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  • Serendipitious
    Serendipitious Posts: 6,453 Forumite
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    finlay wrote: »
    Re the National Trust, if you are a member you get into their properties free of charge. The Scottish Trust is cheaper and does let you into the English ones free too, BUT it does not afaik allow you to use the car parks free and that is potentially a problem.
    Hope this helps

    Yes, I've heard that about the parking too, so I think the savings don't look so good when you add on the parking charges - it soon adds up per visit.
    “All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.”




  • thry9698
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    Serendipitious wrote: »
    Yes, I've heard that about the parking too, so I think the savings don't look so good when you add on the parking charges - it soon adds up per visit.

    Always used our Scottish NT for parking in Cornwall coastal car parks and Clumber park and Brimham Rocks. HTH
  • bubbs
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    pippo wrote: »
    We have a blackboard in the kitchen (refuse to call them chalkboards, sorry) where we write the things we need when next shopping. There were a few things on it so I thought 'What the heck' do a c&c and go for the hair erasers!!

    We haven't been bothered by Doris too much, but the C&c place is well exposed and on high ground. The check in machine I pulled up to wouldn't work, was going to change to another but another car pulled up so I had to press 'help' Poor little bloke eventually trudged out in the sleet, I gave him my order number then he eventually trudged back with my order. Oh dear, the razors were in stock, very strange as none in the shop yesterday! Smug person in other car had then sailed off.
    The upside was, given the weather I didn't have to make up a story about why I needed 4 razors! Downside is I still can't check APG even though it said 'collected'by the time I got home. It is so long since I did a C&C I can't remember what is usual.
    DH had a rumage through the shopping asked why I had had bought a razor, well no dear, I have bought 4. Too complicated to explain!!
    Off to finish off the 'homemade' fish pie... this domestic godessing is much harder than work!
    Sometimes let you check more or less straight away sometimes takes a few hrs hth
    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
  • bubbs
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    If i do and comparable c and c now, i can check and claim next month still cant i?
    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
  • fernie1
    fernie1 Posts: 1,127 Forumite
    bubbs wrote: »
    :eek::eek::eek: not good is it? hope things wernt too damaged
    This was a motorbike:eek:

    No damage luckily only lost few leaves on one of my palm trees :(

    Was there any damage to his bike?
  • bubbs
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    fernie1 wrote: »
    No damage luckily only lost few leaves on one of my palm trees :(

    Was there any damage to his bike?

    Phewww that was lucky:D
    Few scratches :o
    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
  • fernie1
    fernie1 Posts: 1,127 Forumite
    bubbs wrote: »
    Phewww that was lucky:D
    Few scratches :o

    Bad enough but could of been worse.
  • bubbs
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    fernie1 wrote: »
    Bad enough but could of been worse.

    Too true, what he is moaning about is because was brand new last year, week after he had it got hit and run and got scratched all down one side, now this but its on the same side
    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
  • mhoc
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    sarahskint wrote: »
    I know that the cos mountain dew was mentioned this morning about 75p cashback/half price offer. I can confirm that I purchased 6 bottles at Tesco for £1 each and have been paid out the 75p a bottle. hth x Also got some more mojito 7up I have an odd child that likes it lol

    which is odd - the child or the Mountain Dew :)
    “Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove. Every day will allow you, --will invite you to add something to the pleasure of others, --or to diminish something of their pains.”
  • emerald21
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    finlay wrote: »
    Re the National Trust, if you are a member you get into their properties free of charge. The Scottish Trust is cheaper and does let you into the English ones free too, BUT it does not afaik allow you to use the car parks free and that is potentially a problem.
    Hope this helps

    Thanks Finlay :)
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