What are you all up to

Now It's time for me to put this CT nonsense to bed for a few hours and, instead, get back to those poor slides that have been gathering some of Goldies redundant dust .  So bye for a few hours 

GP appointment this AM and then more Christmas shopping, which finished me off for the rest of the day! High wind speeds coming in tonight so it will be noisy yet again but at least it was dry today.

TG. Good to hear the first check up went well for your OH.

Goldie, I have a close friend from primary school, since we were five, she is the only one except my sister who can go right back to our beginnings so we can chunter away about anything! Glad you all had a nice weekend.

Went into CMK today to try and get the bulk of our Christmas shopping done. Not totally successful but we made progress. We parked in the new high tech multi storey car park but because it was busy we had to use level four, or the roof!!! Got back to car park and paid our £1 for two hours (four minutes to spare!) Got back to car and as soon as we hit the downward ramp it was chock a block as cars from all floors were trying to exit. When we got to the barrier it normally opens automatically but this time no. I had to pay another pound before the barrier would open! When I got back I emailed the company and they said they allow 15 minutes between payment and exit, it took us 19 minutes. They have offered to refund but I was trying to impress on them that they need to be a bit more flexible at busy times.

David

Quite sunny here today, but cold.  Forecast for tomorrow is more rain and wind.

Work on utility room still progressing slowly, and tomorrow we have booked an afternoon off to write our Christmas cards and defrost a freezer, then we are back "on duty"  for the rest of the week.ŵ

Thanks R&R, Hope that you made it back home safe and sound. It was a bit windy over by the coast when we set off but by the time we got to further inland the wind had dropped and the journey was fine, in beautiful sunny weather. We're the only van on site so had our pick of H/S. Cold but a little breeze after lunch but invigorating walk brought a colour back to our cheeks. Clear sky tonight so there will be a hard frost tonight I expect.

Phew, Evening all -- I've  just got thro' 400 slides, evening meal and associated all cards with correct sized envelopes so not a bad result .  I can visit The Aged One tomorrow with a clear conscience and a packet of cat treats for Alfie and a ( smaller ) one for the visiting whippet mutt - Brian does like animals, is a fully fledged member of R S P B , but cheerfully admits to really liking moggies  . Back on here to check up on you lot, then a nice warm bed will be calling, so , in case I snooze over my keyboard, I'll wish you all a fond fare well & Good Night

Yes we did, thanks Nellie (and TG) - although 7 hours driving and 4 of those with the van on the back was about as much as I could cope with.

We nearly turned round on the way there when we stopped off at Wettherby services - it was much windier than had been forecast and when I checked the forecast for back home, the 17mph winds had suddenly become 44+!!!!

Fortunately, it had died down a lot by the time we got to Tebay and the steady journey at 50mph on the motorway went without incident.  I think the van being 8' wide and fairly heavy, helped.

Now safely 'tucked in' on the drive - just have to start loading it prior to going to Sandringham for Christmas.

Very wet and windy here today. A contrast to yesterday which was perfect hedging weather.

I'm reading posts on this thread as light relief from ones in some more serious sections of this forum. Nitpicking and point scoring abounds. 

The photo is not from the blue sky day of yesterday, but last week. Whatever the weather the work goes on. Today it's plumbing for some new equipment in the dairy. (A Milk Taxi).

Strangely enough I was admiring some hedge laying on the Montacute Estate yesterday, a nice run of it, you don't see much around and it always looks good. Mind you I don't know how they managed it years ago  when the rest of farming was done by hand too, the general work is hard enough even now.

Nice hedging Goldie. 

Glad you survived your pick up R&R, I was thinking of you yesterday, it certainly was blowing a bit yesterday morning. But a beautiful day later. Foul outside now though.