philmayfield

Eyebrows do grow fast don’t they? I thought it was just me!

I've been out with a few nurses (long ago). They were lacking inhibitions. They'd seen it all before!

It’s been dull, grey and miserable here (just like me!) It’s not stopped raining all day. We took a detour to look at the Trent at Hoveringham. It’s very high and fast flowing but it’s got a long way to go before it’s over the road. Sunshine tomorrow!

Ladies don’t have the vote down in the backwaters of the Fenlands BK. Women still know their place out there.

Thanks, the lobster frites were magnificent as was the champagne. I've won on Euromillions as well! £2.40, almost paid for the flowers!

I've eaten your rabbit at La Bucca and it was very good. I don't remember it being served with chocolate though. That would have been too much even for my extensive eating repertoire!

@Jill SparrowThat’s one good thing about our Christmas dinner for two. Our daughter and her bloke, both veggies, won’t be dining with us and and secretly wishing they could eat ‘proper’ tasty food as well!

@Jill SparrowThere weren’t any wreaths in the shop yesterday. I just hope all the expensive bouquets have been sold by the time I get there,

We just received a fresh food parcel from our son and his wife. Two lobster dinners, a boeuf bourguiguion, creme caramels and a bottle of Chateau Pouilly Fumee all packed in a refrigerated box. That’s tonight’s dinner taken care of. I’m somewhat lost for words.

I had an impulse buy of a chunk of turkey at the farm shop yesterday. It wouldn’t really be Christmas if I didn’t have turkey to moan about. I think they’ve had to cut them up as the large ones weren’t selling. Morrison’s sent us a pudding for 8 people but only charged for the small one we ordered. It’s our wedding anniversary today so I’m off to the farm shop this evening to buy the traditional Christmas bouquet.

Nothing worse than opening gifts you don’t want and trying to look pleased!

Years ago I was being shown over the Arc de Triomphe by a French chappie. He said all Napoleon's victories were inscribed thereon. I said 'I can't see Waterloo'. 'We don't mention Waterloo' he said!

Blame the French. They’ve never liked us - nor we them really but we, being British, do have a sense of fair play.

You’re right BK. There are still lots of people out there who are seem unable to comprehend the seriousness of the situation. Only when it comes closer to home for them will they realise.

If only it were that easy.

I thought he still owned the golf club near Cotgrave.

Talking of football stadiums I’ve just seen that Alan Hardy has applied for permission to build two houses in his garden. Must be getting short of cash!

@Jill SparrowSadly it will be obscured by the cloud cover, so come back in 400 years, but what will you come back as?

I’ve just seen a man riding a penny farthing on the A617 in Kelham. There was a long queue of cars behind him no doubt cursing. On my way back from Newark I saw him again on the Fiskerton road about to overtake a cyclist. I would have loved to see the expression on the cyclist’s face as he rode past!

Just tried it on my iMac and it's fine.

I think that might be in the old Victoria Station cutting.

Metaphorically

I'm a lover of cheese. I can drool over the extensive cheese counters at the local farm shops. I just don't think that Colwick is a 'proper' cheese. To me it just tastes like milk that has gone off. It turns my stomach just thinking about it.

You can. Just pour some sour milk into an old sock and hang on the clothes line for a month. The taste of yesteryear!

I often used to drive past his creamery and see lots of old socks filled with the maturing cheese, hung out on his washing line.