Good Morning Friday 26th September 2025

Good morning from Shropshire.Another sunny day forecast.

A bit fed up to have woken so early as we have a busy day ahead.

Number three B12 injection this morning then home for a couple of hours before going to Costco with DD to get food for DGS’s birthday party later.Back to DD’s to finish setting up for the party then wait for all the children to arrive🎂

My thoughts are with all struggling 💐

Wishing everyone the best day possible🦩🌻

Good morning from Bristol.
I’m planning on washing my bedding, put it to line dry before I leave for my Spanish class at 9am.
Yesterday was rather busy as I prepared and made 20 pots of mincemeat using the apples I was given. I shred the apples and cook them thoroughly before adding the rest.
I did my Spanish homework in the morning before tai chi.
As I had various bits of shopping, etc., to do before going to DD’s, I set off early. The buses seem to have been perfect as everything, in three different parts of the same route went very quickly and I got to DD’s almost an hour earlier than intended.
Unusually, I had a nice chat to Iris. They were all off for a gig, so I took a bus home rather than DD going in the wrong direction to take me home. The bus driver saw me running for it and waited, bless him.
Spanish today, then a quiet afternoon. I shall try to do very little.
Hugs to all especially MD and the*FGTs*.
Carpe diem 🦩🦩🦩🦩

Good morning from south Glos, I’m assuming it’s going to be another sunny day today, such glorious weather.
We had a lovely dog walk yesterday morning, bigger dog enjoyed a chase around with her friend a whippet, and tiddler just did tiddler, pootling around and completely ignoring the other dogs’ antics 😁
Off to art group this morning then a friend is taking me to the Range, somewhere I haven’t been before, in Bristol somewhere. She wants some picture frames, I don’t need anything but you never know!
DH is supposed to be organising a holiday for us somewhere but nothing’s happening so far; I don’t hold out much hope to be honest 🤷🏼‍♀️ 🙄😁
I hope today goes well for everyone 🌹

Good morning, Michael and all GNs from South Yorkshire where it will be cloudy and cool today. I got up at half past five to use the en-suite and found the cistern was stuck and had been running heavens know how long. I pressed the flush again and it stopped but I am on a water meter so goodness knows what my bill will be. If I had been sleeping in my bedroom I would have heard it but I’m not at the moment. First world problem I know.
I had a nice surprise last evening when my grandson rang me from his university accommodation where he was waiting to get into the kitchen to cook his supper! Apparently it gets quite crowded when they all want to cook at the same time. The conversation was mostly about food, but also about how he has been finding his feet since he arrived last Friday.
I’ve no idea what I’ll be doing today but I will go to the gym early. It was so busy last time I went we were queueing to use the equipment.
Have the best day you can, folks.

Good Morning fr MS where the forecast is sunshine & 30c. Yesterday we had heavy rain, but it's definitely moved on now. (Hopefully the verandah seat cushions dry overnight, since that's my dhs' favourite escape spot, lol.) I hope everybody has a happy part in their day!

Good morning from s somerset, a decent fairly sunny day today

Certainly it is becoming colder, bit by bit and specially overnight. I put a warmer duvet on my bed yesterday and slept better

Not sure today, I really need to keep on with cycle riding and that may well be my plan for later this morning, when the air warms up

Have a good day

Good morning from a dry Torbay with sunshine promised.

We are travelling to Crewe today to spend the weekend with DD2 and family, partly so that DH can attend a huge Model Railway Exhibition at Stafford show ground.

A busy day for you, Susan56! It’s good that you are feeling well enough to resume your normal life.

Happy weekend, everyone! 🦩💐🦩🥰🦩

Good morning from our hotel in Turkey. Yesterday we went to Fethiye on the water taxi, a very pleasant half our journey.
We had a walk around the old town, had a drink and returned. It was too hot to do much else.
S was re-admitted to hospital yesterday morning. Covid has badly inflamed her lungs. I am very concerned for her.
Thinking of everyone with their own worries, best wishes to all xx

Good Morning from a hot, sunny Cyprus.
I hope you had a word of thanks yesterday gM?
Special thoughts to FGT and MD.

Best wishes to all. X

Good morning from Malta where it looks very cloudy although no rain is forecast, and the high is expected to reach 31°C.

I woke before 4 am and made a cup of tea since my overactive mind would not allow me to go back to sleep until around 6 am, hence I’m now feeling more tired that when I went to bed!

The boys start school this morning, conveniently for DD3 as they will be at the same school where she teaches, though not in her class.

I confess to shedding some tears yesterday as the end of an era of childcare hit me.😢. I have loved being able to care for them on a daily basis and will miss the routine, and them, very much.

Today I have my hair appointment at noon after which I might go to Lidl. Otherwise nothing planned.

Sar you must be so worried about S. I do hope she will soon be on the mend and you have better news.💐

Safe travels to Crewe, Ashcombe. Hope DH enjoys the exhibition.

Must get going, thinking of you all and wishing the best day possible for all.☀️

Good morning everyone from a grey dry mid Essex. A little less cold overnight, but as the cloud is coming in from the North Sea it won’t be a warm day! Yesterday was sunny and warm out of the wind! I had a quiet day with DD1s dog, who had an upset tummy! The granddaughters were very good when they came home from school. DD1 and her DH came home at about 8.15 so it was a drive home in the dark for me. The first one since March. I’ve several more dog days in October so will have to get used to it.
A food delivery this afternoon and bingo in the village hall this evening, and that’s my exciting day!

ash I hope you have an uneventful journey to Crewe and a good weekend with your family.
sar53 I hope that S will soon be home again, fully recovered, but worrying for you.
Thoughts to those who are struggling in any way.
Have the best day possible everyone.

Good morning from a grey,cool NE.
I had sad news yesterday morning, my cousin died in the early hours without regaining consciousness.
I spent some time going through cupboards last night, DS asked me if I still had cameras that used film. GD is studying photography. I found two. I bought her a digital one last year but now she wants to turn the clock back.
A quiet day today.
Have a good day.

Good morning everyone from Inverness where it’s bright and dry with a sunny day forecast
So lovely your grandson thinks to ring you and keeps in touch like that greyduster
I’ve a volunteering session this morning and then I’m calling into DD2s afterwards for lunch and to help her out with a few jobs. I’ll catch up with the DCG news too
Hope the injection goes ok Susan and enjoy the well deserved party later
Safe travels Ash and everyone on the move today
Thinking of everyone with worries and struggles, hope today is gentle and take care all whatever the day brings 💐

Good morning. Dull but dry here in N. Bucks, probably the same most of the day.
Must pop out to get some carrots and onions that I forgot yesterday , I need them for a casserole to put in the freezer.
Quite a bit of sorting for various craft club projects to do. I must put all supplies in separate bags:boxes for each project. I can then put them in the spare room until required.
A walk this afternoon. I really don’t enjoy walking, but I know I need to keep moving. I’d rather be painting or crafting.
This evening we are going to the cinema to see the Downton film.
Wishing all a good day with special thoughts for those with illness or problems to deal with.

💐harrigran

Good morning from a cloudy Buxton where the sun is forecast to appear soon. We have been blessed with wonderful sunny days since we arrived on Tuesday.

We had an interesting visit to Eyam,the plague village,after a morning in Matlock on Wednesday. We last visited Eyam many years ago but since then,a museum of the history of the plague of 1665 has opened in the old Methodist church which is beautifully done and very interesting.

It was a first for us last night ….a tribute evening! I had looked at the programme for what was on at the opera house here and saw,for 1 night only,a tribute evening to Whitney Houston. DH loves her voice and some of her music and so I booked tickets.

It was excellent with a very talented singer and musicians. We must have been the oldest by far in the audience and remained seated for a lively couple of songs towards the end whilst almost the whole of the rest of the audience shimmied from their seats. The opera house is a beautiful Regency building, and extremely and authentically preserved.

Off for breakfast soon and then to Castletown for the morning. Hope those will worries and ill health have a peaceful and comfortable day.

Good morning from my bit of a South Lanarkshire. I’m up early for me because I intend to stop procrastinating and pack for my holiday this morning. I have always left this till the last minute to prevent constantly unpacking to check, this in spite of using lists.

Sorry I didn’t reply right away to your question Bellasnana. I have had an incredibly busy few days, too much so actually. One task was to have wax cleared from my ears where I found unfortunately that doesn’t seem to be problem so will now have to check further with audiology.

Anyhoo, back to you Bella, thanks for asking about my plans, I hope you approve my schedule😊
We’re going with a tour and are visiting Agrigento and the Valley of the Temples for the first couple of days and then spending the rest of the time based in Taormina. I’ve heard that is really lovely?

Not actually leaving till Sunday so will continue to keep up with all the news till then and as ever keep all needing support in my mind.

Wishing everyone the best day possible

Morning all from West Oxfordshire.

Our daughter is here at the moment. It is good to see her. We will take her out to lunch today. OH has croquet this afternoon and I will take daughter to a nearby interesting house - the one I volunteered at for a few years.

My book group was fun yesterday. There were ten of us having lunch and talking about debut novels.

Have a good day everyone. Thinking of MaryD and the FGT2S. Harrigran so sorry to hear your bad news. 🪻

Good morning from a grey W Kent. A trip down memory lane today as we are going to see DGS5 after school and have a meal with him and his sister who is off to University tomorrow. I hope she settles in as well as DGD1.
Sar I hope S is better soon
Safe travels Ash
Enjoy the film ginny
All the best

Good morning Mick and everyone from sunny Carlisle.

Yesterday's dental check up went well, nothing has changed.
Then I picked up my vital pills from the pharmacy but I shall have to return for others tomorrow. One I take has recently been licensed by the NHS so, as the assistant confirmed, people now want it prescribed instead of paying for it, causing a supply problem.
I treated myself to coffee and then a ready meal from M&S and then home. I went through more clothes, trying on my summer trousers and finding them getting tighter due to the steroid caused weight gain.
Today I went out into the garden early and was delighted to see my beer trap full of monster slugs. I'd moved it amongst my potato plants which have started to be ravaged by them. These plants are supposed to be very poisonous in all parts bar the tubers, evidently not to slugs! I'm wondering whether it would be cheaper just to buy the spuds from the supermarket rather than keep these guys in beer....
I shall have a relatively easy day today, just pootling around with a little wiping and tidying as the fancy takes me.

Do have a good day everyone.

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 7° and sunny again. It's been sunny and cold most mornings this week then heats up during the day. Ash safe journey to Crewe. Still learning your trip to Sicily sounds lovely. Harrigran I'm sorry to hear about your cousin. GrandMattie a prodigious amount of mincemeat! Mum always made her own mincemeat before she was unwell. Sadly none of the family eat mince pies.
Yesterday I picked up the boys, fed them and took them to school. They were particularly delightful yesterday. Bellasnana my childcare days won't last forever either. 💐 I weeded some of the front garden and the council duly arrived and removed all the rubbish from the drive just as a neighbour came with a flier. He's very much into local produce etc and is part of a group who have organised an 'apple day' in the community centre. We chatted about that for a bit.
Today I slept late for me. I was up in the night for a little while but slept for a few hours after taking cocodamol. I've just remembered it's garden rubbish day and I haven't put out the bin yet! I'll probably go to the school library for an hour. Then I want to get washings and the housework done. I'll possibly weed a little more too. So a quietly busy day. Right! Off to put out the bin. Have a good day all.

Good morning, it is rather overcast in my little corner of S E Essex.

It’s all go here at Gravy Grange, the 10yr old has had beans and hotdogs on toast for breakfast (still haven’t got a kitchen, only kettle, toaster and microwave in laundry room) making his packed lunch when the plumber arrived (cloakroom loo stopped working 🤷‍♀️🚽)

Then it was a palaver to get his bike out (there is one house between us and his school, but he likes to cycle whether he is here or at his house, which is only about 30 houses away on the other side of the school 🚲)

Builders arrived at same time, I am now hiding in the bedroom until my dentist appointment.

Will read the thread now 🙋‍♀️

Good morning Mick and all GN's on a still slowly brightening morning in North Yorkshire. Looks as though it could be very chilly out though. No signs of squirrels, pigeons or any other life moving about out there.

Have had a horrible night, with yet more wretched cramp and also where you darent move easily as it is liable to start again. Feeling rather cratchety, short of sleep, sore throat and the usual creaks and aches. A friend is coming today and the plan was to get all the various plants put in the borders and the honeysuckles put up the wigwam thing I have got. Well , I still want to get them done and the borders weeded as best as possible, but right now I have had a job to make a cup of coffee! Even todays Bach before 7 was not a piece I particularly like, so I need to drink my coffee and then shake a leg and start collecting my tools together but will put the folding chair outside so if necessary I might be gardening from the chair!! Once I can get myself moving, need to go out for the local paper and a couple of bits, but one great thing that happened yesterday is that at last the key to the yellow peril (my mobility scooter) has turned up so watch out on the market tomorrow!!

Yesterday I slogged away as best as I could, getting rid of more dresser stuff, but the cramping did not help me. By evening I felt very weary and although I could see a large pile of paper that I had got rid of it still didnt look much to show for a whole day. So I did give in in a way, as I saw that the Railway Children was on the tv and it was the best one with Jenny Agguter as Bobby not as the mother and the lovely Bernard Cribbins as Perks the porter. Very appropriate too as today it is the 200 year anniversary of the first paying passengers on the Rocket. There are quite a lot of things going on in Shildon and Darlington with all the train stuff. The original Rocket is in the museum, but they have built a replica which is taking the same route as the original route today, so no doubt there will be many railway buffs taking the day off at least to come and see it. I expect it will be on the local news too. We have various trains runningsuch as the wensleydale line and the one over at Keithly which is where the Oakworth station used in the film is. When I passed the scholarship, the first year we went by steam train to Beverley, to the school, so that really does make me feel ancient!! We had quite a long walk to the station and then had to go up over the bridge and down and if we were a bit later than normal the train would be just pulling in to the station so that we would be covered in steam and smoke as we charged over the bridge and our friends had the doors open so we could just get in in time. If I didnt feel so rough I might have gone out to see it.

This weekend there are a lot of places in York open to the public which normally are not, and I had wanted to go down to that too but dont feel up to it now. They are at least forecasting some good weather with a few showers over the weekend so everyone is rooting out their coats and gloves. The dog walkers in the cafe are now muffled up when they arrive. I cant really do much walking at the moment, but at least I can get a bit of fresh air on the buggy, as I need to get a few things and collect my prescription, as am totally out of one tablet. Dont like it when that happens, but it is so annoying that all the manufacturers seem to decide themselves whether they are doing 28 or 29 or 30 tablets , so that you start with everything matching and then getting out of sync and having to get them at different times. Someone asked me why I dont have my nhs online, and as I said, when you can trust them to have foolproof systems maybe, but not where they have rubbish security old systems that probably a 10 year old could crack. Toay there has just been yet another thing where hackers have got into the nursery group. I was seen as too much of a cautious person about things like this but I am glad that I have not given my details to many people. Not that I think that they cannot get my information, but I shall make it as hard as possible for them. I have always done so much troubleshooting that whenever there is a new idea or scheme, I am afraid I immediately think of what could go wrong with the system! Well I shall very slowly get myself going and hope that I warm up like the day!

Hope you have a good trip to Bicester Mick and meet some friends. Good to hear you are a bit better Susan56 , hope it all continues to improve.GranMattie, you are keeping very busy, I couldnt keep up with you at the moment. Hope that the mincemeat sells well. I am resolutely ignoring that C word and look away from various displays in the shops!! I will just look forward to Bonfire Night , which is my next special date in the year. I understand the need to have some preparation in advance especially for shops but oh dear , it feels as though the children have only just gone back to school and they are already rushing ahead with the year. I want to enjoy scuffing through leaves and walking in woods first!

May your day go well whatever your plans

Good morning everyone from an overcast Northampton, feeling quite chilly this morning so have put the heating on - I do like a warm towel after my shower!

Yesterday was lovely and sunny but a chill wind. The bedding on the line dried nicely. I do feel much warmer with my autumn 7.5 tog duvet on the bed. Tidied up nicely downstairs and damp dusted all the bedrooms, thinking about where I can put stuff next week before the carpet fitters come to do the second bedroom.

The gas service engineer came early afternoon; he was a local man and we had a nice chat. I was cheeky and asked if he could give me the name of a reliable plumber to fit a new shower in my en-suite, and he duly obliged. (My usual plumber didn't want to know!) I rang the number later on and spoke to a very nice chap who asked me to send photos of the current shower which I did. I am now waiting for him to get back to me.

After that I went out and cut the front grass and cut back the Portuguese laurel. Then watered stuff in the back garden and cleaned and refilled the bird bath.

Dinner was easy, just reheating the last of the chicken soup. Watched the first episode of the new 'All Creatures Great and Small' series last night, and thoroughly enjoyed it

Dance classes this morning, but I have a bit of backache so I'll see how much I'll manage. Then coffee afterwards in the village bakery with my dancing friend.
Making a keema curry with pork mince for dinner tonight.

Wishing all a pleasant day.