Good Morning Tuesday

Good morning from a campsite four miles or so out of Scarborough where it is dry. Will take advantage of the dry and set of shortly to walk along the Clevedon Way into Scarborough before the rain comes in later. Will get a bus back and try out our new unused bus passes.
Just as we arrived yesterday and started to set up the awning the heavens opened. Just for duration of putting it up!
Thinking of all with problems worries and pain and special ?to Marydoll
Who I hope is feeling stronger today.
Take care and stay safe everyone ???

Good morning from rainy Colchester.
Waiting for carpenter to arrive to hang some new internal doors and have an appointment with a bathroom planner at noon. The house is beginning to take shape.
We have two 5th birthdays in the family today, grandson and great nephew born on the same day!

Love to all x

Good morning from a overcast north Surrey.
I enjoyed my PJ day, had a relaxing bath and self manicure and have made a good start on a new jigsaw.
Feeling refreshed and had a very early start at the gym. Back now for breakfast will then be off for a dog walk.
DH is driving to West Sussex this morning for an overnight stay with his son. Not well planned as I am on a late shift so DD will have to come here and spend some time with the dog and feed him for me. I will have to walk him again when I get home, I am not keen on walking in the dark but he will need it.
Thoughts to Auntyflo, Cherry and Marydoll, hope today is a better day. Have a good one ?☀️?

Good morning Mick, morning all from South Lanarkshire where the sun is trying valiantly to show its face. There are actually patches of blue in the sky.

I forgot to go to the post office yesterday! How can that happen? Anyway I must go today. Little pooch is having a haircut this morning, I’m trying a new place as she’s been distinctly lopsided the last couple of times I’ve had to trim one eyebrow myself, just as well she’s black as it’s not so noticeable from a distance.

Safe travels Ashcombe.
How do you hide the seams GM, don’t you have to stitch on the strips?

I hope your DF soon feels able to take up some of his interests again grandmadinosaur.

Hope Grandmajet’s recovery is going well and that today is a peaceful one for everyone.

Morning all from a grey North Leicestershire.

I have a Zoomed Induction course this morning and a Zoomed dementia cafe this afternoon so I shall be all zoomed out by tea time which is why we are having a burger from the visiting Burgerologist!

I am having a really bad sciatica attack at the moment so have sympathy with your leader, Mattie.
Ashcombe's advice re help on the trains is definitely worth investigating it is not just for disabled people.

grandmadinosaur, lots of charities offer phone and real life befriending services eg RVS and AgeUk. Would they help your father, grandmadinosaur?

Have the best day possible all.

Baubles, the strips hide the seams and are hand sewn on. So there is a grid of strips...

Good morning from Durham - dry and breezy. Gardener came yesterday and removed most of the rotten decking - another area is staying and to be repaired. I left him to it, but as he pruned an enormous fir tree - only the bits overhanging my garden a mosey neighbour appeared and started shouting at him that he ‘had no right to do it and it was disgusting!’ Thankfully he didn’t engage her and finished off the job.

I’ve missed a few days on GN - so best wishes to whoever’s under par today and hope things improve soon.

Nosey!! not mosey.

Good morning everyone from a very grey and damp Northampton, with more rain forecast later. So another day indoors for me. Will be able to get on with my reading and knitting. Felt pleased with myself yesterday as I managed almost all of the cryptic crossword apart from a couple of tricky clues.

DS kindly obliged yesterday and delivered some frozen peas, but managed to leave his sunglasses behind. He will call in for them later on his way to work. Feeling excited as he has invited me to a BBQ on Sunday; it will be the first time I've been to his house since Christmas 2019! And will see and hug the DGDs.

Just the bed to change this morning plus the usual kitchen and bathroom cleaning. No cooking for me tonight as I made a large turkey stew in the pressure cooker yesterday, and there is enough left over to reheat this evening. No sign of the cats yet today; they must be having a lie-in!

Take care all.

Good Morning all from the Scottish Borders. It isn't raining but grey and far too cold for the time of year.
Yoga this morning but picking up my new specs before that.
Then lunch with a GNer and a haircut - first since before Christmas. I'm to find a picture of what I want and he will copy it. Ha Ha!
I wonder what he will make of this It's Miley Cyrus in case you were wondering.

I hope all GM ers are doing well. I sympathise grandMattie about the stress of train travel and could share many stories with you. Apparently at present it is a pleasure to go by train as they are not crowded, have few tourists or commuters and are clean.
Hoping for a happy Tuesday for all.

Morning everyone. Grey and dry so far in the Scottish Borders. Will get on a new OU course today. Radio four on. Will do some baking later. Wishing everyone as good a day as possible.x

Good Morning everyone from warm sunshine and blue skies. We’re expecting 26 degrees at the end of the week, so I’m breaking out all of the garden cushions today…..an even better excuse to sit down with a book under the Jasmine, which unfortunately is making me feel a bit drunk at the mo’. ?

DH is returning soon with a croissant treat for us to have with our coffee and I must hang out the laundry. Treated myself to some new bed linen and am expecting it to be delivered to a ‘relais’ of my choice tomorrow/nearby shop which accepts company deliveries to save everyone having to wait in for them. I’m quite excited - just have to finish decorating the guest bedroom and that’s the encouragement I need.

Cat is shouting……more food demanded, I think. Must get on. Have a lovely day and try to look for the rainbows ? which will follow all the rain. All the forecasts say better weather on its way for the UK, so cheery-up faces on, ladies! Take care, stay safe please.

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Can I second the recommendation for Passenger Assistance?
We used it a lot when paw had regular hospital appointments at the Royal Free involving the train from MK to Euston then taxi to RF. Even longer ago when he was more able to walk it was the 168 bus, which I knew well from visiting over 20 years.
Anyway, you don’t have to be disabled, although Paw used two sticks. The advantages were a reserved seat near the door, the “buggy” to meet you off the train and take you , in our case, to the taxis, avoiding that long trek up to and across a crowded concourse and also the use of the Travel Assistance Lounge at Euston on the return trip to wait for your train.
I once met Jenni Murray with her two little dogs there - and she is not disabled.
Give it a go, you have to ring in advance, the night before did for us but it was very worthwhile.

I like mosey, combination of nosey and moseying around, I shall adopt it! ?
Greetings from the hotel in Gloucester, where we are eating far too much, but it is only three days, although I have a meal out with some ex work colleagues on Friday, my social life is picking up!

DS3 had to have an operation yesterday, was still in Recovery at 8.00 pm, but got home just before midnight. How do you tell a rampaging two year old that Daddy can't pick him up? Fortunately DiL's mum is there to help for a bit, but she can't stay for 6 weeks. Have offered help when she goes, but they are an independent couple, have to wait to be asked.

Will investigate Newent today, anyone know it?

Happy Tuesday, look after yourselves, hoping for good news for those with worries.

Good morning everyone from south Manchester. It’s chucking it down here again yet we had sunshine yesterday teatime so it’s a real mixed bag these days.

I’m off to meet 4 friends for lunch again at the nice deli/cafe yard. Himself has just offered to drive me but I quite enjoy the peaceful stroll there, with my umbrella if needs be. It only takes me 20 minutes or so.

Safe journey home Ash lots of spray on the motorways I imagine this weather. Another here hoping to hear some good news recovery from grandmajet soon. Nice to have you join us again Grannyme6! It always seems quieter than ever when house guests leave doesn’t it so it’s underst you feel a bit flat. Hope you feel more uplifted soon.

I’m not going to mention the train that’s just pulled into the station across the road amselerin ....
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Hope Tuesday is good to us all whether we have plans or none. x

Currently bright sunshine and very windy but bet by the time the washing machine is finished it won’t be safe to hang out the bedding.

Goodness, Ashcombe, you are so much braver than I am. Hope your journey home is safe and you are not exhausted by it. Sounds as if it was all worth it. Hope Marydoll is feeling better and that our various posters with health problems, their own and loved ones’, have a good day.

Other than laundry and quite a lot of admin nothing planned though DH will need a little walk if it stays dry.

Good morning, Michael and all GNs. A very late awakening for us this morning - we both slept in! It’s cool and breezy in South Yorkshire and rain is expected I think. Not a lot on the agenda today. My hip is killing me.
B9 the only thing I know about Newent is that it is the home of the National Birds of Prey Centre. We went there years ago when the legendary Jemima Parry Jones had it and it was wonderful. DS went more recently and also said it was a wonderful day out.
Have a good day, all. Hope someone has some sunshine somewhere!

Good morning Auntyflo and all x

Thank you all for your kind advice re. railway station. I shall hold my ground and go at my speed...

A late good morning from Essex by the sea. The sun is doing it's best to shine but then it clouds over again. We finally turned the heating off last night, it's usually off sometime in April.
I am another who struggles with going by train. DD1 lives in the Midlands which means two trains and the tube. It's the up and down stairs and escalators with a suitcase that I find more of a problem now that I am older.
DH has gone to help a friend move his boat from one mooring to another. I have just washed all the hard floors and I have a fruit cake in the oven.
Enjoy Tuesday, safe journey to all who are travelling today and look for that ? xx

Good Morning to you all, from an overcast Cambs.,

I've had no internet from late Saturday-to- Monday, as that's the only downside of being at our little home-from-home on the NW Norfolk coast.
I was thrilled to see the first blooms of the rhododendrons as we travelled past Sandringham.

Safe journey home Ashcombe.

Good to hear of lots of outings for many of you.

Take Care, especially those with extra worries & woes.

Good morning all from dreary but dry Harrogate
We have the electrician in today sorting some of our electrics which in the past have been a DIY job as have lots of things in this house.
this week is all about catching up on what couldn’t be done for COVID.
Hope you feel better todayMarydoll missed your nouvella yesterday.
You sound like me grandmattie I’m stiff and wary with steps. My legs never really recovered from being shoved onto the cobbles in York!
A bit more telephoning this pm. Hoping if there’s time to go for a run in the car before lunch
Hoping everyone has the best day they can today.

Good morning from the Sefton coast where it is sunny but gusty.
Had a lovely day shopping yesterday - retail therapy works wonders for me. Today I’ll be tending to seeds and seedlings then picking up DGD from school. We may well be blown home!
Thinking of grandmajet. Just in case one doesn’t pass by, enjoy the pic.

Good morning all, I have not been posting in the GM thread. A much loved member of my family is in hospital and I’m finding it hard to chat. Happy Tuesday all ?

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