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I hope that your poly tunnel will be OK in the wind Florence.

I have had a busy week. I took Esme to Lightwater Valley on Wednesday. Then on Thursday, I took her to the Theatre to see Ms Rachel. She is an American who is very big with toddlers. Esme likes to watch her on U tube. She took Katie, her reborn doll. She really enjoyed it, we went to Mc Donald’s for lunch afterwards. I took her in her wheelchair on the bus, so that was an adventure.

On Friday, I took Eve out for the day. We went to the cemetery where my parents ashes grave is. She washed it and we replaced the flowers. Then we went to a National Trust house for lunch and a look round. She likes all things historical and reads the boards in the rooms, so we had a good day.

Yesterday we went to my daughter’s house and OH and my son built a new swing seat for the garden. It turned out tobe very fiddly to put together, but it kept them occupied for the afternoon.
Today OH and I had a walk into town and went to the Heritage Centre. Their exhibition has just changed to one about the town in WW2, so that was interesting. We had coffee and cake of course, then got the bus back because my hip aches if I walk too far.

It is supposed to be raining hard tomorrow, I am going to take Eve unto Harrogate on the bus in the afternoon. She is starting volunteering in an Oxfam shop as part of her D of E . She has to be there from 2-4 pm tomorrow, as her parents are working, I said that I would take her in the bus and go shopping. I am not sure what I am going to find to do for two hours . I was hoping to be able to sit and read in Valley Gardens, but I won’t be able to do that

Linda you will have to buy a coffee and sit and read making it last. Those girls are lucky to have you to take them out and about. I bet they love the school holidays.

Afternoon all

well storm is raging here just now and we still have power thankfully.

No ferries or planes though!

Tunnel will be ok Linda up to 130 mph and right now its about 60 and increasing so we will be ok.

Busy prepping for our show on wed so getting all the baking stuff read and exhibits today.

Hope all ok with everyone looking in
Take care

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Hi to all.
Well what a terrible day we had yesterday, I haven't seen a storm like it for quite some time,especially considering it's summer time & not winter !
I was terrified.& really worried, & the noise of the wind hitting the house was frightening.

Today is a "little" better but still blowing a gale, I wanted to go outside to check for any damage ( fallen slates / fallen tree branches etc) but it's still too windy for me to step outside, fingers crossed all will be well !

I can see there are a LOT of leaves to sweep up, the drive has quite a pile up against the garage door, hoping any leaves that cam down into the front garden area have blown over the fencing into the fields !
It's bad enough having to sweep up leaves in the winter time, I really don't want to have to clear them up in summer time.

One good thing, the power stayed on, unbelievable considering how bad it was..

Joan.

I am glad that you got through the storm without any major mishap Joan.
We missed most of the bad weather, we did have some rain overnight and it was very windy yesterday, but not too.

I took Eve to do her volunteering . I went for a very leisurely lunch, then pottered around the shops before collecting her to come home.

I have had a very lazy day today. I started packing all the non perishable food for Centre Parcs this morning, but that didn’t take long. I am taking Esme to Lightwater Valley tomorrow , so that will fill the day in. On Thursday, I will buy all of the bread, veg fruit etc. That means on Friday when we go to the Lakes, we will call in the supermarket at Penrith to buy all the things for the fridge. There is a supermarket on the Center Parcs site, but obviously it is more expensive and as it isn’t huge, it won’t have all the things which we need,

good morning all. pleased that you had a leisurely day Linda, those are few and far between for you I think. Hope you have a great time with the family at centre Parcs and that the weather is good for you.

Evening all
Had a very busy 2 days baking and am pleased to say we won quite a few things.

I had 2 1sts. 1 2nd and 2 3rds and my new man got a second too :-D

Lovely day and met so many people at the show. Our little pooch got 4th in the veteran show bless her, she's 11 on Sunday.

So today was clean up day, finding homes for all the cakes and baking etc. Think theres enough to feed the 5000 lol.

Daughter back tomorrow from the mainland so have to pick her up from the airport.
No doubt the washing machine will be earning its keep!

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Well done on you success Florence and new man.

Well done on all your prizes Florence.
I just couldn’t go to sleep last night and when I did, I woke up very early, so I only got about three and a half hours sleep. I had taken Esme to Lightwater Valley yesterday , so I was tired last night, so goodness knows why I could sleep. I have felt like a zombie today and can’t wait to go to bed, but Inam hanging on for as long as I can.
I have been sorting everything out for Centre Parcs tomorrow, we don’t need to leave until after lunch , so I have plenty of time in the morning.

Well done, Florence!
If that was the Carloway Show, there's a photo of some of the baking entries, some of which must be yours:

https://welovestornoway.com/index.php/articles/39494-carloway-show-2025


You've been overdoing it, Linda.
Relax and enjoy your holiday! I hope others are helping you with the preparations.

Linda your brain was probably buzzing with 'things to do' which is why you couldn't sleep. Hopefully you will get some time to yourself at Centre parcs (but I somehow doubt it), Anyway have a lovely time.

I looked at the photo of the food Florence, were any of the cakes yours?

It took us ages to get to Center Parcs because of all the road works on the A66. It took 45 minutes longer than it was supposed to :-(

I made a creamy tomato risotto for dinner. As I was eating it, one of the cherry tomatoes exploded as I cut into it and squirted all down my t shirt. That was annoying, but even more so when I unpacked and realised that I have forgotten all of my tops. So all I have is one dirty t shirt. We will have to go to Penrith in the morning as see what I can find to buy :-(

Good excuse for new clothes Linda.

Yes the roadworks on the A66 are really annoying and seem to have been there for ages,

We went into Penrith this morning before our booked activities. We went back to Morrisons because there were a few groceries we needed. I bought three tops from there. The trouble was they don’t have changing rooms, so nI tied them on in general aisle over my t shirt, that caused some funny looks. There wasn’t much I liked, but at least I have a few tops now, even if I give them to a charity shop when I get home.

Morning all
Oh dear Linda!! How did you forget your clothes? Hope you are managing with what you managed to buy.

Hope you all have a good time anyway and the weather is kind to you. Yes ArgyllGran and Linda some of my entries were shown on that table but not all of them.

My first prize for a fruit loaf is next to a red card at the top leftish part of the pic but not very visible. my soda bread isnt in the picture or my date and oat slices.

At last the wind has abated as its been a gale here for a few days. Yesterday we went over to town and oh my, it lashed it down and we nearly got blown over, was awful.

Our little poochie is 11 today bless her so we have a card and a few pressies for her.

First time in ages. Im making a pan of veg & lentil soup with our own veg :-D

I have frozen all the peas and now have a large bag which will do a couple of meals.

Clearing up day today and wrapping pressies for my sons 30th next Friday. Daughter is going over with them and i have had a cake made which will be delivered. So hope he likes it. F1 theme and darts.

Hope everyone looking in is well today

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Hello everyone,

Just got back from the GPs with another week of antibiotics to take. I have an infection in my leg which is taking a long time to get rid of. Not sure what caused it but it has been very painful. Not caused by insect bite that I could see. Not been to the Drs so many times before.

Hope everyone is ok with the heat and enjoying the sunshine .

Enjoy your holiday Linda.

Florence it sounds like you will have a freezer full of veg . Lovely homegrown Veg can't beat it.

Ginnie hope this lot of antibiotics work for you. It sounds painful.

You are lucky to be able to get an appointment with the doctor.

Hi everyone.
Sorry to here you are mot too well Ginnie, I hope your A biotics sort out the leg problem soon.
like you I was also getting fed up of the constant GP appointments in recent weeks, thankfully the last one 2 weeks ago seems to be the last for a while.

It was for yet another blood test & slowly but sowly my bl count has gone up, it was as low as 47 back in April so had to have a transfusion, following that it went up to 87, then I was given a course of Iron tabs which saw my count go up again to 93,the last one showed it had now reached 115..
GP seems happy with this (atm) but i still have to take the iron pills !

Some of you seem to be enjoying life just now, with trips here & there, what a shame you had to purchase some new tops Linda, but you have a lot of things on yout mind with all that you do re your family, it's easy tp forget something from time to time.

I have been outside today, just managed an hour as it's sooo hot out there !
I just had to do something with the wavy hedge, lol. Only thing was I had to actually start again at the beginning of it as the wavy top was now covered in clumps of NEW growth over a foot high !!.
I have only managed half the length today but it looks straighter than previously, just hope I can get it finished off tomorrow.

Joan.

Joan, I hope your bloods stay ok so you don't have to go to the Drs so much. Our surgery isn't to far but still a bus ride away. Always have to allow for buses turning up as well as if you arrive late by 4 mins. they won't see you even if the Dr is running late by 30mins. They go by the time that you sign in. Then we are put down as a missed appt. if late.

Ann, yes we are lucky with the Dr appts. but at the same time unlucky in having to use them so much. lol. Living in a very built up area we have several surgery around some very good and some not so good. All are very busy.

Hot again today so won't be doing much in the house or garden .

Have a good day everyone.

Oh my, such heat !
It was nice & cool first thing but since about 10--00am it has been VERY warm,.hot even !

Our daughter & grandaughter came over this morning & helped in the garden, daughter cut all the grassed areas of which there is a lot, & then trimmed back the long Rugosa hedge, grandaughter hacked off all the new growth coming out of the 2 mature Sycamores.

These 2 trees were cut down several years ago but are still alive !!! & every year they put out new leaves/branches, I have thrown everything at them, but they ate still not giving up.

I did all the raking & sweeping up of the hrdge clippings & stuff from the trees.

I have just been outside to tidy away the tools & it is still soo warm & flat calm.

Joan.