, but didn't wait at all and the nurse was lovely and kept apologising for the 'clamp'. I was in and out before my appointment was even due, much quicker than sitting around in waiting rooms at the hospital.The steps leading up to it were quite shallow with rails either side so were quite easy for me. We dropped our prescriptions in the surgery on the way back and the carpark was full, no doubt because of all the jabs being done. We also called in the Co-op for a few bits and they had a sign up saying they would be closing early due to staff sickness.

I'm glad you got to see the Hydrangeas AnnG, something I never have as we always went in May or June. I could just fancy your seaside fresh Haddock and chips!! :-D The footpaths are steep in places like you say and I used to find the the raised wall bit onto the beach a bit awkward to get up.

That's a shame the solicitor has covid Mel, but at least he knew. Better than if he was asymptomatic though and you had gone along. Did you manage to get something sorted with your shower?

OH has his online meeting now and I will get my paintbrushes out I think.

Not a bad night I wake several times and lay for dropping off again
Just had some salad but such an effort to use a fork but I have got one of the noddy forks out the children used when little but hurts to hold my arm up as the sling should take the weight
Just a walk round the garden tires me and I feel like going to sleep

Hi all I did post this morning but I don't know where it went!! Could have been me forgot to post it and went on to something else and crossed it out.

Been on to the leccy today and it took me all morning.

Had an appointment this afternoon with the solicitor and he rang to saay he has covid so will make naother appointment so my day has been really messed up.

Just read your posts and thats when I found I had'nt posted this mroning.

Anyway I too hope Mandy had a better night last night and managed t get some sleep. She must be getting bored without having working hands as I know I would. Sending love and wishes Mandy. <3 <3 <3

Yes we has a good morning at Trebah. Started with coffee in the restaurant and finished with lunch very nice Haddock and chips. Nearly all food is sourced locally and it was delicious.
The hydrangeous were a picture so many different colours. Sadly the Gunneras were dying off. We sat on the beach for a while at a picnic table. I am quite tired now. I am sure those paths have got steeper.
Mel the only thatched roof that I saw in Mirnan Smith is the pub.

It's a nothing day here - not cold, but not that warm, not much of a breeze and not much sun. I've got 3 loads of washing out and it's just hanging there.

Hope you got to Trebah Gardens and had an enjoyable morning there AnnG.

I also hope you had a more comfortable night Mandy and are feeling a little better today. Get all the rest you can as rest and sleep are usually the best things for healing.

Ann, our d/w is generally on once a day as I do all my saucepans in there as well and my eco programme seems to get them clean. If I have a really sticky casserole dish I give it a rinse out and a brush round first but most stuff just goes straight in. I think the temp on my eco programme is 50 degrees. On my washing machine I have a "Fast 30" programme which washes at 30 degrees and takes about 30 minutes and I do all our everyday stuff on that, though I do wash things like towels on a longer, hot wash.

However, all my efforts to save electricity are in vain at the moment as OH is playing with his new toy - a weed remover. We have quite a large paved area in front of the house and garage and paved paths and patio round the sides and back and the cracks between the pavers are full of moss. The old "Wet and Forget" he used to use doesn't seem to be nearly as effective as it used to be, so he has bought this electric gizmo that comes with a wire brush and a bristle brush, and he also bought a spare brush of each kind. Well, he spent a good part of yesterday doing the area in front of the double garage and is now doing a similar sized area in front of the house. He's already had to replace the bristle brush and is a good way down the second and the dratted thing seems to eat electricity. OH did point out that though he's using a lot of power now, he will hopefully only be doing it once or twice a year.

Well, I'd better go and make some lunch for the worker. It's usually his job but I don't mind doing it when he is busy.

Waving to Island and Gwyn and anyone else who posts from time to time ~~~~~~~~~

Morning All,

Sunny here so the washing is on the rotary, but rain forecast later.

Trebah is my favourite I think and the Hydrangeas may still be in flower there, so it should be nice AnnG. Glendurgan is good too and free for NT members. Yes we stumbled across Bonython one year Vera and there is a hut there for you to make a drink. It was quiet there when we went and very peaceful. I'd like to go back as I couldn't manage to walk as far as the third lake then but think I could now. Enys has a long and bumpy road to get there but we saw it when all the bluebells were in flower, the best I've ever seen.

Vera I have tended to use the hotter settings on the d/w in the past as there were saucepans in there, but OH does those by hand now plus measuring jugs as we use them more often and the d/w isn't on every day. I must hunt out the instruction book later as I know it has an eco setting.

I have my mammagram appointment this afternoon, just five minutes away in the mobile at a supermarket. I still hadn't had a postal confirmation (post strike!) so rang them to confirm and ask if it would be ok after having 2 CT scans in the last 12 months. It is ok so I'd better start getting lunch soon with the leftover chicken.

OH's meeting tonight will be on zoom as it seems covid is creeping back and a few people at the school are off sick.

I hope Mandy got more rest last night and that the swelling is starting to go down.

Good morning all sunny here again so far. All being well Trebah garden this morningBB!

Bonython sounded familiar when Ann mentioned it and sure enough, that was one of the gardens we visited. The other one was Enys. We were there in July and I remember there was hardly anyone about and at one of them we had to make our own tea in a sort of hut and put our money in an honesty box.

I knew that I had mentioned those gardens on Genes at the time but couldn't think where till I thought of the garden thread that several of us posted on regularly and sure enough I found them on there. I did look first at the photos OH had put on the computer from that holiday but he hadn't captioned any of the pictures, so that wasn't a lot of help.

Ann, we use the eco setting on the dishwasher most of the time. I'm not sure how it is eco as the programme takes longer than any of the others but it supposedly uses less water and less electricity. .