Spring seemed to be damn near springing today - 15C and warm sun. Lovely walk with the dogs in a splendid country park and then a sneaky pint in a pub garden in Higham Ferrers. Now some pizza and vino...
Sitting on the patio with a lovely friend, a bottle of Prosecco...empty now, red kites soaring and starlings gathering.....
Doesn't get much better.....☺...
Given the seemingly endless litany of revelations about corruption/incompetence/racism/homophobia et bloody cetera, is it time that we just said 'enough is enough' and abolished the Metropolitan...
Pulled back curtains to see steel shed at bottom of garden with doors open...shouted at oh for leaving them.open...to find some barstewards had taken bolt cutters to padlock...fortunately nothing...
Today, whilst we were out dog walking we came across a tube of Fixodent on the path in the middle of a field.
We have wracked our brains trying to explain this strange find. Any suggestions?...
Good afternoon, Just a quick reminder to everyone to show a little bit of restraint and compassion when it comes to "wind up" threads. You have no idea what situation many people are in when they come...
Can't believe the school incident hasn't been discussed here! Does anyone feel the teacher should be sacked for doing this? I can't help thinking it was a last resort to carry out this foul deed! I...
So my gate bell rings at 6.30am last Sunday. Not happy at being woken on the only day day I get to sleep after 7am I went down stairs to answer it. This man says he has a letter for me so I asked him...
I am going to a wedding soon and have bought a new dress. It is a knee length fitted shift dress with a sort of draped feature on the waist at the front and the colour is a bright cerise. I will be...
In spite of the fact that I have used no gas for many years now, British Gas recently saw fit to send me a bill for over £350. After much hassle they eventually admitted the error and apologised. But...
I may be looking at a prolonged period in hospital. I've only been in hospital twice once as a child and again for a two night stay 20 odd years ago. I'm looking for tips for how to make the stay as...
I am going to repaint my bungalow (4 years old) hall. It has 5 doors which are the ones that most modern dwellings have these days, white with 6 panels, that look like plastic, IMO. I was thinking of...
After 18 months on the market we have at last had an offer on our house. Now I know it's not sold till it's sold, but at least Mrs BT and I can now start looking for somewhere else. In fact, several...