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Must be a real hardship living in a place like that, surrounded by all that beauty & tranquillity. Is that a river or a loch? As a Sassenach do the locals give you a hard time? { we know how much the Scots love us English especially when it comes to footie } ;)

Worth growing beans just for the flowers !

September Charm, Lily of the Valley & Buttercups will also take over a garden like bloody weeds. { nice weeds }

I don`t think it matters what browser or search engine you use, it won`t affect gmail. Personally i don`t think duckduck search is as good as google.

The roughest road in Britain. My old stomping ground of the 40`s & 50s, Slade road in Erdington has been branded the roughest road in Britain. It was a damn nice friendly place when i lived there, so having lost it`s pub, school & cinema amongst others it`s become a dangerous place, but then...

I had a Austin Champ when serving in Germany. Still remember the No. plate, 10 be 06. Took me to many places in Germany { lovely country }

You`re off to Elgin? Good grief man, have you lost your marbles !

You must have a photo somewhere Pete. I was never a Parkie, but i`ve been chased by a few !

All calls to our local surgery are triaged. I f the problem is not deemed urgent then you may possibly get a phone session with a doctor or more likely a nurse. When i recently come out of hospital i phoned my surgery to say i was still in pain & needed some more pain medication. I received a...

In the 70`s we had 2 doctors that serviced all the villages round here. No appointments necessary & they also did housecalls. It`s all gone pear-shaped since then. There are a lot more doctors now & they pass a lot of the work over to nurses. Sad. !!

Some days Pete it doesn`t pay to get out of bed !!

A truly well loved garden Steve. It must give you many hours of pleasure { despite the wet weather }

Beefs dripping sarnies? Yummy. Could eat a few right now, trying to put some weight back on.

And now i know where my Goldfinches have gone, haven`t seen any for a while. Great Tit chicks have left the nest box all except one little fella didn`t make it :(

Where`ve yow been? There & back to see how far it was. Yow found it before it was lost. And one from the army days, Sgt. to recruit, Am i hurting you son? No Sgt. Well i should be cos i`m standing on your bleedin hair, get it cut.

Fruit season has been poor but flowers are ok. Sorry images not loading !!

Definitely candytuft in there. Cornflowers ? { blue }

Thank you for the reminder Richard, i will do mine today

Your garden looks so neat & tidy. Mine is more rustic { posh word for unruly }

It`s more like November here in s/e Durham. It`s cold windy with occasional heavy rain. I feel sorry for our nesting Great Tits having to feed their chicks in this weather.