Steadily climbing the mountain, enjoying the view along the way

ladybird1106

your iron hard ground- you could water the ground well the night before and dig it the following day. Helps loosen the soil.
love 🐞

Brie

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81979167#Comment_81979167

I was about to suggest the same. I've got gardeners (hopefully) coming tomorrow and the ground is like cement. I shall give it a good soak this evening.

PennysIntoPounds

Haemorrhoids cream is good for insect bites

KajiKita

@ladybird1106 and @Brie - I have tried the watering the night before thing, but it didn’t seem to make much difference last time. I will try it again on Friday (remind me! 😉) ready for Saturday morning.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81979358#Comment_81979358

Seriously?? How? I’m am flumbergasted … 😂 (and off to ask the pharmacist 😊).

The Chair of the chapel ‘committee’ (not sure what the correct term is 🤔) came round this evening. We brought him in and sat him down with us - I think he was expecting to have the conversation on the doorstep. We got chance to explain in detail what our concerns were and show him how we think the acoustics work. He asked us to write him / the committee to explain our concerns and had brought a piece of paper with contact details on. I have written a detailed email and checked it with Mr KK before sending. Fingers crossed he sorts it. He did ask us if the band rehearsing in the afternoons would be okay for us and we said it would.

KK

PennysIntoPounds

Piles cream numbs area, brings swelling down, and helps prevent infection. Obvs this is personal rather than medical advice but I always stick some on insect bites, especially if they're driving me mad at night

That sounds a very mature and reasonable conversation, well done to you and Mr KK for tackling it and hopefully big improvements will occur. Self Appointed Founder of the Village can still get right in the bin with her attitude though.

Do buy some earplugs though so every time you see her, if she tries to speak to you, you can put them in and give her a sarcastic smile

Watty1

Chapel person sounds promising, solutions orientated. Nice, rather than Mrs Mower. Hope this works out for you.

greenbee

Glad you’ve had a positive conversation. Could you follow it up with a ‘if the committee want to understand better you’re all welcome to come for a cup of tea during next band practice’ just to underline the point that you’re not just being sensitive (although also emphasise that it’s the cumulative effect that makes it worse)?

If they don’t resolve it, then your local council environmental health is your next option.

KajiKita

@PennysIntoPounds, interesting about the cream, I will add it to the shop this week.
I did share your comment about the ear plugs with Mr KK and he muttered something darkly … 😉

Thanks @Watty1, @greenbee - I can't believe it hadn't even occurred to me to try the council environmental health <slaps forehead> - I will keep that in reserve.

Tough session at physio this morning. I also asked him how much longer he thought I would need treatment - apparently shoulder issues like this vary in how they respond (inevitably), but typically it's 3 to 4 months …. I'm fed up of this already! Felt very flat going in there (I think because I knew I was going to be 'mauled about') and I feel very low and blue now. Not really sure why. Might be going down with something? I do seem to be very tired today.

KK

themadvix

KK, this does not sound like a good physio. I went to one who beat me up… and when he went on holiday his cover was a young woman who did not treat me like a piece of meat that needed tenderising - and she still had the necessary effect on my pain/mobility etc. I went back once more, realised that I didn't want to see him any more and cancelled. Unfortunately his cover was going into NHS physio, so I couldn't see her (even if I could have found her without going through him) but I did find another (also female, but I don't think that's necessarily necessary) physio who was much gentler and actually more effective. It doesn't have to cause you pain to be effective - this isn't right, especially if you are beginning to dread seeing him.

On a related note, a good physio should only really want to see you a few times in a row (say 3-4 visits) - and then leave you to go back if you feel you need to - the exercises and their therapy should stop that being necessary - that's been my experience with both the osteopath I saw several years ago and the most recent (non-mauling) physio. Please don't put yourself through pain - it's not the answer!

Merlin's_Beard

Fingers crossed the chat has the desired effect!