Good Morning Friday

Morning Mick, morning All from a wild and squally Cornwall. All packed up and ready to go home, according to the forecast the weather is worse there. Oh joys. I’m sad to be leaving, it’s been such a tonic having a change of scenery.

We spent an enjoyable time in Truro yesterday, windy but no rain, a mix of the shops and Cathedral with several coffee stops and a delicious afternoon tea. Seasalt just couldn’t be passed by, sorry marydoll, when in Cornwall and all that. Mr C is still getting over the shock of me not buying anything. No, I’m not sure why either .

We lived close to Marlborough for 27 years nankate, it was my favourite place to just wander. Will be there at some point next month visiting a friend, it will be coffee in the Church at the end of the High Street and a nice meal somewhere as yet not decided. Really looking forward to it, haven’t seen her for a year.

Special thoughts to all managing health and other worries, I’ll not list names, always afraid I’ll miss someone. Take care everyone.

Good morning from Durham - dreary, damp and dull.
Sainsbury’s soon and hope my garden angel Lee comes later. The weeds should be easier to pull out.
I’ve been woken most mornings by strange noises - it’s been really worrying but found it’s jackdaws pecking at the windows! Like a horror film!

A mixed thread so far today - some ups, but I’ll be thinking of those with ‘downs’ and sad memories.

By the way - Seasalt is now selling on QVC.

Good morning all, I'm new to Gransnet and having a look around, I've been looking forward to today the first of 9 days off work and taking my daughter and her 2 young children to Weymouth for a 5 day break on Monday, really I'm shattered just thinking about it but fingers crossed all will go well, i hope you all enjoy your(wet and windy) day x

Good morning.
Holiday coming to its end here.

Baubles, would it be a Chest, Heart and Stroke charity shop? The ones I have been in look like boutiques. I was in the Kilmacolm one on Monday. I could have spent all day there!

Good morning all from a very blustery Essex.

Harris how awful for your DH and indeed for you. Wishing him a speedy recovery ?

Ash what a lovely time you’re having with family and friends. It’s the best thing, isn’t it! Trips down memory lane ! Enjoy !

amselerin - I wonder if we could have a game of bridge together ?. What site are you on?

We have my brother and SIL coming for coffee today. Haven’t seen them since last summer and they only live 10 miles away. They have been shielding and they are 10 years older than us, so have been very careful. It will be so lovely to see them. ?

Don’t get blown away in this persistent wind. Have a good day ?

Good morning Mick, morning all from dreich South Lanarkshire.

So lovely to hear about all the comings and goings, shopping and visiting.

Today is my shift in the charity shop, it was so busy last week I was wiped out at the end of the day. I’m not sure if it was just because it was my first day back or if I don’t have the same energy and stamina any more. I’ll see how I get on today. It’s such a beautiful place, people sometimes don’t realise it’s a charity shop until they’re inside.

Thinking of those struggling with pain and worries and wishing everyone a peaceful day.

Good morning from a stormy S Welsh coast, it was a very wet night and it is blowing a gale. Mr Lins has just put out the recycling. We have a plumber coming to service the boiler this morning. Glad to hear that Freddie is better Dwm.
Good to hear that Rosie is settling in with Maw, best wishes to them.
Have a pleasant day, definitely one for hunkering down here.

Good morning everyone from a grey, damp and very windy Northampton. Shall not be venturing out today. A day for knitting and reading I think.

I am so envious, Nankate, going to Marlborough. It is just a few miles from my childhood home and the view of the Cherhill Downs and White Horse. I would love to go back to live there, but would be leaving all my friends and family here, so it's not going to happen. DH and I would visit and stay for a few days every spring, but not been for three years now (since he died). I remember being taken on the bus to Marlborough as a child and having tea in the Polly tearooms, a big treat.

Thinking of grandmajet, and hoping all went well for her yesterday.

Morning. My bit of North Leicestershire is pretty much the same as dragonfly's which probably means the man coming to replace a couple of outside sills, up a ladder, won't appear. Hey ho.

Off to Derby to eat, inside, with DD1 and co..

Sending love and (((hugs))) to everyone especially grandmajet and dragonfly. Missing our gilly as always.

Good morning all. Polmont is wet and it's fairly windy like many of you. It seems it was a wild night. Grandmattie that sounds like a nice night out and hopefully will have helped lighten your feelings. Marydoll we are entitled to be grumpy and with what you have to put up with, you more than most! Ashcombe it sounds like you are having a good time. Harris ? I hope your husband gets well soon.
Yesterday I had my second vaccination and so far just an elevated temperature in the night. A dear friend popped in for a chat in the afternoon and that was so nice to see her. We have been chatting via WhatsApp but it's not quite the same.
I'm off to Kelso in the Scottish borders today for the weekend! My oldest chum and her partner have a big caravan there and have invited me to join them. She's picking me up and dropping me off again and she's made dinner for tonight. All I need to get is a couple of bottles of prosecco. I'm looking forward to it. So adieu til maybe tomorrow,if the signal is good enough.

Good morning from North Yorkshire. It’s raining again.
I had a lovely meet-up with some parent Carers yesterday. We were supposed to be outside but the rain was very heavy so we retreated to a cafe. Fortunately we were able to split into two groups of 5.
Shopping this morning for food, a new book to read on FaceTime with DGS and paint for the decorators starting on Monday. Just wondering if I should pop into Seasalt as I’ll be passing ?
Harris sorry to hear about your DH. Hope he is soon on the mend. Thinking of Grandmajet too and hoping she had a good night.
Enjoy all the meals out and visits to family and friends.
Take care everyone and stay safe.

*good morning all you lovely gn people it appears to have been raining during the night with a hoollie blowing through our open bedroom window here on the east coast of Fife

scentiaI too enjoy a subway however yesterday I had a delicious beef sausage on a roll from Baynes the baker and it was delicious I’m really fed up of the pork sausages we’ve had long stored.

Yesterday was a good day no middle of the day nap I slept all night and that’s been a first in a very long time.

It’ll soon be my annual family BBQ I’ve advised all to bring along the sunshine and their own face coverings. Hey ho I’m up for a shindig in the garden keeping safe at all times.

Have a good day everyone virtual hugs all around how do you like the breakfast we were given during our weekend respite break away from home

Good morning from a wet and windy Colchester.
No plans today apart from another plumber to give an estimate.
Is hibernation in May allowed?

Love to all x

I am so sorry to hear that Harris I hope your DH starts to pick up soon

Good morning from wet and blustery Leicestershire.
I think the planned walk with a friend has been knocked on the head.

Yesterday was the anniversary of my DGS’s birth. He had no kidneys and died soon after. My DS rang and I had a lovely WhatsApp with DiL. I can’t wait to see them next week!

Thinking of Grandmajet and hoping all those feeling down or poorly feel better today.
Giving a shout out to the Friday girl Gillybob.

Sorry that just went! How quickly things change. I. Working today and thank god he’s got through another night. Love to all. X

Good morning all. Have been dipping in and out of your conversations which have kept me sane over the last few weeks. DH has been in and out of hospital with what should of been a routine kidney stone operation but has turned into full scale nightmare. Usually fit and well he’s turned into a very unwell man. They’ve hopefully found what’s going on and I keep my fingers crossed that he’s on the mend. I wake each morning and think of my day and how quickly

Good Morning everyone from a very wet Severnside. What dreadful weather we are having. I had to stand outside in the rain for a while on my trip to the dentist yesterday. The chairs they put out were all wet.

My parcel came just before I went out so later on I tried out my new cutting dies.

Just my regular weekly shop today and then I shall potter about at home only venturing to the greenhouse to have a look at my plants. Your boot full looks interesting Jax.

Thinking of you all wherever and whatever you are doing ??☔️

Good morning Mick and all from sunny Lueneburg. Rain is forecast for later, so I am going out shortly to cut the grass. It`s rather a large area and I usually do it in 2 days. I use it as a form of fitness exercise. I have a received a private message on here, but I don`t know where I can read it. I have been able to read before but this time ?. As it is Whitsun this weekend all the shops will be closed Sunday and Monday. So I shall go and stock up my larder . I am playing bridge via the internet now with a partner I played with 35 years ago. I am using the computer more and more. But you all seem to be able to use the computer for so many more things. Perhaps my grand children in England will bring me up to date. Have a pleasant day all. Take care.

Good morning from a grey and damp NE.
Two nice young men arrived at 8am yesterday to work on CCTV, they removed all the cameras and replaced them with updated ones. The rain started and they battled on up the ladders, they did a great job.
My neighbour put out my recycling bin for me, she is older than me, I feel guilty for not doing it earlier she probably thought I had forgotten.
Housework today because family will visit tomorrow after GD2 has been to a party.
Thoughts for poorly people.

Hi Mary we are two peas in a pod. Seasalt here I come. ?

Yes DWM the Polly Tea Rooms have old style charm. ?☕️

Good morning all from a wet and breezy Glasgow, its 8°C.

GM, glad to hear you managed to get out for a meal, I hope that helped to lift your spirits.
I can't stop thinking of Grandmajet and the huge mountain she still has to climb. A brave lady indeed.
Susan, Bellasnana, if you are reading this, you are in my thoughts and fingers crossed for a restful night for Our Cherry. ?
Kate, you besom, out shopping in Seasalt.? We only have one shop in Scotland and it's two trains rides away in Edinburgh. ? Hopefully, you will be able to treat yourselfagain ? Pot and kettle springs to mind, I'm just as guilty. ?

No empty, for me today, DH has just cancelled the golf. (Why couldn't he have done it last night, when he knew the weather was going to be bad?) He has been blundering about since before six o'clock, impersonating a herd of rampaging elephants. ????????? ?

As you may have sussed out, I'm exceedingly grumpy this morning! I didn't feel too good yesterday ( yes, I overdid it, the previous day), and still not too good today either. My pain levels are high and I have a blinding headache, caused by a touch of sinusitis, which does drag me down. I get so frustrated, when my activities are curtailed. At least DH and DD can deal with the Tesco delivery! ?
I have a few sewing jobs to do, so I will tackle them, while resting and watching afternoon TV. Despite buying a couple of Petite fit tops, the arms are still inches too long! ?

Wishing you all the best day you can. Anxiously waiting to hear today if we here in East Renfrewshire are going back into Level 3, as the numbers are still rising. We are such a small LA here, that we are minutes away from different county lines. On our day out to Ayr, we were in three different counties, withing the space of ten minutes!
I listened to an interview yesterday, where one of the local councillors said that the outbreak here was confined to a small group of large families, who had been mixing indoors and he hopes that Public Health take this into consideration, when making a decision. ?

Good morning Mick all all from a rainy, windy S Hants. What a social whirl Ashcombe, glorious, gM sounds like a doggie bag was required last night!
Yesterday afternoon saw me wind blown and wet with my crumpled shopping list of plants visiting nurseries. I spent an embarrassing amount of money, it seems very real when it’s not pressing buttons on the iPad! I’m still missing a few, so I may order online. Today no real plans, a minimum of housework, couple of phone calls and an assessment of the plants still in my car until the wind abates. Hoping all went well for grandmajet yesterday. Enjoy your meal out Dwm in a frock, to all of you have a lovely day. Thoughts with those in a different place, may everything improve for you.