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Re: 365 Day 1p Challenge for 2026

enthusiasticsaver

2 March at 5:19PM

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81905600#Comment_81905600 Thanks for the update and I have updated the spreadsheet accordingly. You can participate however you wish by posting…

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Re: Next steps; grip-relaxing bimbling, and avoiding the temptations

EssexHebridean

2 March at 4:57PM

This lurgy is filthy isn't it - I'm a week and a half in and still coughing like nobody's business, but at least slightly closer to feeling back to normal I think!

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Re: Reduction in heating oil prices too?

dunstonh

1 March at 12:16PM

Heating oil costs about the same as it did 6 years ago. Apart from a spike in 2022 and a dip in 2020, oil hasn't seen the same increases. That said, I need to top mine up this month and its bloo…

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Re: 365 Day 1p Challenge for 2026

ConnellLScot

2 March at 8:29AM

£42.60 paid into pot so balance now £287.60

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Re: The Top Regular Savers Discussion Thread

Speculator

2 March at 4:52PM

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81906363#Comment_81906363 https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81906433#Comment_81906433 That's what I suspected. Its b…

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Re: Difficulty insuring my mother’s cottage now she is in a home

Woodstok2000

2 March at 5:01PM

You can calculate rebuild cost here: https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/insurance/home-insurance/calculating-rebuild-costs/

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Re: An in-between phase

PennysIntoPounds

2 March at 5:17PM

Cheers chapesses, much appreciated. Will mull all that over 🥂 We had that brand on our shortlist @EssexHebridean so good to know it's decent, thank you

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Re: An in-between phase

EssexHebridean

2 March at 4:38PM

Ooh I like Redo's idea - you could add in a couple of clematis for summer colour as well!

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Re: An in-between phase

redofromstart

2 March at 4:28PM

Could you have a smaller trellis panel as a 'feature' and then grow something evergreen through it? Maybe a winter flowering honeysuckle for the glorious scent when everything else is dull.

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Re: An in-between phase

EssexHebridean

2 March at 4:18PM

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81898906#Comment_81898906 Hoping the link works https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F83JW4XR?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title You probably already h…

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