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Rain rain go away, come again another day...
ReplyDeleteOh Wow Gary! Fancy having to open a new blog in under a week!
ReplyDeleteI hope we are not giving you too much trouble with our constant postings.
I expect it’s due to the rotten weather which is keeping many of us inside with not much else to do.
Please let us know if it’s too much work for you.
Archerphile, I enjoy it - post away!
DeleteMr P is currently in the barn, sawing & drilling etc etc to set up our train set... pair of anoraks, never.. 😉😂🚂🚞
ReplyDeleteTrain set? Well, well, well....
DeleteOh, it's been in boxes since we got here!
DeleteIs it on the same scale as the one Rod Stewart recently unveiled?
DeleteAah - love the 2:tabby & white cats, Gary; our late lamented Fergus was similarly patterned. He lived for 16 yrs. - not long enough😚
ReplyDeleteWe have huntress Katya & blind Percy now, but there was over a year of mourning between.
Please excuse this sentimental moment...
I still well up when I think of the dogs I had as a child carolyn! Especially good ol' Brandy...
Delete*sniff*
My childhood dog, was "Beauty", a cocker spaniel. She sadly went blind, but was still a lovely family dog. When young, she had puppies (done properly), and one went onto be a champion in his class, at Crufts, and then went "to stud".
DeleteJust love the cat theme. Thanks Gary.
ReplyDeleteMine is a torty/tabby cross, who is nearly 15yrs now, and definitely "my cat". When I am out for a short while, she sits looking out on a windowsill. On going back in, she is there, waiting by the door, to say "hello". 😸
How the night's are drawing out in just a week. I also have Daffs in flower (well before St. Davids Day). They are early this year.
I worked for 16yrs in N.Wales but couldn't change to England, due to the differences in the NHS systems. This is why I have a great affinity for Wales and it's inhabitants. Also, it is so close and I cross the border, every time I visit my sister.
Gary. What clever cats. They know their place, top of the pecking order in any household. Definitely in ours.
ReplyDeletecarolyn. We are peas in a pod. Sentimental and always remembering the others and their little ways. Over the years all our five cats (except for one) have been rescues. They have also provided us us with laughter and fun.
When my pusscat goes, I will grieve but I will replace, with a young rescue cat (as she was) asap.
DeleteIt might even be two. I just hope that this will not happen, too soon.
I have given up the R.Times.
ReplyDeleteIt is so expensive now. I have come across another weekly guide, which is over a £1 a week cheaper.
This gives the schedules for all the main channels, a lot more of the freeview channels (which the RT doesn't) plus all the radio programmes.
I am buying this one for a while, which I started last week. It will be intersting to see, if I miss anything.
Gary ,I know you are not old enough yet and I am sure you know all about the following but in case you don’t.....
ReplyDeleteClub 50 in Scotland is for people over the age of 50 who want to travel by train .
They can take any journey for £17.within Scotland .
I am pretty sure that is first class.
My son plans to go to Inverness from Glasgow on Monday.
Go from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh Tuesday and I think he plans to go further north still on the3rd day
Obviously return journeys cost £34
Weather not too promising though.
I have just checked.
ReplyDeleteIt is £17 return!
Plus there are other perks
Amazing value.
Oh, I'm VERY aware of it Lanjan! I qualify this May & it's one of the first things I am getting the day after my birthday!
Delete....and to think that I am excites to finally get a "bus pass" this year!
DeleteI now feel very ancient 😭😭
Checked with son you can’t go 1st class but even so it is excellent value.
ReplyDeleteIt is for journeys I think between January and March.
Just love your puss cat pic Gary and a super tag line 🤣
ReplyDeleteThere have been more viewings on my adjoining property. One was the same bloke in the big, white BMW (from last night). There was also another couple, who were there for over 25mins (know as they parked their car outside my house).
ReplyDeleteI was surprised, when I saw her walk pass my lounge window, glance in and then onto my drive. I was annoyed but went out to ask if I could help, but she had gone. On hindsight, I think she wanted to look at my brilliant + expensive, new front door.
If so, then I can forgive this, as is a item, for future negotiations.
My front door is in a very different position to next door, and not easily seen from the road.
DeleteWhat a mess the "vampire nurse" has made today.
ReplyDeleteI have a massive bruise, which goes across my entire arm, plus a swelling, the size of an egg (but not red).
I will moniter it overnight, but in the meantime, I have an ice-pack on it.
I'm mystified. What was the nurse doing ? Perhaps I have missed one of your posts, Miriam -- sorry, if that is so.
ReplyDeleteMiriam. I do hope your arm has settled overnight.
ReplyDeleteIs everyone inundated with Valentine’s Cards this morning?
ReplyDeleteI could hardly get to the front door for the pile of cards, chocolates, flowers etc piled up,
Not!
Am I being cynical in thinking the whole thing is a huge marketing exercise by card manufacturers, flower suppliers, restaurants and shops to get us to spend money?
I don’t ever remember receiving a card, even as a youngster, but I do remember making one for my Mum every year - usually a heart-shaped collage, a concoction of bits of lace stuck on painted cardboard and pressed flowers kept from the previous summer!
The age of innocence!
Agreed, commercialised nonsense - like Mothers' & Fathers' days, imo.
DeleteA publically endorsed reason to have a party, get drunk & spend money...( but I won't say anything of that on Sunday when son & d-i-law come over, following their Valentine spree - that would be too mean & churlish !)
😞🥺 gosh, and I was going to send you all a little valentine 💕 love poem.
DeletePerhaps will come later, from Anonymous.
Oh dear! Sorry to deflate your kind intentions Stasia!
DeleteTake no notice of me, just feeling jaded after a particularly bad night, not sleeping, in pain and ratty!
Please go ahead with you poem.
I think perhaps I, for one, could do with a bit of love this morning! 🤕
Sorry to hear of your bad night Archerphile pain at that time always seems worse I’m sure 🙁
DeleteHopefully it is a result of your exercise regime meaning you are being a good patient and fast forwarding your recovery. When are you due back at the HC?
Well, I harvested our first asparagus spears this morning.. the cranes have been & gone on their long migration north.. the peach trees are in blossom in the Pyrenees.. all a month early 😔
ReplyDeleteParsley I am beyond jealous, fresh asparagus, in Blighty you’re supposed to wait til May, and stop in June. My husband established a bed in our old house, but current garden takes more time just to keep tidy and lots of bunnies 🐰 so I no longer get homegrown fruit and veg, maybe once he’s retired......
ReplyDeleteThere was an item on the lunchtime news the other day about the asparagus growers in the Landes, they normally don't start cutting before mid-march...!
ReplyDeleteWith reference to the Coronavirus.
ReplyDeleteApparently we should wash our hands for 20seconds each time we need to do so.
I am not sure that I do that.
I wash my for longer and in between my fingers.
DeleteWe were instructed to do that (with HOT water) on a cruise, when Norovirus broke out. Made my hands quite sore, but anything to avoir that particular lurgy!
DeleteMine. Urrrg
DeleteArcherphile. I’m sorry you are still experiencing pain.
ReplyDeleteI send lots of love 💕 keep strong.
There are leaflets around about how to hand wash properly. This I know how to do, and it is the first thing I do, when I return home now.
ReplyDeleteAm I getting even more neurotic, over-cautious, just silly or sensible??
PS Answers on a postcard please.
DeleteIt’s a good idea to wash hands after being out and about. You can pick up bugs from ATM’s, self service tills and the buttons on crossings for instance. I sometimes forget but try to adhere!
ReplyDeleteThen there's supermarket trolleys, door handles...
DeleteSorry, I AM getting over cautious. 😂
To All who are having a romantic "Valentines" evening meal - ENJOY with whoever.
ReplyDelete20 seconds seems a long time to me.
ReplyDeleteI reckon I haven’t been doing that for nearly 80 years and I doubt many folk have.
However now I know I will spend more time I am sure on washing my hands
Don't scrub them raw, Lanjan !
DeleteI have just washed my hands, in the way I know how to. I used a moisturing antibacterial hand wash. It was timed at 25secs..
DeleteThat's my "neurotic" phase.
Apparently soap is best.
DeleteLady R, 1.50
ReplyDeleteYes, still get pain at night, from knee when trying to get comfy in bed and itching from scar.
But getting on well with all the different exercises, though the6 can be painful. Can walk round house a bit without crutches or stick now, but can’t stand for very long and need both crutches to venture outside.
Funnily enough I had a followup phone call from the Clinic this afternoon to see how I’m getting on and if I need any help, more painkillers etc. I go for more physio on Tues and for post-op appt. with Mr Stranks on Wed. I think he will be pleased with my progress so far.
I am planning a short foray around Waitrose on the way home - my first outing (apart from hospital visits) and am ridiculously looking forward to it! Might even manage a touch of lipstick and mascara to make me feel more normal and not look so incredibly tired and old!! 😉 🤡
You are progressing well + a bit of "slap" always helps to make one feel better.
DeleteTake Care.
Miriam Xxx
Archerphile, have you got a Waitrose card?
DeleteI got vouchers for£4 off a spend of £20.
I got a free newspaper.
Not only that if I took a mug with me I could have a free drink of coffee or tea .
As I have said before I am easily pleased.
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DeleteI am a Happy Bunny tonight.
ReplyDeleteI had my "pre-glaucoma" check at the hospital today. All the many normal tests + scans were done, plus an excellant eye exam. I actually saw the consultant again, which wasn't expected.
All is fine, and well within normal ranges. Next check-up is now 8 months, as so good.
Relieved.
That's most reassuring.
DeleteMiriam, will you please scroll back to my post last night, 8.08pm, asking a question, in response to your post, 6.32pm, & solve the mystery !
I've no idea if it's possible, but I'm now concerned that someone is your identity here.
Using....identity
DeleteArcherphile - did you remember that I told you about the magnesium oil for your scar.
ReplyDeleteI don't think it would be itching if you were using it.
Do speak about the pain to your consultant, I don't remembers any.
It was uncomfortable and I did have to find the right sleeping position but did not have pain.
My C section scar, opened three times, still irritates with itching and the last time it was opened was forty eight years ago.
Miriam so pleased you had good news from the eye clinic. Well done.
I am sure we are all loyal to a particular supermarket chain. I get my basics from Sainsburys, and make use of the offers, if needed, via their app. It is surprising how quickly they can mount up. (I now have £66 to spend, on my Sbury's card)
ReplyDeleteI much prefer to get my meat + veg. from a farm shop and a
local butchers.
This has been impossible this week, due to flooding issues.
I suddenly have had an urge, for liver + bacon.
I bought 180g of lambs liver for 62p today, and it will probably do 2 meals.
Yes I am a skinflint.
Regarding the hand washing recommendations. My hands are in and out of water often during the day so I don't often consciously wash with soap .
ReplyDeleteI have to moisturise constantly as the skin is so thin what with the auto-immune attacking from inside and excema from the outside. A bit difficult when wearing long sleeved blouses and cardis/jumpers.
I NEVER EVER have anything 'anti-bacterial' in my house since my mother died of MRSA in 1999.
When I told this to my doctor last year (when they were trying out all sorts of new antibiotics on me ) and he surprised me by saying I was spot on. I reckon within a hundred years we will be in the same situations that our ancestors were in as recently as the early C20th with nothing to treat wounds and infections.
Understandably I get quite upset about this and when I try to buy any household products that aren't 'anti-biacterial ' it makes me very cross.
Well that's my rant over.
Fourth fortnightly blood test done today.
I am now half way through second drug regime to find a treatment that works! If this one doesn't I am told by the consultant that he still has three more 'regimes' to try. Trouble is it takes each about four months to find out if its working!
However I had a couple of days this week when I had felt better and could walk up the stairs upright. But two hours to two different supermarkets today has left me absolutely knackered!!
With best wishes for others who are ill and suffering I send my love. Just keep on keeping on everyone.💐❤💐❤💐
Spicy.
Got my new eye appointment today. 11th March. I won’t hold my breath.
ReplyDeleteGood to hear your eye appointment went ok Miriam. Good luck Spicy with this round of treatment and keep battling on Archerphile.
Well Lanjan, as your poem said....I made myself a valentines cocktail tonight. Lovely.
Mr PtbY is watching ruddy cricket on telly so heading upstairs now for archers and my free audible (Amazon) book. I’m so enjoying being read to!!
Good luck everyone with the Armageddon weather tomoz. Stay in, keep warm and hunker down.
Archerphile glad to hear you are doing so well. Your progress sounds admirable considering still such early days. Well done ⭐️ Look forward to reading next weeks posts following your next 2 visits.
ReplyDeleteMiriam good news from you as well - very pleased for you. Any bloggers still fighting the odds on the health front I wish you better days asap 🥰
Special wishes Spicy & Ptby life can be tough at times that’s for sure but I think we all feel the support and friendship here on the blog a comfort when we need it most 💐
ReplyDeleteI am not at all loyal to any particular grocery chain,Miriam.
ReplyDeleteI go for the one which offers the best value which usually means the one which has the most discount on the cat food.
Old habits die hard.
When doing a sort out recently I found the book in which I itemised the money I spent out each week many moons ago.
I even wrote down Church collection(6d) .
A few years later some weeks I managed to award myself £2 .(4 weeks out of 23 ).
Perhaps I saved a few shillings a week and only wrote it down when I had saved £2.
Good for you PtbY for making a cocktail.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I was given a cocktail shaker ,gin and some raspberry liquor stuff for Christmas I still haven’t tried a cocktail yet.
I know several of you are going through a hard time at the moment health wise and I am very impressed at your stoicism.
ReplyDeleteMy mum always said it is darkest before the dawn.
I hope that will be the case for all of you and that very soon all will be well.
Answers to various comments from earlier:
ReplyDeleteMrs P - yes, I have the oil ready to use but was told by the hosp. not to start applying it until all the scabs along the line of the scar have gone. The wound was glued together, no stitches, and they say the oil would soften the glue too much until the wound is completely knitted together. Actually it is not so much the scar itself itching as the skin all over my knee which was quite numb and is now coming back to life - a bit like pins & needles!
LanJan: I shop at Waitrose about once a month for things Sainsburys no longer stocks. I have a Waitrose card so I can use their scan and pack system and they have just sent me some coupons giving £10 off a £50 shop so I shall use one of those. I couldn’t afford to do all my shopping there but we love their Loch Fyne kippers for a treat and one or two other items not to be found in the other supermarkets.
My thoughts are with you, Spicy and PtbY and wishing you both good recoveries. And to Miriam and anyone else with heath problems at the moment.
Hopefully, once Dennis the Menace has been and gone we can all start looking forward to Spring , better weather and better health. 🥰
Miriam....I am not loyal to a supermarket as such. We had a Lidl built a few years ago and I go to that. People moaned they couldn’t get this, that or the other and had to go elsewhere as well. Well....I go and do all my shopping at Lidl and make things out of what they have. Full stop. No messing around going from one spot to another. I also like it’s prices.
ReplyDeleteIt’s not loyalty to it.....it’s just convenient and the prices are good.
Every couple of months I pop into Sainsbury’s for organic tomato paste and maybe some specific spices.
I'm one of those weird people that loves supermarkets. We are lucky enough to have all of them within a couple of miles and I take full advantage of every single one of them. I'm never happier than when bumbling about looking for "things"! I particularly like wandering up & down Lidl & Aldi's "Aisles of Shite"...
ReplyDeleteI hope everyone has battened down the hatches for the next 48 hours or so, Dennis the Menace looks as if he's going to do more damage than Ciara did last week. So glad I live at the top of a huge hill.
Right, I'm off to the kitchen. I'm hosting a little dinner party tonight, just the 6 of us eating & laughing like drains into the wee small hours while the storm rages outside. What could be better?
Last night we received an email from the council telling us of flood warnings. Surprise, surprise we knew that already as two main roads were already blocked. We were also advised to prepare a flood safety kit in case we were unable to get out.
ReplyDeleteVery good advice if we lived in the flood area, but we don’t. A weekend at home is on the cards. Tewkesbury is flooded, Upton on Severn and Worcester also. It will get worse for sometime as rain fall in Wales heads for the Severn.
Yes Gary I agree all take care this weekend, especially our Yorkshire bloggers. I gather the Army have been deployed to certain parts.
ReplyDeleteMy IOW sister and husband are calling by today on their way home from other visiting done yesterday and we are booked for a local lunch after which we think they should make tracks!
🌊🌪💦⛴
Gary.....you can’t beat the aisles of shite!!! I susceptible to anything in a little box. Screws, rawl plugs, jubilee clips and my favourite ....drill bits.
ReplyDeleteThat's the first thing MrGG goes to if they're there! I like seeing things like wi-fi enabled saddles & rolling pins with clocks in them - the more pointless the product the happier I am!
DeleteMy son-in-law recently found two absolute bargains, nobody could do without, in our Lidls last week and showed them on FB so all could rush to get them before they ran out.
DeleteOne was a hideous ‘gold plated’ plastic peacock statuette, about 6 inches tall; the other an equally hideous ‘gold plated’ plastic teddy bear!
Who buys these things? 🙄
It's strange when someone goes into Aldi for a loaf of their lovely seeded bread and comes out with a self inflating camping mat!!! (That was me last Spring!)
DeleteI have collected some lovely carrying cake boxes for my teas etc from Lidl and Aldi in Frankfurt which are my son's local shops.
Our Lidl’s is small but less than two miles away they have taken over what used to be Wickes.
ReplyDeleteSo looking forward to it opening.
Very posh area too..
(Well of course you would have already realised that!)
I just love empty boxes P tbY and tins but they have to be cuboid shaped or at a pinch cube shaped.
We all like Aldi and Lidl especially the shite isle! Usually see something can’t live without until common sense kicks in hopefully and tells me it is actually of very little use or ornament!! Have not been tempted recently as Katy does the Aldi shop and like her dad before her sticks strictly to the list although she does sometimes spot cute coats for the dogs at knock down price!
ReplyDeleteWe took dogs to Quarr Abbey this morning and just made it round the walk before Dennis began to flex his muscles. Met a man in work outfit striding along the path. Katy had her Archaeology high viz jacket on which said Tutor on the back. With a grin he said he didn’t need tutoring thank you. Transpired he is a monk who is in charge of the pigs among other things and is labelled by Katy as very cheeky! Quarr is such a joy and on our doorstep!
Archerphile, I understand about your wound and endorse the hospital advice.
ReplyDeleteI had assumed the scab had diminished, but obviously was wrong.
The itching is part of the healing process of course and yes the pins and needles and numbness is also part of that process.
Incidentally I was told that the numbness was quite likely to remain for ever, but in fact it was completely gone by just over a year.
However I do find that crossing my good knee over the replacement knee soon begins to feel numb after a few minutes, and I become aware of the hard substance beneath the skin. I also find that kneeling on the ' steel bone' is excruciating so avoid doing so as much as possible.
CowGirl can still squat and does so.
I am trying to improve doing so.
In a few days time I will have had Lady for a year. Her gotcha day.
ReplyDeleteShopping has become extremely difficult as I can't leave her alone at home, and being tied up outside is simply not an option, so finding some kind soul prepared to stay with her and pacify her while I am gone is necessary but not always possible.
She has bitten through two more leads this week alone.
So I still shop at Waitrose when I can, but also do Tesco and Sainsbury's when I can and we have an Aldi too now.
I have never had a store card from T or S but do have a W card.
When I do a large shop I get a voucher for a discount on my next shop but am rarely in a position to make use of it within the time frame allowed.
My son in law works very close to the first ever Waitrose store on the Edgware Road.
Because now that area has become the residential area of choice for a wealthy Arabian community, English cuts of meat are often available at hugely discounted prices. He leaves the office and visits Waitrose on his way to the station and arrives in Bath with great joints of meat which go straight into the freezer.
I buy discounted meat at Waitrose too when it's available and always have something in the freezer to turn into a large casserole which I then freeze in portions, so I can always have some meals available.
Have you thought of online deliveries, Mrs P ? Would certainly remove the angst over arranging for a Lady sitter.
DeleteThey do charge, but Ocado waive that for a few months, & I'm still in that time frame, so don't know yet what they charge. Previously used Tesco off & on, but you can choose the cheaper times, the range being from £2 to £6, if I remember aright - quite a lot are £3 or £3.50. If you order every 3 weeks or so, that's not bad.
Only disadvantage is fresh veg. - do need that more frequently, of course
PS moved from Tesco to Ocado as the latter has a greater range.
DeleteMight also add that : a) nice to miss out on all that dreary trawling up & down the aisles, check out queues & b) it's exciting when the delivery turns up with all the stuff, & the drivers are so nice ! ( little things please little minds, one might retort ..)
Aldi & Lidls : we have an Aldi near us, within walking distance in fact, so long as you aren't carrying too much for a ten mins. hike.
ReplyDeleteMr C is a great one for those central aisles, like some of you - I just head for the cheap vodka.....( oh, & coconut oil, use it for cooking & sometimes instead of butter on toast)
So far so good for me, as far as Dennis is behaving. "He's" better than Gary's briiliant new heading - but where is Gnasher?
ReplyDeleteI have had had rain + winds, but nothing abnormal, and the sun came through 30 mins ago. It is much better than last weekend here.
PS The house next door is Sold STC. I am surprised, as it means that the offer, must be close to the asking price, and I thought it was too high.
I am intrigued as to who my new neighbours will be.
or should that be...
Deleteas to whom my new neighbours....
How I have forgotten my own english language.
I love Iceland.
ReplyDeleteThey not only sell Greggs sausage rolls and boxes of broken biscuits but “slightly “more healthy
food like sea bass, sole and salmon.
Plus you can either order online or if you go into the shop and spend £25 they will deliver your shopping -free!
I don’t do big supermarkets any more.
The big boxes of cat food are on the bottom shelf at Sainsbury's and once I get down,I can’t get up again.
I have had several deliveries from Morrison’s and have been pleased. The delivery people have been really pleasant and the last one checked all best by dates on the perishables. The downside is that not everything is available but you get that on normal supermarket shops! Mrs P - it is worth getting a Tesco clubcard as you can get things like railcards using your points and have always found it well worthwhile. Have just been up to little Tesco to make sure we have plenty of milk! In bad weather ferries don’t run and supplies of milk can be well down on the island! It is windy and wet but still tolerable on our part of the island anyway!
ReplyDeleteWhat did I do, mentioning supermarkets...
ReplyDeleteAt least it has given a good chat + talking point for all.
I just go to my nearest major one. This is why I am "loyal" and know how to shop, to get so many bargains etc. I often help others, to either reach up to a top shelf or a bottom one.
I was on my knees yesterday, as I wanted a tin of own brand mixed pulses in water.
Supermarkets do this, put the budget brand on the lowest or highest shelves.
The tin of mixed pulses I wanted, are a mix of:-
Deletechickpeas, black eyed beans, pinto beans, haricot beans, kidney beans and adzuki beans.
I often add these to a casserole, as I recently did with herby sausages, celery, swede, onion, mushrooms, with a budget tin of chopped tomatoes, (also on the bottom shelf) with a stock cube + gravy.
It was delicious, and hearty.
Mrs P - had Lady for a year! I can hardly believe it.
ReplyDeleteTo join in the Supermarket chat we have Waitrose (very near), Marks &Spencer and Sainsbury’s other end of town. If just a few light items to carry back Waitrose barely a 10 min walk.
Mrs P.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful you were a year ago, rescuing Lady.
You have done her proud, providing her with a safe haven, and most importantly love.
Have you thought about a dog behaviour person? They excist and can help sort out "doggy" problems.
As my dad got older & more & more confused, his local Waitrose became known as the "Big Shop" 😉
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ReplyDeleteMrs P.....can’t believe it’s been a year since Lady arrived. I do think that a dog behaviourist is a good idea though now. If she’s ruined two leads this last week I think the cost of a sesh with a behaviourist, in the long term, will be worth it.
I have done Asda delivery before. Quite good once you’ve got all your stuff selected the first time. Used to do this and then have it delivered to my son when he was at uni.
Storm Dennis has now arrived with us. Fire on, bum in arm chair and that’s it. I’m not moving.
Have you a Scruff + T to hand?
DeleteAll I am having is rain now, and no wind.
Snuggle up with your fire. It sounds so cosy.
Got a warming cocktail Miriam. The one you missed last week.
DeleteIt’s kind of a cross between and old fashioned and a smoking diplomat.
2measures of laphroaig whisky
1 measure of Cointreau or triple sec
A dash of bitters
1 tsp of sugar syrup
Juice of half a lime or a lemon.
Quick shake over ice, pour into a fancy glass. Rocket fuel. Fab.
The proper torrential rain has just arrived here - up until now it's "just" been peeing down all day! All the food for tonight has been prepared, just got to light dozens of candles and, like you MrsP, we are not for moving...
ReplyDeleteThe wind is down here, Miriam! I’m not sure about dog behaviourists. We had one recommended but she insisted Dudley was on his lead throughout, didn’t ask to see his behaviour problem and just threw treats to distract him. He barks madly when people leave the house and can even nip heels especially Katy’s! A French bulldog on the dogs behaving badly program had a similar problem and we followed the advice on that telling him to stop and sit rewarding that good behaviour. However unlike the program which is heavily edited IMO it wasn’t solved in a day! He is getting better and is not as hysterical but it will take a while. The only thing can suggest about Lady’s leads is to keep them well out of her way at home which I’m sure you must do and when walking her don’t have the lead too slack. Maybe a short very thick lead would be best. Our dogs are very good on the lead but Dudley’s problem stems from being over anxious and far too protective of his home domain.
ReplyDeleteThat cocktail sounds wicked.
ReplyDeleteI sadly, do not enjoy whiskey, so I need a Gin based cocktail, or perhaps Rum, which is just as lethal!.
Any ideas, gratefully received.
Normally, I am not a fan of reallity TV, but I will be watching "The Masked Singer" Final tonight. It has intrigued me and I have my guesses, so I need to see the final reveal.
I expect my guesses are very wrong.
Miriam....try a white lady. Google it.
DeleteWill do.
DeleteI have found a "Laurel + Hardy" recipe, cointreau, gin + lemon juice (no egg white).
DeleteThat is my taste 🍸🍸
If I disappear for a day or two - the reason will be obvious.
That’s the one.
DeleteThanks.
DeleteGG Enjoy your candle-lit evening.
ReplyDeleteAt least it is rain, not snow.
My evening meal is, my very cheap liver along with bacon, mushrooms, onions, to be served with mashed pots, carrots, brocolli + cauli.
not forgetting, the gravy.
I think, I will be putting a portion into the freezer, as far too much.
Ev my sister and husband have not been able to get back to the Island tonight and have returned to her daughters in Farnborough, having met us for lunch. They did drive down to Portsmouth as there was a chance at one point and were told to wait around for a couple of hours so they went shopping in John Lewis and M&S to pass the time. Personally we doubt they will get back tomorrow either. At least more family time together 😉
ReplyDeleteDaughter only 1!
DeleteEvery cloud has a silver lining i.e. more time together for you! Wind is quite strong now with fine rain. We are marooned with ferries cancelled and think you may be right, Lady R , no respite tomorrow. There is loss of electricity including first part of our postcode but so far we are OK. A lot of electricity lines are overhead here and vulnerable. We have also had trees come down, one near Quarr Abbey last weekend so number 9 bus had to divert from main road. Wild and windy but we will get through it!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your update Ev 👍
DeleteKeep cosy and safe 🤗
Goodness! You have all been very busy posting today. Only just logged in again and have tons to read!
ReplyDeleteBut I did notice some chat about supermarkets and home deliveries. I have tried Sainsburys (they can only deliver what they have in the local store, so if they’ve run out of something you just don’t get it. I used them the week I came home from hospital, to save Mr A having to do a big shop, and they forgot to bring my roasting chicken, (despite having charged me for it) and he had to drive to the store to get one for our Sunday lunch, so he might just as well have done the whole shop anyway.
It has taken 3 weeks & several phone calls to get a refund!
I much prefer, and would recommend Ocado. Because they fulfil the orders from a huge warehouse instead of local store, I have never had anything missing from an order. They stock Waitrose’s basic
Lines as well as their own, and have the biggest range of goods from every producer under the sun, so the choice is almost infinite. Delivery men are always very friendly and polite and communication is excellent.
Right, now I’m going to try sleeping through the storm going on outside.
Night night, everyone and keep safe.
Carolyn- doesn't coconut oil on toast taste just like dripping ?
ReplyDeleteI've recently discovered this.
Store cards.
We had a Tesco card which my partner was very keen on at the very beginning when they were first introduced.
I saw them for what they were, and still are.
A way for you to spend and consume more and more. I haven't changed my mind.
Of course everybody has suggested delivery from supermarkets.
My list of basics is usually in my head, plus offers and discounted items usually sorts the rest. Also fresh veg is a necessity. All the supermarkets are within a mile and could be walked but for the vertiginous hills down into town and up again carrying shopping.
I have managed it some of the time but carrying shopping and with a dog on a lead and a back twisting with a double scoliosis at my age is exhausting.
Nevertheless I cannot contemplate the delivery service.
The leads that Lady has chewed through this week, were, one, when Philip took her for a short walk, he ' thought' she was playing around with it. She was in fact chewing through it while she walked. This was on Thursday morning when I was leaving for a funeral.
And two, when a friend offered to take us shopping and agreed to stay with Lady outside. She obviously did not understand the meaning of 'pacifying' despite being the mother of three and with a degree from the LSE !
Lady had chewed through the lead before a sensible stranger came along and did pacify Lady.
All of the leads had been found, so have not cost me money. And I sew them back together. I'm not proud !
She is walked on a double lead, one a soft rope slip lead around her neck, the other a straight lead clipped to her harness.
Like Ev, I do not have much faith in ' behaviourists ' and any way cannot afford them.
Lady is now walking perfectly at heel, except when we are going downhill, and I suspect that is something to do with my trajectory.
We have also been continuing with my leaving the house ( coat and boots on ) without her and have now reached five minutes. She stands now, no pacing, tail down but swinging gently side to side. On one occasion two days ago she stayed put in her bed.
We are moving forward.
I feel for the friends and relatives waiting for the ferry to the island.
Once husband, me and baby missed the last one and had to wait till six am. That was over fifty years ago, but in recent years my daughter and son in law often waited for several hours on the Portsmouth side.
At a later stage when my daughter travelled down every weekend on her own she became very familiar to the gate staff, and sometimes got priority.
The storm will hit us all to some degree and I wish all of our fellow bloggers the very best and certainly hope none of us are subjected to flooding.
I see now about the leads, both happening when with other people and them not understanding what she was doing! You are doing so well with her and she has obviously bonded to you. We reckoned it took Gypsy a year to really settle in and think Dudley will be the same. They are Shih Tzus which are notorious for being hard to train. Buddy was very young when we had him and is a cross. Did I tell you his DNA test instigated by Katy showed he was 37% Maltese the rest being Shih Tzu, Lapso and Jack Russell. A proper little mongrel! Nevertheless he is very cute and intelligent. After the puppy stage when he chewed everything in sight including the wallpaper he has turned into a lovely little dog. His only issue is being a fussy eater but we cope with that We love them all as you do Lady! Know what you mean about affording behaviourists. Ours sat there pontificating for an hour, looked at her watch and received £25 for the privilege! Never again but I did try!
ReplyDeleteThe ferry staff are very good and do get to know people. Thank you for good wishes, Lady R and yes we are keeping safe and cosy!! Dogs included. Dudley is snoozing on his big yellow cushion he had for Christmas. A knockdown price from Dunhelm! We live at the top of a hill with no chance of flooding. So sorry for those who suffered last week and may do so again.
When I lived on Arran the ferries were often suspended when the wind was coming from the wrong direction, it didn't take much at all really to leave people stranded for days on end. I always used to wonder what people actually did in that situation if they didn't have the money to stay at a hotel or B&B or have a car to go to sleep in. Did they just sit in the tiny ferry terminal for 72 hours? (I was always fine, I never needed to leave the island!)
ReplyDeleteEveryone still here mid-storm? Have been woken up on a regular basis during the night with the rain LASHING against the bedroom window and the wind screaming down the old chimney flue. That's why I'm awake so early on a Sunday morning.....☔☔☔
Still here this morning Garry but haven’t dared to peek beyond the curtains yet!
ReplyDeleteJust listening to the wind rattling the skates on the roof and the rain lashing down whilst still in bed!
Thinking about ferries to islands and Lady R’s friend being unable to get to the IoW :
Perhaps Boris should consider building a bridge to the island instead of one from Scotland to N. Ireland?
It would certainly make life easier for the islanders (Ev?) especially for things like going to work or hospital on the mainland.
On Any Questions yesterday, which came from Aberdeen, the panelists thought it was a daft idea and would take them hours to drive from most parts of Scotland to get to the where the bridge would start, much less cross it!
´slates’ on the roof!
DeleteNot to mention that it would be built over one of the largest dumps of Second World War armaments on the planet!
DeleteMaybe irrational, Archerfile, but being an island a fixed link like a bridge could bring trouble such as more crime and God forbid, grey squirrels!! The cost of ferries is extortionate though and needs looking at. When we go to Tenerife in April we will go by train and have tickets which include ferry travel to Portsmouth. I looked at having a taxi from Portsmouth, cost not too bad but was shocked to find the ferry as foot passengers would cost £40 for the two of us period return. The train/ ferry return is £80 so a no brainer. Like Gary on Arran there is no need for us to leave the island much so not a big deal in general. There are good rates for regular travellers to the mainland and the ferry journeys are attractive and give a welcome respite from driving. It seems that most islanders are against a bridge option or just have never considered it.
ReplyDeleteThere are concessions for hospital travel and we do have a hospital here. Only severe cases go to the mainland.
ReplyDeleteEv, the cost for 2 adult returns (as foot passengers) to Arran is £16.00 in total. It's 1 hour each way, so I think that's actually a longer journey than yours! All ferry fares in Scotland are held in check by the government these days - the prices are dramatically cheaper now than in the past!
DeleteI am amazed that you have had Lady for a year ,Mrs P.
ReplyDeleteGreat strides have been made with her.
Well done.
I am full of praise for all of you dog owners.
We who have cats as part of the family(cats are never owned) may have their problems like having to change the bed covers last thing at night because one of the cats has decided that her meal did not agree with her and it was better out than in but I would not fancy having to go out on a day like today to take my dog for a walk would not appeal one bit.
Reading your posts about the Isle of Wight made me wonder whether there are any Commercial Airports on the island.
ReplyDeleteI see there is an airport at Shanklin but wonder if it is for private aircraft and instruction purposes only .
- perhaps a bit like the one I imagine Mr Archercherphile goes to.
I married a widower and the year after his first wife died Mr LJ went to the Isle of Wight one Easter with his daughter and her two little girls one of whom was just one year old.
I have a lovely photograph of a very handsome sun tanned man on a beach on the island with his pretty elder granddaughter who was 3years of age at the time.
He said the holiday was wonderful.
Ev, my last post was really directed to you since you live there.
ReplyDeleteThere is an airport but only for private aircraft. An airport for commercial aircraft has been looked at and is possible, The prospect of being flown to say Gatwick or Heathrow is a very attractive thought so fingers crossed!
ReplyDeleteEven with ferries getting to Gatwick is far easier from here than it was from Ledbury. We used to stay over with friends in Surrey and they would take us to the airport.
ReplyDelete🐿️no grey squirrels here either, we see our pretty little reds regularly, lovely.
ReplyDeleteWind & rain here overnight but nothing as dramatic as Gary & Archerphile describe !
ReplyDeleteThinking about your objections to online grocery shopping, Mrs P. I imagine most of us are like you, en route to the supermarket, basics in the head, then look around. It is exactly the same online, one can browse offers & discounts, search the different sections for what appeals to you the next couple of weeks, & stock up on household items.(What's more, if you've made your order, selected the time slot, & then think of a few things you need but forgot, you can go back online, add what you want to the original order, so long as it isn't too close to rhe delivery)
An idea about fresh veg : the helpful friends who've minded Lady & come unstuck, as it were, might find it much simpler, less hazardous, to get your veg when they're doing their own shopping & popping it over to you ! That way, you'd not just rely on the big delivery every 2-3 weeks.
Update on our local weather - the slate- rattling wind and torrential rain reported on at 7.45 have totally disappeared! The huge flood across the road outside has also disappeared in a just a couple of hours and when Mr A went down to the village to fetch the Sunday papers, expecting to have plough through the floods, the water had all gone.
ReplyDeleteIn fact it is much brighter and very benign here now. Could be a nice day. Amazing!
But I really feel for those in South Wales who are on a red flood warning. I’m afraid they are in for a bad time.
We're too far south for Dennis the Menace, just a bit breezy, thinking of you all.
ReplyDeleteLucky you Persil!
DeleteAnd how is the train set progressing? Up and running yet?
ALL ABOARD!!!! 🚂
I am not sure why you won’t contemplate a delivery service for your shopping Mrs P.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that for fruit and vegetables it is far better to choose one’s own but for everything else it is so much easier in my opinion and probably you wouldn’t need to shop as often .
Archerphile when I first used Ocado over two years ago the driver told me that they were going to come in with M and S rather than Waitrose .
I think they may not sell Waitrose products now but I don’t think they are selling M and S food yet.
Ocado vans also deliver Morrison’s produce.
Lanjan, I have never had an online delivery of food either. I can't imagine not pootling around the supermarket.
DeleteNeither did I at your age Gary.
DeleteThere is no fun for me trying to get boxes containing 40 sachets of “Felix ,as good as it looks” from the bottom shelf of a Supermarket.
Also we have had our car backed into three times whilst shopping at our local large Supermarkets.
They are too big for me.
There is too much choice.
If I want a shampoo for example I have to check too many shelves to get what I want
I actually enjoy shopping at our small local Iceland because the staff are all so great and I like to have it delivered because the young delivery man is so friendly.
Do you know that when I took delivery of an order a while ago and I said that I had forgotten some oxo cubes he offered to bring them on his next delivery round.
I did of course say no thank you.
He ,knowing my penchant for boxes of broken biscuits ,just before Christmas ,brought a box round for me which he had paid for himself .
There are some perks to being elderly!
Lanjan: Ocado are still stocking Waitrose’s basic range at present but are due to change to M&S in the Autumn.
DeleteWe are bizarrely having a period of beautiful sunshine at the moment but 70mph winds are due to roar back in a few hours accompanied by yet more rain. Oh joy.
ReplyDeleteAt least I've got nothing that I need to do today - was sober enough to tidy up completely last night after our dinner party. All I had to do this morning was empty the dishwasher! Going to spend the rest of the day on the sofa watching rubbish TV and scoffing the big box of Champagne truffles that one of our guests brought as a present. Life is good.....
Eating C. truffles whilst lying on the sofa and watching rubbish TV what more could you ask for indeed Gary 🤣🤣🤣
Delete😀😀😀
DeleteWonderful! & the train set is taking its time... 😉
ReplyDeleteLanjan, lovely that Mr LJ has good memories of his holiday on the island. It really is lovely here and the sandy beaches rival any I have seen in far flung places. There are plenty of attractions for children and adults alike. We have Monkey World and the steam railway not too far from us. You can go riding or for the more sedate among us explore history at Carisbrooke Castle and Osborne House. Gardening enthusiasts can explore tropical gardens at Ventnor or lovely gardens at Mottistone. Something for everyone but as in the rest of UK can’t always guarantee the weather!!😊🌞👒😎
ReplyDeleteI remember visiting a glassworks on the Island on one of our holidays. I think it was in the very south. It was fascinating watching the glassblowers and they made some beautiful pieces you could buy in the little shop. Is it still there?
DeleteNot sure AF. Will try to find out!
Delete👏🏻 🤗 just had a message from my sister and b-i-l they have arrived at Southampton and are booked onto car ferry for 12 noon sailing 🤞🏼
ReplyDeleteYour weather was worse than ours Archerphile windy overnight here but only gentle but persistent rain.
Good to hear yours has improved! However I believe it is mid afternoon we are due another dose but we shall see...
Thank you for all the support re supermarket delivery.
ReplyDeleteI think GG has it. I don't actually ' enjoy ' pootling, but I need to do it.
Also since I can't leave Lady at all, shopping is just about the only human interaction I have.
To add to that, I am not a planner, making a list is about as far as I'm capable of.
The IOW could not possibly have a bridge.
The Solent is the busiest shipping lane in the world I believe ( may be wrong, but certainly v.v. Busy)
It is possible to get to the island by air. A number of people do so.
The very large property behind my daughters house in Seaview was the home of that famous racing sailor and I believe he came and went via helicopter.
When I was a child visiting for holidays my father was very keen on ships and we knew about and were taken to Cows to visit the shipyard where the flying sea boats were being built. I remember it so clearly, it was considered to be the future and sometimes we would see them taking off. I suppose that must have been off Sandown, but not sure.
Then a few years ago I went with daughter and son in law to Cows to visit the workshop of the kitchen worktop man and it was the same shipyard, now full of small engineering and manufacturing concerns.
Thanks Ev for understanding about the leads.
We are getting somewhere Lady and me. And I think of you with the three of them and do wonder how you manage.
The storm has been blowing but no damage nearby but I was worrying about the empty beer barrels- metal - opposite as I tried to get to sleep. ( 4am again)
Mrs P - would never have had three dogs if Katy wasn’t here! I take the three for a walk in the morning. Gypsy goes partway in her pram and we have a two pronged lead for the boys which works very well. She has a separate lead which often tangles round theirs! They are of course very small dogs which is more manageable. Katy takes the boys for a second walk in the afternoon. Today she has gone to Quarr with them. Gyp and I have taken a rain check! The weather is quiet now. Just a bit damp but we are due for another dose of Dennis tonight. There is flooding on the island and sandbags are available in designated places. Awful in Wales and other places. I would guess Ledbury is cut off with surrounding floods and I guess the racecourse in Worcester is under water as it always was after heavy rain. We are on a sinking ship! Thoughts with all those affected.
DeleteMy goodness poor poor Wales conditions beyond appalling 😟
ReplyDeleteArcherphile as far as I know the glass works is still there. It's over at the Needles on the West Wight. I have to say it's over twenty years since I visited when I stayed in an apartment overlooking the Needles, but I've seen it advertised in recent years.
ReplyDeleteYes, you are right Mrs P. It is at the Needles, Alum Bay. You can get lovely coloured sand there too!
ReplyDeleteI was horrified, on seeing some TV footage from many parts of the country, what Dennis has done. I saw a road, somewhere in S.Wales, where all was visible, was the roof tops of cars, as the flood water is so deep.
ReplyDeleteI hope you all have fared better, and are warm + dry.
I have been very lucky, as Dennis, has been much kinder than Ciara was, but this is in my area only.
I hope ALL bloggers here, are not having any problems.
Miriam. 🤗🤗
On a totally different topic, I have just watched, last weeks "Endeavour".
ReplyDeleteHow I loved the pub food shown - chicken or scampi, + chips, in a basket.
This to me, was a wonderful meal out, at that time, even though I was still a teenager.
I am not sure where we ate this "treat", as could not go into a pub, as too young.
I think that there was a "family room" where this treat, could be eaten, all together.
All I can remember, is that it was a lovely + tasty event.
I was fascinated by that episode too Miriam. It is set in 1970, the year we were married and lived in Abingdon, only a stone’s throw from Oxford. I did all my shopping in Oxford (and my children were both born there) so it is like revisiting the early days of our marriage.
DeleteMr A and I have our eyes very keenly peeled for any anomalies we might detect!
I love the way the young Morse is starting to morph into the older one.
DeleteI have had some disturbing news from OZ.
ReplyDeleteMy 6 month old grand-nephew, (the one born as a "blue baby" and has a hole in the heart), was taken into hospital, as a major emergency.
He was found, cold + clammy, with breathing difficulties in his cot, and could not be woken up. An emergency ambulance call was made.
After 24 hours in hosp. he is much better, but still not right.
At least, he is in the right place, and is undergoing more tests.
It is a worry, but all is OK.
Wishing the little fellow all the best Miriam (and all the family too) a worrying time.
DeleteThank goodness for the wonderful medical care we have available to us in this day and age 🤗
🤞Miriam ❤️
DeleteOut to lunch today, guests of friends to their local "repas des aînés"- all the works, back at 1/4 to 6, relaxing in front of Kelly 's Heroes, no negative waves...!
ReplyDelete👏 🤗🍷
ReplyDeleteIs that a meal with donkeys, Parsley, or a meal of donkeys?
DeleteNo donkeys, just lots of folk "of a certain age"!
DeleteWhoops! Sorry !
DeleteOh blast!
ReplyDeleteHave developed an allergic reaction to Codeine!
Been using it a lot over the part 3 weeks, in pure form as Codeine phosphate, as supplied by hospital and also as co-codamol 4 times a day.
Now coming up in super-itchy large lumpy rash all over body.
Have to stop codeine and just rely on paracetamol as I cannot take aspirin or Ibuprofen. Great!
(Exactly the same happened a few years ago when I’d been on high-dose penicillin for 3 weeks - allergic to that now as well!)
Have been advised to take antihistamine tabs until rash goes. 🥴
I have every sympathy Archerphile - I too am allergic to both penicillin & Ibuprofen. I so hope the pain subsides soon or you can find a suitable replacement for the codeine. Good luck.
DeleteMany thanks Gary. Pain not so bad as it was, apart from when doing the myriad of exercises, but shall take paracetamol half hour beforehand.
DeleteBit worried about daughter and 2 grandchildren who are insisting on driving down to South Wales this morning to visit in-laws and cousins in Caerphilly. Having seen the devastating floods around there on TV this morning, I think it is extremely stupid, but there’s no stopping them - very stubborn, my daughter! Then tomorrow they’re planning to drive up to Powys to stay with other relatives. Such a shame this dreadful weather is spoiling the half term holiday for so many, let alone ruining people’s, homes, businesses and lives. 😔
ReplyDeleteUnderstand your concern Archerphile be sure to let us know how they fare 🤞🏼
DeleteHopefully they will have checked with relatives. There are floods on the island but we haven’t been affected and it does happen in just some areas. We went to Appley beach this morning and it was walkable. The Solent was so far out you couldn’t see it! Just huge puddles in the sand. A F yes please let us know when they arrive safely!
ReplyDelete‘It’s a sure guarantee that some day we’ll be free’. Thank god we’re surrounded by 💦’.
ReplyDeleteWe cannot get out floods everywhere.
The government has spent millions raising the level of the bridge over the Severn to stop flooding and it took them nearly two years to complete. The water is flowing So fast the environment agency is now issuing warning to life and looks like it has been money going down the proverbial.
The only other way out is also flooded.
Keep dry folks.
I am disgusted with a family of mine. I know, that I can say this here, to just blow off steam.
ReplyDeleteThey spent the week-end in Worcestershire, and yesterday sent photos + videos, of nearby floods, which they purposely, went out to look for.
There was a photo of the two kids, standing on a strip of land between massive areas of deep flood water (half way up cars) and homes totally flooded.
I cannot believe how stupid this was.
Rant Over - Thanks for letting me, get this anger out of my system.
Archerphile. I am so sorry to hear about another drug
ReplyDeleteallergy.
Take anti-histamines to help diminish + control it, but don't forget Eurax cream.
It does help with the irritation + itchy skin, in allergies.
I can recommend it.
I am also allergic to aspirin + ibuprofen.
My problem was when I worked as a pharmacist, the low-dose aspirin which was dispensed, was in bottles, not film packed.
As a result, I was constantly in contact with aspirin tablets. I often had an skin rash, purely by contact or breathing in aspirin "dust".
Miriam - I think your anger and disgust at your relatives behaviour is fully justified.
ReplyDeleteBut you have your standards, and theirs are different.
I'm glad you could feel you could have a rant here with us, and hope that you can resist saying anything to them.
Silence in such situations is dignified.
So relieved to hear that Stasia and family are safe, even if they are surrounded by water and unable to leave their home.
I hope the. Cats are safely indoors.
Oh, Stasia, hope you have provisions, & that the flood goes by morning, as it did where Archerphile lives.
ReplyDeleteDon't think it will be gone by morning Carolyn.
ReplyDeleteI've been looking at all the local flood sites, and there were flood prevention schemes where Stasia lives but despite that the Severn has peaked this afternoon and the defensive raising of a bridge appears to have failed.
But she did say they were up a hill, and I think it's surrounding them rather than actually flooding them.
Bad nevertheless !
Stasia I am really sorry to hear that you are living in one of the areas that is prone to flooding.
ReplyDeleteI hope as Mrs P says that you live on a hill so you won’t need to leave your home.
However I am sure it is bad enough being surrounded by flooded land.
I hope the situation improves quickly
Stasia, that sounds like a nightmare. Fingers crossed normality will return as soon as possible.
ReplyDelete🤞Stasia..
ReplyDeleteCommiserations Stasia, I know what proper flooding is like having lived very close to the Thames at Oxford when it broke its banks many years ago and we were flooded out. We swore then, never to live so close to a river again!
ReplyDeleteThe problem seems to be that these floods are happening so regularly now and flood defences take so long to build and then don’t seem to be up to the job of defending people’s homes
Hope you will be able to cope over the next few days.
Complete change of subject and a recommendation for those who like listening to radio plays.
ReplyDeleteI discovered a serial, broadcast over 2 weeks recently, called “24, Kildare Road”. It is available on Sounds, as 10 short episodes or two Omnibus episodes.
Witten by Katie Hims
(The Home Front) it is the story of an elderly lady who goes missing and each episode deals with the various people who are concerned for her. The story gradually builds up in to a very satisfying climax.
The second Omnibus stars John Rowe (Jim) playing a lovely elderly man with great sensitivity, and very different from our ‘Jim’.
Thoroughly recommended.