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A well known saying but very true. We are into the second week of a new decade and Politicians are still trying their best to destroy the world as we know it. The television is still full of quiz shows and so called reality T.V why that name I have no

After a long bout of weather consisting of heavy rain,drizzle,fog rolling down from the hills and sea mist rolling in today dawned better with a hint of sun to come. What a relief after days of having to dress up like an backwoods man. first job feed the

At last a dry day with little wind today meant I could get out and about. There was no sun and a little mist hung around but by the time I was ready for the off that had lifted. I had to visit the Co-op for a few bits and pieces so I tok a detour along

After two walks yesterday lifted the spirits today was back to normal. This was the scene at 9:34 this morning and it didn't improve much

This morning for only the third day in the last eleven I awoke to a dry day with no gales, This was such a relief after days of being cabined up The first thing I did after breakfast was a nice stroll along the prom filling my lungs with nice sea air I

This month has given us some brutal spells of weather from mosoon style rain through to hailstorms,.gales and fog. Today thevweather Gods completed the set. When I looked out of my bedroom window iaround 6:45 I was greeted by snow,not the dry powdery

As from Saturday last the slope became a little steeper, On my Saturday shopping trip I ended up with A sports bag over my shoulder and a large bag for life in each hand. From Saturday until Monday I spent most of the time in pain from my dodgy back. A

Today was the first run with the shopping trolley and it was a resounding success. In B&M and Herons I just parked the trolley behind the tills while I shopped and it was a simple job to load up,much quicker and easier than bags. I bought a sturdy

Today I got out into the front garden to start clearing the mess the winter left behind. I managed to get the front garden sorted or at least started. This morning I mowed and strimmed the larger section and this afternoon finished by strimming vthe

Today was a glorious sunny day,perfect for more gardening This morning I raked all the grass up in the front garden and did some more tidying in the borders. This afternoon with a warm sun on my back I strimmed the smaller sectioh of the back garden and

After my last stint my back demanded a day off so it was Yesterday before I started again. I managed to strim the larger part of the remaing section but yet again this morning my back refused to work. Hopefully I will finish tomorow than I can start on

After my dodgy back followed by very cold weather I have been pretty much cabined up for a few days. My children are looking after most of my shopping but under my instructions to only ask if I need anything when they go shopping. I awake anywhere between

After a recent back proplem and rain today was perfect for starting to knock the garden into shape again. So after doing a few chores and having an early lunch I set off to get the first strim on the remaining section of the back garden,after an hour or

Last night we had a super moon so I took few snaps of it This morning my Granddaughter Gemma rang me. Arron was going shopping so she checked if I needed anything,they're a good couple. I also got to speak to little Mia (I do miss her visits) I got a

Better than yesterday that is. I am not the sort of fella that lets life get me down but yesterday I didn't feel like doing anything I had been happy attacking the garden but even that didn'tinterest me. I just lounged about the only actifity was feeding

Today I finished strimming the back garden left hand side. Now it's just a stroll round the garden behind the mower every week because of how fast the grass grows here, I sat out with a cold beer with the cats when I finished, they appeared as soon as the

Today is day three of good sunny weather and 20c temps in my garden.tee shirt and shorts again. I mowed the right hand top section of the back garden then came in for in a coffee just as Ellen appeared with my shopping. Having just readied my 4 empty

After writing yesterday about 3 days of tee shirt and shorts being the things to wear today the promised change came, A cold breeze and cloudy sky put paid to the sun workship for a while. I took a couple of shots of the blossom in John's garden

I was out early this morning down to the little woods and the gorse field.I only saw one man walking a dog going up there and a cyclist as I headed home .I walked to edge of the gorse firld to see what was going on on the beach. The answer was nothing,not

My idea for today was an early morning stroll before mowing the front lawns. I started by brewing a coffee but on going to the fridge I noticed I was very low on cow juice.As I have no chocolate in the house and very low on honey Idecided an emergency

A glorious morning for a stroll so I headed out and to more piccs of the woods and grasslands before heading for the beach.. There was a few folk out dog walking but plenty of room for all. more here

After a nice dry spell allowed me to catch up on the garden and get in a couple of walks yesterday was all change with slate grey skies and showers with temps dropping from20-22c to 12-13c a real bummer. We were forecast a bright start today before the

The sun is back and this morning I was off down to the park hoping the daffs were out.Alas I was about a week early by the look of the plants. The tulips were in bloom vbut they were brought here from the parks glasshouses. The lawns have alson been

My cats taking the evening sun after spending a hard day watching me work. I only have one section to mow tomorrpw and it's all done. This morning I mowed and strimmed the front and after luch outside again I mowed and strimmed all but one section of the

I took an early morning stroll to the beach on a clorious morning which was followed by a lovely warm day with temps in the low 20s tomorrow temps in single figures and hight winds expected.Ah well it was good while it lasted Photos here

We have had soe wonderful weather of late and I have been able to get out on my early morning walks and have lunch in the garden.I am on top of the gardening and chat daily to my neighbours Today all that has changed.,from temps of 22c yesterday we are

After the recent poor weather today dawned sunny with temps up to 25c at 7 am. With this looking a to be a good day I set out on my first longish walk of the year at 7:45. I went to the beach and turned south towards Thorney Nook and on to the village. It

After a wonderful Friday, Saturday wasn't too bad but Sunday,Monday and Tuesday I was cabined up again. Wednesday and Thursday it was knees out again and a lovely time in the garden pottering and mowing. This morning I awoke to winds gusting to 60mph,.at

A glorious morning.a big change there. The original plan was an early morning walk but with a 50% chance of rain overnight that changed. I am well on top of the back garden but a few days behind on the front so the garden it was. I got suitable attired of

The last week or so have been wonderful weather wise with walk to wall sunshine and temps in the mid 20s C I have been having breakfast in the front garden then following the sun round and lunching in the back' I am well on top of the gardening and having

My son Stephen has formed a bubble group with Gemma and Arron. This meant he could have Mia for a couple of days to give them a break. This afternoon I heard a little voice saying "Hiya greatgranddad" It was Mia of course. Stephen brought her round to see

Today had been uncomfortably hot and humid with temps reaching 32c with no breeze, Indoors it reached 27.5 c with every door and window open. Approaching 8 pm here and inside it's still 26c

We are going through yet another spell of lousy weather. It reached it's peak two days ago with 70mph and winds and more rain than we needed. Just up the coast there was a 24 hour spell in which 8inch of rain ha,mered down and we must have been very near

After the gloros day of vsunshine in late June my weather has mirrored Fran's and I have been mostly cabined up. Last night as I took a final looke outside when locking up (at around11pm I guess) I spotted a break in the clouds to the north.It almost

Yesterday the sun made ahother attempt at a long run but it didn't work. Today the weather is cold (16c) and raining. This is not good. We had two orthree dry but dull days leading up to yesterdaycwhich dried the grass up ready for another battle. I

Today in 1966 I married the girl of my dreams,a felle could'nt have asked for better.She was still my bride when she died in 2000 much to short a life and I ache for her still. Tommorow would have been my dad's birthday.he was a famiily man and id missed

THe last few days have not been fun.the weather has been shocking,yesterday was the the climax with gale force winds and nonstop torrential rainbut tnat wasn't the worse of my woes,A routine up date from Windows led to mahem. suddemly my compuyer had

The country is bathed in sunshine it seems,not quite here though I awoke to find a threatened rain shower had swept through delaying my grass cutting. By 11am the sun had dried at up. I donned my back support and started on the front a few days later

A lovely day again after an early morning mist left The first job was to strim the front. I didn't start until after 10 because nit everybidy are early risers and wth window open the last thing they want to hear is a strimmer whirling away. I finished

Today,the third in tjhe garden was one last push to finish. I had the back left had side to finish and it was going to be tough.When Ellen ad Mal were sorting the garden tjhe never got that far with tjhe machne breaing down I sallied fortrh this morning

Talking to Jenny last night she told me about the thunder storm they had I knew we had storms due heading from they south. We had a little skirting the Irish sea but it didn't come to much. I thought we had odged the bullet. This all changrd at around

Since the last dry spell when I got ln top of the garden things jhave got weird. We hd a few days of sunshine and showers before we had a big change Out of the blue we had 3 days with temps around 30c and very high humidity. It was too much for some folk

On Friday after talking to Jenny I sat in quiet reflection,supping a beer and wondering where summer has gone in this xovid dominated year. Summer is coming to an end I have done little but keep up with the garden. Walks have been short and few and far

I have been A.W.O.L for a while with rain wind and two back to back storms causing havoc. After a weekend af good dry weather I started once more to beat the garden into some sort of order. On Monday morning I mowed and strimmed the front that was fairly

We have had some wonderful weather the last tew days and it is set to continue, Attire of choice has been sports shirt and shorts. On Monday morning I mowed and strimmed the front. In the afternoon I mowed the right hand side of rhe back On Tuesday I

After 8 days of wonderful weather today I awoke to a swirling sea mist and a big drop in temps. This means sadly the shorts are in the laundry basket and much to the relief of my neighbours the knees are covered so they can feel safe going out again. Ah

Yesterday I noticed a small water leak in my central heating boiler. A phone call was all it took for a pleasant you man to sort it.He didn't have the part needed but as things were safe he left things running until today. He returned as promised fitted

I am cabined up again watching rain.The weather here has been miserabe of late. Friday is always a good day,my lass Ellen comes on Frlday to pick up my list for the weekly big shop. She stayed a couple of hous today and as a bonus cut my hair. The only

It's a while since I had anything worth reporting until the last few days. My lland line has a fault so no phone calls there for me,luckily the internet still work.s The next thing to go belly up was my counter top oven it totally refused to work. Then