Thanks Squiggle. Well done on getting your drive swept.

Wish you better soon, take care now

Aw moonie get well soon, I hope it doesn't last long and that you are soon back with us

Squiggle I bet your drive looks gorgeous, I find having a good sweep is really satisfying

Aw moonie get well soon, I hope it doesn't last long and that you are soon back with us

Squiggle I bet your drive looks gorgeous, I find having a good sweep is really satisfying

I've been to the garden centre and bought some autumn flowering pansies to add some colour to the borders. I bought some more bird seed for PB's birdies and some more daffodil bulbs. I forgot the compost, which was my main reason for going. 

There's only one thing for it Yogi, another trip to the garden centre

Filming of the film Through the Looking Glass has started today. As I suspected Johnny Depp is not in Gloucester as his character The Mad Hatter is not involved with the scenes being shot.

However Mia Wasikowska has been seen and here's some photos:

http://www.gloucestercitizen.c...tail/pictures.html#1

She plays Alice Kingsleigh. If you saw the first film you will remember that at the end of the film she had become an apprentice to a shipping company and had sailed off to expand shipping routes to China. I assume that the scenes being shot at Gloucester Docks are non-Wonderland scenes of her returning to England after her voyages.

 Good idea, Squiggle. Tomorrow or Wednesday it is!

Have I mentioned that I love Johnny Depp?

Yogi, I think you've mentioned it once or twice before

 I thought I might have.

Afternoon Fremsley, great to have you back.

Welcome back fremsley

 I agree.

A mummy covered in chocolate and nuts has been discovered in Egypt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Archaeologists believe it may be Pharaoh Rocher.

 

 

 

Sorry

Squiggle,

A football news story which is rather sweet (literally)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-e...incolnshire-28834445

 

I like jelly babies.

My mum's been on the phone for an hour - My ears got so hot, I had to keep swapping the phone from side to side.

Off to read for a while. I've finished the crime thriller and I've started something less graphic.

Leaving night owl hug for Summer And a get well soon hug for Moonie.

*night owls*

Oooooh I'd love a pharaoh rocher! And some jelly babies!

Welcome back Fremsley

Lol yogi at your forgetting the compost, that makes me feels loads better for doing daft things I'm glad you finished your book and hope the big reveal was good

El, shame it's not johnny depp (or Robert Downey Jr. ) but it's still exciting to have the new moonie filming nearby
I haven't seen the first one, it's a story that gave me the creeps as a child

Leaving goodnight hugs for all and get well soon hugs for moonie and an extra one for our absent friend

Good morning everyone

 

Sunny here at present but showers forecast for later.

 

I hope moonie is feeling better today.

 

Summer, I like your typo in your last post yesterday about the film

Good morning everyone.

Weather is chilly but quite sunny.

 @ Summer's typo.

I see that Christina Aguilera has named her new baby 'Summer Rain'.

Hope you are feeling better today, Moonie.

Have a good day everyone.

BBC local news clip of the filming at Gloucester Docks, but no sign of any stars in the clip. The BBC article says this is Tim Burton's take on Through the Looking Glass but his only involvement is as one of the producers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJQe10H3PKc

 

Good morning everyone, blue sky but cold here, is it still August?  

 

Wasn't it lovely to have that blast from the past (for those that saw it) of Ben yesterday, those were the days sigh.

 

Moonie I hope you are feeling better today, quick hug to make you feel brighter

 

Enjoy your day everyone - off to the bank soon to pay in a cheque, I don't do that much nowadays, it's a refund cheque I have just changed energy suppliers.

Squiggle, as you say, it's cold. On the weather forecast I saw yesterday they said that there's high pressure (so the wind blows in a clockwise direction) to the west of the UK and low pressure (so the wind blows in an anticlockwise direction) to the north east of the UK. That means that the wind is being forced from the Arctic straight over the UK, hence the cold weather. It's possible that there may be some snow falling on the tops of some mountains in Scotland.

It seems that there was only the one day of filming at Gloucester Docks (yesterday) and the film crew left during this morning though the long ships are still there. So nothing more to report from Gloucester docks.

 

There's to be a third series of Father Brown due to be shown next February. That series is filmed in various locations around Gloucestershire. Over the past week they've been filming at the Pittville Pump room and the Everyman theatre in Cheltenham. The centre of production is at Winchcombe School (taking advantage of the school summer holidays). The railway station shown in the series is the one at Winchcombe which is where the Gloucestershire-Warwickwickshire heritage railwy's HQ is. Father Brown's house is at Blockley (which is between Moreton-in-Marsh and Broadway).

You do seem to be at the hub of filming various things at the moment EL.

Good afternoon dry and partially sunny here with a cold wind, it's very autumnal

Haha! How funny that my predictor text went straight to "moonie" instead of "movie"
I too hope you are feeling better today moonie

Squiggle, it does seem that way. Gloucester itself has little in the way of suitable filming locations other then the docks and the Cathedral area as most of the centre of Gloucester is like other medium sized towns/cities. Cheltenham will always attract more filming because of its regency architecture, and then the Cotswolds are very filmic with the attractive landscapes and villages.

 Sounds like lots of fun! 

Brilliant clips. Reminded me why I loved him as a HM.

(not really fremsley as clip is not recent)

 

I've been watching The Dog Rescuers on CH5.

So many stories of awful animal cruelty and neglect. 

But there are also some heartwarming stories of lovely people who adopt these rescued dogs and give them loving homes.

yogi it makes my heart hurt there's stories of dog cruelty & theft on fb regularly lately too and sometimes I feel like I can't bare the world we're living in.
I just keep praying that bramble stays safe and for the safety of all the other dogs & animals in the world. I only wish we could protect them all from awful human behaviour

Evening Summer.

I can't understand why anyone would get an animal, only to neglect and abuse it.

Thank goodness there are some decent animal owners out there, who give their pets a happy and well cared for life.