Do you like pootling?

Go Greatnan!

I have to admit that I do look for adventures, going off the marked paths and up precipitous slopes - which is why my daughter wants me in NZ so she can keep an eye on me. (I will slip away, though!)

Greatnan that sounds more like an adventure, a BIG adventure

I have promised not to take her up any more unmade dirt roads with big drops at the side. (Wimp!)

We'll expect some good postcards from the edge! And no tumbling down any ravines.

You can come and pootle round the Alps with me! Anno will tell you there are some good pootles in Annecy and Chamonix! When she comes next week, we are going to pootle round Aosta in Northern Italy too.

Trouble is, I couldn't pootle for the many hours it would take for me to get there. Boo.

Can I come?

OGM - sounds fun, but it is not pootling because it is not aimless!

GillieB I'm in North Devon - in Bideford - whereabouts do you hope to visit? PM me if you fancy a meet up!

Lallygagging..... thats what a smalll group of us do, but there are rules:
1. duty driver
2. navigator with large map book
3. 3 places must be visited (garden, NT property etc)
4. a delicate lunch with wine (except for the duty driver) tea/coffee stops
Result: 4 very happy lallygaggers!

Thanks, Greatnan - really looking forward to it.

Devon is wonderful pootling country, with lovely little villages and historic towns. You will have a great time!

Wel,l I guess we will be doing lots of pootling next week as we are off to north Devon tomorrow. DD, who recommended where we are staying, says there are lots of lovely little towns and villages to visit, so I think we will definitely be having a pootle. I just hope the weather is better (and warmer) than here in the north east. I need some sunshine.

Lunch is obligatory.

And lunch. I hope.

DH loves a pootle, but not a mooch. He has also reminded me that in our family we also have an event known as 'going for a jaunt'.

A jaunt is a little more focussed than a pootle. It usually involves a drive to some business destination such as: 'Lets have a jaunt to Hungerford, there is meant to be a good craft shop there'. When we reach the destination we pootle. The destination should never be a necessary visit, so DIY stores, clothes buying etc is excluded. In this household it usually involves junk shops, antiques centres, auction viewing days, and craft or sewing shops.

Interesting when I think of mooching I immediately think of Minnie the Moocher who was a red hot hoocie coocher.......

Nonu - I don't think you realise when you are being rude.

I love to drive down unknown, inviting country roads, just to see where I end up. It's fun with one or two female friends, but I would never have attempted it with my ex or with male friends. They just don't get it. My BiL won't even stop for a coffee when mooching about garden centres or holiday villages.

As for women and the boon of having the right man. Nonu!! keep up girl - it's 2013 now. My single life is bliss without being encumbered, even by George Clooney, who would get on my wick after a few days of being my 'boon!'

Re-read it I said the^right man^

You do go on a bit Greatnan

Nonu - you said the right man was the greatest boon a woman could have - that might be true for you, but not for everybody.

Cathy, I do have a lovely life, but I am not so sure about luck! It took a lot of hard work and planning to achieve the life I want. The luck comes in being very fit and healthy and that really is the greatest boon for me!

What a lovely way to spend a day Greatnan how lucky are you!

I do nothing but pootle. It's nice.