maple syrup products

[woofgang]

does anyone know where I can buy maple sugar, cream and butter from a uk mail order company? I know I can get it straight from Canada and the US but the p and p and customs make this very expensive.

[jno]

Tesco did Remy Martin ice cream one Christmas. It wasn't repeated so I suppose it didn't sell... though I did my best, I was still depleting their stocks well into April.

Supposed to be sunny tomorrow, I see. We shall be spending the day in darkest Essex (is there any other sort of Essex?) but at least sis still has fields at the bottom of her garden; I keep expecting to see tower blocks going up there.

Anyway, seasonal wishes to all biddies.

[netibiza]

Jno thank you for the xmas email card. Its lovely! Merry xmas to you, your OH and Jno jnr. Will you all be together?

[netibiza]

Its 20° here it more and too warm! I've had a couple of martinis and would not pass a breathalizer as we have tried
at home!!
We have to show I.d. for almost everything here and I much prefer it. Saves a lot of bother! And yes Shaney most of the village know me as I've been at their baptisms and know them all but rules is rules!!!!

[jno]

neti, yes, jno jnr will be with us and his bride-to-be with her family; from next Christmas I expect they'll have each other's company. But jno jnr will enjoy visiting his one aunt in this hemisphere.

[shaneystar2]

Happy Christmas dear old friends
To you and yours,including the woofers
Hope you all have a lovely day.
Shaneyxx

[netibiza]

Merry Christmas biddies.
Santa has been, breakfast cooked served and cleared away, beds made, rubbish taken to tip, festive table laid and yes all me me me!!

[Robinia]

Merry Christmas lovely people. Off to Tarquin Towers shortly...I'll see if he's got any Remy in his cellar. :)

Have a lovely safe peaceful day
xxx

[Robinia]

PS Thanks for the lovely ecards

How do I look? (hope this works)

https://ibb.co/0CsqVdB

[jno]

have a nice day with family, neti.

I have got a Bletchley Park puzzle book, which I will put in a pile with my Mensa and MI5 puzzle books of previous Christmases. Some day someone will observe that I Don't Do Puzzles.

However, I do eat chocolates, and that has been noticed.

[jno]

very striking, Robinia. Should you have an angel on top?

[woofgang]

cool dress Robi! I have been asleep

[netibiza]

Well our gas oven would not stay alight and Mr N didnt have time to mend it so he had to prop the knob but he managed to cook a delicious dinner anyway. Then we were just lazy.

[Robinia]

Good evening, anyone know what day it is?
(looks like they're all drunk/asleep)

Hope you've had a good time. I had a lovely day with family, Tarquin excelled in the kitchen, as always. Never mind the Remy, I've discovered Coffee Vodka. Oooooh, for a seldom drinker that warmed my insides. I could do with some today, haven't been able to stay warm for long and I have to retract my eyes like a frog to swallow 'cos of a painful throat :(
Had lovely presents, two pairs of slippers shaney :), lots of goodies, a difficult jig saw etc...a generous Dunelm voucher, I want to revamp my boudoir, even the spiders are bored with it....oh, and a Beryl Cook calendar. Must get busy filling in my social appointments ....dentist....
erm....that's it really.

[netibiza]

Hi Robi sounds like you all had a good day!
We went to Salinas (the salt flats) to see the flamingos who were way in the distance and we needed binoculars! Then we had a nice lunch half of which Mr N and I brought home! Hija is now getting ready to fly back to Barcelona. I hate it when she leaves, I just feel so empty, but by tomorrow I'm quite glad!!

[netibiza]

Hija has gone! I always get very sad although we argue like cat and dog! Will take some decs down this weekend as am just not feeling it. Am just waiting to hear that she has arrived safely in her flat in Barcelona and then I can sleep!

[netibiza]

Did I tell you that hija has bought me a dolls house? Well postman has just delivered it! It's very modern with a pool. Mr N will have to build it, I cant even open the box!

[woofgang]

Thank you for all your Christmas wishes. We are having a very pleasant time except I keep falling asleep. Wow Neti, a dollhouse!! need to see pics!

[jno]

we were going to lunch with jno jnr and his beloved today but they've decided to come here instead. He's making a cottage pie (he's quite the cook - it's not in any of his genes) and going to pop it in our oven when he gets here.

That means hoovering. Sorry, must dash.

[Robinia]

ooh, another son who cooks, so useful. Cottage pie sounds good, my kind of meal..

I've been everywhere man....I've breathed the mountain air man...
Well, Derbyshire hills air. Met the Tarquins at an antique shop about 50 miles away. They bought a cabinet which has a story but won't bore you with that. Had a drink in a teashop/book shop where all the customers knew each other and welcomed us like family. It was like a Victoria Wood sketch. Stopped off in Ashbourne on the way back and looked round the shops. Despite being overcast and very misty in parts it was lovely, tis beautiful countryside.
I'll see if I've got anything dingable, too tired to cook.

[jno]

don't think we'll need dinner after the cottage pie. Plus they brought gifts of gold, myrrh and chocolate. Well, one of the above. And a gorgeous coffee table book about mosques that I had been thinking of buiying myself. And a huge jigsaw that will go on the pile of unopened jigsaws and unsolved puzzles. I'll attend to them all when I become totally immobile.

OH received a peculiar terrarium that contains a green lawn and tree and a swimming pool with a body at the bottom of it and a cop taking a photo of it. I must enquire if there's some sort of story behind this.