Good Morning Tuesday 2nd September 2025

I’m very grateful for all your support and suggestions. I shall send them to my two other steering group members and we can decide what course to take.
Thank you again

A late good morning from Sunnyside Sandhills northwest coast. Sister leaves for London soon after a nice three day stay.
We joke that visitors, like fish, go off after three days, but we are very comfortable with each other.

Yesterday we spent in town, she bought a lampshade and I bought a grey dress in M&S. In the evening we had an excellent meal in our best hotel and she is an excellent parker. The car was right outside the front door. When I park (or “abandon it” as one friend says😁) there is always a walk…

Thoughts to all🌺

karmalady I think ‘your getting involved’ is very kind. I’m sure grandMattie appreciates any ideas and offers of help. Good idea to have a steering group grandMattie much easier for decision making and action. Good luck!

Another wonderful and enchanting post from you madeleine thank you. I wish I was getting in your car and going to Swalesdale with you it sounds brilliant! Enjoy the day and I hope the 🌞 shines there for everyone.

Morning from grey sky in S Hants, heavy showers and sun yesterday.
Welcome Tuinoma and Mum1959.
Voluntary phone was quite busy yesterday and we had a visit from Imogen on her 18th, quiz last night was down on numbers, people on holiday.
Some housework today, no gardening, I need to get some cash out and book dental appointments.
I hope all is well with Blossoming
FGT
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A very important link GM

www.arcouk.org/our-team

Sally Ireland is on there. They oversee very many retirement complexes

How wonderfully helpful GN contributors are. Hope Anchor don’t know what’s hit them soon! £250 a month in management costs for ineffective management is just a rip off and needs to be widely broadcast.

Still feeling fragile after yesterday’s emergency treatment of a front tooth which had lost its (elderly) filling; not only do I have a sore mouth but it cost £224! And yesterday’s boiler service means I need a new pump, so more expense. Good thing I lead such a very dull life and have inexpensive tastes on the whole.

Thank you, Madeleine, for reminding me of how little I have to complain about. You are an inspiration, especially when writing about lovely North Yorkshire, and I look forward to hearing about Muker Show which I remember well

Good Morning from Durham. It’s bright and breezy again here. We had some decent rain yesterday - good for the gardens.
It would’ve been my 53rd wedding anniversary today, but we didn’t make it to 50.
Today is DGS2’s first day at school. Sadly, DH didn’t live to see him arrive, he’s missed so much. DGS2 is very excited, so I hope it all goes well. A couple of his friends from Nursery are also starting there. He’s such a chatty, good natured little boy. *DD2 has just text that he’s gone in happy as Larry. I’m so pleased.
I’ve a full day as I’m meeting my old friend at 10am (we met 55 years ago) at a local garden centre. It’s my regular
chiropody appointment this afternoon, then I’m taking Little Dog home and I’ll chat with DGS2 about his first day at Big School. Ice-cream is promised.

Very frustrating MD one step forward then half a dozen back. Frustration too for gM especially with other residents who don’t want to go public.

Best wishes to all. X

Good morning from Stockport.
It is bright with a blue sky but it may not last.
GS back to school this morning with absolutely no enthusiasm.
He is very autistic and due to bad family problems over which my S and I had no control we are now picking up the pieces.
I just hope his day goes ok.
The weather is supposed to pick up again and get warmer,it usually does once schools return.
Enjoy what you can today.

GN
I found this info from the last link. The group has had an official name change to the anchor hanover company

This is that link with more recent details

find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08209801/officers

Sorry, I do get involved, I know that but I am backing out now

Thanks for all your advice.
We are forming a sub committee of 3 to discuss our options and act upon them.
And our fees are above £250 pcm!

Good morning from Derbyshire! It's a bit overcast here but dry at the moment. Expecting my granddaughter any time soon. Hoping to get her to write to her new pen friend.
Should be easier than yesterday when I sewed 15 badges onto her new Brownie cardigan. Fingers a bit sore...can't get on with thimbles!
Have a good day everyone!

Good morning everyone from a bright and sunny 🌞 Northampton, but showers are forecast later on. The rain held off yesterday, so could have done some washing after all.

I determined to find a new gardener yesterday and sat down with a list of recommendations and my phone. The first one I rang came to inspect the garden in the evening, got back to me with a quote, and I am now waiting for a date. They have been highly recommended locally.

A morning of pottering, vacuuming the bedrooms and staircase; then an early lunch and off out to join my walker friends.

Bolognese from the freezer for dinner tonight.

Wishing all a pleasant day.

GM
This one

find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03147851/officers

check it is this, see if you recognise any names.

Thats all from me now

GN
Search in companies house. They have addresses and details of directors of all uk companies

Have a read of overview first, there is a company called anchor which is a computer business, obviously not that one. Do some digging to find the actual directors of your management group and go straight to the top but check companies house. You could do with bi-passing the minions

Good morning from a dry and sunny NE, must be cool though as the heating has just come on.
Today is GD2's 16th birthday, we are going to a castle for afternoon tea to celebrate.
grandMattie, I hope you can get the problem sorted, going to the media sounds like a good idea.
Have a good day.

Good morning everyone from a very wet south coast where we had some very heavy rain last night.
No allotment for me today as I’m nursing a heavy cold and it would be too wet in any case. If I feel up to it I’ll carry on with my decluttering. If I don’t I’ll watch Netflix! 😂
Tesco delivery this afternoon which is about as exciting as the day will get!
Hope everyone has a good day.

GM

That is the BEST advice from Madeleine, top notch as always. I would be sitting down now and making a comprehensive list. Line by line and with white space in between lines so that it does not put off the ones who don`t want to know

Try and make a list that every individual can fill in with whatever association they could be linked to. Give each copy a number and only you and one other keep the numbers with associated names, the names must never be made public and they might need re-assurance on that

Please tell them that the ball is in the residents hands and everyone has a responsibility to help, in whatever way they can

Good morning all from the Scottish Borders. A nice Autumnal day here.
I was busy yesterday setting up my stall for the weekend with 2 friends. We've added a bric a brac stall to aid my declutterance.

Today yoga and kiln firing.
The electricity goes off tomorrow for yet another attempt to fit a smart meter.

I am sorry you are having such a grim time with management gMattie My MP helped me when I'd reached a stalemate trying to deal with the Scottish Government loan scheme. He wrote one letter and got a result instantly.

Marydoll a pity you haven't made much progress on the health front but your tech skills are superb.

I was sh*t on by a bird yesterday so had to wash my hair and clothes. I was told it was lucky 😂🤣😅
not sure for whom

Have a lovely day everyone.

Morning all from West Oxfordshire. We had a lot of rain yesterday and more is forecast.

It is the WI coffee morning in the village cafe. It is usually a hoot with the age range from late 40s to 99.

I am having a cortisone injection this afternoon into my left thumb. All being well I’ll visit friends afterwards.

My Royal Academy print is due to be delivered today or tomorrow. I will then take it to the picture framer.

My pc has a virus which I can’t get rid of using two different antivirus things. I’ve contact an it guy I’ve used in the past and hope he gets in touch soon. I have signed up for an online V&A course which starts later this month. It is on teams which I can only get on my pc. My iPad is too old.

Have a good day everyone: I’m so sorry many of us are having difficult times.

Good morning from drizzly South Lanarkshire.

A busy ish day ahead as I’ve an appointment for eyebrows to be tinted, then charity shop stint followed by yarn group this evening.

DH will visit his brother whose birthday it is today.

Wishes you all a good day.

Good morning from a start to the day with sun in Suffolk. One of my closest friends does an amazing amount of fund raising for the NSPCC and today is hosting a lunch for,I believe, 24.

Although she is over 80,she will do all the cooking herself and it will be delicious. I find now if I cook for one of the AC and their family usually 7, that stretches my culinary abilities although DH offers to help.

About to have a second cuppa and read your posts. I hope all have a pleasant day.

Good morning.
Plans were changed yesterday as my friend was poorly and unable to leave home. We spent the day in and around Dartmouth. Lucky with the weather, a fair bit of sun and the rain held off until we were in the car coming back. Today we will be heading for Bigbry and hopefully take the sea tractor over to Burgh Island. Of course plans may change.
Wishing all a good day.

Good morning everyone from mid Essex. It’s a lovely bright sunny morning so far, but a cool 11 degrees. Yesterday we had several very heavy showers and I think the garden is looking fresher.
I felt very shaky yesterday due to my cold, but slept well and feel a bit better this morning, still coughing though. Nothing planned for today, but if the weather permits I may venture into the garden to do some weeding. An ongoing battle unfortunately.

grandmattie a frustrating situation for you, sadly I think it’s fairly common with management companies.

The DGDs are back at school today, the seven year olds are now going into year 3 at a much bigger junior school, a big step for them. The ten year old is now in year 6, last year in juniors.

DD2 is suffering with a painful back, she couldn’t speak to a doctor yesterday, he just prescribed some stronger painkillers! As I have osteoporosis and have had several fractured vertebrae, I’m a bit concerned about her.

Have the best day possible everyone, my thoughts as ever are with those who are struggling for any reason.

Good morning all from a cloudy Glasgow, where it is 12°C.

GM, although our homes are freehold, we have a factor, who is supposed to manage the green areas on our estate.
They are absolutely useless.
In the last few weeks, DH has been in contact with them umpteen times about the trees overhanging our roof and bushes protruding onto the pavement.
They will not engage by telephone, only by e chat, a discrimatory tactic, which makes it difficult for those, who are not IT literate.

Yesterday was not a successful day at all. The plumber failed to return my calls, the heart scan was inconclusive and the GP surgery was absolutely incompetent, when I asked about my blood results.
I shall be insisting on a GP appointment this morning!!

DH asked for help, updating You Tube on the lounge TV, two hours later......
I tried everything to sort it only to eventually find he had blocked notifications.
I asked him where the email icon on his phone was, because I was switching between his tablet and his phone.
My phone doesn't do emails, says he. ??????????
It does now! In fact he can now access both his email accounts.

Eventually I managed to update everything, only after discovering that there was no need to make a new account (he denied he had one) and he had blocked the notifications, which is why he wasn't receiving access codes.
Today we (probably me) are going to tackle a Virgin Media issue on the same TV, wish me luck.

In saying that, I have had a particularly painful night and he has brought hot water bottles and a cuppa.
He has redeemed himself. ♥️
An offer of doing the supermarket run has been accepted, I don't really care anymore!

Using my Mary Baker skills, I decided to mke an Eve's pudding with plums yesterday.
Unfortunately the containers weren't deep enough and I had overloaded the fruit mixture.
Not only did we have the pudding, they were skiing on a bed of Victoria sponge. The sponge mixture had overflowed and was all over the tray,😱
Not wanting to waste anything, DH made a coffee and ate some of the spilled sponge, which was covered in fruit syrup, saying it was delicious🤣

Wishing you all a pleasant day and best wishes to all, especially those, who are struggling. It's a day at home for me. I don't feel too good at the moment.
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