A new 'tougher' thread... and so it continues

Florenceem

I think they come up again.

ginnyknit

We went to Newcastle for a bargain break year before last and drove along the Northumberland coast -WoW :T and loads of lighthouses to visit. The people were lovely, the markets cheap altogether a favourite destination. Final day we went to the Angel of the North and ticked another thing off our bucket list. I was really impressed by the whole trip. Only flaw was we searched for a chemist to buy sanitary towels and Oh threw the rubbish in a bin later in the day - wrong bag, guess what he binned :rotfl: Even the weather was fab, hot sunshine in September/October.

meme30

I have had the good fortune to live near Northumberland,s wonderful beaches all my life! Favourite walk is from Alnmouth up to Boulmer (stop over in pub) then onwards towards Howick and on to Craister and Dundstanburgh Castle. You can walk all the way to Berwick via Seahouses, Bamburgh and Lindisfarne. We have the best beaches and scenery, so peaceful they fill your heart with new spirit when you visit them

westcoastscot

Love the Northumbrian coast - we camped at Beadnall Bay - had a lovely time. Was when I found Barter Books which is fab - did you know they credit themselves with re-discovering the "keep calm and carry on" message? If you have time have a wee google of them, it's on their website.

The rain has stopped by the looks - hoping to get some washing through and out onto the line before it starts again.

Have a good day, WCS

thriftwizard

so peaceful they fill your heart with new spirit when you visit them

I envy you that! You do have awe-inspiring & glorious beaches up there; ours down here are equally lovely, in a different way, but even at this time of year, Durdle Door is so crowded you have to queue to get onto the steps, mostly with school trips, Japanese Hardy fans & geology students. There are plenty of less well-known & crowded places, to be fair, but in summer we generally have to go inland or elsewhere to "get away from it all". We're lucky enough to live a couple of miles stroll, through allotments & fields, from a river beach which was a life-saver when the kids were younger & I didn't drive.
Mid-week I had to go up to London for work & stayed overnight with my niece. She'd like to move down here, but her partner's of the "Why move, when we've got everything we could ever need here on our doorstep & we can jump on a plane to somewhere warm?" persuasion. I think you can almost divide people into those who need the wide-open spaces, and those who think that a park is the same thing only prettier & more convenient. There's nowt so queer as folk, as my grandfather (born in Yorkshire) used to say...

mardatha

I like Bamburgh and Seahouses. I think the nicest beaches I've ever seen were up near you WCS- at Arisaig. White sand on turquoise sea, miles and miles. All empty cos it bloody freezing LOL

gailey_2

Morning guys

been up since six due to kids

watching ed milliband fail on andrew marr show.
its shame image matters but he does not come across great.
perhaps if he had a few credible policies would help but they change their mind so frequently to try and be popular.

house a tip so reaklly need to get some housework done.

girls are grumpy and bored-making mess as usual.

They loved their choco weetabix on offer from lidls for brekkie so nice and healthy.

Eldest has party this afternoon its a drop and run
hubby said he would pick her up.
its 3pm which co-icides with toddlers nap so taking the double and walking up to co-op
hoping to get reduced meat as have no meat in fridge or freezer apart from 1pack sausages and some partyfarye.

really want some poultry and fish hopefully.
lilds has half price mince next weekend.
butcher does every friday so if luck out will pay fullprice but need to meal plan next week or 2.
set £170 budget this month and think only way will meet it is lot of reduced bargains and shopping around.

Kids are being cute.

bid on baby toy on ebay for baby boys 1st birthday in april as being organised will take pressure off as lose tax credits in april and start paying council tax again as have 2month break in feb-march.

Not sure what hubby will do if offered job as salarys more.
but with his current benefots we may be about the same.

I still need to find a job too.plus start ebaying again.

SDG31000

Hello Everyone

I'm jealous of all this talk of beaches and coastline I have to admit. I live as far from the coast as it is possible to get in the UK and long to be closer or be able to drive to the sea whenever I want. I might have to see if the budget will stretch to a few days away at the seaside this year. I would love to go back to La Rosa in Whitby as it was the best holiday I've ever had. I love a hotel with it's own tea room

Yesterday was DS1's 16th birthday and I'm still slightly in shock. My baby is so grown up, when did that happen??? It doesn't feel like enough time as passed for him to be so old and I know I'm definitely not sensible enough to have a 16 year old son. I now have two teenage boys in the house, so I'm destined to a few more years of grunts, eye rolls and sighs as communication.

Today is going to be spent getting DH ready for a week away in Ireland. His company closed the training centre in England, so he has to fly over to Dublin instead. He is going to visit family over there next weekend, so I have 7 nights of insomnia to look forward to. What joy I'm glad that he is going to see his Granny and his Godfather's family. I just wish I was getting to go with him and stay in a 4 star hotel with a spa and to have all my meals cooked for me. Poor DH, he is going to be so deprived.
Also I need to do some cooking and baking and fit in a trip to the gym before 4pm. I need to feed DH a good lunch so he remembers my cooking and has a reason to come home lol. So I think coddle for lunch and apple and mango crumble for dessert. DS2 will be happy as well as he views coddle as perfect food. DS1 has eaten leftover pizza for breakfast and only wants a small lunch, which is useful as he won't eat coddle.
Time for breakfast, bye for now. Hugs to those that need them xxx

lizzyb1812

All this talk of lovely beaches had me half way out the door to one of Suffolk's - Dunwich - before I remembered it was Sunday and therefore would be busy despite being cold and January. Not that I'd deny anyone else the pleasure of them, but I can go any day so I'll be off there tomorrow with pup and today will be a day of batch cooking.

Then I'm going to do the traditional gardener's thing for winter - plan the coming season's growing. My aim will be to spend as little as possible but grow as much edible produce as possible. This year my garden spending is going to be part of my grocery spending because I mostly grow fruit and veg and need to keep an eye on the cost. I also need to sort out my seeds, which I have over bought in the past, plan planting places and times, sow more winter salad in the greenhouse and I'm going to plant some early vegetable seeds to bring on in the greenhouse for early veg.

A run-in with the DVD is also on the to do list - it's now hooked up to the TV and the electricity and there seems to be no reason why it's not working, but the DVD slot won't open. Since I've cancelled Sky I'd like to use the DVD but technological probs get me steamed up unnaturally quickly - bit like phone call centre systems - so the air will definitely be blue around here

OK - that's a good plan - best get on and do it, not even dressed yet :eek:

ETA - what's coddle? Sounds as though it could be yummy with a name like that

gailey_2

lizzyb1812 wrote: »

All this talk of lovely beaches had me half way out the door to one of Suffolk's - Dunwich - before I remembered it was Sunday and therefore would be busy despite being cold and January. Not that I'd deny anyone else the pleasure of them, but I can go any day so I'll be off there tomorrow with pup and today will be a day of batch cooking.

Then I'm going to do the traditional gardener's thing for winter - plan the coming season's growing. My aim will be to spend as little as possible but grow as much edible produce as possible. This year my garden spending is going to be part of my grocery spending because I mostly grow fruit and veg and need to keep an eye on the cost. I also need to sort out my seeds, which I have over bought in the past, plan planting places and times, sow more winter salad in the greenhouse and I'm going to plant some early vegetable seeds to bring on in the greenhouse for early veg.

A run-in with the DVD is also on the to do list - it's now hooked up to the TV and the electricity and there seems to be no reason why it's not working, but the DVD slot won't open. Since I've cancelled Sky I'd like to use the DVD but technological probs get me steamed up unnaturally quickly - bit like phone call centre systems - so the air will definitely be blue around here

OK - that's a good plan - best get on and do it, not even dressed yet :eek:

ETA - what's coddle? Sounds as though it could be yummy with a name like that

Interested to find out about garden as planning to do same .
problems we have is

somethings dont grow well-we hopeless with carrots always tiny and crooked.

hubby grows random things we dont like.

we seem to have !!!!!! of things ready at same time need more staggered crop.

we dont have green house wondered if those plastic greenhouses any good?

its cheaper to buy herbs in pots from supermarket and plant.

remember that bbc winter garden programme and some unknow salads and atichoke grow in winter.

want to be adventourous this year and do more.

we have large windowsill in kitchen so planning one big window pot for indoor herb garden too.

when get dvd fixed love filsm good deal.
i signed up 6quid a month but got £7.50cashback and £20marks vouchers and cheaper than sky movies which i need to cancel.