What are you all up to

Oh Francis, Francis, Francis!!! Oh boy, you must have been thanking some Saint or other.

We've only ever had a scare once when towing. First time out in a new car to us, a Mazda 3, heading for the club site at Denham en route to the Continent. Got to the outskirts of London and notice the tank on red. Then missed the services as it was one of those where you had to leave the road for. Yikes. Down the A40, not a station in sight. Got to within 3 miles of club site and found one. The sheer relief was palpable. We soon found out the car ate fuel when towing so we changed it pretty quickly.

Is SWMBO talking to you yet?

We have had heavy rain this afternoon and the winds are now a lot stronger than earlier on. Managed a couple of dry walks,this morning from the van and then another between the showers this afternoon. Rest of the time was spent reading.

Grand pictures M, hope that for the rest of the week the weather is kind to you, and you are able to fit in more walking.

Pleased to hear that you made it home safely, Francis. I try not to allow our tank get below 1/4 full anytime, although last,week I was searching hard to find a filling station knowing that we had a fair distance to tow to get here.

Millie, good to read that you had a good day out at Elton gardens, will have to visit there sometime when we are down that way.

Hope all that are out are safe and sheltered from the worst of the winds. Fortunately it looks as if the weather will 've better tomorrow.

Glad you had a nice time Millie. The Auriculas are beautiful, the Head Gardeners pride and joy I think😁 We spent quite a while chatting about them with him. It’s a long time since I have seen so many, and in beautiful condition. 

M, glad you having a good time. Hope weather picks up a bit for you.👍

An appalling soggy old day in Cheshire today ~~ down spout got blocked twice by the moss that's getting washed down from the roof, .

At least the modifications I did to the grids has done the trick & allows the moss to pile up but not stop the rain from draining away.  Stopped raining here, but forecast for tomorrow is heavy showers with 'music' at times - Don't think I'll be listening tho'  .

Stay Safe, Stay Well Fuelled  

Happy to report that I am being spoken to again so the take away worked just as well really because it would be a bit cold sleeping out in the shed tonight hehe lesson learned I won’t be doing that again (won’t be allowed to do that again more like)Had a call earlier on this evening confirming our booking at a CL for the late May bank holiday weekend so that’s something else to look forward to. Brue - I hope BMW don’t find anything too expensive wrong with the car 120 miles on electric seems good although I must admit my knowledge of electric cars is limited 

Francis ~~  seeing that you have  reasonable distance on electrickery  in your BMW  what else can I say but :~~

May The Force Be With You !

Sorry, I'll get my coat  

There are indeed many climbing opportunities as our bannisters are the typical 80s style horizontal bars, which are excellent for climbing on, and the width of the staircase makes it almost impossible to fit a stair gate.

However, he was closely supervised, and I think our "breaky things" were in far more danger than he was!

We are not set up for small, inquisitive,  children.....too much interesting stuff at low levels.

I think you'll need your hat as well...did you mean Brue?! 

We've had visiting grandchildren over the years and and we've learned to keep things above ground level but it has never stopped them reaching anything interesting. 

Yes I drive a very plain Volvo estate diesel suits my age haha not as exotic as an electric BMW