Awful weather - typical Brits talk

-taff

Ginger is good for stomach settling pp, just make some apple butter with it and scoff all joking aside, fingers crossed for tomorrow being as smooth as possible that robin could be like the best disguised spy ever if birds ever joined MI5 or something...

ybe, look at you gadding about all over the place...shame you didn't let him tell you something so you could kill him [ the ex]  The only thing with the same name as my OH is a japanese mnga character [ which does not have a japanese name] and I cant plant one of them so he'll have to do for now using your criteria

fabulous photos wm, that ornge one at the top is gobsmacking.

That's a lovely looking bridge dusty, I love a vicotiran iron [ is it?] thing...

I let some creeping buttercup live in the front garden at the start of the year, by month three it was three foot high and making a break for six foot away, so unfortunately, it had to go...

Sunny today, still no gardening since I weeded the gravelly bit at the back earlier this week. The grass needs cutting but it's still sodden and everything else is in the process of dying off for the winter.

Farway

Sunny & bright, I've had catch up of postings, but my tum is still playing up, better than it was, but enough to say my washing machine is working overtime

Just hoping it clears up before Wisley on Tuesday, or I'll have to call that off

pink_poppy said:

Get well soon Farway. Plain water and dry toast might help.

Thanks, it's just plain old tap water for the moment, I don't think I've reached the dry toast stage yet

Only garden related is opening my package from T & M, sweetcorn, rocket & erigeron

pink_poppy

You must be a mind-reader, taff, I bought some stem ginger oat biscuits in Aldi this morning No idea if they'll help, but I like them anyway. We've got Quells for tomorrow, but advice is to sit inside, as low in the boat as possible and in the middle, which goes against everything I love about ferries - I like to be right up top and outside getting blown about like a mad woman   

The spy thing made me laugh... The name's Bond, Robin Bond... Licenced to twitter   

Dusty's bridge is lovely. I have a thing about bridges - I should probably join a Bridge Appreciation Society.

Sorry to hear you're still not well, Farway. You've got another couple of days before Wisley, so fingers crossed you feel better in time. You might still feel a bit weak and wobbly though, so take care.

Good that your T&M package has arrived - seems to have arrived quite quickly.

Dustyevsky

-taff said:

That's a lovely looking bridge dusty, I love a vicotiran iron [ is it?] thing...

Yes, it's iron, and in need of a re-paint. It's older than Victorian...17something or other.

Farway, I hope you're soon seeing some benefit from the minimal tap water + electrolyte diet.

Dustyevsky

pink_poppy said:

Dusty's bridge is lovely. I have a thing about bridges - I should probably join a Bridge Appreciation Society.

I'm sure one exists: https://www.facebook.com/groups/461916795922012/

Of course, you may wish to specialise, though not many of these up your way: https://www.clapperbridge.co.uk

There's also a trigonometrical point group: https://trigbagging.co.uk/ 

Having done a couple of rough crossings in my youth, I'm with you. Blow the advice, I'd want to be up by the funnels, not inside with all those feeling ill!

Too blowy for any more work here today, and with heavy rain supposedly heading here in an hour or so, we're off for our fish & chip supper.

twopenny

Dusty that's somewhere I haven't been for ages. Used to have my lunch down there when I was working in Dulverton.

And the path is either going towards Tarr Steps or from it. Lovely area, especially at this time of year. Tried to find the photo but what comes up in this tool bar is different to my Window folder. Now that's weird

Found it!

Bluey my 3 sunny days turned into the odd spell here and there but I expected no less. I went down Dustys way for a day out thinking I could do the garden tomorrow (according the the forcast) but most places were closed already and now it's persisting down.

Did anyone see Gardeners World yesterday? the bit I saw was Buddleia - non fertile so no seeds to cause mischief. I must watch it through because the guy talking was interesting. All sorts of varieties for butterlies and some winter flowering.

Bon Voyage to all our holidaymakers I'm feeling far to lazy for all that travelling but like to see what others are doing. Keeping your eyes on the horizon seems to be the trick. And ginger settles the stomach somewhat. Good luck.

Farway that's a nuisance with it still being with you. Bananas are good for a gippy tummy. Not sure if our plantains in the shops are the same thing but they worked for me a bit. And electrolites. You used to be able to drink Cola or 7up for those but they've changed the recipie. I know I found a 'how to make' online when I was bad. It's something simple from the kitchen cupboard. Things you learn from travelling

So wet and windy, dark promised tomorrow. So no chance of seeing the Lights. It was so cold last night my windows were all dripping water! Hope its better with the cloud. Silver linings and all that.

Dustyevsky

twopenny said:

Dusty that's somewhere I haven't been for ages. Used to have my lunch down there when I was working in Dulverton.

And the path is either going towards Tarr Steps or from it. Lovely area, especially at this time of year.

I thought you'd know it. Lovely autumn photo. The river looks more peaceful there 

The path in yesterday's post is the one through Burridge Wood from Dulverton, mostly a field away from the river, but at that point, alongside. The path from Marsh Bridge upstream towards Tarr Steps looks promising for another walk, especially if we can make it circular, but I'm still looking into the practicalities of that.   We have fond memories of Tarr Steps too, and a failed mission to drive a car across the river there....err...a long time ago! Well, it was a Ford!

Speaking of Tarr, it looked as if children had been amused for a while making a model of it along the Burridge pathway. Perhaps I ought to add this to the clapper bridge site!

While walking through Dulverton, I spotted a very small, but beautifully positioned, sitooterie.....

We didn't receive 'proper' rain until yesterday evening, and then it was late. We'd eaten our fish & chips and returned home before it began. In the blustery weather yesterday afternoon I began a very tedious job, reducing our laurel hedge, hiding the commercial yard below us. We've been bad neighbours and let it grow through the fence. OTOH, it's the only thing holding the fence up in places! I was pleased to read laurel is OK as firewood. This is quite a drastic reduction, with many branches 10 cm thick!

Hoping to hear Farway's feeling much better today.

YoungBlueEyes

Brandy Farway, a good gobful. There's a reason they used to say "purely for medicinal purposes". That was not legal advice etc. Fingers crossed it lifts for Tuesday  

Love your bridge Dusty, that's a belter! Creeping buttercups sound perfect but I'll keep ripping them up if they're gonna be all that trouble. Shame is that.

Have a good hol pp, hope the ferry is bearable. As someone who was desperate sicksea as a child I was always told to focus on the horizon, and eat ginger biscuits When Larne/Stranraer was still going we'd often be on it. I'd get pushed up on deck and stood at the front of the ship no matter the weather because "you're not sugar, you'll not melt". #MoreStuffWotKidsTodayWouldNeverBelieve

That's a beautiful peaceful pic 2p, looks like it'd smell musty and Autumnal and lovely I've given up entirely on Gardener's World tbh since I found BeechGrove (which is finished for the year ) 

Ha haa at keeping your oh taff And don't forget Cissie's advice - "I don't know how much better you think you can do, you're not 21 any more" I'll not get ringing her tonight cos we're out again. It's himself's other sister's daughter's birthday, she back from Newcastle uni so it's a full gang turnout. I'll speak to wosname's dad gb and ask about how to deter partridges (he's a big ol' farmer). Gawd I will laugh if wm's 'book club' shows up  

Good job I refreshed before pressing post - I'll take that sitooterie with the house attached if you see it on the market Dusty  

OT they took away our nice weather and left us with cloud, so I don't know who's got it today. pp with any luck. Big rain tonight (that's because we're out, for sure). Mild still, it was 11' when I got up this morning.

YoungBlueEyes

My contribution to the pics. 

The clouds parted last night in just the right shape to show The Plough 

There are and are not a lot of pyracantha berries around this year - 

Saving the best for last.  Sunrise this morning. I swear the air smelled different, it was soft and calm - 

That’ll do. 

Dustyevsky

Wow! Your photos are really impressive these days, Bluey! I love that Plough one, especially!

And look at those Pyracantha berries in photo 2!!! Ours aren't even as good as picture 3's....very sparse.

It is mild out there, so I'm off to get some work in, before the big blob of rain arrives from Cornwall!