Strictly in the interests of science I am experimenting with a couple of new M&S Spirit of Summer items.  I will report on my findings in due course, that's if I survive

There's a new cold dessert called "Banana & Dulce de leche slices". Dulce de leche is popular in France, Portugal, Spain, and much of Latin America. It's made from sweetened milk which has been caramelised.

The other is a Pina Colada luxury yogurt. It's a bit of a misnomer as although it has pineapple and coconut, there's no rum.

I had one of the banana slices at lunch and it's quite pleasant

Afternoon all. Just a flying visit as wifi can be a bit erratic.

I hope you are all well and behaving yourself in my absence.

Good to see you back and posting, Moonie.

Squiggle, I love your owl mug.

I hope you are all having a good Bank Holiday weekend.

Yogi, I'm well and I'm trying to behave myself
I hope your holiday continues to go well

To put Cheltenham's promotion into perspective, the last time a team was relegated from League 2 to the National League and then in the following season were promoted as champions was:

26 years ago

El Loro posted:

Strictly in the interests of science I am experimenting with a couple of new M&S Spirit of Summer items.  I will report on my findings in due course, that's if I survive

 

There's a new cold dessert called "Banana & Dulce de leche slices". Dulce de leche is popular in France, Portugal, Spain, and much of Latin America. It's made from sweetened milk which has been caramelised.

 

The other is a Pina Colada luxury yogurt. It's a bit of a misnomer as although it has pineapple and coconut, there's no rum.

El, if you need any help with your "experiment" I am willing to offer myself as "sacrificial lamb" in the aid of science, of course  

Yogi19 posted:

Afternoon all. Just a flying visit as wifi can be a bit erratic.

I hope you are all well and behaving yourself in my absence.

Good to see you back and posting, Moonie.

Squiggle, I love your owl mug.

I hope you are all having a good Bank Holiday weekend.

Fankoo Yogi

I hope you are enjoying your holibob

El Loro posted:

Yogi, I'm well and I'm trying to behave myself
I hope your holiday continues to go well

Not very, successfully is my guess

Moonie, you do realise that any casualties resulting from my "experiment" are taken to M&S's laboratories for their research

As you can see my efforts to behave myself have failed 

Cheltenham finish the season with a 3-1 win over Lincoln.

They've got dalmatians points for the season and a positive goal difference of Heinz varieties 

night yogi -hope you are having  a lovely time and everybodyand summer if  you pop in

Hola! greetings from Spain! I've been in an erratic wifi area too, but am currently in town with a much better connection  

i hope you're all well & keeping warm, it's warm in the day here but chilly at night. It's better than snow though  

squiggle, I absolutely love your new mug and hope you're enjoying your hot chocolate in it  

yogi I hope you're enjoying your holiday and are well rested & fed  

big hugs for everyone  

Good morning everyone

Hazy sunshine here, forecast to cloud over and some showers this afternoon.

Summer, I hope you have a lovely time in Spain

I hope everyone has a lovely day

Good morning everyone and hola to our friends basking in the sunshine   I christened my new mug with a lovely drink of Horlicks yesterday Summer and will be ordering hot chocolate this week.

Very cloudy this morning but as we were forecast heavy rain for today I suppose that's not too bad.  Congratulations to Cheltenham!

Enjoy your day everyone

El Loro posted:

Cheltenham finish the season with a 3-1 win over Lincoln.

 

They've got dalmatians points for the season and a positive goal difference of Heinz varieties 

Love it El 

~Sweetie Pie~ posted:

Hola! greetings from Spain! I've been in an erratic wifi area too, but am currently in town with a much better connection  

i hope you're all well & keeping warm, it's warm in the day here but chilly at night. It's better than snow though  

squiggle, I absolutely love your new mug and hope you're enjoying your hot chocolate in it  

 

yogi I hope you're enjoying your holiday and are well rested & fed  

 

big hugs for everyone  

Sweet, hope you have a lovely holibob   

Good morning Buddies  

Weather is little sunny. Not ventured out yet, however I will be soon. It feels cool indoors though 

Hope you all have a lovely Mayday Sunday 

Toodles for now 

Squiggle, I'm glad you've christened your mug with Horlicks yesterday I hope your heavy rain doesn't materialise.

Moonie, and a happy May Day to you as well. I've just returned from dancing round the may pole and watching the troops and armoured vehicles driving down the road (not necessrily true )

Brand new photos of Princess Charlotte taken by her mother for those who are on holiday at present so may not see them.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36181870

Good morning everyone

Cloudy here, rain forecast for the early afternoon but raindrops here already.

Local elderly couple take to hospital (not seriously injured) after being stuck in their car down an embankment for some 14 hours in the recent cold weather.
http://www.gloucestercitizen.c...07-detail/story.html.

It looks as if they came off the A46 at Cranham near the turn off to Nut Hill - there's a very steep bend there and I know that a lot of cars speed down that road.

I hope everyone has a pleasant Bank Holiday Monday

Good morning everyone, disappointingly grey and cold here, just when you could do with some glorious Spring weather.  I have been having great fun choosing different hot chocolates for my new mug, there is quite a good range nowadays.  As well as the Cadburys one I have opted for a Swiss chocolate one and one other, I am looking to find out which one is my favourite.

Oh that poor couple EL that must have been so distressing for them, unable to get help and probably cold as well.  I hope they recover soon but I am sure it will have knocked their confidence.

Enjoy your day everyone

I am now able to reveal that temperatures will be 20+ at the w/e.

That may be so GJ but are you off to Spain or somewhere equally hot whilst back here we will still be slogging through the cold wind?

Squiggle, I hope you enjoy your new position as chief hot chocolate taster

I hope that couple recover soon - akthough they live quite close by I don't think I know them.

GJ, as you say forecast to be 20 by the weekend. I've just been talking with my neighbours. He was saying how cold ir was then I told him that by the weekend they'll be saying how warm it is. They told me that they have sold their house to move to a larger house and that it's another young couple moving in as a starter home. Although most of the houses in my area are 3 bedrooms, theirs's is the exception with just two, I'll be sorry to see them go as they've have been the nicest neighbours I've had.

If you ever discover that I've been to the Iberian peninsula you may call me Meyer!

Ooh I like that hot chocolate taster - I could get a badge It's a shame about your neighbours moving, I hope the new neighbours are equally pleasant.

Garage Joe posted:

I am now able to reveal that temperatures will be 20+ at the w/e.

Above or below Joe? 

Good Monday Buddies  

Cold, windy but dry for now 

Looking forward to those warmer temperatures the weekend 

Have a good day everyone 

Yesterday in the centre of Cheltenham:

Brilliant El 

Moonie, as I know Cheltenham very well it was quite interesting seeing it from a different angle. The bus starts in Imperial Square, turns right and immediately left into St Georges Road for a few seconds, breaks off and doesn't show going down Royal Well Road and turning in to the Promenade. Most of the clip then shows going southwards down the Promenade, across the junction with Imperial Square and St Georges Road going into Montpeliier Walk. There's another break as the bus comes back northwards along Montpellier Walk heading towards the Promenade into St Georges Road again. Then there's a gap (where the bus must have gone down Royal Well Road into Clarence Parade) as the very last part of the clip is heading from Clarence Street across North Street (with Boots on the right hand side). (That has to be the route due to the one way system).

Hola just a quick hello while I've got some wifi. It's been a lovely sunny day and I'm stuffed with BBQ food. My holiday is going very nicely ,

i hope you're all well and having a good bank holiday weekend

Hi everyone.

El, thanks for the pics of Princess Charlotte, she's a real cutie.

Weather is sunny and warm and we are having a nice time.

I hope the weather hasn't been too bad over the Bank Holiday weekend.

I'm glad the weather has been good for our holiday Buddies.

It's been a bit of a windy and damp afternoon here but the temperature is forecast to rise by the weekend - in my area almost as warm as Ibiza but not as sunny.

Hi to Yogi and Sweet  

Very pleased you are both enjoying your holibobs and having good weather too 

night yogi and summer -glad you are both enjoying your holidays night moonsie

Good morning everyone

A reasonably sunny day here. Temperatures forecast to start rising here from tomorrow with 22C by the weekend - that's the temperature forecast for Ibiza today.

I hope everyone has a good day

You don't need to be a football fan to enjoy this new story by Michael Morpurgo.

Good morning everyone, much brighter this morning, looking forward to the promised higher temperature at the weekend.

How lovely to hear from our two holidaying ladies - have a lovely time you two

I'm not a football fan but well done Leicester

Enjoy your day everyone

I'm emailing that Michael Morpurgo story to my brother as it's the sort of story that he has written (for our family) over the years. Fantasy with references to things which really happened.

I've no intention of watching The Windsors when it starts on Friday as it's not the sort of thing I watch (sharp cruel comedy targeting the royal family) but was intrigued to see that one of the co-writers was someone called Bert Tyler-Moore (seems to be a British comedy writer). Those old enough may remember the Dick van Dyke show where his wife was played by Mary Tyler Moore. She then had her own television comedy show. She's American and I'm not aware that the two are related