Harvesting today. A very colourful basket. Tomatoes, peppers, chillies, Borlotti beans, cucumber, beetroot, golden courgette and rainbow chard.
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Hate loft jobs in Summer.
Been suffering with corn envy today. Mrs Mottie and I took our grandson to a 'Maize maze'. Yep, a maze in a field of corn. Considering all my sweetcorn on the allotment was scoffed by those rascal squirrels, this was corn overload for me. It was torture in another way too. Sweltering hot, grandson on my shoulders getting heavier by the minute, no breeze amongst the crops, dying of thirst, kept going round in circles. I was glad to get out!
Took Clare on her first track day at Donington today.
Rained cats and dogs the whole morning but she did really well.
Rained cats and dogs the whole morning but she did really well.
I love that paint job. 
Drove from BSE to Weymouth in that foul weather whilst towing a small trailer.
Between the concrete road surface sections, and the 'local' drivers, it was a nightmare on the M25!
Audi driver comes flying in off a slip road out of nowhere, Misses our frontside near wing by inches, pulls about 20' ahead and promptly moves to the next lane on the right, (all without indicating I may add). Right in front of a large juggernaut passing me. I couldn't judge the distance apart they were, but at a guess I would say less than 3'. How the juggernaut kept control and didn't simply shunt him across the carriage is beyond me!
And meanwhile, in the outside lane cars and vans are flying past at more than 70mph in a torrential downpour!
I will be finding an alternative route when going home in 10 days time.
Between the concrete road surface sections, and the 'local' drivers, it was a nightmare on the M25!
Audi driver comes flying in off a slip road out of nowhere, Misses our frontside near wing by inches, pulls about 20' ahead and promptly moves to the next lane on the right, (all without indicating I may add). Right in front of a large juggernaut passing me. I couldn't judge the distance apart they were, but at a guess I would say less than 3'. How the juggernaut kept control and didn't simply shunt him across the carriage is beyond me!
And meanwhile, in the outside lane cars and vans are flying past at more than 70mph in a torrential downpour!
I will be finding an alternative route when going home in 10 days time.
Towed the caravan up to stay in the north/east for a while, and I notice prices are generally quite a bit lower than other places. Yesterday, we had a wonder through the local towns charity shops and I spotted a pair of brand new Clarks shoes, retail £130, and in my size/width for £10, so it would have been rude not to buy them.
Today, and too early for our carvery lunch, had another browse through some charity shops, and spotted yet another brand new pair of Clarkes £120 Brogues again in my size, and brand new for £10, so I grabbed them too.
Today, and too early for our carvery lunch, had another browse through some charity shops, and spotted yet another brand new pair of Clarkes £120 Brogues again in my size, and brand new for £10, so I grabbed them too.
Gave the wife a day out from doing the dishes and treated her to walk north of Blackpool to clevelys.
Anyone conversant with the the walk will be either impressed how much concrete has been poured, or a snapshot into how much councillors put into giving us a glimpse of a dystopian future.
Must admit passed me by, my wife's words.
She's back on dishes duty, because I know how she likes to let the cat out of the bag.
Anyone conversant with the the walk will be either impressed how much concrete has been poured, or a snapshot into how much councillors put into giving us a glimpse of a dystopian future.
Must admit passed me by, my wife's words.
She's back on dishes duty, because I know how she likes to let the cat out of the bag.
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On our way home from France this morning.
I like the French I like the country I like the culture.
Not as keen on their food. I've had nothing fancy. (I have ate at some top restaurants in the past) it's just a little too beige for me.
My girls wanted McDonald's last night (expensive) but it really was a well presented tasty meal.
Use alot of re-usable plastic. I like that.
Their opening times and working hours baffle me. But if it works for them then who am I to speak out?
Dated super matkets, all be it Lidls is the best I've seen anywhere.
It's expensive, even taking in the exchange rate.
I like the French I like the country I like the culture.
Not as keen on their food. I've had nothing fancy. (I have ate at some top restaurants in the past) it's just a little too beige for me.
My girls wanted McDonald's last night (expensive) but it really was a well presented tasty meal.
Use alot of re-usable plastic. I like that.
Their opening times and working hours baffle me. But if it works for them then who am I to speak out?
Dated super matkets, all be it Lidls is the best I've seen anywhere.
It's expensive, even taking in the exchange rate.
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You have some allotment there.
That surprises me. We generally enjoyed the food when we were out there. We stayed in 4 places - Motteville (where else?), Honfluer, one place near Mont St Michel and a couple of nights in Rouen. Breakfast in all of those was what you would expect in France - bread, cheese, ham, cereals, croissants etc and as well as that, one place served us two hot dishes. One savoury, one sweet. The savoury one is best described as a courgette crumble and the sweet an apple pie. For lunch most days we had something from a boulangerie or a snack in a café. In Mont St Michel, the hotel owner asked us where we were eating that night and when we said we didn’t know he asked us if we would like like to eat somewhere cheap or would we like an 'experience'. As it was our anniversary we said we'd like an experience and he phoned the chef directly and booked us a table in his restaurant. It was marvellous and the whole meal, three courses with wine came to around €100 which I didn’t think bad for what we had. In Honfluer, the hotel owner told us NOT to eat in any of the harbour side restaurants as they are not that great, expensive and just for tourists. She suggested a couple of places a few streets back when we booked the room which we looked up online before we went and she booked us a reservation in one of them. Again, a great meal which I think cost around €90. We made the mistake in Rouen of going into a restaurant around the town square and that wasn’t so nice - a drink each and a thin, overcooked steak and thrice fried chips, not even a hint of salad to dress the meal and that wasn’t so nice. Didn’t have a starter, didn’t have a dessert, came to €55. Money wasted in my mind. Of course, we were on holiday and only for 5 nights, one of those our anniversary so we weren’t too worried about the price of things but things would definitely have been different if we were younger, going for longer and taking teenagers!
We found that restaurants generally didn’t open until 7.00 and closed at 10.00. Last time we were out there touring, around 15 years ago, we found that restaurants, especially in rural areas, only opened for two or three nights per week. We heard that if they opened for more nights, they were taxed more heavily. That’s what we were told at the time - don’t know if things have changed as we weren’t doing rural this time.
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