Good Morning Saturday 6th April 2024

Good morning from a very stormy Co Armagh
I’m hoping the greenhouse stands up to the strong gusts , we did lose one panel in another storm but got it back in place
I’m not going out ! Thr local litter picking volunteers are getting it hard , but at least there’s no rain
Hoping for a better day for everyone xx

Good morning all. For the first time in a week the rain is not battering against the windows, and there is a chance of sunshine late afternoon. I hope it means I can have a soggy walk in the garden.
I had a lovely meet up with an old friend yesterday. We used to enjoy walking and talking together in my hillwalking and rambling days - it was so good to catch up.
Enjoy your bus trip today Mick and everyone else with plans enjoys their day - and misses the rain. Lovely to hear of all the warm sunshine 'down south'.
Sorry for tales of coughs and 'not wellness' - the result of this long damp winter I suspect.
Grandmattie that night of only two hours' sleep is catching up with you I think.
Nothing planned here except a kitchen blitz today. Enjoy your weekend everyone 🦋🌞

Good morning Mick and all from a windy northwest coast. We have storm warnings, meant to start last night, but not so bad (yet).
I turned up for art yesterday, but it starts next week, silly sosig. No matter, I had things to do, but felt off colour and glad to come home. Seems I’m not the only one here.

I’m carrying on neighbours’s cat feeding duties, she’s very sweet but so shy, unlike her sister, who lives here most of the time and is cheeky.
Enjoy your day Mick and thoughts to all with worries 🌺

Lipstick you need to start your own thread as posting on the Good Morning thread may mean your question could be missed.

Good morning from a mild NE where we have had overnight rain.
Enjoy your trip to Weston Mick, my DIL is from there.
Our lunch was very late yesterday because the restaurant was busy, I passed on the starter as the portions are quite big but had main course of chicken with truffle sauce.
We left home early to travel to The Sage as we anticipated heavy traffic, for once all the traffic lights were in our favour and we were able to get into to the car park easily.
The concert was good, it was a full house.
DD and SIL are on an early train home to Brussels tomorrow.
DS and GD2 will visit this afternoon.
Sorry to hear you are poorly grandMattie.

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Good morning all.

Four men turned up on Thursday at 8am to redo our front garden. All was going really well until lunchtime when exceedingly heavy showers began to fall every 10 minutes and they had to call it a day at 3:30. I felt very sorry for them as they lost a load of cement in the rain and some topsoil. They came back yesterday afternoon but didn’t have enough time to finish before 6:30 so will do so this afternoon. Photos taken just after they left on Thursday.

Went out for a very good Indian last night. Black bean stir fry for dinner tonight.

Have a good day everyone. I hope that you all get some sun though I can’t see any atm.

Good morning from North Yorkshire. The sun has just peeped out. It was raining 20 minutes ago!
I have laundry to do then I’m going to try to do some gardening (again). I’m hoping to get dahlias and begonias planted and sort some pots. The paving is in need of power washing, the lawn scarifying and feeding but I need a few dry days…..
Enjoy your trip Mick. I don’t think I’ve been to Weston.
💐for all of you feeling not so good today.

12yr old granddaughter with Anorexia. At a loss as to help her/understand it all. Don’t know how to handle this.

Good morning, Michael and all GNs from a sunny South Yorkshire but it’s windy again. It was blowing a hoolie all day yesterday. Hope you enjoy your trip to Weston, Mick. It’ll do you good to have a change of scenery.
I fell asleep in front of the tv last night! DS is coming down today and staying overnight. I’ve no doubt I shall rope him in for all sorts of odd jobs while he’s here, and hopefully a walk out if the weather holds. He has a late kickoff football match to go to tomorrow so will probably leave here mid afternoon.
Have the best day you can, folks.

Very windy but not actually raining at the moment but the forecast is not very promising so another indoor day. Have been lent the DVD of Oppenheimer so think that is this afternoon catered for. Hope gMattie recovers soon -I find travelling shattering these days - and that everyone else not well has a better day.

Good morning from a sunny Suffolk where 21 is forecast! The Bristol lot are so pleased they chose to come to us now!

A busy but very pleasant evening and looking forward to another day together. Fish and chips from the well renowned shop in Aldeburgh and a walk with the dogs on the beach beckons but later as the 3 teenagers don’t start their day during holidays til at least mid morning and would prefer it to be midday. How they manage to be up and ready to leave the house well before 8am on school days I’ll never know.

Good morning everyone from a bright and sunny 🌞 Northampton. Forecast to stay dry and sunny, but with strong winds.

Shall pop on the bus later to the shops, have a coffee and a mooch around, not much to get on my shopping list. Must look for a present for a friend whose birthday is in about 10 days.

A lovely visit to an ex-neighbour's new bungalow yesterday. Had the grand tour, but you can practically see every room from the hall. She has just come back from an eventful holiday ski-ing in Canada, where she managed to tear a knee ligament on her first day! She thinks she may have to have surgery on it, and is waiting for an MRI scan. Was good to have a catch-up and eat home-made banana bread.

Did not do a lot when I got back, a light lunch, and then started my Bill Bryson book 'Down Under', which as you can guess, is about his travels in Australia. He is a very amusing writer.

Hope you have a good day in Weston, Mick - had frequent day-trips as a child, as it was the nearest seaside resort to my home in Wiltshire. Hope.you see the sea!

Wishing that all have a good day.

Good morning from a dry South Downs.

Sorted out the little waterfall yesterday, but the new pump DH got is like Niagara and I just want a gentle trickle - so we will gift it to our son who is in need of a new one and has a huge pond and get a smaller pump for ourselves.

Today is the final tackle of the bees snd butterfly’s bed and tomorrow I will replant. I will also feed and mulch the roses Teasing Georgia, Woolerton Old Hall and Claire Austin.

April is the big growing month, and the wood floor is now entirely hidden except the paths - soon the cow parsley will be in its full glory alongside the bluebells. Then the tree canopy will spread and darkness - or lovely shade - depending on the weather will prevail. There is nothing like the shade of trees in hot weather.

My terrier Duncan, had a sort of seizure yesterday - he got excited by a cat who refused to move out if his path (he was on the lead) and he fell over in a fit - it didn’t last long, but he was subdued for the rest of the morning. He is fine now - snoring on his bed.

Shepherds pie for supper

Enjoy your day

Peace and harmony to the world.

Good morning from N Bucks where it is again sunny with blue skies but a brisk breeze. Another day for cold washing a few of my winter woollies before packing them away.
GM I am not at all surprised you are tired and hope that a few quiet days restore you to your normal self. I am usually wiped out the day after travelling anywhere whether driving or train and unfazed by it. Your journey home alone sounds stressful and badly timed arriving in the middle of the night as you did.
Some people seem to be enjoying a mini heatwave- temperatures of 17 and over while the rest of the country shivers or dons its wellies- a day of two halves? Or just April?
Wishing you all a pleasant day and some relief from being poorly or worried.

Good morning all from a sunny but very windy Black country.
Yesterday the wind dried the washing a treat even managed to get it all ironed and put away.
Today a trip into town I need to go to the bank.
DiL birthday today but will not be seeing her they're away with her family back tomorrow.
Out with friends this evening.
Mick enjoy Weston.
Will catch up with everybody's happenings later usual full English calling.
Have a lovely day everyone whatever your plans and may you all find some ☀️.

Morning all, it is 15° here in S E Essex, with blue in the sky, I can see a fair bit of movement in my garden trees.

Sorry you are feeling poorly grandMattie I hope it’s just the travelling which can take a lot out of you, especially after your recent troubles. Ashcombe enjoy your afternoon tea, I rarely have one as DH is a dinner person and I find it difficult to fit in a tea and dinner. Marydoll coughing is so tiring, as I am finding out once again.

Not such a peaceful day as I needed (nor expected) yesterday. The Imp was poorly including D & V, DD had to go into work as one of her brothers was very poorly and the other is starting to feel off so she dropped the boys here. The Imp just wanted to be cuddled and slept on and off all day, it was their weekend at their Dad’s but he didn’t want to go, so he stayed here for a sleepover with DD. (They are both still asleep)

The steroids and antibiotics are beginning to work their magic, the cough is keeping me awake, but I am beginning to feel a bit more like me .

I am rather sad, that a treat from me (The Easter break away) has made nearly all of us so poorly, I can only guess that one of the children were incubating the bug and it was shared through all the cuddles, kisses and close contact.

Wishing you all a pleasant Saturday 🙋‍♀️

Good morning from a bright, warm Colchester. Sun, breeze and 20° is today's forecast. Summer for a day. High pollen count though.
I've got washing on for line drying and a pile of ironing that dried outside yesterday.
DS and I will have a quiet day and spend time in the garden.
Love to all 🦩 x

Morning all from a damp looking West Oxfordshire. I’ve been to Weston once and all I can remember is that the sea was very far away!
I must post the present to my new great niece in Australia. Also housework beckons. A quiet weekend after last week’s busyness, and next weekend promises to be busy too.
Have a good day everyone.

Good morning and it’s calm here at the moment , weatherwise, here in Essex.

We had planned to travel to Suffolk tomorrow but parts of the A12 will be closed for the entire weekend, reopening on Monday morning, so we’ll travel up then 🤞. This will cause chaos for alternate diversions. There’s no pleasure in travelling any more is there! 😤.

We saw db1 and his wife yesterday for a coffee and chat. We’ve arranged a get together with other db and nephew and his wife. It gets increasingly difficult to find a date to suit all.

Met up with our Friday pals and caught up with their news.
Not sure how long the landlady can keep going. 90 yrs old with no help , is taking its toll. I think we’ll soon have to find somewhere else to meet. Been going there for over 40 years. 😥.

Not sure what today brings so will just play it by ear.

I hope all those in the west survive the Storm without too much disruption.

Take care 🌷

Good morning from Shropshire.Sunny and strong winds forecast today.

We have been in West Wales for a few days.The children were well behaved and enjoyed the beach and meetings with family.The journey home was a bit fraught with DGD having a couple of heavy nosebleeds.

Today I will do laundry while grandpa takes the children to their clubs.Hoping DD is feeling better.She had a severe reaction to the antibiotics she was on so started a different one today.Depending on how she is depends on whether the children go home but fine either way with us but obviously hoping DD is feeling better.

Hope all under the weather start to improve.

Grammaretto I am really hoping the roofer turns up today.What a worry for you.

Thoughts with Kalu and Urms.

Have the best day you can everyone🦩

Good morning from a bright W Kent. A trip into town this morning to sort out the cleaning and valuation of a couple of family rings. I can’t wear them any more and want to pass them on to DDs I just hope one isn’t glass and the other has some value. Later a pile of washing needs doing.
Take care everyone.

Good morning all from a brightish, cloudyish North Leicestershire.

After a very eventful week, we were hoping to have a quiet weekend but.....the Ring has disconnected from a couple of the Alexas, there is a second viewing of the house next door and the potential buyer has asked to come and chat to us about the village and then the vendors (who now live in St Andrews) are calling in for a cuppa and a catch up.

Have the best day possible everyone.

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 10° and dry. Such a contrast from yesterday! GrandMattie I'm another who thinks your travels have caught up with you. Mick have a lovely trip. I have never been to Weston. Ash a lovely afternoon but tinged with sadness for you all. Jaxjacky I hope your cough subsides.
Yesterday I got all the washings done apart from bedding which I'll change today. I pottered about indoors because the weather was so awful. At night DD video called me with Dsil and the boys who look to be having a great time.
Today I'm meeting a friend for breakfast. We usually catch up every couple of weeks and it's always nice to see her. Then I'll head home and faff about. I'm not sure if this storm is to bring more rain or just wind. It's not been a great Easter holiday for schools here with so much rain. Macaroni cheese for dinner. Have a good day all.

Good morning all from a cloudy Glasgow, where it is 9°C,

Enjoy your trip Mick. Our first holiday together after we were married was a GoldenRail one to Weston, it took twelve hours to get there from Glasgow!

I don't plan to do much today, apart from fixing a few glitches on the parish website. The dreaded cough is back, so any activity needs to be gentle. April for some reason always brings asthma flare ups, it must be something to do with pollen.
I have started my prescription antihistamines, in the hope of keeping things dampened down.

GG I hope the steroids are starting to kick in and for GM and Grammaretto, that you feel better as the day goes on.
Baubles look after that back.
We need you and Grammmaretto fit for our meet up.

Enjoy your day folks.

Good morning, it’s a damp start to Saturday here in south Glos, there are patches of blue sky so hopefully it will brighten up.
I got all the washing line dried yesterday so very happy, changed the bed too to grab the opportunity to dry it outside. Ironing to do this morning then all done 👍
Poor night’s sleep again, I was aware that my heart was missing beats. Most odd. I have the long-awaited telephone consultation in two weeks so I will tell him but I hold out little chance of anything being done 🤷🏼‍♀️with the way things are in the NHS here. Apparently our surgery could close so I really don’t know what will happen then as any within 10 miles have closed their lists and transport if you don’t drive is non existent.
Anyway, hoping for a sunny day and I’m sure I will find plenty to do!
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