The Garden Fence - proper Old Style support and chat!

MingVase

carolbee said:

Burtha, I live near Margate in Kent. Can offer you a stick of rock 😀

I love rock! Put kettle on carol, INCOMING VASE!

Helebore

Yer mad the lot of you! Delurking momentarily! You can come down Colchester way if you like Burtha, the others will vouch for me...am not in Colchester but closeish...

Suffolksue

Sudbury is on way to Colchester 

Doveling

De-lurking. Cheshire, not much cheese in but I have three bottles of Forest Gin 

pollyanna_26

Thank you for todays thought monna. Very of the moment.

Methinks someone hasn't been busy flicking a duster fron her bed in the general direction of furniture or ordering the resident spiders to rearrange their webs in an artistic fashion as the festive season is over , spray on glitter is so yesterday and a good coating of dust adds a certain touch of low maintainance class until the festive season arrives again.

Someone has been reading MEMES.

pollyx

pollyanna_26

camelot1001 said:

Loch Lomond burtha, you can call on your way to Shetland!

Haggis (veggie), neaps and tatties tonight, can't wait!

Me too for Loch Lomand. I'm not a drinker of alcohol but I recall a sunny afternoon on the loch. Listening to the guide talking of history and showing us very thick bushes and trees on one side. Rob Roy country he said.

Eldest dd passed me a little tumbler. It tasted lovely honey flavoured whisky . DD bought different bottles that were sold on the boat and said there were many different flavours. I just remember a warm sunny day drifting along and peace.I've been back since as when she was living there she had Ben Lomand as the view from her kitchen window.. I watched her start off at a run very early one morning and disappear into the mist that shrouded the mountain. That was her first Munro.

Enjoy your Burns supper. I imagine there will be many smaller ones this year with the rules. Will you be addressing the Haggis? I can manage the translation but not Rabbie Burns.

pollyx

carolbee

VJsmum said:

carolbee said:

Burtha, I live near Margate in Kent. Can offer you a stick of rock 😀

And a go on the scenic railway?  I grew up in Kent (isle of sheppey - well someone had to), we used to go to Margate every summer with my nan.

I remember you saying you were from there! Quite trendy down here now with the Turner 😉

pollyanna_26

Doveling said:

De-lurking. Cheshire, not much cheese in but I have three bottles of Forest Gin 

I have cheese including proper Cheshire. May I ask if you are anywhere near Tatton Park? Don't need the gin but I miss my Tatton visits so much.

I have a long list of places for burtha. None of them exactly where I am but a few in common with mothernerd who isn't too far away from me.

I warn you burtha they stretch from Devon through The Lakes The Yorkshire dales. RHS Harlow Carr., A lot of Scotland mainly West Coast and the Trossachs. You must also call at the Scottish Wool Centre in Aberfoyle- I'll send you a shopping list.     .

Most exciting is after you visit the many waterfalls I loved ( there are a lot) You can board The Jacobite steam train at Fort William and travel to Mallaig.As a final treat you then cross the sea to Skye.

I suggest you equip yourself with the proper gear because  you're going to resemble a drowned rat when you finally stagger ashore on the Isle of Wight.No doubt your hostess will greet you with " At last I've been hanging around for 10 minutes you can make me a coffee.

Oh she may have been harbouring Nursie all this time. We never did find out what became of her. Never mind she'll strip you off , give you a good rub down with a very rough towel and probably lock you in a cupboard. Poor dear did spend some time in a cupboard so don't worry it's normal behaviour in her world.

Perhaps a of armour may be useful just in case.

Meanwhile we do not mention the E word so you'll have to find another form  of transport if needed.

It's a rather sad tale , the police seem convinced but David Attenborough not so much and I'm not sure.

The case for the defence. She found a little brown bottle took a drink and liked it. Went on the hunt for more little bottles and began to behave very oddly as time went by she'd talk of elephants , walkers , little chicks , small children , gingerbread houses and all sorts of weird things . Then she'd deny any knowledge of such things.Long story short she began to wander round her garden weeping and wailing and alternating between confession and denial.

She closed all her curtains so she couldn't see the patio

She was moved to a wee safe house with no patio. i doubt we'll ever hear the full story but she seems ok now. We just need to remember not to utter the E word.

pollyx 

pollyanna_26

Lock your doors and windows carolbee. I've just noticed madam is on her way to Kent. Leave the rock outside and pretend you're out.

pollyx

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