Yet more financial faux pas and many other disasterous decisions

moo2moo

Igamogam wrote: »

Woolfest - brill! Lake District - fab and a great place to go for your 'romantic' weekend I am sure the OH would fine something interesting - the pencil museum in Keswick maybe??:rotfl: Striding Edge - my old weekend stamping ground and favourite place in my youth!! We are escaping the jubilee hoo ha and camping in Lakes in a place back of beyond - actually there is not much sign of jubilee hoo ha here in the heartland TBH whats it like with you nearer the border?

Work are going Jubilee Mad. The county have organised a Jubilee Picnic which means the dinner ladies are whipping up butties and cold pizza and the rest of us get to wear red, white and blue for the day. THe way the weather is the blue bit won't be a problem, that'll be the first sign of frostbite.

Keep being asked if I have access to a Road Closed sign so there are obviously quite a few street parties going on. The DDs are away for it and OH is working so I'll be having a party for one.

Sorry to hear you're moving sites at work. Does that put you further this way?

moo2moo

I've won a knit your own handbag kit in last months name a bag competition
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Eager_Elephant

moo2moo wrote: »

I love the Lake District, despite having a minor mishap here which resulted in a meet and greet with the cheerful chaps of Keswick Mountain Rescue.

I love your dog so much - we will get a dog one day but the more I read of yours the more it puts me off :rotfl:

I assume you did not take the dog to the Lake District? If you had the dog with you then you wouldn't have needed Mountain Rescue.:D

Did they have Newfoundlands as the rescue dogs?

I am worried about a Newfie as we have a lot of rivers about and I think it is highly likely it will just be jumping in them all day

moo2moo

Eager_Elephant wrote: »

I love your dog so much - we will get a dog one day but the more I read of yours the more it puts me off :rotfl:

I assume you did not take the dog to the Lake District? If you had the dog with you then you wouldn't have needed Mountain Rescue.:D

Did they have Newfoundlands as the rescue dogs?

I am worried about a Newfie as we have a lot of rivers about and I think it is highly likely it will just be jumping in them all day

The last Lake District trip was almost two decades ago. Always wanted to go back and say thank you in person. Perhaps now is the time to do that. On the day in question they didn't have dogs with them, I've no idea if they use them.

Newfies are ace. Fabulous even but they do get rather hot in the summer, as do all dark coloured dogs. Big long hairs take an awful lot of grooming. Figure out how long you think its going to take. Double it. Trebble that, double it again and then figure out how it is that they've got giant matts of hair behind their ears and between their legs despite being tangle free seconds earlier. Thats about the only think I don't miss about the geriatric old dear.

As for water well they launch themselves in when you least want them to, the four legged fiend paddles through OHs fish pond on an hourly basis despite it being quicker to walk round it. Although she will ignore the river in the park if theres a rabbit to chase.

Igamogam

moo2moo wrote: »

Work are going Jubilee Mad. The county have organised a Jubilee Picnic which means the dinner ladies are whipping up butties and cold pizza and the rest of us get to wear red, white and blue for the day. THe way the weather is the blue bit won't be a problem, that'll be the first sign of frostbite.

Keep being asked if I have access to a Road Closed sign so there are obviously quite a few street parties going on. The DDs are away for it and OH is working so I'll be having a party for one.

Sorry to hear you're moving sites at work. Does that put you further this way?

Yup. Puts 20 miles a day on the journey:mad:

moo2moo wrote: »

I've won a knit your own handbag kit in last months name a bag competition
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Fabby! Was that the titty bag?

Eager_Elephant wrote: »

I assume you did not take the dog to the Lake District? If you had the dog with you then you wouldn't have needed Mountain Rescue.:D

Did they have Newfoundlands as the rescue dogs?

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We have SARDA dogs here - dont think any of them are newfoundlands - tend to be border collies and similar - bouncy dogs with lots of energy. Years ago I volunteered for a training session with them and was a 'casualty' - incredible animals and very dedicated owners

Piquant_2

moo2moo wrote: »

I've won a knit your own handbag kit in last months name a bag competition
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Congratulations Moo!

What did you call the bag then? There was quite a discussion about names. I still giggle at your Queen impression...

Piq

moo2moo

Igamogam wrote: »

Fabby! Was that the titty bag?

Oh yes. Although I already own the titty bag complete with boobs and a basque. Piccies to follow when I drag my behind out off the PC chair and unearth it from where it lurks.

I named it (technically its a them) after the principle characters from Chocolat.

moo2moo

They say a pictures worth a thousand words..... the following is what happened when I placed the titty bag on a windowsill in the presence of ten stone of curious dog.

moo2moo

Spent yesterday decimating the remains of the garden. In theory OHs shed arrives on Friday and will be hauled by the delivery chaps to the bottom of the garden. This means the paths needed clearing and the overgrown weed patches between paths needs mowing and much more besides.

Started with the taming of the hedges and an awful lot of weeding and chucking. Have much more to do. Fortunately the weather is fab again today but will be wearing a t-shirt as I have lobster red shoulders.

Didn't get round to E-baying but I do have a small mountian on the desk to wad through having dredged it out of storage.

OH decided to fit his newest purchase to the Landie at quarter to dinner time. Apparently a quick and easy five minute job. An hour and a half later it was finally fitted but two other bits have been removed because the new bit is missing a crucial hole.

And I've finally finished the jumper.... technically I've been forced to stop knitting because I've run out of wool but it still done. Just need to sew in the ends and join the hood and then its either wearable or on its way to my younger sibling.

Plans for today involve much laundry, a lot more gardening and remembering to take the DDs to their riding lesson and buy fuel at some point.

RosaBernicia

Hi Moo

There's a Cars of the Stars museum somewhere in the Lakes - or was - it might even be in Keswick. They had the Bond Aston Martin and some form of Batmobile. Oops, no, Google says it closed last summer. Otherwise might have occupied your OH. Bound to be something off-roading ish to keep him out of trouble though.

Newfies are used for water rescue in some countries, they certainly train for it here but I don't know if they get called out. I seem to remember hearing that the Italian coastguard use them - they lower the dog from a helicopter so that the person can hang onto their harness and be kept afloat for longer, since the dogs have fab swimming stamina. (Partly I remember this as heard it via a relative with a dog phobia. We couldn't figure out whether she would consider an approaching Newfie better or worse than continuing to paddle herself.) Sigh - I would love one but need to be somewhere other than a one bed flat :rotfl:


Rosa xx