Good Morning Thursday 8th January 2026

Good morning from Shropshire.Dry at the moment but a weather warning in place for this evening.

We have tickets for Miss Saigon in Llandudno this afternoon.We will check the weather forecast before we make our final decision about whether to go.When we checked last night it looked like we would be home before the storm but will check again this morning.

My thoughts to all unwell and to our mountaineers.

Wishing everyone the best day possible🦩🌻

Good morning from a milder Torbay.

Thank you very much for all the kind comments about olddudders. I’m pleased to report that he is a great deal better this morning and appeared with TIB for the first time in over a week! We were grateful to the staff at the MIU at Newton Abbot for their prompt attention and care. The steroids and antibiotic are working their magic!

Thinking of those with more serious ailments or worries of any kind. 🦩🥰🦩💐🦩

Good morning, Michael and all GNs from South Yorkshire where it is currently 0 degrees and still dark. I slept badly last night. Terrible tinnitus and cramp intermittently in my feet.

A decent session at writers group yesterday. It’s good to be back in a routine of activities though I shalln’t be walking this morning as I am not sure what the conditions will be like, either on the roads or in the woods, and it is forecast to snow at some point today though the jury is out as usual as to whether it will be midday or evening. I’m disappointed as I haven’t seen DD and her family since New Year’s Day and I’ve missed them. I usually have lunch with her on Thursday.

So…. a day indoors. Bathroom and kitchen to clean and the fridge to sort out. After that, we’ll see.

Have the best day you can folks.

Good morning from Malta where winter has arrived I think! It is to be a wet day with thunder and a high of 13°C. It’s currently 9°C so feels a bit chilly with no heating.

I slept until 8 (we’re an hour ahead of you) which is great in one way but I feel I’m starting the day too late! You can’t win!😄

Pantglas glad you enjoyed your few days away. Thanks for my first smile of the day re your dad!😂

My plans to go out yesterday were scotched as it absolutely sheeted down complete with black clouds and some thunder.
I decided all the things I had planned to do could wait as it wasn’t worth driving through the deluge and risking a soaking.

Today looks like a similar sort of day so I may be confined to barracks again. Not that I mind, I much prefer to be at home these days. I got a lot of laundry done yesterday and changed the bed which is the job I loathe above all others even though I love getting into clean sheets!

Hoping kitty is home and recovering from her surgery. Also that the antibiotics are doing their job on olddudders. Get well soon to all poorlies, Marydoll take care.🙏🏻

Have a good day all, now where is madeleine? I like to read her post whilst I drink my tea.😊

Good morning from N. Bucks. I haven’t looked outside yet but we have a yellow warning for snow this afternoon.
We are very pleased with the new cabinet in the hall. We are now culling the contents that were in the old one. Oh my, what a lot of bits and pieces had accumulated.
Cake to make this morning ready for Sewing group. A group project has been organised by two of the members so that will be interesting. Hopefully the weather will allow me to get there.
Thoughts with all who are poorly or troubled and a good day wished for everyone.

Good morning everyone from mid Essex. It’s 2 degrees and dry out. Yesterday was slightly less cold, but the wind was chilly. Who knows what today’s weather will be like! I walked over to the village hall and joined the seated yoga class, only eight of us there. I hope that my back will allow me to continue with the classes, it’s good to get together with other people! I may go for a walk today, and have a food delivery this afternoon to look forward to.

I hope your toe feels better today llfl, and that you enjoy the U3A function.

marydoll I hope you can persuade your DH to take you and babydoll to the garden centre.
Best wishes to all those who are struggling, I hope the day brings some relief for you..
Have the best day possible everyone, batten down the hatches in anticipation of the stormy weather to come in the South.

Good morning, wet and cold here with goodness knows what forecast for later.
I enjoyed my zoom art session yesterday evening, lots of chatting and painting. I’ll do more to it today.
Yesterday was humdrum but pleasant, more to come today.
Thinking of the poorly on here, I hope things go well today 🌹

Morning all from West Oxfordshire. There doesn’t seem to be a frost but I think snow is forecast later.

I too remember that storm! We were lucky but our neighbours lost their porch and another the roof!

I started a course of antibiotics yesterday for my toe. I’ve also been having a hot and salty foot bath.

It is the U3A Christmas do at lunchtime. I’m confident I’ll get there.

Have a good day.

FGT2S 🌹

MaryDoll sending you a (((hug))) your melancholy isn’t evident in your post 😘

Good morning from S E Essex where it’s currently 2°

I am having an at home day today, I need to go through the freezer in the kitchen. Then I need to attack the ironing pile which is rather large, including all the Christmas bedding 🙀

Thinking of our poorly morning friends 🙋‍♀️

Good morning all from Glasgow, where it is -2°C and foggy.

I have nothing much to report. My life is quite boring at the moment. I am deliberately staying away from the Parish, for I am not well enough to do much.
However, that doesn't stop people involving me through WhatsApp. I am dealing with a delicate situation at the moment, which is concerning me. Tackety boots need avoided at all cost.

Today, we have Babydoll and I am trying to persuade DH to go to the garden centre, where we can have a coffee and she can see the fish.
However, he has become obsessed with the weather and is worried about it snowing. Its odd, he used to drive to work in blizzards, without batting an eyelid.!
I'm worried about him. He has hardly left home since Christmas, only going to Mass and taking me to the Doctor's. His excuse is that it is too cold for me to go out, so I just go out on my own.

I was pleased to read that OLD sought medical advice and received treatment. Get well soon.

Best wishes for all our mountaineers and also their carers, for whom life is also difficult.
Have a pleasant day folks and stay safe.

I also persuaded the children that Sevenoaks had to change its name to “Oneoak”! 😆

I remember the storm of ‘87 well. We lived in Basingstoke at the time. We all slept through it, the children woke us up in a state of great excitement as there was no power. We had none for a week; the children thought it was wonderful as they had no school and only had to wash rather than bathe/shower daily!
A friend who had a gas cooker (ours was electric) lent us their camping gas double burner. We used it for our 10th wedding anniversary dinner with two other couples.

Good morning from Kent, with rain forecast today.
Yesterday I watched a programme about the October 1987 storm which affected the south east of England. Sevenoaks lost six of its seven oak trees. I had actually slept through that storm and remember waking up and being surprised by no electricity and a tree down just outside my flat.
Today I am going to go through some vintage knitting patterns to find a jumper I like then I will search to find an appropriate yarn.
Have a good day all.

Good morning from s somerset, very wet and dreary today

Boy were my glutes stiff yesterday, after several hours of getting up and down from the floor. I never appreciated them doing so much work. Nice to know they are still alive

Loads of knitting done yesterday, sleeve-less is finished and looks gorgeous, even before blocking. My newly spun yarn is knitting up very fast and I shall soon have a new soft warm jumper to wear this winter. My skirt still needs finishing, waistband, buttonholes and hem. I have to get my arris into gear, that skirt will be so useful this winter

If I can just get the waistband done today, little steps will get the skirt finished by sunday. Sewing mojo has vanished

I slept very well last night and would like to repeat that tonight. Simple basic foods for me today and I am soaking a very special broth mix for a pottage type soup. Simple food, and simple knitting for me today and some candles to make up for a very grey day and I think I will unearth my audible books

Have a good day

Good morning from Lancashire. Cold and dry here at the moment but don't know how long that will last. Heading off to the charity shops this morning, hoping for bargains. People will have donated 'unwanted' Christmas presents so it's surprising what you come across at this time of year.

Good morning Mick and all who follow from a dry and dark north Wales coast after my foray to the south which was delightful (apart from delayed 🚂 there and back😡).

Still, the scenery along the way made up for it…from winter ❄️ wonderlands to lush rolling hills and I enjoyed a birdseye view into people’s homes as they set about their days…🤗

A recommendation from me to see Song Sung Blue with the magnificent Hugh Jackman and the surprising (to me) Kate Hudson, who knew she could sing!🤷‍♀️

Now to the poorlies - far too many to mention individually in case I miss one but I do hope all inpatients are released soon, those on treatments are relieved and everyone else is on the mend 💐.

A trot to see Dad this morning who is worried that he hasn’t seen me for 5 days because I went ‘away’ to Swansea- this from the man who swans off to Goa at the drop of a hat…🤦‍♀️

Good morning from a damp Bristol. It’s not so cold but will be very disagreeable wet today, especially in th3 afternoon when I’m taking a bus to DD’s. I have a good 10 minute walk each and shall get thoroughly wet.
Tai chi hasn’t started yet, so I have an empty. I’ll go back to making DGS’s quilt. He doesn’t know it’s coming so it’ll be a surprise.
FAB cafe was very well attended yesterday, 23 including 3 newbies. AgeUK is running a tai-chi class in another room, I have asked the leader to encourage his pupils to come to us for a cuppa afterwards. It seems to be working.
We had heating for the first time. The vicar set up the hot air thingy we have been using for services. My goodness, although not tropical, it made such a difference.
Prayers and good wishes winging to all, especially the strugglers - olddudders, fgt, md, kitty…
Carpe diem 🦩🦩🦩🦩