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I wonder if Zoetrope or their family appear in this?
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ReplyDeleteMrsP Ambridge - November 27, 2020 at 8:29 PM
I still get my Borough email daily from Wandsworth and have just read the devastating news that the BOAT RACE will be run on the river Ely in Cambridge next year and for the first time not the THAMES !
This is because of the uncertainty of the safety of Hammersmith Bridge which has had problems for several decades now and has been closed yet again for some time.
The University Boat Race is the only sporting event that I have ever followed or had any interest in. There will be many other river events that this decision will impact upon.
MrsP Ambridge - November 27, 2020 at 8:35 PM
Lucky you Zoetrope, I love zoos like Miriam.
My husband had a similar connection as a child with London Zoo and visited frequently.
Unfortunately whatever that connection was did not filter down to his children.
I've looked up the wild place and it seems to be near to Cribbs Causeway, so whatever public transport goes to CC perhaps it will be extended to include the zoo.
Zoetrope - November 27, 2020 at 9:13 PM
Yes, you're right Mrs P, I'm sure changes to the bus schedule will be made, especially as the has always tried to encourage visitors to travel that way, rather than by car. In fact there is probably already a bus service there. It just feels less 'local' to me, even though the current zoo is a 20-30 minute drive away. Wild Place is probably only another 15 minutes.
Which makes me realise I'm making a fuss about nothing! 😂
Miriam - November 27, 2020 at 8:39 PM
I have just done an "Alice" - no not drinking a bottle of vodka - but outside, looking at the stars, on this crisp, clear and cold night.
Such a wonderful sight.
Zoetrope (from closed blog) I wonder if your godmother's church might have been St. Germanus at Rame. It is in a similar position to ours, which is on the north coast by the sea, but unlike ours has a spire on the top of the tower which is quite unusual in Cornwall.
ReplyDeleteIt is sad about your zoo. The little otter sanctuary, that we liked going to, which also had lovely woodland walks with deer and peacocks has had to close.
Gary, you're amazing at finding headings for these blogs. And no, I didn't recognise any humans. Thank you 😊
ReplyDeleteBut that film is a sad reminder of how the zoo - and I guess zoos in general - used to be. Bristol has made vast improvements since then. Most of their large animals are already at Wild Place, and they will have, I think I read, 10 times the space than they have now.
A propos of nothing - I understand that Black Friday ends on Monday. Is it some kind of secular moveable feast?
ReplyDeleteAnd I was under the impression that it started LAST Monday!
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ReplyDeleteI know the feeling LJ 🙃
DeleteI know the feeling LJ 🙃 thiss the second time I have written this comment!
DeleteWhere did the first one come from and the second sounds like I am 🥴 drunk
DeleteZoetrope I agree about zoos in general and am so glad they have more enlightened views about the care and tretment of animals. I have been to Port Lymne many times, an ex-farm and parkland surrounding a beautiful historic house. The animals are free to roam in most places. The monkeys and apes are in more cage-like enclosures but they are enormous. You can ride in a lorry with seats high up all around the fields where giraffes, buffalo etc wander about. I remember on one visit with Cubs we watched a poor elephant head swaying and read the notice that it had been 'rescued' from a Continental zoo (can't remember from where.) A couple of years later, I returned with other children and although still swaying a bit the elephant had vastly improved and was socialising with the rest of the herd. I left much happier. Many animals have been bred and repatriated to the wild all around the world from Port Lymne and Howletts Park in Kent.
ReplyDeleteSarnia Your comment made me smile. I am sick to death of 'Black Friday Deals' being thrown at me all the time. Amazon have been running them for nearly a fortnight, now Argos have joined in and even the DT have some in their subscribers club!
ReplyDeleteBlack Friday was one horrendous day in the US when *everyone* had gone out Christmas shopping with their families the day after Thanksgiving Day. Many people were killed in road accidents on the crowded roads and apparently one official decribed it as 'a Black Friday.' After a couple of years the name stuck.
The real Black Friday means nothing to us Brits. It is not a day where every family is together and celebrating, then going out shopping all together. That was reserved for Boxing Day sales here in the UK.
We do not start our Christmas shopping on the fourth Friday of November every year! It may be a reminder for some that Christmas is coming so better get organised, but on the whole most have given plans some thought by then. Even in normal times bookings for group meals, holidays etc have to be made.
Oh well might as well shout into the wind about 'Americanisation' (I thought I made that word up but no!)
Sorry for rant.
Thick fog here in Kent and as it's Jon's last day of his week off, he's going up into the loft today to get Christmas stuff down and I will gradually sort it all out next week. This weekend I will be wrapping and packing presents then couriering them to Germany and Australia. Then I start icing five Christmas cakes (with Royal Icing.)
Have a good weekend and coming week everyone.
Spicy
From the two online outlets that I buy a couple of times a year, one holds Black Friday this week-end, the other for a week. Here where I live all of the shops were only allowed to open today, so 'the feast has been moved' to next Friday. The new regulations stipulate 8sq/m per customer (up from 4), so to me it's one person inside the small shops. On top of that we had a real Black Friday as there were three break-ins in the High Street, including my bio shop, bakery and jeweller's (too difficult).
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed that little you tube film of Bristol Zoo in the sixties GG.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
It was just as I remembered it so the improvements must have taken place some time after the seventies I imagine.
I really liked Bristol and we used to go in often in the five years we were in Wiltshire.
I've considered living there often and have seriously viewed property but sadly could not afford it now. I also feel that it is a very young city now, and wonder if older people find it all rather overwhelming.
Just seen the Zoo film at the top of this blog. It reminded me very much of a similar photo taken at London Zoo in the 1930’s
ReplyDeleteIt was taken on the day that the ‘little Princesses” Elizabeth and Margaret Rose, visited and was published in Picture Post, a very popular magazine of the times. Standing just behind the two Princesses is Mr A’s father!
He was actually the Zoo’s official photographer recording the visit for their archives. Mr A’s mother worked in the children’s petting zoo and this is where they first met and later married.
We still have a copy of Picture Post with the photo, a treasured family souvenir.
Well how lovely that the clip Gary picked out for us should have MrA father in it 🤗
DeleteHad a bit of a panic today. I was on a video call with my daughter and she mentioned that her driving licence expires next year. I suddenly realised that mine expired a couple of weeks ago but I hadn't had a reminder. As soon as the call ended I went onto the DVLA website and discovered that they have been extended for 11 months because of Covid. Phew, I haven't been driving illegally after all!
ReplyDeleteI still have a very worn, fragile and "dog eared" pink paper, driving licence. When I was buying my new wheels, my lovely dealer, said he hadn't seen one like mine, for a long time 😂
DeleteIt is still valid, so will not change it, until I need to...
CC I did not get a reminder either but also saw the DVLA notice. However I applied online straight away and my new licence arrived in 2 days - I was stunned!
DeleteI was within my timescale as it happens but as you pointed out I would have been ok!
Miriam mine was paper up to my 70th (three years ago) it then had to be a photographic
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Mine the same Lady R.
DeleteArcherphile I know how you feel.
My father joined the Corps of Commisionairs after he retired and worked several times a week and constantly during the 'season' including Wimbledon fortnight.
When one of the youngest won Wimbledon ( I think it was the Swedish boy ) he was guarding him as he emerged and was then mobbed.
So whenever that is shown on television or the photograph shown, there is my dad for us to see.
As their other great grandfather was a public ' personality' it's possible for their grandchildren to see them both on Utube.
Was the young Wimbledon player Boris Becker (17yrs old) Mrs P or Borg? Someone will be able to confirm I’m sure. How lovely to be able to see your father again in this way!
DeleteJanice, St Germanus and Rame are ringing bells (metaphorically) as the Church for my godmother's funeral. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteMy driving license is a pink paper one. Very fragile condition. I didn’t have a passport until 4 years ago so had to use driving license as ID if I needed any. It got to the point where no one would dare to touch it and I had to do the opening and folding of it. I will not replace it until I’m forced to. I don’t see why I should have to pay for a different one.
ReplyDeleteLoving this gloomy weather. Very atmospheric. As long as it’s dry.
Off up forest soon for a little walk with Daphne whilst Mr PtbY takes Mabel on a longer walk. Then this aft I might write my Christmas cards with Miss marple on the radio whilst he watches some boring cricket.
Soz, Spicy and Lanjan. 🤭
My new 70th licence came back with its photo this week. I didn't have any reminder back in the summer and it hadn't even occurred to me to do it, but my cousin phoned me up to ask if I had done it. She seemed to think my insurance might be invalid without it so I got a form from the post office to fill in. It asked for the old licence to be sent in too, but I wasn't parting with my ancient paper licence and kept it. I have had it so many years and was really proud when I passed my test (second time!)
ReplyDeleteCheshire Cheese, imagine my panic when, many years ago, I too suddenly became aware that my driving licence had expired TWO years before!! 😱
DeleteItalian licences now expire on one's birthday but no reminders are issued. Needless to say I check mine regularly now!
They have always had a photo inside so I was upset when my pink paper Italian one had to be replaced with a plastic one because I liked the photo in it of myself aged twenty in a dress I loved. I wasn't even allowed to keep the old one as a memento but they kindly gave me a black and white photocopy of it!
Lady R ?
ReplyDeleteIt was one or the other !
I tried to find it myself after writing that post, but couldn't.
I did find lots of new stuff about my daughters other grandfather though.
He was Ronald Fletcher....NOT Cyril !
PtbY - I love this weather too. Walked Lady on a Common a few miles away yesterday where usually in clear weather all the valley villages and hamlets can be clearly seen especially Painswick ' the Queen of the Cotswolds ' but yesterday they were mere shadows in the gloom. And the cows were all damp and just stared at us gloomily.
Wonderful !
Lady had a great time in the dying brambles investigating all the rabbit holes and running around as she hasn't been able to do for about a fortnight now due to my injured ankle.
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ReplyDeleteDon't know why it posted twice.... apologies... MrsP
DeleteBoris Becker’s win was 1985 Mrs P and quoted as the youngest winner ever - still stands today. Would the year fit with your father being there?
DeleteAgree with you (and Ptby) how winter weather can be very atmospheric. Caught up with the final episode of Tom Kerridge programme supporting 4 pubs. Thought of you when the pizza’s were being made at “The Prince Albert” and your area is just gorgeous 🤗
After a few upsetting days, talking about Christmas - peace has been restored.
ReplyDeleteMy family have decided that, all will have Dec 25th in their own homes, and pressies, kept to a minimum, to protect all re going shopping in shops, just to buy pressies.
We can still meet up, in gardens, in homes (socially distanced) for a visit with coffee, mince pies, cake etc.over the festive weekend.
It has been hard + harsh...but sense has prevailed.
All is not lost, nor will be...😁
I posted on the orher board about the 3 guesses game. I have done this.
ReplyDeleteMine were:-
1) I taught fencing.
2) I did ballet classes.
3) I was interviewed by a radio BBC reporter.
Over to you - Which is the lie?
I’m going to opt for 1) - my reasoning being: most little girls do some ballet classes, there are many things you might have been involved in that might include a tv interview but I cannot see the Miriam we know from this blog teaching fencing. I may well be wrong.
DeleteHow about number 3 Miriam 🤔
DeleteI will go with number one too Miriam- so if wrong Soz and me can cry on each other's shoulders.
ReplyDeleteWill have to read the other blog to find out what it's all about.
You have a most inventive mind Miriam. Congratulations !
And well done for sticking to your guns over C'mas arrangements.
We have not so far had any tough talking from any one in mine.
I have been invited to Bath.
When I said to eldest G' daughter that I might decline I was told in no uncertain terms that it wouldn't be C'mas if I wasn't there and that I had to be there.
My eldest daughter told me when I was with her last week that she wanted a year off.
I completely understood. She is always under a dreadful strain either anticipating the upset that will be caused by her husband or repairing damage done by him,
( he has undiagnosed ADHD at age 55 ) and however understanding, patient and tolerant we may be, it is always a minefield, and after over twenty years of this she is due a break IMO.
Lady R - it must have been the other one 'cos my father died in 1980.
🎾 BORG 1976 - Mrs P 🤗
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ReplyDeleteThat is the second time today that my post has appeared twice.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what is happening ?
I think I have to go with fencing as the fib Miriam. Maybe that's the obvious one though and you'll catch us out!
ReplyDeleteI’m going to be different! You didn’t have ballet lessons!🩰
ReplyDeleteI'm going with the ballet classes too because it's the opposite of what we might expect.
ReplyDeleteI know from what you have said before that you don't weigh very much so you probably had the right build for ballet dancing. I am trying to remember if you were one of the ones interviewed about the closure of the BBC blog. I am going to go with No 1.
ReplyDeleteJanice. my reasoning exactly!
ReplyDeleteIt is possible of course that Miriam might have been interviewed for some other reason than the loss of the Archers blog.
ReplyDeleteIf she was interviewed about the blog, she wasn't Miriam at the time, but I'm pretty sure she was Maria.
Not all little girls have ballet lessons. 🤨
ReplyDeleteSome prefer horses 😉❤️
Miriam stipulated a "radio " BBC reporter not just a reporter.
ReplyDeleteI am pretty sure that she will have been interviewed by "A "reporter of some kind but maybe it was a BBC television reporter or newspaper reporter rather than a BBC radio reporter.
I agree that many little girls -me included -had ballet lessons .
Perhaps she was put off when bigSis went for lessons
However because the most likely is the fencing I think it won't be that.
On the other hand you have not to my knowledge mentioned fencing.
Double bluff?
Well done Miriam.
You have got us guessing.
To let you know....
ReplyDeleteThe lie is "drumroll"
2) I did not do ballet.
I did teach fencing, just the basics for beginners, after a teacher (a member of my fencing club) set up a club at school. I was in upper 6th then, and had fenced for my youth, county team.
It was an interview with a BBC Radio reporter, attending a Solheim Cup golf match in America. There was a group of us, in the same hotel, who bonded together. I was walking with one, and chatting and answering questions. I then found out that I had been recorded for broadcast, which I agreed with and it was. I was not mentioned by name, just as a true spectator, supporting the European team.
To add, I was a higher standard than my teacher (biology and only about 5 years older than I was). It was just the basics but fun. A year later, I went onto to do my pharmacy degree. There was no fencing club at all available, so took up skiing instead.
DeleteThis I did throughout the winter, but never really did well!
What a miserable day. It’s not even half past three yet, but it’s dark here already, raining, cold and......just miserable.
ReplyDeleteHaven’t set foot outside the door apart from dragging the wheelie bin in from the lay-by.
Hope somebody, somewhere else, is having more pleasant weather and enjoying themselves!
What sort of fencing though? A bit of picket, some larch lap or tongue and groove?
ReplyDeleteBloody hell, Miriam posted the lie as I was putting my “humorous” post on!!! 😩
Delete...😁🤣 and to think I hate staining fences these days!
DeleteI should have kept you all guessing longer.
Testing
ReplyDeleteIt's a non-day, AP with no identity at all. I woke late and most of my time has been spent in fruitless search for a non-existent hymn on a very specific topic required by Her Reverence for a Zoom service on Sunday.
ReplyDeleteThere's a poem about NOvember, isn't there - was it Betjeman?
I did the 3 questions challenge, at a Managers - all day seminar. Most of us knew each other - well so we thought.
ReplyDeleteIt was fun, and like Roman tried with David + Oliver, it did create camarederie and showed other aspects to each other.
Thomas Hood, apparently. He was also responsible for another entitled The Song of the Shirt, which is an intriguing topic for a poem!
ReplyDeleteWell Done....EV + ZOETROPE.
ReplyDeleteYou got it right.
This shows that it is not always the strangest, which is the fib..
Lanjan, I hope you manage to break through the tangled web!
ReplyDeleteNovember is the month of the falling leaves and they only have till tomorrow...
Testing again
ReplyDeleteI keep getting locked out and it is so annoying.
ReplyDeletePretty miserable day here as well Archerfile, it has rained for most of it. Hoping the weather forecast for tomorrow is correct as we are planning to go for a walk on Tegg's Nose.
ReplyDeleteOh, do tell me where Tegg’s Nose is, it sounds intriguing!
DeleteOn his face???? Or perhaps somewhere near Teg's Down - oh no, not enough g's.
DeleteBTW - Song of the Shirt - as I thought, not a lot to sing about.
What a silly, wasted day!
Happy St. Andrew's Day everyone! I'm sure in Scotland there aren't the usual celebrations but to banish the bad weather and terrible times, have a wee dram and crack open the tin of shortbread not forgetting the old LPs of the Alexander brothers.
ReplyDeleteHere's a toast to better days ahead.
The Corries for me..
DeleteOf course, Its St Andrews Day!
DeleteThat explains why I see Nichola Sturgeon giving interviews every time I switch the TV on!
I shall refrain from wishing Gary a happy St Andrews Day as I don’t think he approves of patron Saints.....but I could be wrong. 🏴
I don't disapprove of patron saints AP, but I don't celebrate St Andrew's Day. In fact, I've never known anyone who has! We're all about Robert Burns in my experience.
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ReplyDeleteMrs P. 1.19 that's a puzzle. I thought Maria/ Mildred because the use of language is very similar BUT Mildred/Maria was a Senior nurse I think, and Miriam was a pharmacist, unless she did different things at different times in her life which is possible.
ReplyDeleteArcherphile - 3.30 ish today
ReplyDeleteDo you know Archerphile as you wrote that I was on a lovely walk on a path just below Haresfield Beacon. It was very still and very beautiful with sheep in a field in the distance and Lady having a wonderful time seeking out rabbit holes. I was warm and took my hat off and at that moment thought of my friends on here who might be warm beside the fire at home and not going out at all, and telling myself how very fortunate I am to be living so close to such a stunning area.
If any one does google earth or maps you can see what I saw this afternoon, by googling Haresfield Beacon and looking to the west.
Ah Janice !
ReplyDeleteBut the person in question has, as I said in a recent post, a most fertile imagination.
And I was not being anything other than complimentary.
Today's post shows us yet another bow to her arrow.
I am extremely impressed by the fact that not only did she (?) fence but fenced at a high level, county, in fact. ( I've always wanted to learn to fence, so elegant, and have also yearned to do archery. Never even tried either through lack of funds. )
Miriam may not have ever married or had children but she has certainly achieved many goals throughout her life, and I consider her a successful person for that.
But please do not run away with the idea that ' achieving goals ' is the only road to success in my opinion.
Only one of the roads.
Think she must be a she, because both Mildred and Miriam have said they weigh about 8 stone if my memory serves me, and a man would weigh more than that. Nothing like a bit of mystery!
DeleteTeggs Nose - a hill near Macclesfield just outside the boundary of the Peak District.
ReplyDeleteNo, I've never been there, just looked it up !
Enjoy your walk tomorrow CC as much as I enjoyed my walk today.
Thanks to Miriam suggesting recently that the weather was cold enough to defrost her freezer, I defrosted mine yesterday. Not done in the three years or so since I had it, so it took a number of hours to bash all the ice out. So, deep in the watches of last night, while waiting for a bit more ice to fall I unwrapped my new Christmas present of a puzzle board ( ive been given permission to use it straight away ) and transferred my chunks of the puzzle that I did when in Cornwall and tonight I shall start linking all those chunks together again. Then I can work on finishing it.
Oh how exciting life is in these times !
Mrs P, don't knock it! The most exciting thing I've done in the last week was a bit of weeding.
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ReplyDeleteNot as exciting as cleaning one's kitchen floor with a steam mop Gary.
ReplyDeleteThank you ladies for mentioning them.
Mine is a vileda
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Tegg's nose is a hill near Macclesfield as Mrs P said. There is a quarry there with some very interesting geological features and the views over the Cheshire plain are amazing, you can see as far as the Welsh hills on a good day.
ReplyDeleteJust like Haresfield Beacon and or Rodborough Common.
DeleteLiving on the western side of the UK and being able to see Wales every day is I find very exciting. I don't really understand why I find it so special, just that I do.
It was after I left London, living here for some months before I realised that the yearning I had when living in London was for long views.
Today when supping those long views I did have a little wobble about giving them up.
I know what you mean Mrs P. I am someone who is claustrophobic and I expect that is one reason why I love a long view. In Dorset 2 of the best are from Bulbarrow hill and the top of the ridge north of Turnworth village. Where I live now I can see down the vale towards Belvoir Castle which is beautiful but not as breathtaking as looking down on the landscape.
DeleteAlso I miss sea views. I always found a walk along the beach helped me sort out problems and calmed me down.
Quite a coincidence Mrs P, that you have been given a puzzle board for Christmas, as I have just bought one for my daughter & family (together with a very attractive puzzle of narrow boats on a canal, like theirs)
ReplyDeleteShe has always complained about having jigsaws as they take up her kitchen dining table and get in the way at mealtimes. So a Porta Puzzle seemed a good idea.
I have also bought them a large hamper of goodies as we shall not be spending Christmas there as usual and I normally supply the Xmas pudding and other deserts and treats.
They were quite relieved when we decided not to go as they were worried about us picking up Covid while all 7 of us were confined in close quarters. So we’ll have a gift exchange, suitably distanced, in the garden on Christmas Eve. Then Mr A and I will spend our first Christmas on our own for very many years.
And because it's just the two of Archerphile I hope you can recapture some of those youthful feelings you had for each other before the children came along.
ReplyDeleteIt will be different but you will be together.
We must all send Christmas messages to Miriam and all others who will be alone.
I expect I shall go to Bath. That daughter and S in L are being very strict, though she does go into work ( she is a key worker ) and I shall be joining their bubble.
Who knows, LJ and me will be in the tranch following the eighty year old and older, so depending on how swift the system is unfolded we might have been vaccinated by Christmas.
Janice 6.07: when this blog first opened someone suggested to Miriam that she might be Maria under a new name and she really got quite upset. Best not to raise it again do you think?
ReplyDeleteThank you Sarnia.
DeleteI went back to the early blogs this morning and was saddened to see how many contributors we have 'lost.' There were so many names from the BBC blog that are no longer contributing here and now.
DeleteI presume they joined the BBC blog to discuss TA, and joke and remember about the characters. Well they could do that on this blog site on the 'Life in Ambridge' section..
They don't have to discuss what they are having for dinner tonight or what the grandchildren are up to! They don't have to read our 'gossip' at all if they don't want to!
I'd really like to see some of the old names posting again from all around the world with their different take on TA.
My view (for what it's worth!) is that it is too 'issue' driven and as a result is only just about qualifying as 'entertainment.'
I am posting this on both sites. Hope you don't mind Gary.
Mrs P, 10.20 Nov 30, you have made me realize that I too yearn for long views and Soz, 10.44pm, you have opened my eyes to the fact that this yearning is connected to claustrophobia. I miss living by the sea but take comfort in being able to see the Alps on a clear day from the park near my home. Like both of you, I do find that exciting!
ReplyDeleteWe have the sea all round us of course on the island and beautiful beaches which rival anything I have seen abroad. You can’t guarantee the weather but we are milder than many parts of UK. Previously we lived in Ledbury which is about as far from the sea that you can get but it was very central for our camper and travels. There is something calming about the sea and the relentless waves lapping on the shore. We do have long views for example on Tennyson Down and the drive along the southern coast is stunning overlooking beaches with white cliffs towering above them. It’s especially good when the round the island race is on with a myriad of yachts sailing by. I have lived in many places but this one really does it for me! 😊🏖😊
ReplyDeleteJust to report back for anyone who was interested, Mr A had his hospital appointment today and was told he has Actinic Keratosis on his scalp, ear and hand. As I thought, due to exposure to sun for many years, first farming, and also many years standing in a cricket field and on an airfield. Quite common in elderly folk who have led that type of lifestyle.
ReplyDeleteThey removed a growth on his ear today and he has special cream to apply to other places. Apparently these lesions can lead to squamous cell carcinomas but hopefully have been caught early enough to prevent that.
And poor man still cannot hear a thing out of the other ear, still infected and completely bunged up, so more antibiotics and drops.
Good to know it's under control.
DeleteMr R’ s condition to a “T” Archerphile. Currently his head is clear but it was a slow process treating an area at a time in his case and did not look pretty en route but the main thing is both of them diagnosed in time to be treated in this way 🤗
Delete(So sorry to hear Mr A is still suffering with his ear problem)
Makes a change from all our ' wimmins stuff ' doesn't it.
DeleteI hope for both men that their suffering is now under control and will heal in time for them to enjoy next summer with caution.
Hilary I’ve always hated being enclosed, sports like potholing would be my idea of hell. Mountain views would work. There is a beautiful beach on Anglesey , Newborough I think, with sand dunes, white sand and a backdrop of Snowdonia. It is stunning. Plus an island where you can watch seals from close quarters.
ReplyDeleteEv. I love the IOW too. Every Easter Monday my family caught the train to Brockenhurst then on to Lymington and on to the ferry to Yarmouth. We would walk over Tennyson Down to Freshwater. It’s a beautiful part of the world.
Mike went to Brokenhurst Grammar school. Sounds like a lovely way to spend Easter Monday, Soz!
ReplyDeleteSoz -Hilary - Ev
ReplyDeleteI found it interesting Soz that you link it to claustrophobia.
That's never occurred to me, but your suggestion and Hilary's reply is making me wonder. I always liked caves and always thought I would love to go pot holing but coincidentally had a brief conversation with my son in law very recently when we both admitted that it would be horrendous to be underground. And that brings me to a memory of taking the children down a slate mine in Snowdonia, " what a thrill" I thought.
But when we got in the little train and it trundled down the track into the gloom underground I was in a terrible state and was intent on hiding it from the children, lest they caught my anxiety.
So perhaps it's not all about claustrophobia for me, only in some instances.
When in London I would always sigh with relief when I got to the top of Putney Hill for there spread out before me was London.
Alexandra Palace and Crystal Palace are the two major London landmarks to see the Capital spread out before one and thrilling for that.
Ev, I have always adored Tennyson Down and have walked it frequently over a life time, but it came into its own for me when I was on Soz's home turf on the Isle of Purbeck and walked the coastal path. There is a point when it is so clear how the island broke away from the mainland, or perhaps I should say, geographically, that a river sectioned the island off. And there I was looking at Tennyson Down from the other side of the water. I felt that was magical.
I went potholing once when I was in the WRNS. I was applying for a commission and was told I should broaden my interests! It was in Cheddar Gorge and bizarrely although I am a bit claustrophobic I enjoyed the experience whilst not wanting to repeat it! It was fascinating to see the rock formations underground and with expert guidance I felt safe. Since then I have been to caves in Gibraltar which are so huge they have concerts there! In Majorca they have caves with water and you sail along in boats while enjoying the vista! More recently I went into the catacombs in Malta and had to gear myself up and survived! A year or so later on the same sort of trip I stayed out in the sunshine while the rest of the group descended! It has got worse as I get older or maybe I don’t control it so well!
ReplyDeleteSo glad some of you have good memories of the island both on it and across the water as with Mrs P! 😊
Archerphile 6.44 - I have keratoses which pop up frequently. My dermatologist tells me they're nothing to worry about and are inherited. My mum had them too. I sometimes have them frozen off if they become bothersome and the skin doctor calls them 'barnacles of age'.
ReplyDeleteI get "barnacles" too! The dermatologist told me to wear factor 50+ at all times and be checked once a year as they can be pre-cancerous. He freezes them off in a few seconds with what looks just like a fountain pen!
DeleteThank you for your reassurances ladies. Mr A was given a very good explanatory leaflet about the condition explaning how they occur and the future possibilities.
DeleteLast year he had several ‘suspicious’ spots on his arms removed by the doctor, but they were caused by being stung by Giant Hogweed plants many years ago. He was covered in horrible blisters, incredibly itchy and painful. They cleared up after about a year, but have left long lasting areas which can react to sunlight and cause problems years later.
Thé kératoses are a different condition, but strangely, also caused by sunlight!
Soz, 6.54, the very idea of pot-holing makes me uncomfortable too and I think I am getting more claustrophobic as I get older but I don't mind enormous caves.
ReplyDeleteWent down into Gaping Ghyll once, it was amazing!!
ReplyDeleteBut I was about 16 at the time...
Me too Parsley, fantastic experience. Mr A and I used to go caving in Somerset regularly we were courting.
DeleteI well remember Goats Church Cavern, near Priddy, and getting stuck in a squeeze. And always emerging covered in mud but enjoying a pint, or two, in the local pub which welcomed cavers as long as you left your boots outside.
We only had little carbide lights on our helmets in those days and they had a tendency to go out just as you needed them most!
When a lot younger I happily went down the Poldark mine, but then a few years back my children took me as a birthday treat to Wheal Mexico tin mine at Geevor and I got about 10 yards in and had to go back. I would never have made a miner. There is a lot of fascinating stuff above ground as well so it was still a nice day out, and my son and daughter enjoyed the underground experience.
ReplyDeleteI still remember a time in my late twenties when I went with my husband and a group of his friends through just a short pothole in the Brecon Beacons. I was last in line and near to the exit the rock dipped right down so you had to bend yourself almost in a V shape to get through. I felt utter fear and panic. It was too difficult and too far to wriggle out backwards, and the others were ahead so I forced myself to go through, but it taught me my limitations.
Like Hilary though I don't mind, and enjoy, being in large caves. We have an old underground slate mine at Carnglaze which doesn't have tunnels but huge caverns, and in the top one they have Christmas Fairs (not this year😣) and musical events. The acoustics are fantastic.
Miriam - a large chunk of 'You and Yours' came from Chester today.
ReplyDeleteLast ten minutes or so of the programme
Yes I can do large caves too, but just reading your description in your post Janice has made me feel sick, my stomach is literally churning.
ReplyDeleteWent to Cheddar with the family a few years ago and it was so fascinating I wasn't very anxious. A bit but controllable.
And envious of your many experiences of caves Ev.
I will make a note of the mine you mention Janice and hope that on one of my trips I will be able to visit.
As far as large caves are concerned I have a vision of dying in a cave.
Planned that is.
I would like to be warm, so a good bed and duvet, a fire, and someone coming every few hours to bring me a little sustenance and to attend to my personal needs.
I fantasise lying in peace listening to the sea gently lapping or crashing against the cliffs.
A gentle death.
I do hope this doesn't upset or depress anyone.
I see it as a gentle and positive end of life.
And it is a fantasy..... not an expectation.
The way you describe it Mrs P dying in such a quiet, peaceful place would be appealing but it brings up images from The English Patient - a film I loved but would leave me sobbing. In the film “What we did on our holiday” the grandfather, played by Billy Connelly, dies on the beach and his grandchildren make a raft and push him out to sea - watching it with my grandchildren I told them they could do that to me ( first making sure that I had expired!] from Studland beach.
DeleteI do admire those of you who actually enjoy being underground and Janice for conquering fear and panic in such a situation. I am far too plump to squeeze through holes rather like Winnie the Pooh when he gets stuck in one of Rabbits holes and has to wait until he’s slimmed down to free himself.
Sounds pretty good to me MrsP. Can certainly think of worse scenarios.
DeleteWhen my sons were small I took them to White Scar Cave in Ingleton
ReplyDeleteHad I known how I would feel I would never have gone down there.
I hated it.
They loved it.
What we put ourselves through as mothers eh !
DeleteSoz -
ReplyDeleteI don't quite know when this fantasy started, it's been with me now for a long time, but I do wonder if it wasn't perhaps triggered by that lonely death in the English Patient.
I re read it recently.
I don't think I did cry. To me it was about hope, love and need. They both knew she would die before he was able to get help, and both knew he would return.
Well, that's what I think.
I didn't know about that film with Billy Connelly I will have to look that up.
Thank you for telling me.
I have apparently broken my ankle after all.
ReplyDeleteI spent a large part of the day on the phone between MSKP bookings, the MSKP practitioner herself, X-ray dept and our local A & E, going from one to the other, back and forth. None of them were able to locate my X-ray report.
Eventually I found myself speaking to a nurse who had a pile of reports in front of her and was about to get to mine.
After a brief chat we both decided to skip the next two stages of the journey and half an hour later a neighbour deposited me at A & E and I have been fitted with a boot.
The immediate comfort and support outweighed the pain that I am still experiencing.
So here I am almost exactly a year on from my broken finger, yet again trussed up in medical gear.
As a child I never had accidents and never broke anything.
Now in my seventies there is not much left of me that hasn't suffered an accident or surgery in one way or another. And I've certainly experienced the best of the NHS.
😱 oh no Mrs P! I obviously missed out on this happening so you have been on recent walks with Lady sporting (as it now turns out) a broken ankle. As you say you have been through some injuries in recent times as well as your knee op. Sending get well wishes to you 💐and I do hope your pain level will lessen soon. How will this affect your Christmas plans?
DeleteThanks for good wishes Lady R, yes I fell within a few days of arriving in Cornwall, so about three weeks ago now, and yes walking on it since then, but weight bearing is important to continue. And of course I drove back from Cornwall too.
DeleteChristmas ? Who knows.
Me too Mrs P. I must have skipped past your ankle problem, must admit I only tend to drop into this blog morning & evening, so if there have been loads of entries I sometimes just skip- read.
DeleteWell, what a bl...dy nuisance for you! Are you able to get around reasonably well? To the extent of exercising Lady, or have you been confined indoors? And having driven home from Cornwall must gave been an awful strain. You don’t say which ankle is broken so I hope you have an automatic car, if it is the left one.
Look after yourself especially well now and accept any help that is offered.
Sending my love and commiserations. 😊
💐🌻🌼🌷
DeleteMrsP, sending healing vibes from a snowy Glasgow.
DeleteMrs P. Do rest up as much as possible. Take care. 💐💐
DeleteSpicy.
Wow Gary Snow eh? I received a photo on Whatsapp yesterday from Frankfurt showing about 2 inches of snow all over the front garden of son's house!
I haven't yet had to put heating on during the dayhere in Kent, even though I spend most of the day sitting still but then (despite having half-tiled walls to house which cannot be cavity insulated) I am one of the middle ones of four so it's usually quite warm. We'll see if the threatened snow arrives 'down south!'
Bank have advised I get my WFA of £200 tomorrow! YAY!
Best wishes MrsP and Lady.
ReplyDeleteWe had snow a couple of days ago which turned to slush and I stood before a patch of pavement hesitating how to cross it. When wet I find the white stripes of pedestrian crossing dangerous and slippery, so tend to walk just on the outside, when there are no cars in sight.
Mrs P We don’t appreciate the limitless energy and strong flexible bones and bodies we have when we’re young. If only we could retain some of that agility into old age. Wouldn’t ask for much just the ability to walk securely would be good. Sorry to hear of your latest injury. I hope you are out of pain soon.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Mrs P.
ReplyDelete(Not typing more in case it doesn't get through)
I have tried to get to the bottom of why you can't post longer comments LanJan. I (as usual!) found about a million different reasons why you could be experiencing this particular problem... Hopefully it's just a temporary glitch for you.
DeleteMiriam Thinking of flexible bones and balance, do you think you could still fence? It must take quite a bit of control and core strength. It is such an elegant sport but it doesn’t seem to be very popular. Is that due to cost or because it’s not a team game?
ReplyDeleteBest wishes for a speedy healing to Mrs. P.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes for a speedy recovery Mrs. P. We woke up to find it had snowed during the night yesterday. It has ready melted though. In this part of Northern Italy we used to get snow regularly but rarely in the last 10 years and it doesn't usually stay for long.
ReplyDelete💐💐Mrs P
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about your ankle Mrs P and how long it took to diagnose it. Hope your recovery is uneventful.
ReplyDeleteThe film "What We Did on Our Holiday" with Billy Connelly + David Tenant, is one I love.
ReplyDeleteSo much so, it was on my list of my 5 favourite films, way back when, probably in L1, or soon afterwards.
It is fun, quirky and different, and what I call a - Winter Sunday afternoon family film, as it is lighthearted, funny yet poignant.
Loved the Emu!
Thank you all for best wishes, much needed today as feeling very tired and sorry for myself.
ReplyDeleteLady is being brilliant. Two walks today down to the Churchyard and overgrown graveyard, very very slowly, and she is being so patient. It isn't far but all downhill and uneven pathways strewn with rotting leaves. Hazardous to say the least. Then uphill of course to return.
The boot is cumbersome and would be fine on steady ground but difficult in these local conditions.
I cheated last night and had a pizza from the pub, which they kindly brought over.
Oh dear Mrs P it all sounds very hazardous
Deletebut you are an Aries so pretty difficult to “keep down” going by my late mum 🤣
Zoetrope -
ReplyDeleteDid you hear the explosion this morning ?
Must have been very worrying for Bristol residents.
Yes Archerphile it is my left ankle, that's why I stayed in Cornwall beyond my expected time to leave, and yes it was an awful strain, but far worse on these local hills.
ReplyDeleteMrs P - your comment is the first I've heard about any explosion!
ReplyDeleteMust look it up...
What a horrible event, an explosion inside a silo at a water treatment plant. 4 men dead, 1 injured. My thoughts are with their families.
ReplyDeleteWe're about 10 miles from Avonmouth, on the other side of the city. It's a port and industrial area, where sadly, incidents have happened, but not as tragic as this one.
My post has not printed! Hopefully this one will.
ReplyDeleteSimply ghastly Zoetrope 🙏 for all families affected.
I am nearly at the end of a virtual week in Italy. Wish I was there but this is the next best thing! We do a painting every day and this one is of the market in Fivizzano about a mile up the road from the Mill. I have a few unfinished efforts as of course the light goes at about 4 but we do have U tube videos of the sessions so will catch up when there is time!
ReplyDeleteAwful about the Avonmouth tragedy and just before Christmas. My heart goes out to the families.
Your paintings blow me away Ev ⭐️
DeleteThank you, Mrs P! I do need lots more practice and confidence!
DeleteSorry, Lady R! You are both such lovely ladies I got you mixed up!!😊
DeleteMrs P, you are in good company with your boot. There was a photo on the Telegraph front page of President Elect Joe Biden wearing a boot on his right leg. Apparently he injured it whilst campaigning.
ReplyDeleteIndeed another case of broken ankle!
DeleteAccording to my newspaper he injured it playing with his dogs; apparently this will make him a better president than his predecessor. I couldn't possibly comment!
DeleteI thought it made him seem a bit more human than the present one - who would probably never admit to having had an accident!
Delete🤣🙃
DeleteJust like Ev Archerphile your painting talent is superb ⭐️ Lovely Poinsettia leaves!
Delete...and vehemently dislikes dogs.
ReplyDeleteDon't trust anyone who vehemently dislikes dogs.
DeleteNot even Doc Martin 😉
DeleteHis alter ego, Martin Clunes loves them! We enjoy Paul O’Grady programmes both for his wit and his great love of dogs. I vehemently dislike a certain person across the pond!!😉
DeleteOh dear.
ReplyDeleteFamily in Norfolk, Suffolk + Essex, have had snow today and have some lovely photos. Kids, 18months + 5 years in 2inches of snow, a lovely video of a pheasant in a snowy garden in Norfolk, and in Essex, the youngest at 11months, seeing snow, for the first time.
ReplyDeleteThose of us who are "oop North", have not yet seen a flake, but it is cold.
I am only a cat lover...😸😻
i am so enjoing Jo Brand with her cat/kitten programme.
DeleteSorry...all you dog lovers..☹😦
We are expecting a big snowfall this weekend. It already started this morning with sleet. I live at 1,000 metres altitude but I must say we are well organized in our villages on the altopiano ( plateau I think in english) thanks to our volunteer fire brigade out gritting and clearing the roads at 4 in the morning to ensure the buses get around with their precious cargo of school children. I'll be thankfull for them tomorrow morning as I have to go to work in the valley. Problem is we'll probably have to dig out the car at about 6 tomorrow morning. Roll on summer🌴🌴🌻🌻🌞🌞
ReplyDeleteIs it slightly wrong of me to say that I'm jealous?
Delete3rd attempt 🍁 so a brief take care tomorrow- 6am!!!!
DeleteOh yes Lady R no worries..we're well equipped with snow tyres. We're used to it here in the mountains. It's just hard work living in these conditions.
DeleteOh and Gary you're more than welcome to come over bright and early to help dig the car out 😆😆
Erm, bit busy tomorrow Autumnleaves - doing, erm, stuff. But good luck! 😉
DeleteHeh thought so😒😒
DeleteThing is we have even more restrictions for Christmas so all ski slopes are closed all over the Alps until 7th January at least. This is a huge blow to the tourist industry since the Xmas holidays are the busiest time for a winter holiday while the schools are off.
ReplyDeleteMiriam 6:25. We had snow in East Cheshire this afternoon.
ReplyDeleteThoughts on the Castle result Miriam? Giovanna is a lovely person but I would have like Jordon to be king he was entertainment value and certainly grew in character. Along with Strictly/ Spring and Autumn-watch I think all these these programme have been more watchable this year. Not that any of us wanted a pandemic to achieve this!
DeleteI really wanted Vernon to win. He came across as a lovely person.
DeleteThe whole program made some light entertainment to watch in these depressing times. I love Ant and Dec. They are brill at what they do. I reckon the whole thing was in a studio though and not in that castle. It all looked so false.
Ah I knew another blogger was a viewer but could not recall who. We’ve watched most series but this was by far the funniest much appreciated in current times. Loved Mo especially trying to be an Eastender 🤣
DeleteForgot to mention the castle can’t make up my mind I know what you mean and yet alterations were done to it as it is a ruin I guess a temporary roof covering of sorts who knows I’m sure it will “out”. Some shots seemed real the steps when going to and returning from a challenge and the courtyard. I have read it is likely to be held there again next year.
DeleteAm I the only person on the blog who hasn't a clue who you are talking about , Lady R , Miriam, and PtbY ?
ReplyDeleteFor the record .
I don't watch Strictly,any cooking or baking programmes ,any programmes with Ant and Dec or any Celebrity programmes about getting them out of wherever they are.
I do watch one programme which has "famous people"-according to its presenter trying to win "House of Games " but I usually only know one of them.
This week it was Anton du Beck who came across as a really nice smart fellow
I do know he is a dancer .
I have to say though that because I watch so little TV and do not know anything about the pop and general entertainment scene there are a lot of questions I am unable to answer .
I agree LJ regarding “House of games” usually only one known and I do watch tv!
DeleteA good week though with everyone getting a win and respectable scores. Anton is very personable and did not disappoint.
I really like House of Games too, Lanjan. I rarely recognize the singers or comedians in the picture questions. One thing that surprises me is how little geography the contestants know.
DeleteI have ordered Richard Osman’s novel after seeing him on The Graham Norton Show and learning that it has already sold 250,000 copies!
OI am not a total misery .I really like Cormoran Strike.
ReplyDeleteYour not alone LanJan - I don't even have a television and am extremely selective about what I watch on my lPad usually drama and documentaries. Plus history and walking.
ReplyDeleteHave recently found Alice and Dick exploring Swallows and Amazons. Right up my street.
I have nothing more than the faintest idea about any of the programmes or people mentioned in the few posts above.
Neither have I. Sad person!
ReplyDeleteDon't get on with dogs, either. Anneveggie wouldn't trust me an inch.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea about anything to do with TV apart from some reviews.
ReplyDeleteThe ski resorts are open here but with no lifts.
In my previous lifetime, 40 years ago, I only tackled the slopes I could climb and was quite accomplished at both up and down.
Now I watch the falling snow with a great anxiety if I have to go out in it.
I do appreciate the frost as it means that the warming is still a way off, but again it's nothing compared to the other life...
Hilary ,11:27am
ReplyDeleteRe the knowledge of Geography of the Contestants in H of G ,I am also appalled at their knowledge of history.
If I if take a liking for a particular person I just want them to win.
I liked the footballer David James and a young lad called Rhys James the other week but the week before a comedienne wiped the floor with all of the other contestants and it spoilt it.
She won each day ,knew that two of them would have liked to win a particular prize on the final day but decided to take her choice of prize rather than let the other two toss for it.
Well I can tell you that were she ever on my Christmas card list she would be taken off it.
Lady R.....yeah Mo being phil Mitchell was funny. Thought Russell Watson came across as being nice. I had thought he would be a clever bugger, don’t know why.
ReplyDeleteI hope it is from there again next year. I’ve really enjoyed it. Didn’t know hardly any of the celebs at first. The necessary cripple in it,Hollie, Mr PtbY said “ I wonder what her disability is?” Shows how much he concentrates on a prog!!!
For the uninitiated of the show....she had half an arm missing!!!
Lady R......yeah Mo doing Phil Mitchell, funny.
ReplyDeleteReally enjoyed the show even though didn’t know many of the celebs at first. Russell came across as nice, I thought he might be a bit of a big head.
Hope they do it there again next year.
With regards to the token cripple in it,Hollie. Mr PtbY said “I wonder what her disability is?”
Shows how much he concentrates on a prog!!! For the uninitiated of the show, she had half an arm missing!!!! 🤦♀️
Ha. It didn’t publish my first attempt. Then it’s suddenly appeared with my second attempt.
ReplyDeleteThe delete option has disappeared!
Gosh, I’m late to the table today, so many posts to keep up with.
ReplyDeleteSo just to add quickly, We do watch and love Strictly Come Dancing, it has really cheered us up the past few weeks. So much work has gone into making the show possible this year with Covid precautions, it is not quite the same but very entertaining none the less.
We do not, and will not watch any other ‘celebrity shows or quizzes as we feel ......give the public the chance to win things, celebrities are already very well paid.
The one exception will be the Christmas University Challenge quizzes where there are relatively well-known people representing their Alma Matas
We have watched one or two of the Friday night editions of the House of Games but, frankly, we were disappointed. Too much pointless chat between rounds, too much checking up on scores every few minutes and not enough difficulty in the questions.
Happy weekend everyone. 😃
I hated I'm a Celeb,before this year, but started watching, to see how this derelict castle would be utilised and also to see inside. Luckily it was a good "cast", some who said, they would not have done it, if it meant flying to OZ. I was hooked. After the money spent on the set, I hope it will be used again, next year. It also put money into the local community eg the crew took over an entire caravan park.
ReplyDeleteIt is great how, both TV shows + Radio programmes, have adapted this year, with the social distancing rules, still in place, to let many continue enjoying their chosen viewing/hearing.
I am particularly loving, Masterchef, The Professionals at the moment. Strangely I think it is far better, in its current format, as it is purely studio based. As such, it concentrates purely on the chefs abilities, in a much more personal way.
These are my personal choices.
To add-
DeleteI have adapted to the fact that, S/L's are taking longer to be resolved, and not as would like. This is due to the number of actors/actresses allowed on set, plus crew, at any one time.
It is just so nice to hear or see, ongoing stories, which still keep us all guessing, with thoughts of:-
"what if" or "if only"?
It stretches the mind, which in my case, goes awray, a lot!
Good Luck, Gary G.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy this wonderful experience....in all aspects.
🤗
I hope the Christmas University Challenges are better than the one they had on where BBC Celebrities played(and trounced) ITV in aid of Children in Need.
ReplyDeleteI heard that Jeremy Paxman was not interested in taking part in that.
The best thing in my opinion is how much the people (most of whom I have never heard of) have changed over the years.
The one thing I remember about a former year was Jenni Murray introducing herself as Dame Jenni Murray ..
Not with you about the questions on H of G .Archerphile.
Don't think they are too easy.
I think they are very clever
I would prefer fewer entertainment questions though.
What do you think of Only Connect?
I really enjoy that.
I feel very pleased when I beat the contestants in that quiz.
The only quiz programmes, that I enjoy are - Impossible and The Chase.
DeleteIt is probably due to the fact, that the contestants are normal humans, from every day backgrounds,
15-1, is similar, but just don't like the format.
Each to their own thoughts + ideas, and great to read.
I was on a Zoom call with former Home Secretary and Strictly contestant Jacqui Smith last night, talking about The Archers. She seemed really quite nice! She said that Anton swears, she thinks HRVY will win this year and that Lynda Snell would make the best Prime Minister of all the Ambridge residents.
DeleteLanjan - Jon and I never miss Only Connect! We usually record it so we can watch together as on a 'normal' Monday I am at Cubs 6.00- 8.30 and he is at Scouts 7.30 - 9.30. The meetings actually finish half an hour earlier but after getting rid of parents (!) we gossip!
ReplyDeleteThursdays and Saturdays we take part in an online 'Pub Quiz'. This was started by a young man who used to do Quiz nights at his local pub in Darwen. When that was put under restrictions in March he posted on his facebook page that he would do an online quiz instead. However he didn't realise that he had posted it publically and not just to his 'friends!' So when he had got everything sorted out to start the quiz he saw that he had over 20,000 people 'tuning in.
Robert rang me up to say he had heard about it from a friend but as it was just about 10 minutes before it started we didn't join in that night but did it later. We have done all 38 Thursday quizzes since! The young man is just an ordinary guy, a bit dippy sometimes but such an honest down to earth man. He has been awarded the MBE as a 'Hero of 2020' and has his name in the Christmas lights on Oxford Street.
Sometimes I watch the Chase but always hurry to turn off before Impossible as I can't stand the presenter I'm sorry!
I might try House of Games. I saw an earlier programme with Richard Osman and he was actually boring and very unfunny. But having heard good reports from many different friends I'll tune in soon!
Have played a complicated board game called 'Galaxy Trucker' with Jon this afternoon. It took 2 hours! Last Saturday it was 'Ticket to Ride' and before that 'Agricola.' We have 45 different boxed board games!
I love tipping point. Everything stops at 4pm for it. The questions are easy but I like to see people win and it’s all down to luck with the machine
ReplyDeleteLove only connect, uni challenge, have to endure pointless but I can’t stand either presenter.
Omg. Just watching strictly and some of male dancers dressed up as women!!!! It’s bloody everywhere and I’m sick of it. Sodding BBC.
You and your Flipping Point,P tbY.!
ReplyDeleteYou are right about the easy questions.
Don't you get a choice of 3 answers too?
One I saw was
Who do you love if you have an Oedipus complex.
The person got it wrong but still won £10;000.
On the other hand I wouldn't get past first base as one has to compete with three other people in a timed question.
I do agree with you about the presenters on Pointless .
Richard Osman is better on H of Gs
though .
What it shows of course I'd that you can't please all of the people all of the time.
It is good to have a choice of viewing.
Some of remember a life with no television and at the beginning not only having only one Channel but at various times of the day just having an interlude-A cat playing with a ball of wool, a leisurely trip down a river ,a potter's wheel.
If I had to choose between TV and radio it would definitely be the latter for me although I would miss the sport.
Lanjan - in answer to your question re Only Connect:
ReplyDeleteYes we love it and wouldn’t miss an edition. I get so chuffed if I work out an answer in the first two rounds; have difficulty being able to read all the clues on the wall, wish they would show it full on and larger; and love the missing vowels round, we are both shouting out the answers, often before the teams. It’s a great quiz and requires a high level of intelligence and an ability at lateral thinking.
And I too would chose radio over television if one had to go. Perhaps it’s because of growing up in the 40’s and 50’s with the delights of Children’s Hour, Twenty Questions, Top of the Form and all the comedies - too numerous to mention.
TV was a bit of a luxury, switched on for a particular programme and not available 24 hours a day. It often broke down broke and had to go away for repair.
Radio was the constant companion and far more reliable, a background to our lives, and for me, it still is!
I do choose radio over television every day week and month of every year.
ReplyDeleteNo contest IMO.
Thank you ARCHERPHILE for putting it so succinctly for those of us of the WIRELESS generation.
Always a constant companion and background to our lives.
Oops! Just commented on wrong blog!
ReplyDeleteOnly Connect is my second favourite programme, after House of Games! I also like Have I Got News for you, QI, Mock The Week and I love The Graham Norton Show.
We used to enjoy HIGNFY but feel
ReplyDeleteIt has gone off recently. Paul Merton hardly contributes anything these days and some of the guests are less than funny. Even Ian Hislop whom I normally like is becoming more and more smug. Sometimes it is only a good host who lifts the programme out of the doldrums!
But our favourite panel
DeleteGame these days is WiLTY - with captains David Mitchell and Lee Mack. We are often reduced to
Uncontrollable laughter at some of the stories and antics - and they have good guests to join in too. Lee Mack is particularly funny and very quick to invent a wry comment or joke.