Hi Velvet, hope all is well with you.
Fine Yogi
Good to hear.
Have you still got snow in your area? Our roads are clear as the gritters have been out, but it's lying on the pavements and gardens.
It didn't come to much Yogi. Was on when four paws wanted out at five this morn but pretty much gone today. Hope that's it and we can step into Spring 
Keira loves lolloping around in snow, whereas I've had enough of it for this year and am looking forward to Spring.
PB day tomorrow, so signing out early.
Goodnight and sweet dreams. Hugs for the night owls.
I know how much you love that car. You're a wonderful car owner though and I think you deserve a new one 
will you do another? I suspected that was the case, I hope you feel brighter soon PB day tomorrow, so signing out early.
Goodnight and sweet dreams. Hugs for the night owls.
night yogi and so am I re spring -sick of being cold , summer and velvet
Good morning everyone 
A sunny day here and forecast to be a bit warmer than recently.
Yogi, I hope you have a good day with PB
Squiggle, I hope your test drive of that Alto is good when you do it
I have one of those exciting tax courses this morning so won't be around.
Good morning everyone. Flying visit!
The snow has gone but it's still freezing cold.
El, I hope the course is more exciting than you anticipate.
Off to get ready for PB's arrival, and won't be around until after 8pm tonight.
Have a good day everyone.
Good morning everyone, what a beautiful morning it is too, with a real promise of spring. I know that I am not the only one in this thread longing for spring to come.
I hope it's a happy day with PB Yogi and I hope the tax course goes well and proves a bit more interesting than it may look to be EL.
Whatever everyone is up to today, I hope it goes smoothly
the sky is blue, the sun is shining and the birds are singing bramble and I are sunbathing on my bed, the window is open. We are stuck in today waiting for 2 parcels, it's the perfect excuse I need to tidy up and relax Good morning Summer I was hoping for a lovely family day for my daughter to meet her grandson for the first time but as my car is not back it's made it a little difficult. So we are scrabbling around to try to rearrange things, I am sure we will get something sorted.
Do you have good weather where you are too and will you be able to get out and enjoy your day off?
I found this fascinating, like Street View for the 17th Century, the City of London including Pudding Lane where the Great Fire started. Created by six students from De Montfort University
Everyone.
Hope things work out, squiggle xx Cant view just now, plug in carry on again.....
Hope you all having a good day. Was at the library and lots of children making a right old noise. Nice to see them using the library , of course but perhaps the teachers could have told them to shush! In my day we got a right old telling off for even breathing loudly!
Have fun with PB Yogi, and hope El, is enjoying his course
Hi Velvet, yes thanks had a good evening, no Kim and Aggie tho
Hope you chilling out, Summer x all
I'm back from that course, some interesting bits, some of little relevance.
Squiggle, that's a facsinating clip of old London. As the clip shows, many of the streets were very narrow which is why the Great Fire was able to spread so easily (and because of the use of timber in buildings). There is a similar very narrow alleyway in the centre of Gloucester which is very old. Hardly anyone knows of its existence and it is not accessible as the entrances are blocked off.
Hi Summer, good to hear you have got things sorted to see your sister xx
It wasnt Granddaughters school who were at the library, she doesnt attend school near us, its a distance away. I popped in to change my books but got the wrong day for a bit of quiet! Bless them tho, lovely to see libraries still open.
Yes GD will be wearing something for World Book Day, not got it sorted yet...
Beef stew sounds delicious , my mouth watering! Son having pork steaks, GD having lasagne, i am having salad. I should open a cafe
By coincidence, one of the things mentioned at the tax course today confirmed something I had been looking into for a client a couple of days ago. That was useful to hear it confirmed. I won't go into details as it would be rather lengthy and unlikely to be of any relevance to you
Sorry for delay, madam, cant get the staff these days 
Yes was looking for a book, first part of a trilogy by Diana Gabaldon. I read the 2nd one first! Got it ordered. Lovely story, a bit a of mystical love affair at the time of the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Its a good read x
Hi El, x
Hi El, totally agree. If i have done something right with GD, i hope i have instilled in her the love of books. I loathe the new technology with kids reading from ipads/Kindles 
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Searching thru dressing up stuff i have....no real book this year. Last year was easy with Harry Potter ..
Goodnight all, have a good evening
thank you skylark Evening all.
Had a brilliant day with PB.
Off to read back.
Summer, I hope your parcels arrived.
You must be excited about visiting your sister soon.
What a coincidence, I made beef stew for dinner tonight - PB enjoys it too.
Squiggle, I hope you've manage to rearrange things for the family get together.
I loved the video clip of old London.
Skylark, I agree that encouraging a love of books is a good thing.
El, I'm glad the course was of some use and had some intresting stuff included.
Velvet, does the cold weather make your mum's arthitis worse? I know my hip always seems worse in the winter.
Not sure. She has good days and bad days. Age I suppose. Can still put my nose outta joint though Very occasionally but I wouldnae have it any other way
Glad you had a good day
I know you wouldn't have it any other way.
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Velvet.
Hugs for the night owls.
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Velvet.
Hugs for the night owls.
night yogi -just missed you
Good morning everyone.
Weather is mild, with drizzly rain.
Out and about today.
Have a good day everyone, see you later.
Good morning everyone, not a bad morning, a little cloudy. I am glad you had a good day with PB yesterday Yogi, I knew you would. It looks like the course was useful EL
Some really cute costumes on the BBC breakfast show for World Book Day
I hope the warmer weather soon will relieve the boss's arthritis. How exciting Summer, when will you be travelling?
Enjoy your day everyone
It was so cute EL, just trying to think. There were sisters dressed as the witch from Room on the Broom and The Gruffalo. A Harry Potter, a little family with the baby dressed as The Very Hungry Caterpillar and the middle girl as Tinkerbelle, I am racking my brain to think what the eldest one wore but its gone, there were lots more but I just can't recall, sorry. I remember a very clever costume of a big silver box with a little boy's face peering through a grill but I never got what character he was, and I remember a little boy with saucepans dangling, he was saucepan man I think from The Magic Faraway Tree. They were all brilliant.
sorry I didn't make it back last night, my phone kept ringing and then Mr summer got home and I fell asleep while we was talking to me! I'm glad your furry friend is doing well too, what breed is he? Hi Summer, I should be getting my car back later today. I have had to move the test drive to Monday as the sales guy isn't in tomorrow and I didn't want to go in on Saturday. I have asked my grandson to pick me up a copy of the local paper to have a good look for any likely contenders. I would love to find a second hand Astra at a good price if the test drive shows that the Alto doesn't suit me, I loved driving the Astra.
I'm glad your little car has got you through the winter alrightThanks Summer, I've got the car back now, I got him to fit wheel trims because I had lost two of the hub cap trims and it looks so smart now. I think it's a good idea to go for a new one and pass this one on though.
When are you off to visit your sister?
I'm excited and nervous at the same time. I'm going to give her an old pocket watch that belonged to our dad we miss you, I hope you're taking good care of yourselfUpdate on that driver charged with dangerous driving on the bypass between Gloucester and Cheltenham. This is from today's local news site. Potentially a landmark legal case for drivers - is speeding at 120 mph dangerous (possible prison sentence) or careless (no prison sentence).
Defence lawyers are challenging whether driving at 120mph along the A40 Golden Valley bypass between Gloucester and Cheltenham can be legally classed as dangerous
Michael Oliver, 24, of Lambert Gardens, Shurdington, is alleged to have reached that speed on the bypass on August 14 last year in a VW Golf.
He appeared before Gloucester Crown Court today to face a charge of dangerous driving but Judge Jamie Tabor QC said the defence will be making an application to dismiss on the grounds that speed alone does not constitute the offence.
Prosecutor Janine Wood said it was about 1.30am when police followed Mr Oliver's VW from Cheltenham towards Gloucester. At the Elmbridge roundabout the car went back onto the bypass and returned to Cheltenham.
"The police say he was reaching a speed of 120mph," she said. "The police car speedometer was showing 110mph and the car was going away from them.
"He was then said to be doing 80mph along the road past GCHQ which has a 40mph limit. "
Oliver's defence said he would be willing to admit a charge of careless driving but not dangerous.
Judge Tabor adjourned the case until May 22 for the legal argument over whether the dangerous driving charge can be justified in law.
I'm excited and nervous at the same time. I'm going to give her an old pocket watch that belonged to our dad we miss you, I hope you're taking good care of yourselfThat's so lovely giving her that pocket watch.
It's lovely to see you moonie, as Summer says take good care of yourself.
