Reikiranf Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Went to Derbyshire to meet people with the same car as us, it was organised through the UK owners forum, we made some new friends and had a great day! Peoples' faces as they saw 7 Kia Souls driving around Buxton in convoy were an absolute picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 got very wet watching Texas at Westonbirt Arboretum this evening, they were good the weather was not!, we left early, I wouldn't like to see the state of the track out by the time a few more cars had been over them. Still it was good fun in a typically British kind of a way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Mr Griffin has the miseries Me and the girls all want to go to London on Saturday but we cannot decide what to do. I really want to go to the British Museum. He thinks the younger girls wouldn't be interested. London Eye and the aquarium? A lot of money for a ferris wheel to see sights the younger girls don't appreciate followed by a few fish. My favourite place on Earth, Hampton Court? Been there a thousand times. The Tower of London? Ditto So I said "On Saturday we are going to London. YOU can decide where, let me know when you've found something suitable." Where are we going? Hastings. HASTINGS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted July 18, 2011 Author Share Posted July 18, 2011 Griffin, if you change your mind & go to London, take them along the South Bank. Full of exciting stuff for adults & children. Within walking distance of IWM. I love it along there, so much to see. There are a couple of websites about it. Borough market, HMS Belfast, beach sculptures, loads of street theatre stuff, the skateboarding kids, book market, all sorts, plus the river itself. I think you can use your travel/oyster card on the river bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Thanks for that, we are takig a day trip to London in mid August so will try to take a look along the South Bank. It must be something in the water because my OH has the miseries at the moment too, he nearly didn't come to Westonbirt with us last night despite it being his idea in the first place. maybe it's the weather. We have been having the same kind of trouble deciding what to do for 4 days next week, at least we have ruled out camping after out soaking last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 My wee boy is back safely from Borneo . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Of the five eggs my little crested legbar hatched only ONE is a cockerel They are five weeks old and can boy can they fly Two are legbar vorwerk crosses and they have little tufts on their heads ...........I wonder whether their eggs will be blue? Two are vorwerks .......like their dad and mum,of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 My wee boy is back safely from Borneo . I bet he had a great time. I bet it is lovely having him home again, especially after being so far away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 It is , although he's now upstairs getting his Facebook fix . Needless to say, I've had to unpack his massive rucksack or the contents would have become hazardous waste . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Great he's home safe and sound It is contents would have become hazardous waste . Check for bed bugs I'm serious.........once in the house you can't get rid short of throwing out the beds. Happened to me.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 A Van over took me and a small stone flew up and chipped the windscreen. It was a Autoglass van Touting for business Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 A Van over took me and a small stone flew up and chipped the windscreen. It was a Autoglass van Touting for business Sorry, shouldn't laugh really but that is funny! Hope you got their number? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Where are we going? Hastings. HASTINGS hastings is fab!! great fish and chips, funfair, old towny bit with fishing sheds, aquarium, smugglers museum. also quite decent italian restaurant with WINE which is essential for family day out ime - opposite the funfair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Ha! I got my own way We are going to London but we will go to Hastings next month when Mr Griffin & I both have a week off work. We're going to drive down early in the morning, spend the day there then stay at a Travelodge or similar overnight before visiting Hever Castle the next day. I've wanted to visit Hever for years and years so I'm very excited about that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Hever is lovely, if you feel childish go in the water maze!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Turned over this morning at around 5 am and pinched a nerve in my shoulder Tried to go back to sleep but had to get up to take an anti inflammatory. Just as I got comfy and fell back asleep, the alarm went off On the plus side, I did manage to buy my first ever chocolate cosmos plant What was even better was being half price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Hope your shoulder's feeling better now . I got a nice bargain today . I was buying layers pellets and happened to notice a large box of Stalosan F with "Sale - £10" on it. I snapped it up (even though I still have half a box in the shed!). They were having a clear out (although why they had to clear out Stalosan F, I'm not sure ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 youngest has invited 4, yes 4!!! friends to sleep round on Friday night; now oldest wants 1 friend as well.... I dont actually mind that much, but we have (adult) friends down to stay on Sat/Sun - so all those kids need to clear out pretty sharpish on Sat morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Just received text from DD (15) saying "mummy we need you!" - so, my mind is going from she's hiding under the desk whilst someone is running around the school with a gun, she is in the mangled wreckage of a bus to there is an animal injured that needs help (slightly worrying about how my brain works ). No, none of the above...she needs to know how much it would cost for a box that would fit a pillow for product design. I wouldn't mind but she doesn't even do product design Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 I wouldn't mind but she doesn't even do product design dont you just love them?! mine asked for a note to get out of PE this morning because "my PE kit is in the wash". no it's not I said, its in a carrier bag in the living room. "well its all smelly then, I cant wear it". erm, yes, you will wear it and you will do PE!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 DD started ballet tap & singing class on Monday. I was given a list of shoes and clothes she would need. Total price £75 . She's not 3 yet and it was her first time. Ebay Tap shoes £1.75 Leotard £2.11 Cardi £0.99 Total postage £5.50 Still bidding on ballet shoes still only £0.99 so everything crossed. Sage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Been there done that with my YD, we did manage to sell most of her kit on ebay when she stopped after a couple of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 sage, does your class not sell second-hand stuff? ours did... or else try ebay - honestly for stuff like tap shoes which they wear once a week it makes no difference, you dont need the Clarks/StartRite option for healthy feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 The class had nothing second hand. It looks like your ment to order through the woman who does the classes and she get special deals. I got most of it on ebay. Total cost is looking to be about £12 forTap shoes/ballet shoes /leotard & cardi no way am I paying silly money when DD will have out grown it by the end of summer. Sage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 A nice chap from Northumberland has just made my day as he doesn't believe there is a strip of invisible sea between me and the rest of the UK I can buy a pallet of wood briquettes for the wood burner nearly £200 cheaper than from a Southern Scottish supplier and delivery is free , the Scottish supplier wanted an extra £53 to deliver to the end of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
