philmayfield

I've heard they're around but its the first one I've ever seen.

Not a peacock but I did look out of the bedroom window early one morning last week and saw a muntjac deer cavorting around the meadow.

Many years ago the occupants of East Hall in our village had a peacock. It used to trespass into the garden of West Hall (a semi detached hall would you believe!) The peacock, Oscar, used to eat the young vegetables in West Hall’s veg garden. The owner of West Hall consulted his solicitors as to the action he could take but was told, under the Wild Birds’ Act there was nothing he could do about it. He did however manage to secretly capture it and release it some miles away!

My wife’s just returned from the village WI’s annual meeting with a silver cup. Apparently she won the competition for the most points in the monthly competitions. Smart arse!

They’re deep in the back of the shed somewhere. I’ve got to root them out. I bought them when I stopped working in a factory and became a full time rustic. I also bought six sheep, a Landrover Defender, a heated propagating frame, a pair of green wellies and a flat cap. I sometimes chew on a piece of straw as well.

If it had hit Radford Road you wouldn’t have noticed!

I’ve used Toro mulching mowers for the past six years, both a ride on and a walk behind. They chop grass and leaves into a fine mulch so I don’t have to collect the cuttings and drive back and forth to the compost heap. The mulch feeds the lawns and I must say they’ve never looked better. I cut about an acre and a half so I have a wealth of grass cutting experience! I’ve cut the grass six times this year already.

We have two 8’x12’ greenhouses. In one we grow 14 tomato plants, usually Shirley. In the other we grow 4 Beefstake tomatoes, 4 cucumbers and a mixture of peppers and aubergines. Both greenhouses are now cleared out, cleaned and ready to go. I lit my three year old bonfire on Saturday which had become massive. About 20’ by 10’. It was a spectacular blaze! My veg garden had grown over since my hip problem and it’s getting a bit too late to rotovate it now. I might hire a deturfer, shift the grass and rotovate it ready for next year. We can buy fresh, locally grown vegetables from the shop in the

Car! I’m going on my bike just like Rog.

Stapleford Woods are a long way from ‘that’ Stapleford though. Just off the A17 out of Newark.

I know it. Might be worth a trip, its only half an hour. I could eat them in Stapleford Woods. Keep away from the doggers though!

Our chip van stopped coming years ago. I have to drive to the Burton Joyce shop as it’s better than the Southwell one. I’m not going again though as they charged me £22 for two last time. What does your van charge?

The last monthly coffee morning I attended in our village hall there was nobody but boring old farts there. I felt quite at home!

Irony best describes it!

My hip replacement was done in March 2020. I’ve forgotten all about it!

I’m still around. I thought the politics section was getting unpleasant and not in the true spirt of the forum.

It was just an anecdote that the guide told us on our visit to Parliament many years ago. You can tell it was many years ago as I parked my car right outside Westminster Abbey and left it there all afternoon without a parking ticket or incurring a fine. I bet you couldn’t do that today!

I don’t wear PJ’s.

No Mrs B. With the greatest respect to other members I regard this as just an online forum and not a social club.

It's got both a Lidl and an Aldi. Bingham has grown vastly. It's no longer the country town it used to be. Hugh housing estates have been and are still being built on the periphery and would appear to be populated primarily by Hong Kong Chinese. Bingham and Newark are equidistant from home and Newark can be busier on a Saturday.

Oh the shame! Bumped into a neighbour whilst shopping in Bingham Lidl today. We were using our Waitrose bags but that just made it worse. I’ll never be able to face anyone in the village again when the news gets out!

In 1938, when it was being refurbished, the Woolsack was found to be stuffed with horsehair. It was subsequently refilled with wool!

Not political, but years ago we were sightseeing in London and were walking past the Houses of Parliament. There was a queue of other tourists which we joined out of curiosity. It was a tour of both Houses. Green benches in the commons, red ones in the Lords. The outstanding memory was how relatively small both houses were.

I am in no way intriguing. Just a boring, antisocial old git who can’t be bothered to tidy himself up to attend a meeting.

The Gallic inflection is more expressive. Always better when you use French letters.