the daydream fund challenge thread

alfie_1

evening all and welcome to Itsmehonest.

although i lease my property [thankfully a long lease but renewable next year !] iv been told the "estate" is selling off various properties that are under thier belt... i can see thier point as the son is pulling the estate up by its socks to pay for restoration of BIG house which will then pay more as a venue. they had the big food and wine festival this year as a first attempt and got 17,000 in the gates [2day fest] it covered a vast area and was VERY good. they want to get weddings, music fests etc . iv been told my place is safe as its a gate house and cant be sold as its part of the heritage of the parkland or something like that ??? fingers crossed....

took albert to the vet for his 1st check up and the vet was SO pleased with him..no collar and no nibbling, he was amazed...i actually dont think alb realises hes a leg short !!

early start tomorow [hav to get animogs sorted before i leave for airport]

Itismehonest

Thanks for the welcome, alfie 1.
Is your estate the one populated by lots of lovely cars?
I've been catching up on poor albert & I am pleased to hear he's doing well.

Davesnave

Itismehonest wrote: »

We're not too far from you, I think. "Little Switzerland".

Ah, up there. We're in the middle, not far from the place on the Tarka Line where the token exchange takes place. This is an archaic system where the drivers of up & down trains meet & swap tokens, thus avoiding head-on accidents. However, it has been known for a token to be left behind at Crediton, necessitating a frantic car journey to the swap-over point! :rotfl:

Still, a relatively minor hiccup compared with hitting cows sheep or deer, all of which have happened in recent memory.

Rummer

Good evening

We are decorating at a furious pace only been waiting three years for my OH to feel the urge and now we are focusing on getting the house sorted so that in the summer we can turn our full attention to getting the garden organised (weather permitting ).

I do love that winter nesting feeling

alfie_1

hi all,

LIR.... i have located some GF in shaftsbury [is that near you??]. my gamekeeper has a friend there,hes got loads apparently...£4 a head...:D any good ??

i drove to heathrow this morning,driving a top of the range lexus . someone has to ..... thick thick fog again, weird seeing BIG planes coming over out of the fog:eek: then disappearing again to land/take off..

looks like iv inherited a gold silkie cockbird from the gamekeeper....

he was saying that hed told any shooters on the estate they were barred from coming anywhere near my bit of woods...:)

iv started to tidy up the garden, pulling out dead stuff etc. im going to try and claim back my greenhouse next spring ! have to build a new chook house me finks....

p.s. No im not on the land of "the cars" but WAS for 20 years....

stitching_witch

alfie_1 wrote: »

LIR.... i have located some GF in shaftsbury [is that near you??]. .

That's just a few miles from me, so if anyone is heading there pop in for tea and cakes!

Yes folks, I'm still reading every day but don't feel I've got anything useful to contribute at the moment. Never fear, my turn will come..... eventually!

Davesnave

stitching_witch wrote: »

Yes folks, I'm still reading every day but don't feel I've got anything useful to contribute at the moment.

I'm not sure I've anything useful to contribute either, but that's never stopped me! Good to hear you are still with us here anyway.


Mr Dog tried to fall out with us big-time today over our hedge tidying. I expected this would happen, even though we've left 50m of the hedge closest to him, respecting an earlier agreement. He doesn't actually share any hedge boundary with us at all, but whatever's given to people like him, it's never enough. He can now see some barns. :eek:

Interesting that although we've never mentioned his infernal dogs to him, more barking was what he threatened us with.

We tried to keep the situation focused on the hedge and explained as calmly as we could that the other hedges that abut his garden or within view are all cut tight and short......by his son, a local contractor!!!:rotfl:

rhiwfield

Still getting in touch with my feminine side. If this goes on I'll be growing flowers instead of veg

Just found out that one of Du Cros' swimsuits was modelled by Zena Marshall, Miss Taro in Dr No. Awake now Davesnave?:rotfl:

Managed to borrow a mannequin to model all the stuff DW bought, results can be a little too lifelike!! 30+ items now listed, a few bids would be nice :cool:

Have to say that Mr Dog sounds a right PITA.

Itismehonest

Davesnave wrote: »

Ah, up there. We're in the middle, not far from the place on the Tarka Line where the token exchange takes place. This is an archaic system where the drivers of up & down trains meet & swap tokens, thus avoiding head-on accidents. However, it has been known for a token to be left behind at Crediton, necessitating a frantic car journey to the swap-over point! :rotfl:

Still, a relatively minor hiccup compared with hitting cows sheep or deer, all of which have happened in recent memory.

Aaa - you'm be in one of them modern places with public transport

Actuallly I know where you mean. I've made many a journey on the Tarka line. I read that trains on the Line are due to get another carriage. I don't know what the world is coming to. There'll be tables next!

Incidentally, you don't think that maybe your Dog might be reading this thread, do you?

choille

Sorry to hear about your dog Alfie - hope he makes a good recovery.
Dave sorry about Mr Dog - difficult people are a bit of a problem for me & I try & avoid as they get reet up my nose.

Welcome - It'smehonest.

rhiwfleld - You've missed free listing which seems to happen every 2nd wekend now.
Snow on the tops here & now blowing a gale - caravan rocking & arolling.
Feel down with the prospect of another Winter in the metal can - cabin fever looming!