5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

house_elf

Good Morning,

& - thanks for the cake recipe recommendation, I shall give it a go, may be to take to craft club, as no one else at home is very interested in cake. I would have to eat it all!....... ( Lemon Poppyseed in JL mmmmmmm.)

Countryfile Live .......

1. Lovely weather for strolling around the event.

2. Saw the Legend who is Peter Purves, a talk by Archers legends Lillian Bellamy and Mary Cutler and a Show which involved the Countryfile presenters, circus performers and presented by Jon Culshaw.

3. Free gin and tonic from O2, various other freebies.

4. Nice lunch in the NT tent.

5. Beautiful views across the estate as we drove out. Looking forward to returning with our half price annual passes for Blenheim Palace. :j

6. Managed to watch one of the programmes about the history of sweets before collapsing into bed.......happy tired!

Interesting perspective on Justin Gatlin http://www.sportsintegrityinitiative.com/demonising-justin-gatlin/

Frith - glad the Police got the man who targeted your son and his friends.

VJsmum

Another day, another train.

This time a very exciting train as i am on my way to southern France :j

My former colleague and still friend lives there for half the year and so I am off to visit until saturday. I am a little nervous, the most time i have spent in her company since leaving work is for 2 hours at lunch (though on many occasions). I am going all the way by train so I should get lots done.

Pleasures for the last few days

1. Been in ICT. We have had a house guest for a few days and i was a bit worried about it - 3 people in a very small space and invasion of my space etc. But it was lovely and he was very easy
2. had a couple of nice days out. Ffestiniog railway on Saturday and a local walk yesterday
3. Steam train had a beer festival :beer: We fested...
4. Had a delicious meal in michelin starred local restaurant. Moules mariniere for me followed by sea bream.
5. OH and I drove home yesterday. We don't often drive but it was fine. Had curry with the kids when we got home.

Have a lovely day all....

mhagster

Bonne vacancesvjsmere

Monday: work busy and paid
Also paid back dated family tax allowance to when OH died.
Picked up boxes from local supermarket for packing / sorting

Went to hospital to donate one of OHs guitars very emotional but absolutely right thing to do. Was hard going in but easier coming out. My friends husband is there & doesn't have long but we had a lovely couple of hours together. Pain doctor came up to see me & we had a lovely chat too.

DD1 made macaroni for the first time. I need to pass on my recipes .

Not a pleasure ...on hold to the most incompetent uk energy company I've had the misfortune to deal wth. My ex tenants choice of supplier certainly ain't mine! Grrrr.

Have a good one

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

PM2DD Seems your lot have shot their lot in the first game! #UTM
BoP Palace still has problems with the connect to the forum. Tokens and it certainly does not like ip6. For the techies amongst you, there are ways through their blockage! Lucky for yous lot at the moment, there are no mouth watering pictures of proper foods prepared by BoP!

5 On a rush across the river on Saturday, and as wes has the tag, we sailed pass the queue of caravans. Good news, at least three have been removed from the pool over the weekend. Caravans are not proper house things and if you see one, please treat them as flotsam. We ended up in Ferryside and saw a Tornado. Then we had proper picnic food of homemade buns with ham, made with real butter. Tom soup was also had, with cakes of Jaffa. As we were out early of Saturday, we did not bother with the Big Warster train on Friday night. So we got back early and herded offs into town on the hopper train. Selwyn conductor was expectant that BoPsie would not have a ticket, but she trumped him! We tried the so called lounge, but their drinks were chemicals and all nitrokeg. Avoid! It will not put the hairs on your back in a fickle. We spooned it instead. Wobbleades and a curry were consumed. On the way home, on the Big Train, but not to Warster, we nipped into the coop (expensive, try to avoid) and purchased a proper ale!

4 As said, proper breakfast this week was provided on Sunday, but BoPsie was a tad worse for the weather! Snorker, best back, mushrooms and poached egginess on toast was wolfed down. Toms and haricot beans in tom sauce were well fooded. Tea was proper food as well. Hot buttered and minted new tates, Mince and onions, finely chopped, with door stop carrots and spinach. Served with a proper dumpling and fresh broccoli! Dumpling, as BoPsie does not like them and I can make so flffy and light. 1½ oz of fine graded self-raising flour. ¾ oz pf proper shredded suet, tad of salt, pepper and some chives. Small grating of proper cheese! Done in proper pan gravy not the bisto carp! Proper food and good for you! Second helpings of rhubarb crumble was also wolfed down with instant lumpy custard.

3 Got the proper foods in yesterday. Ms Cant Cooke was in front and her shopping was full of carp. Ready meal after ready meal! Avoid, these are full of carp. She bought the ready roast chicken, six week old mashed potatoes, look nice ready veg! poor dear! How can you pay £2.49 for steam veg when I can buy a carrot, onion and broccoli for a darn set less! Please avoid these prepared veg and meals, as pointed out by BoP in recent posts. They do not save you anything and are full of bad things. The veg is stored in a protective environment, a blanket of Nitrogen! See above. Avoid! The only way to keep things like peas from the garden fresh of is to freeze them! She had three bags and wasted £156! Bop also had three bags and wasted a £38! And we got the lot. She’ll be back tomorrow as most of hers is inedible! Not only that, but the packaging waste on top! Oh, and lots of berries this week as they were cheap!

2 Nite again BoP is showing off his ready for the beach body at the gym, and ifs you were about last Saturday, sea above, it was shown on the sands at Ferryside. If you missed it, tough. And yes KK, you got out free, but look what you missed!

Ask around and then decide

For those unsure about food preservation, the five day old stale sandwich and the likes are stored in a blanket of nitrogen. That is why the look good veg goes off so quick. Think, the birds don’t eat it either!

ampersand

Troubling tend&ncy spotted - another bop AGREE :-)
' How can you pay £2.49 for steam veg when I can buy a carrot, onion and broccoli for a darn set less!' -made & laugh aloud, saying 'Exactly!'

Frith - gosh! for MIT[which & has seen used as Millionaire-in-Training] AND a week since tooth AND Younger is 14. Seems impossible enough to we ospers, must feel even more so for you. You can enjoy prepping for hols now.

vjm - don't you dare be Head Down all the way on that wonderful train journey.
This is your reading/doing today -

Leisure
William Henry Davies

What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

mhags - you are doing well*. Please may & just say so? I know the cruelties. Thought again of you at booty hier, where this was acquired. Sold out in 6 days, & read. Styles, landscapes not dissimilar, do you think?
https://biblio.co.uk/peter-mcintyres-new-zealand-by-peter-mcintyre/work/1075027
1st edn, 1st ptg, no d/j, BUT found signature tipped in beneath Rangitikei Plain plate. Both your man and mine 'speak' their land. & loves this as you loved yours on sight.

pk - *ditto. And another, a baking one, sortakinda, with use-up nectarines, fresh-picked raspberries in this old w8rs recette:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?client=firefox-b-ab&q=waitrose+peach+upside+down+cake&spell=1&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjIgr3niMXVAhUnC8AKHSYiDWkQvwUIIygA&biw=1024&bih=585
Actually had marsala. Emptied it.

house elf- thankyou for that Gatlin piece. Thoughtful. The false analogy apologist spoke of a Bank robber having been caught, imprisoned, released, 'done his time'. Athletes are not competing for Bank heist/wrong type glory.
Also, note when PW made G'ma Iny's one, it was prune disguise for Marlborough Man for some time:-)

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1. Mr T has paid for Stena &>hyggeland. Great help from MrT's young Rachel in Sth Wales, when &utah blue-screened x 4/rebooted/worsethanusuals earlier.
Cancellation, replay, all corrected - all thanks to her. Hope &thanks reflect on staff record. All has taken just on 4hrs.

2. Ironing many sorted things. 5 pass-on, dump bags so far, but surface not even ruffled yet.

3. Cricket listening. Mooen did not make his century sadly. Some strange dismissals on both sides. Or, as GB says, some stupid shots.

4. &'s nectarine udc variant is far too yummy.

5. Catch-up listen to last isihac this series at 0730h.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08zb4db
Oh lawks, have been aware JAM avoidance looming. Just can't stand it.
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mcc - hope sufficient language work and equine interest is giving you some great life boosts/pics/memories.

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Gr8. & Speaks volumes on BoP words!

Kittikins

1. Got some (very small amount) of school work done for September.
2. Woke up with KW *swoon*, and got breakfast made for me
3. Went for my first 'proper' swim in 2 weeks before going home. My shoulder was a bit achy but I did my 20 lengths no problem.
4. Booked my car in for a service with our lovely and cheap mechanic.
5. Picked up a repeat prescription from the dispensary - thankfully I had remembered to tick just the single item I needed rather than all three on there. Now to remember to take the medicine regularly....I have a bit of a habit of forgetting
6. Nice chat with lady in post office about the cost of stamps these days. Yup, I'm getting old....talk about a king's ransom to send a letter to mainland Europe!
7. Resisted the temptation of the garage forecourt shop by filling up at the pay at pump only section.
8. Annoyed but found it funny that a second hand book I ordered to use with my class on Amaz&n turned up and, I'd not read the small (literally) print, as it's a tiny edition, rather than the standard size....even with a small class, they still won't be able to see it from the carpet!!
9. Started knitting a scarf, hopefully I won't get bored and it'll be a nice pressie for KW's mummy.

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

PM2DD Mariners live from The Theatre of Fish tomorrow on some beeb station called live extra. The lord shall speaketh to the nation.

Frith

Well, an exciting day in Wessex for 3 people with 2 black eyes! Mine is a bit left from tooth extraction, bigger son's from getting headbutted last night. He has also found he has bruised ribs from a punch and sore arms from trying to wrestle the man off.

Pleasures for today:

1) Decided we should have a lie in (police left 1am) so got up at 9am.

2) Hens OK, left them with some porridge.

3) Took eleventy billion hours to drive down. First stop was Avebury - manor, church and stones. Sons impressed despite themselves, enjoyed looking round the manor and the gardens. Smaller son had to touch every stone on our route.

4) On to West Kennet long barrow and Silbury Hill. Made a cup of tea by the busiest road ever!

5) Next to Stonehenge. Our tickets were for 2 but we realised early in the day that we would never make it for then (due to late start). So we arrived 5ish, left car and walked up to the edge of the stones. Grumpy man said we would have to go back with our printed out email and show it at the reception (a good 20 minutes walk away), then they would let us in - but not to bother now as it was closing time. :-/

There are plenty of foot paths so we followed those and got pretty close. Then we spoke to a traveller camping there and she pointed out the correct footpath - that passes just behind where the paying people look round! We were there until about 7pm.

6) From Stonehenge to our Youth Hostel (5 miles away). Bits of it very good, other bits rather "tired". We made tea (takes an age when you don't know where anything is and others are also cooking) and had rice pudding after.

7) Have been playing cards this evening and will listen to Clue, if internet holds out...

Also got 2 geocaches today.

house_elf

Good Morning,

Frith - fantastic road trip. Brilliant idea to take tea making facilities with you! I bet Stone Henge was much more majestic without all the other visitors.

Yesterday

1. 10 items listed on EBay. (Despite the mess I have made sorting through cupboards and drawers). Also produced a bag for CS. Onward with the de clutter!

2. Successful trip to A. Got DH favourite shower gel on offer in Boots. Free loaf of bread in Iceland with coupon.

3. Booked discounted meal for DH and me when we go to London on The weekend.

4. The refuse collectors emptied all 3 bins.:j I have filled the car with the recycling, which is taking over the kitchen, and will drop it at Waities paper bank today.

5. Watching DS2 snowboarding. Unfortunately, the session is 8pm till 11pm, so we don't get home till midnight. :eek: The advantage is, we have the viewing area to ourselves. Install ourselves in comfy sofas with giant Starbucks coffees, seeing him shoot by every so often. Does that count as good parenting? :rotfl:

DD just sent a screenshot of a FB post from the Mum of one of her friends. We went to the Mum's hen do just befor DD went to Greece. They had been together for many years, but decided to get married. Sadly her husband has died. Will be going to the funeral on Friday. How sad. 😔