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What varied lives we all lead😁 Had we been younger, I think we might have been up and off overseas to live and work. Too ruddy late now, and whilst children never got in the way, caring at the other end certainly has. But, it brings its rewards as well.

Thanks for the Keats papgeno👍 I like that poem. Takes me back to my O Levels. Snow has stuck so far around here. Normally we might be out playing, but not today, sniff, sniff. 

You cows coming in reminds me of overwintering our elderly horse Goldie. He would come into a huge segregated barn, deep litter straw this time of year. Better than being outside all the time, but boy did he get up to some mischief. Very adept at getting out, and he somehow got others out as well, cue a rodeo around the village, following a trail of discarded (and shredded) rugs. (Are cows as mischievous?) Luckily we had a big indoor schooling barn, and a horse walker so he did get plenty of exercise if weather was icy. I don’t miss the mud though. 

For the past 2 - 3 weeks the cows having been eating a Brassica (a kale called Redstart). The fence moved everyday until it’s got to the end of the field. They finished it off today.

Brrrrrrrr 🥶🥶🥶 Goldie your photo looks colder than cornersteady's for some reason. The city look good 👍 

Not been warm here but we've had no snow. Bright and breezy 😀

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We caught a fascinating music documentary last night on BBC4. All about Alan Hull of Lindisfarne. What a writer, musician he was, and much revered in the North East. We are perhaps a tad too young to have a lot of memories of Lindisfarne, although we did recognise some of the big hits like Fog on the Tyne and Lady Eleanor. Well worth a watch, and see how his legacy lives on. Link

Thanks for the link, watched it this evening, and will now go and listen to the albums, starting from the beginning.

OHs first retirement was at 40, having done 25 years man and boy in the Army. Followed by another 20 years in service, both had decent pensions. Having only been retired 10 years he has another 15 years to go to equal his first job. Mine doesn't count as I've had that many jobs over the years with long periods of no work due to following OH around. 

Weather a little better today 22c still with quite a few clouds and today a strong wind.

Bakers, the calendar is lovely, I'm sure it will be cherished.

TDA, hope you feel better soon. 

Great work Bakers. I hope the recipients keep it for posterity. Deserves it.

We're like you Papgeno. Elecky off  most of today due to repair work on the system. We have gas stove so didn't miss using the ovens.

I am back to something resembling normality now (no sniggering). Thanks to those who sent regards.

Hail and snow stopped leaf clearance this morning.

Glad your feeling better, WN, hope that your electric is back on.

You certainly seem to be in the right place at the moment, TG, just getting away in time.

Just had a phone call from some friends in a village in Notts ,asking if we knew where our nearest defribilator was? Their son  saw an elderly resident collapse yesterday ,called for an ambulance the operator asked if he knew if there was a defribrilator in the village? That some one could get while he carried out CPR ,as they did not have one shown on their database

They phoned us as there had been a bit on the.TV this morning about locations as very few know even if there is one in their area

They say 5 Percent survive without intervention where as as many as 75percent or more if a defibrilator is used in a few minutes

I checked on line for around here and very few had been registered ,the nearest shows nearly a mile away

Do any of you know where the nearest one to you is?

Bakers 2 What an absolutely beautiful advent calendar.  So much work and love has gone into making it. I am sure it will be treasured for many generations to come.

We went to have lunch with some friends who live in a village about 15 miles away yesterday.  There were 6 of us in total who have all been friends for over 50 years. It was 2 years since we had all seen each other but it just seemed like yesterday when we all got together. A really lovely afternoon.

We have a defibrillator in the Cathedral but other than that I have no idea where any others might be in our area.