Travelling On

Karmacat · 19 February 2018 at 4:58PM

Yikes ... I'm continuing to download kindle books in the background, but the new passport has taken 98% of my time .... absolutely astonishing! But I managed to take a photo for myself without banging on a neighbour's door (courtesy of a little tripod and the timer programme on my camera). Have to see now if it passes muster, they might disqualify it as a little fuzzy, though its passed the automated tests.

Cuppa tea is on the boil. I'm going to do the "bike for free" notice, so that the kids going to school tomorrow morning will see it, and thats me done, unless I do something *much* later. Nobody with a job could possibly do all this .... oh, and my EHIC card will also expire before the cruise

Karmacat · 20 February 2018 at 11:20AM

Morning campers! I did the "renovation project - please take it if you want it" notice for the bike about 15 minutes ago

dishwasher has been on, SB is puttering on in the background for meagre points, and I'm slowly collecting stuff I need to pack for the trip to Merseyside.

Oh my god! I just checked out the window (as you do) and the bike has gone! Brilliant :j as long as they don't bring it back cos its too big a project :rotfl:

Okay, I need to take things a little bit easier toay, so to come there'll be:
- continuing to pack
- tidying the house - the porch in particular, since thats where I'll be dumping the stuff coming down to me from Merseyside.
- back up the computer, nice and easy
- renew my EHIC
- cook beans I've had soaking.
- clean the bathroom - its tiny, but the floor gets really grubby cos thats where I clean up after the garden

greent · 20 February 2018 at 12:34PM

Yeay for a quick removal of the bike!

x

[Deleted User] · 20 February 2018 at 1:03PM

Sorry I haven't been around for a while, I haven't been able to settle to anything. I'm just here to thank you lovely people for your sympathy and kind wishes. I truly appreciated that you made the effort to write it:A.

Things are still in limbo here as SIL is meeting the Funeral Director today so a date for the funeral hasn't been fixed yet.

Great news about your old bike, KC:T. I love the idea of our unloved items finding a new home and a new lease of life:j. I was once driving past a house with a huge box of books outside bearing a 'please take if you want them' type of notice. They were really old Encyclopaedia Britannicas. I couldn't resist them and spent many happy hours looking up facts from decades ago. Made me realise how much the world, and our view of it, has changed even in my lifetime;).

beanielou · 20 February 2018 at 1:53PM

Great news on bike

Karmacat · 20 February 2018 at 6:18PM

Thanks both - I'm really surprised it went quite that quickly, but very pleased.

CBC, good to see you - after a couple of hours, I realised you'd take a break as usual. On your behalf, I'm horrified that a funeral date still hasn't been set - that leaves everyone in limbo, just awful. I remember that as a very bad time. I'm really not surprised you haven't felt able to settle to anything

I did my list! Packing, tidying, backing up the computer, renewing the EHIC, cooking beans - the one I *haven't* done is cleaning the bathroom

but I did write a blogpost, got it out there too.

ZTD · 20 February 2018 at 9:03PM

carbootcrazy wrote: »

I was once driving past a house with a huge box of books outside bearing a 'please take if you want them' type of notice. They were really old Encyclopaedia Britannicas. I couldn't resist them and spent many happy hours looking up facts from decades ago. Made me realise how much the world, and our view of it, has changed even in my lifetime;).

I have old reference books for that reason. One contains the line "we haven't been to space yet but..." :T

Often the best way to understand where you are, is to understand the route you took to get here. You do see the same old mindsets being repeated again and again through history though.

gallygirl · 20 February 2018 at 9:13PM

Karmacat wrote: »

On your behalf, I'm horrified that a funeral date still hasn't been set - that leaves everyone in limbo, just awful. I remember that as a very bad time. I'm really not surprised you haven't felt able to settle to anything

Terrible delays where we used to live - especially if you want buried as we've been told they will only dig two graves a day :eek:. In Spain a few days is the norm - no hole to dig though, you go in a hole in the wall

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I agree it is very unsettling, hope you get some closure soon CBC.

ZTD · 20 February 2018 at 9:37PM

Your favourite Scottish man is running a competition right now.

I think he's enjoying saying "Aspod" a bit too much...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXMlUqGTIEI

Karmacat · 21 February 2018 at 12:27AM

gallygirl wrote: »

Terrible delays where we used to live - especially if you want buried as we've been told they will only dig two graves a day :eek:. In Spain a few days is the norm - no hole to dig though, you go in a hole in the wall .

I agree it is very unsettling, hope you get some closure soon CBC.

And its a tall wall too :eek: my word!

ZTD wrote: »

Your favourite Scottish man is running a competition right now.

I think he's enjoying saying "Aspod" a bit too much...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXMlUqGTIEI

My Clive :smileyhea thanks Z :smileyhea

I carry aspirin with me, but because of headaches ... if I suspected I was having a heart attack, I doubt I'd be able to get them out of the plastic ...

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