Preparedness for when

GreyQueen

Well, just off the blower with SuperGran and Shoebox Towers has kicked off the new year with customary vim and vigour. We have had armed police in riot gear, a knife-wielding maniac running amok issuing threats to kill and several arrests for various things. Copious amounts of drugs, alcohol and very loud music were involved.

Dammit, and I was away in the home town and missed all the 'fun'. Gawd knows what's going to hit the phonelines when we all get back to work tomorrow. Just hope its quet tonight so I can get rested and ready to face the day.

nuatha

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

Y'can't get much further south than we are without being in the ocean!!!please don't disown us just acos we're from Hampyshireland, we're it has to be said the scruffiest people in our village and prone to wellies and lurchas and compost heapses but we're kinda useful as preppers and certainly have our wellies planted firmly on terra firma!!! Let me stay!!!!!

As I mentioned Herself and MiL are Hampshire Hogs and I have other family still living in the county.
Currently my boots would be on terra muddier, I now have standing water on the garden, which is a first. Its seriously raining and we have another 5 or 6 days of the same forecast. My heart goes out to everyone affected no matter where they are.

If you can manage a week in the Smoke NUATHA you have much more staying power than I do, just the thought of getting on the train to go there has me running in the opposite direction as fast as I can! hate it like poison!!!

I might decide to catch the Celtic exhibition in Edinburgh rather than London, but I have a fondness for the museums and theatres.
I've turned down contracts that would have had me working down there, regardless of the size of the bribe. But generally I can be rather stubborn - though one trip to the smoke ended in near disaster - the pressure got to me and panic struck on a deep section of the Northern line, I ran off the train at the next station and ran up escalators and jumped barriers until I could see daylight. I'd knocked people over who had the misfortune to be between me and me perceived route out and most of that route I'd dragged my then fianc!e by the wrist, causing her multiple bruises and grazes. When I could eventually see a patch of sky, I stopped and was surprised to find a crowd of underground staff and a couple of police officers closing in on me.
That's when I realised that a one week limit was survivable, 10 days wasn't.

thriftwizard wrote: »

A week in London? I take my hat off to you - I can manage 2 days max!

<fx Nuatha bows> 2 days is probably far more sensible, but by the time I've spent at least half a day getting there with the same to return and I'll want to spend at least 2 days in a major museum or possibly visit two and several smaller collections, its difficult to keep a visit as short as would be sensible.

The rain has eased off now here & the last few hours were clear & sparkling, though it's clouding over again now. DD1 & I went for a quick stroll up at our local high spot, from where we can see the Isle of Wight, quite a bit of New Forest, little bits of Wiltshire and almost over to Somerset, and there are large areas of reflections, i.e. flooding, visible down in the valleys. As it's mostly farmland, I doubt if it'll be reported anywhere, but OH has just got back from work down in the conurbation & had to take several detours on the way back; roads closed due to flooding.

I know we're lucky in that very few people's lives will be disrupted at all by this, but it doesn't bode well for a week of rain, rain & more rain - the ground is FULL UP now!

I was fortunate to see an aerial photograph of my favourite castle yesterday (taken a few days ago). I've never been able to work out where the documented moat was, its currently full (first time since at least WW1). And this is on the East coast which has relatively little rain up until now.

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moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

What's LLF Bob?

It means Legally Licence Free.

It refers to not having a TV Licence, because you don't legally require one.

You can see the financial benefit, to myself, in my signature.

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thriftwizard wrote: »

A week in London? I take my hat off to you - I can manage 2 days max!

I agree.

Once you've seen Buck House, the HoP, the Royal Parks, and Horseguards, it quickly gets boring after that.

I prefer Berlin.

Frugalsod

Well have been flat hunting today and found a very nice place right on the brow of a hill so no flooding issues to worry about, so will be deciding whether and when to move in, after sorting out some logistical problems. It has a huge rooftop balcony so perfect for barbecues and even a veg plot so I might actually try growing some veg if I move in. Lots of things going for it even though it is in a social dead zone, very quiet.

moneyistooshorttomention

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

I agree.

Once you've seen Buck House, the HoP, the Royal Parks, and Horseguards, it quickly gets boring after that.

I prefer Berlin.

Never been to Berlin - but I like some other peoples capital cities. I'd be fine in Copenhagen or Amsterdam - both of which I like.

Did actually have an hour or so this afternoon where it wasn't raining - for once:rotfl:. I'll echo that "dry" ground here is muddier than muddy and I don't think it can take any more.

...and there was me reading a newspaper article again this morning about how many ski resorts are minus their snow for the 2nd year running. Thankfully - at a personal level I wouldn't be into skiing anyway even if I could afford it. But that was another moment of "Why cant we send them a bit of their weather and we get a bit of theirs?" again.

I know all the rain is making me feel :eek: by the fact that last visit to a bigger town did actually see me buying a pair of boots. I'll just draw a discreet veil over the fact that they were smart black leather ankle boots for wearing with trousers and not "Big Chunky Boots" like I see a lot of women wearing here - haven't quite got my head round them yet...:rotfl:

GreyQueen

Oh, I always think if most people wear or do something in a certain neighbourhood, it's worth my while to consider why and probably copy.

Smart town boots mightn't have much waterproofing or a good enough tread to keep you upright in really greasy mud.

I favour sturdy leather hiking boots and gaiters for hills and for snow (think I saw some of that in Dec 2010.....) and the wellies are for extreme circumstances. I don't garden in wellies - rationale being, if it's that wet up there that I'd need them, it's too wet to be walking on the soil and damaging it.

moneyistooshorttomention

I do have proper "old-fashioned style" walking boots and a couple of pairs of modern style walking boots (latest pair of them bought since moving here and causing a couple of women to promptly ask me where I got them).

I've gone beyond wearing Ugg type boots for tramping anywhere and everywhere and then wondering how come I'm forever cleaning mud off them. Daylight dawned on that eventually it wasn't just a one-off/two-off/etc....:rotfl:

It's they there BIG knee-high hefty type leather boots I see a lot of women in here that I'm still trying to persuade myself might be an idea.

But - I'm still not going to do those woolly pull-on hats....hates the way they look on me...:rotfl:. I've not got one of those delicate little heart-shape faces:( and a fizzog like mine with one of them atop it is a bit_pale_

GreyQueen

You could rock a trapper-style fun fur hat for very cold weather. I also have a very stylish Tilley hat, which is waterproof, as I suit a brimmed hat.

They don't work so well on some shorter women, as you can end up looking like a mushroom if you're not careful.

Between those two, and the everyday burglar fleece hat (as my pals will insist on dubbing a perfectly respectable black thinsulate number) I have most hat-events covered, to my admittedly unexacting standards.

nuatha

GreyQueen wrote: »

I favour sturdy leather hiking boots and gaiters for hills and for snow (think I saw some of that in Dec 2010.....) and the wellies are for extreme circumstances. I don't garden in wellies - rationale being, if it's that wet up there that I'd need them, it's too wet to be walking on the soil and damaging it.

Having sworn by traditional leather hill and mountain boots with gaiters for years. I recently added a pair of mucking out boots to the wardrobe, sort of a cross between a welly base and a high boot ankle. These sit closer on the feet than wellies do giving a safer feel, have the advantage of being as easy to clean as wellies (given the weather lately, that's a major plus point) and offer a similar security of footing to my old mountain boots.