Good morning everyone.  Sounds like I have a lot to catch up on today with Strictly.  I am trying to visualise Tim Wonnacott doing a sexy Samba and to be honest it's an impossible stretch of the imagination and not particularly an image I want to start my day with   Time will tell.

 

I too hope your throat is feeling much more comfortable this morning Summer and I hope it's a good day for everyone

Good morning everyone.

Weather is dry and bright but a wee bit chilly. I was catching up with Friday's Gardeners' World as I ate breakfast this morning, and Monty Don was saying that Autumn had arrived a few weeks early this year.

Summer, I hope you are feeling better this morning. If things don't improve, you might need an antibiotic to shift the tonsillitis.

Squiggle, did you see the launch show for Strictly last night? What did you think of them?

Have a good day everyone.

 

 

No I haven't seen it yet Yogi, I will catch up today, I have it recorded.

William and Kate have announced she's expecting their second child:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29108010

 

I thought you might possibily be interested

Thanks El, that's lovely news for them.

I see poor Kate is suffering again with morning sickness, and that's why they have announced it before the usual 12 week stage in the pregnancy.

Good afternoon overcast here today, and I'm feeling a lot better! No medicine today too

Squiggle, have you caught up on strictly yet?

Yaaaay!!!! Wonderful news for the royal family
Poor Kate, I hope she's being well taken care of

Summer, I'm glad you are feeling lots better today

I think it 100% certain that Kate is being extremely well looked after. She's being treated by doctors at Kensington Palace and would be admitted to hospital if the doctors thought it advisable.

No not yet Summer, I shall watch it at 4 when I have my tea.  I am happy for Kate and William I am glad you're feeling better too!

Thank you both

I hope you enjoy it squiggle, I've put radio 1 on to listen to Scott mills

It seems that Cheltenham has been named best place in the UK to raise a family, on a list compiled by the Telegraph.

http://www.gloucestershireecho...98-detail/story.html

 

Hi Fremsley.

The latest poll is not good news. I must admit I am really worried about that the YES lot are going to win.

 Glad you are feeling better.

I tried to convince myself that polls have been wrong before, but I am scared.

You are so right, no matter what the result is, there will be a huge number of unhappy people on the 19th.

Off for a bath, then bed. 

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Fremsley and Summer.

*night owls*

Yogi I really hope the vote goes your way

Sweetest of dreams lovely friends and come back soon absent ones

Good morning everyone

 

A fairly sunny day here today.

 

A get well for Moonie.

 

Good morning everyone.

Weather is overcast this morning.

Thanks Summer. I will be heartbroken if the YES vote wins.

Has your throat stopped hurting now?

Have a good day everyone.

 

Good morning, a lovely bright morning.  I hope it cheers up weatherwise for everyone where it's overcast.  I think it's going to be sunny here too EL.

 

Moonie I hope you are starting to feel better.

 

Enjoy your day everyone

I wonder what will happen to the zero rate VAT band in Scotland if there's a Yes vote? The EU have never liked the UK using the band and the only other countries who have it are Ireland and Malta. Many of the other countries in the EU use a lower rate than the standard rate for things like food but not 0%.

I dread to think what will happen, El, but I'm convinced it won't be good.

Good morning overcast but pleasant here today with the sun trying to break through

I feel really tired my throat doesn't hurt anymore but it's dry & tickly now. I plan on having a jolly good rest tomorrow

Oh yogi I'll be keeping my fingers tightly crossed for you, I hope people really think about the consequences before they vote yes

Oh, the tickly stage is annoying but at least it isn't so painful.

 

Thanks Summer.

 

We have received a cheque relating to an extended warranty we took out with a company which went into liquidation in 2003. The purchase was made between 1998 and 2001 (can't remember what for!) and the cheque is for the huge amount of...........wait for it.........£3.52!!!!!! I will spend the rest of today pondering on what to splash the cash.

Summer, I hope your dry and tickly throat clears up quickly

 

Yogi, you could buy a tube of sealant for your fish tank:

http://www.dortechdirect.co.uk...Xy08ACFazItAodYlkA2g

or a box of Gorilla Crunch breakfast cereal:

http://www.vitaminsuk.com/inde...by08ACFabMtAodsnYASQ

 

You are rich Yogi!

I know, I feel like I've won the lottery!

 Decisions, decisions!!

I've just received a letter from my brother saying when he was visiting me next. I had though it might have been the first weekend in October. But he says that would involve five changes of train going back to London on the Sunday. The following weekend he will be away on a short holiday. The third weekend in October, the only train back to London on the sunday leaves Gloucester at 11.05pm and arrives at his stop at 7.50 on Monday morning. There are no trains at all for the fourth weekend. So he's booked trains for the first weekend in November.

 

What a shame you have to wait so long for your brother's next visit.

Five changes of train would have been a nightmare for him.

I think Sunday's Poll was a shock to everyone. I hope they have been holding something back in their NO arsenal and start showing some real determination to save the union.

 

 I think the pansies sound like a good idea - pretty to look at and some change left over.

Summer, I hope you've had a good day and are feeling well again.

Off for an early night. Catch up tomorrow.

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Summer and Fremsley.

Get Well Soon hug for Moonie.

 

Thanks yogi I hope you're enjoying your early night, sweet dreams

I'm feeling up & down really, I wish it would just go and stay gone now. I had sushi for tea, hopefully the miso soup will have helped

Crikey El! I'm appalled at the train services, it's just not good enough. Is your brother coming for christmas too?

Squiggle & Fremsley, I hope you've both had a good day

Leaving goodnight & get well hugs for our lovely, absent friends

Good morning everyone

 

Another sunny day here.

 

Get well soon Moonie

 

Summer, my brother intends to visit me at the end of November and again at Christmas. The train timetable my brother had looked at may improve as he was looking at it weeks ahead and when I had a look on a different site I didn't see the same level of disruption as he had seen.

 

Good morning everyone.

Weather is dry and bright, if a little chilly.

Summer, I hope you soon feel 100% again.

El, might your brother reconsider an earlier visit if the disruptions are not as bad as expected, or do you think he'll wait until November?

Have a good day everyone.

Yogi, he's already booked the trains for his visit at the beginning of November as he tends to book weeks in advance.

 

Ah, I see.

Good morning everyone, another lovely morning, hope it is where you are too.

 

Goodness EL what an awful train service.  Sometimes you need the patience of a saint to put up with some of the service we are getting nowadays.  Anyway I hope you both enjoy your brother's visit even more when it happens.

 

I had a nice day Summer thank you.  Very productive, me and my grandson doing a little touching up around the house.  He was cleaning his motorbike as well - the other day he (unwittingly) used my tea towel to dry it I had left it out in my utility room which has a perspex roof and gets lovely and hot to get it dry in between drying up and he thought it was a cleaning cloth.  It took a hot wash with Vanish to get it clean again, I thought for one moment it was a gonner.  Then he chopped down a young maple tree just getting going which my gardener said would rob all the light in that part of the garden, and got it burnt on the bonfire.  And then rubbed the banisters down ready for undercoating and glossing.  He has promised to clean out the filter on the pond too.  I managed to get hoovered and dusted and cleaned through, you can imagine the dust after all the rubbing down we have been doing, so satisfying to see it all disappearing up the Hoover! I hope you enjoy your day off today, any plans?

 

Have a great day everyone

Sounds like your grandson has been a great help, Squiggle. Apart from the tea towel incident.

Squiggle, I agree with Yogi that your grandson has been a great help. It's just as well that you saw that he had used the tea towel before you used it as it would have been more than a bit dirty

Summer, my new cookbook arrived from Amazon today - "Delia Smith's Christmas" 

Believe me EL, there was no way it could have been used as a tea towel until it was washed I didn't recognise it it was totally filthy!

 

Ooh great Yogi, some of my favourite Christmas recipes are by Delia, including my stuffing and bread sauce which my family are all potty about.