What are you all up to

No Goldie progress is slow! But we are pleased with the results so far, we thought we had a faulty unit but it's our slow internet that caused set up delays. The sound is excellent after years of make do equipment. 

So when you have visitors you cannot "hi-de-hi"yet

When our eldest grandson comes to stay he’s has a bedroom on the third floor, and knows by trial and error that he only gets Wi-fi to his phone on the floor by the door

Turns out that in rare cases anti inflammatories can 'upset' the kidneys. 

Exactly the reason, Tammy, I'm not allowed anywhere near NSAIDs, or Steroids either. Lovely morning so out and about. Catching up with the list of jobs this afternoon as squally showers set in. 

Early call today as OH went fishing at 6.30 am, in the dark venturing forth, not my thing...but I think they all met up for a road side breakfast and then it's an end of year pub meal later.

The local Christmas garden lights are going up but I'm leaving ours till later, I'm not that good at the elaborate cable linking that some round here do. We've managed to keep a Christmas tree going in a pot from last year so won't have to find the "perfect" one this time round.

Jars of mincemeat are looking at me from the kitchen work top, OH bought some Mr Kipling mince pies yesterday, they weren't too bad but I prefer home made.

Horrible weather, cold, wet, strong winds all night. Have a cosy Sunday if you're at home today. 

When I got up this morning it was a blue sky day so after a quick shower I put my boots on and went for a walk. 

Halfway around the heavens opened and a veritable deluge ensued. It didn't need to hail but it did. Anyway my coat and trousers held the rain at bay and I eventually found my way back in time for lunch and a nice warm cup of coffee. 

Thinking about cleaning things up as the ladies arrive back tomorrow evening so my clothes have been in the washing machine (yes I do know how to operate it), dishes washed, place hoovered and the little bit of ironing that was left will be done before the day is out.

I was going to bake a nice stem ginger cake but am awaiting a supply of fresh flour as my cupboard is bare and it's impossible to get the right flours from local shops, who I would be delighted to support but they don't seem to want my trade. Funny really I went into Holland and Barrett and asked the lady assistant if they had any Sorghum or Tapioca flour in and she basically didn't have a clue what I was talking about. Bit of a problem as they promote themselves as a health store.

Been a lovely day here today, bright sunshine, clear blue skies, but a biting wind. We went for a drive out on Moors and bit of a stroll with dogs. Found a lovely tiny little church at the head of Bransdale, it had a coffee and tea machine for visitors as well, so a welcome stop off!

Decent weekend here, had a bit of rain but not much, blue skies and quite mild during the day but frost overnight last night.

Big excitement at grand daughters boarding school on Friday, the headmaster decided that he was closing the school a week early. 

The school has 3 boarding houses and 2 of them have been having problems with heating and hot water for a long time. 

The head had enough this week, so decided to close the school a week early. Must have been a difficult decision as all the children are from service families who are spread worldwide.

Many of them were picked up on Friday/Saturday by family members but some have had to stay on in the one house that still has full facilities. Some of the children are going skiing on Monday to Basel, so they are all still at the school too.

Its a credit to the service families, that many have helped out and taken in some of the children who have no family members close by. 

We have had our grand daughter for the weekend and tomorrow she is flying down with her other grand dad (who just happens to be going down for work) to meet up with her dad and then home for the holidays.

We've had a great weekend with her, lots of laughter and fun things. This afternoon we all went out for a meal with her and hand her over to them ready for the flight tomorrow. 

Time for feet up now and a cuppa, OH already nodded off watching the tv 

'Turns out that in rare cases anti inflammatories  can 'upset' the kidneys'

Presumably this is why my doctor is no longer allowed to prescribe (according to NICE) Dichlofenac Sodium for my gout.

That was a fantastic tablet that killed the pain and reduced inflammation.

Although I cannot get it in the UK it is a common, over the counter, drug throughout Europe and I get to buy it when I am on holiday over there. €3 for enough medicine to last me 2 years. 

Long live European thinking!

We're back home after a week away. The caravans back in storage ready for the next outing. I've done two loads of washing, cooked tea and prepped lunch boxes for tomorrow.....now enjoying a small glass of port. 🍷😊.

We've had a lovely week at a CL that has pitches on the edge of a wildlife lake. We watched a heron trying to catch its breakfast this morning and the kingfisher has visited everyday. On Wednesday we came back to the caravan from having a nice lunch out, to find a cow in the middle of the CL eating the lawn.🐂 It had escaped from the local farm and was enjoying the grass and foliage of the CL much more than her usual field. The farmer was rung and asked to collect it! It takes wildlife watching to another level! 😊🤗