Yesterday's BBC Countryfile had an item which will be of interest to quite a few of us.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/...ile-northern-ireland
It launched this year's Countryfile photograph competition, theme this year being seasons and the sun.

It starts at 20 minutes 20 seconds, lasts about 11 minutes which is 11 minutes of delight and very relaxing. The judges this year are Simon King (as in previous years) and Cerys Matthews (her first time as judge).

Watch out for Cerys doing all the work in rowing the boat, you might catch the lesser spotted phone singing in the background at one point, and just for Moonie, there are swans.

Moonie posted:

Did you know it’s not illegal to ‘clock’ a car 

 

It’s only illegal if you ‘clock’ it and sell it on without informing the buyer it has been ‘clocked’ 😮😮😮

I didn’t know that.

El Loro posted:

Moonie posted:

Did you know it’s not illegal to ‘clock’ a car 

 

It’s only illegal if you ‘clock’ it and sell it on without informing the buyer it has been ‘clocked’ 😮😮😮

That's been a known loophole in the law for years, the government may one day make it illegal to clock a vehicle. I can't see any legitimate reason for clocking, and it's not something that has ever crossed my mind to do.

Neither can I, El.

El Loro posted:

There's me posting about horseflies, midges etc yesterday and then today, there's a news story about flies plaguing the place where England play some football match today:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44519710

The simple answer is of course for all concerned to wear zebra outfits

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros 

Hug for any night owls

*night owls*  

well gang, when it rains it certainly pours! And I’m talking about life, not the weather. A very busy 24 hours here, but my ability to face life’s challenges has improved vastly, and I’m thankful for that  

thanks for tge link El, watch out for zebra onesie wearing crowds here soon!  

moonie i hope you enjoyed tonight’s match, the grapevine informs me that it was a good result  

i hope you’ve all had a good day, sweet dreams  

night yogi and summer -sorry to miss you

Good morning a pleasant, sunny start here today

i’ve got a couple of hours off work this morning to go get my own hair done! I’m looking forward to it 

what are you all up to today? 

Good morning everyone

Cloudy and breezy here.

Summer, Moonie doesn't watch England football matches and won't have watched it last evening.

Don't forget the mandatory swirl

A fun day of working through clients files of payments invoices awaits

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning everyone, a breezy chilly morning here.  Are you planning a change of style Summer?  Enjoy your pampering.  Try not to allow the fun of all those invoices to overwhelm you EL.

Enjoy your day everyone

Thanks Squiggle. I've just found out that W H/ford stands for West Hereford Service Station, I can hardly control my excitement at that fascinating discovery

El Loro posted 3/6/18:

Where is Bony Tony who disappeared from outside the Regency Clinic on Hales Road in Cheltenham on Wednesday and has not been seen since?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-e...cestershire-44327991
(Bony Tony is a plastic skeleton who is often dressed up for occasions such as the Cheltenham Races)

Bony Tony has been found, he was sitting on a sofa with a
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...cestershire-44499849

Good afternoon Buddies  

A sultry day here. Even what little breeze there is, isn’t helping that much either 

Yogi, I hope you have a good day with the little ones 

Have a grand afternoon everyone  

@Moonie , did you see my post from yesterday?
https://www.gagajoyjoy.com/top...3#586220266488244943

I'm fairly sure you would like it as there's some swans in it

Twitter announcement on a French train company's account yesterday:
"Le train actuellement à quai en gare d'Auber et en direction de Boissy-Saint-Léger, stationne suite à un malaise voyageur."

Later announcement:
"Suite à la naissance inopinée d'un bébé dans un train en gare d'Auber, le trafic est interrompu entre les gares CDG/Etoile et Nation."

That's one way of getting 25 years of free travel on Paris's rail system
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44533133

El Loro posted:

@Moonie , did you see my post from yesterday?
https://www.gagajoyjoy.com/top...3#586220266488244943

I'm fairly sure you would like it as there's some swans in it

Sorry I didn’t notice your post El. Apologies 

Evening all 

I hope you’ve all had a good day

Summer, you need to give us a twirl.

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros 

Hug for any night owls 

*twiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrlllllllssss!* 💁‍♀️ 😎 

hows that? same cut squiggle, I’m ticking the long wavey bob these days aka the WOB. I’ve had 3 different blondes highlighted through it and after my sunny holiday, i’ll be adding lowlights of 3 darker blondes. I like my colours to look as natural as possible, and I’ve got 4 unicorn sparkly silver hairs now too it’s fabulous! 

I hope you all had a good day  

 I didn’t realise that Moonie doesn’t watch England games!  

Yogi19 posted:

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros 

Hug for any night owls 

Sweet dreams yogi hope to catch up with you tomorrow 

night yogi and summer

Good morning everyone

Another cloudy breezy day here, unlikely to get any rain.

Summer, well done on your twirl

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning everyone, chilly and drizzly here, hope it's better weather where you are.

Enjoy your day everyone

Squiggle, it looks as if from tomorrow it will becoming warmer and sunnier for us with little sign of any rain for quite some time (good for holidaymakers, bad for farmers and gardeners).

You may have seen this from the Met Office published yesterday:

The dark brown areas are those where rainfall has been well below average for June. Though because of the wet spring, the Met Office don't have concerns about water supplies this summer provided people are sensible.

Afternoon all

It was raining this morning, then sunny for an hour and now it’s clouding over again.

I was doing some extra minding this morning for BB - what a happy little chappy he is.

Summer, I know someone who would like your sparkly unicorn hair strands.

Have a good day, everyone

Yogi, I wonder if that could possibly be PB

El Loro posted:

Yogi, I wonder if that could possibly be PB

Got it in one, El.

We have two large unicorn toys in our spare room for the children and we’ve bought them another two which they took home with them. 

Yogi19 posted:

El Loro posted:

Yogi, I wonder if that could possibly be PB

Got it in one, El.

We have two large unicorn toys in our spare room for the children and we’ve bought them another two which they took home with them. 

I thought it more likely to be PB rather than BB (or Mr Y )

El Loro posted:

Yogi19 posted:

El Loro posted:

Yogi, I wonder if that could possibly be PB

Got it in one, El.

We have two large unicorn toys in our spare room for the children and we’ve bought them another two which they took home with them. 

I thought it more likely to be PB rather than BB (or Mr Y )

 BB also likes them - atm he likes everything PB likes.

MrY isn’t quite so keen on unicorns.

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros 

Hug for any night owls 

Yogi19 posted:

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros 

Hug for any night owls 

night yogi summer if you pop in

Good morning everyone

More cloud than blue sky here, rain is unlikely.

Numbers 24 v 8 in the King James version:
God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning Buddies  

It’s rather breezy and quite cold here. We are promised sunshine later though 

No much on today but I suppose football will rear its ugly head again  

Have a great day everyone  

Good morning everyone, very breezy this morning but plenty of blue sky and we are promised sunshine in the days ahead.  Still no significant amount of rain though which the garden could do with.

Enjoy your day everyone

Afternoon all 

We had rain last night but today it is bright and breezy.

I’ve been out and about today and now I’m chilling with a cuppa.

I hope you are all having a good day.

Yogi19 posted:

Afternoon all 

We had rain last night but today it is bright and breezy.

I’ve been out and about today and now I’m chilling with a cuppa.

I hope you are all having a good day.

 

Hi Yogi 

I have just sat down to have a cuppa too 

Still cool and windy here but the sun has finally arrived 

Not done much today but hey ho 

It's been reasonably sunny here today if a bit breezy. Just been doing some garden clearance with the garden wheelie nearly full (though I haven't squashed it down). With the temperature forecast to get higher in the next few days I thought I'd do some before then. (and the wheelie gets emptied on Monday). Back to client work and another client rang while I was gardening to say she's ready for me to do her accounts. Busy, but not complaining and I've been telling people that I have a lot of work in (all coming in within a short period of time) and so I wouldn't be doing theirs straightaway.

El Loro posted:

It's been reasonably sunny here today if a bit breezy. Just been doing some garden clearance with the garden wheelie nearly full (though I haven't squashed it down). With the temperature forecast to get higher in the next few days I thought I'd do some before then. (and the wheelie gets emptied on Monday). Back to client work and another client rang while I was gardening to say she's ready for me to do her accounts. Busy, but not complaining and I've been telling people that I have a lot of work in (all coming in within a short period of time) and so I wouldn't be doing theirs straightaway.

Hi El 

Busy is good in your business 

My garden is in sort of reasonable shape now. Looks like the fence is the next priority 

Well done Moonie One of my clients does things like fencing so I get him to deal with mine when necessary (and he charges me properly when he does work and similarly I charge him for his accounts and tax return - the days of not charging and doing freebies instead don't go down well with my institute).

El Loro posted:

Well done Moonie One of my clients does things like fencing so I get him to deal with mine when necessary (and he charges me properly when he does work and similarly I charge him for his accounts and tax return - the days of not charging and doing freebies instead don't go down well with my institute).

Thanks El 

I guess you do have to be careful in your line of business about freebies, it could be misconstrued 

Moonie posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Afternoon all 

We had rain last night but today it is bright and breezy.

I’ve been out and about today and now I’m chilling with a cuppa.

I hope you are all having a good day.

 

Hi Yogi 

I have just sat down to have a cuppa too 

Still cool and windy here but the sun has finally arrived 

Not done much today but hey ho 

 You are usually busy so it’s good to have the odd day of doing not very much