What are you all up to

I'd need a dog to be tempted outside in this.

WN, you can borrow Flyte if you like, at least until the Spring!😆 As it has turned out we managed a couple of dry walks this morning, getting back from the second one just as the rain started. A further two walks since lunchtime have been set ones, but maybe the last one will begin the dry.

 Hope it's a bit dried tomorrow as we are taking him to the vets for his annual injection and check up, and then we are dropping the caravan off at the dealer's to get a couple of jobs done.

Tda, did the Jeep sail through it's MOT? 

Moulesy, fingers crossed that you more fortunate and that the storm doesn't stop you doing all that you have planned to do.

Not had a very good weekend.  

I was invited to take a stall at a craft fair, one I went to last year, where it was busy and we made sales of over  £500.

This year it was very poorly attended and sales were £160.   By the time one pays the table fee of £30, has to donate an item worth at least £10 to the raffle, takes off the  cost of bought in materials (about 1/3 of the selling price), and other incidentals, there was about £70 left, very disappointing considering all the time and effort involved!

Presumably partly a reflection of the rising  cost of living, though the venue is in an affluent area, but talking with other participants, it seems there was a lack of publicity for the event.  The organisers did not lose out financially,  only the stall holders, but they will probably find fewer stallholders willing to return next year.

Hopefully  my efforts will not have been totally wasted.  There is  a Christmas Fair at Callum's school in early December, I have taken a table, and possibly one at another local school the following weekend, so 2 opportunities to sell some more items.

You can borrow our lump as well Wherenext, it’s a good workout pushing him and his chariot around🤣

Pleased to report the Jeep sailed through, with no advisories, so we are happy bunnies. We have had all three vehicles MOTed this last six weeks, so praying nothing was amiss. We intend  testing one again in early Summer to split them up a bit. A strange year with not being able to get away much, all four of our vehicles added together don’t add up to single mileage for one in a normal year. ☹️ 

Moulsey, share your plans for December please. We are looking at a week away, and need to know if you are jinxing us😁 It a bit wild and windy here at the moment, lots of overnight rain, but we have blue skies now. Hope it stays dry, our new next door neighbours move in today. 

Glad to hear that the Jeep sailed through, tda. Hope that the weather stays dry for your sensitivities move tomorrow.

Sorry to hear that you were disappointed with the craft fair, Kjell, fingers crossed for better fortunes at the others.

We have had very wrong winds and heavy rain for much of the day. The visit to the vets went fine, although we got rather wet getting there, but due to the winds I decided to postpone taking the caravan to the dealer's until early tomorrow morning.

Got soaked yesterday taking the van to the dealers for the Warranty work (damp) to be sorted.  The wind was also very strong.  Fortunately by the time we got home at least the rain had ceased.

Booked tickets for the Thursford Christmas show for later this month.  It must be 8 to 10 years since we last went.  We will combine it with a long weekend in the van up in North Norfolk

"Moulsey, share your plans for December please. We are looking at a week away, and need to know if you are jinxing us😁"

Cornwall for Christmas, TtDA - what could possibly go wrong with the weather down there in December? 

Think predictive text gave our destination this week as Brecon - it's actually near Bridgend, a hotel way up in the hills looking down over the forest, booked again through Pets Pyjamas. Couple in the next room have a lovely young terrier with them, happily all the dogs getting on well together, very civilised.

Absolutely pouring down this morning so we drove along to Porthcawl and by the time we got there the rain had stopped but, boy, was the wind blowing! Had a stroll along the promenade to Rest Bay and back. Then this afternoon came back via Merthyr Mawr, the highest sand dunes in the UK, where they filmed much of Lawrence of Arabia. Spectacular walk and actually got too warm for a coat, odd weather we're having right now. Back at the hotel now looking forward to dinner.

We had a very busy morning. I had arranged to take the caravan into the dealers yesterday afternoon so that it was there for this morning, for them to sort out a few bits under warranty, but because of the Storm Debi's rain and high winds, (and boy did we have some rain, especially over night, flooding some of our local roads!!), I thought it prudent to leave it until it had quietened down, as it had this morning. So up at 6:30, there by 9:00, a second walk with Flyte then a visit to the dental hygienist for us both, a quick call in at Asda and onto another medical appointment. All done and dusted and back home by 12:15, phew!!

I assume they sorted out the problems with your caravan Nellie. Hope they sorted Oneputt's water ingress out.

Went to a well attended funeral this morning. One of our elderly neighbours passed away 2 weeks ago. Have another one in Bury next week. Met quite a few people who we seldom see nowadays.

Getting over a head cold. Glad it wasn't Covid. Always a silver lining if one looks for it.

Margaret has been to the Thursford Christmas Show and really enjoyed it. When we visited Cromer in October (we travel via Swaffham) there are signs everywhere for it. I wonder if you can park your motorhome in the carpark?

David

Yes you can although not sure if you can stay overnight.  The car park is massive and often there are 20 + coaches parked there from all over the country