What are you all up to today? - part 3

Thank you Helen and Bakers. We are having a lovely time despite weather being a bit 'mixed'! Son, DIL and 2 grandchildren arrived from N. Ireland to join us yesterday so a great evening was had by all.

How lovely.are you all cosying up in the caravan together?

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No Bakers, they are staying in a nearby cottage - best of both worlds 

The Red Arrows have just flown over our house and back!  Can anyone tell me why I was in tears?    What a Wuss!   I am so proud to be British!

Thank you Helen and Bakers. We are having a lovely time despite weather being a bit 'mixed'! Son, DIL and 2 grandchildren arrived from N. Ireland to join us yesterday so a great evening was had by all.

Write your comments here...I never worry too much about the weather. There are always ways to make the best of it! Some wet weather can help to cool the temperature to a more comfortable level. The only time the weather bothers me is when we're moving. We hate having to pack the awning away in the rain and the same applies to the tent on our two day camping trip every 21 days.

Malcolm if you don't like the heat (which you seem not to) why don't you move to another part of the country. Where you are now has to be one of the most warmest places in Britain (and expensive you say) if you moved further Nort you won't need the AC or to sit in the shade  and you never know you might we able to get a proper job and house

Write your comments here...Yes I can imagine property prices to be somewhat lower up north than London and the south east. Scotland is quite appealing with its mountains and lochs. I'm not sure that dinnertogo would be too keen on me leaving though. They certainly created a big song and dance last time I left for Dominos!

Malcolm surely it is up to YOU to decide who YOU  work for and if your 'employer' is that keen to retain you pay you the minimum or living wage of £7.20 per hour.  Myself respect would demand that. But I don't want to open up that can of worms yet again. Maybe the answer is to move around the country exploring areas checking out house prices or rents. Once you have your pension I can't imagine you'll be much worse off.  I you have no ties to an expensive warm/hot area why stay?  After all I can't imagine travelling between sites would cost you any more in fuel than your work. As has been said many many many times before onlyyou can resolve your issues along with your wife.

Thank you Helen and Bakers. We are having a lovely time despite weather being a bit 'mixed'! Son, DIL and 2 grandchildren arrived from N. Ireland to join us yesterday so a great evening was had by all.

How lovely.are you all cosying up in the caravan together?

Write your comments here...

No Bakers, they are staying in a nearby cottage - best of both worlds 

Sounds wonderful, enjoy

Just to let you all know. Car sorted and we're here on holiday.  In Germany.  Internet not good so I'll be a little quiet at the moment.  Hope Internet will be easier when we get to France.  Take care everyone, speak soon.

David 

Malcolm surely it is up to YOU to decide who YOU  work for and if your 'employer' is that keen to retain you pay you the minimum or living wage of £7.20 per hour.  Myself respect would demand that. But I don't want to open up that can of worms yet again. Maybe the answer is to move around the country exploring areas checking out house prices or rents. Once you have your pension I can't imagine you'll be much worse off.  I you have no ties to an expensive warm/hot area why stay?  After all I can't imagine travelling between sites would cost you any more in fuel than your work. As has been said many many many times before onlyyou can resolve your issues along with your wife.

Write your comments here...The main reason why we moved to this area is because my cousin lives and has a house here which gives us an address that we can use for our mail. If we moved to another area, unless we rented a property in that area, we woukd have a long way to come to collect our mail.

Once we got here we searched for jobs locally and I thought that as I used to do a lot of driving, a driving job seemed the best bet.

Just to let you all know. Car sorted and we're here on holiday.  In Germany.  Internet not good so I'll be a little quiet at the moment.  Hope Internet will be easier when we get to France.  Take care everyone, speak soon.

David 

Have a lovely time David!  

Just to let you all know. Car sorted and we're here on holiday.  In Germany.  Internet not good so I'll be a little quiet at the moment.  Hope Internet will be easier when we get to France.  Take care everyone, speak soon.

David 

Have a lovely time David!  

Plus 1 glad it's all sorted.

We've been back a couple of hours now from a week at New England Bay. It rained on the way up and when we were setting up. Monday morning was showery, so we managed to get the awning up. I'm glad we did, as it gave us somewhere to sit, while pretending to be outside. The weather all week was "mixed", very heavy showers, brief bright interludes, and cool. But despite that we had a wonderful relaxing time. We did nothing exciting, just sat around reading and listening to music. With the odd glass or two. The caravan is unpacked and unhitched, I've sorted through 125 emails, paid some bills, done some filing etc.

The first thing I did was light the wood burner. The house seemed so cold. And of course we had to light the Aga. It's solid fuel and takes about 12 hours to get up to cooking temperature. 

My husband is milking and I'm just starting to wind down again.

Next time off? Who knows!