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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.
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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!
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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!
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4 hours ago, PeverilPeril said:
Have you got a picture of the scratter and press Phil? I'm an enthusiast
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.
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If it had hit Radford Road you wouldn’t have noticed!
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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.
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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 next village though without the effort of digging. The fruit trees are in full blossom and, after very few apples last year, I think we’re in for a glut. I’m going to make cider for the first time in 25 years. I’ve got a scratter and a press in the shed. Let’s hope I don’t have to pour it all away this time! Will Bramleys make a good cider? One of our trees is a clone from the original Bramley tree in Southwell.
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12 hours ago, LizzieM said:
Make your car stink though eh?
Car! I’m going on my bike just like Rog.
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Stapleford Woods are a long way from ‘that’ Stapleford though. Just off the A17 out of Newark.
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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!
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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?
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The last monthly coffee morning I attended in our village hall there was nobody but boring old farts there. I felt quite at home!
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Irony best describes it!
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My hip replacement was done in March 2020. I’ve forgotten all about it!
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I’m still around. I thought the politics section was getting unpleasant and not in the true spirt of the forum.
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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!
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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.
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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!
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In 1938, when it was being refurbished, the Woolsack was found to be stuffed with horsehair. It was subsequently refilled with wool!
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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.
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I hold no brief for the ‘Royals’ as an institution but I admire her courage to make the statement she has done and wish her well.
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I have a Nikon Coolpix, P610 bridge camera with built in zoom. It's probably been superseded by now. It was recommended to me by my old schoolfriend Prof. Malcolm Peaker FRS, a prominent zoologist. He was always a keen photographer back in the old schooldays. He's travelled the world photographing wildlife and was, for a brief period, director of London Zoo. Can't get a better recommendation than that! It's an excellent camera but I seldom use as my iPhone is always in my pocket. Incidentally I bumped into a local villager who was going birdwatching at Attenborough nature reserve this morning. I said 'I've been there', he asked 'what did you see?'. 'Nothing', I replied, 'It was at night!'
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Just look on me as a happy memory. The passage of time has stolen my sweetness and my innocence. I’m not the skinny waif I used to be. The nurse put me down as ‘stocky’ at my last medical!
Rog has met me. He can vouch for my existence.
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‘Promulgated’ is a word I use often but others do rarely. I’m delighted to meet a fellow user if only across the airways.
How's your day?
in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !
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I've heard they're around but its the first one I've ever seen.