Sunday 18 Nov
Rugby International - England 14 - 20 Australia. Only highlights shown on the box but it was a pretty good game. England now play in purple with gold numbers! Can you believe it?
A real good night's sleep and woke up this morning gout free. Its weird that it can go so quickly, but I sure am glad it has. A lazy day spent in front of the box with the iPad catching up on emails etc.
Monday 19 Nov
A hectic day trying to install the new computers. Not as easy as it first seemed. Isn't that always the case.
Mum did the weekly shop and was brought home by Han and Matt. Well, she got into the car OK but had a bit of trouble getting out - something to do with the seat being too deep and her legs not being long enough! At least she was laughing about it!
Tuesday 20 Nov
Won £4.00 on an on-line lottery scratch card.
On closer examination of the chilli plant there appears a total of 4 chillis growing. One has gone red and the others are still green.
There are temporary traffic lights outside Trull Stores. This morning the queue was right back to The Crown in Staplehay. So to pick up Nev I had to drive up to the Crown, turn left and then go around to Trull that way!
On closer examination of the chilli plant there appears a total of 4 chillis growing. One has gone red and the others are still green.
There are temporary traffic lights outside Trull Stores. This morning the queue was right back to The Crown in Staplehay. So to pick up Nev I had to drive up to the Crown, turn left and then go around to Trull that way!
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| The Town Bridge |
Wednesday 21 Nov
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| Goodlands Garden on the left, Lidl on the right |
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| Looking from the Brewhouse car park over to Morrisons |
Woke up to heavy rain and high winds which receded during the day. I've never seen the river Tone so high though. The river burst it banks by Morrison's and you couldn't see under the spans of the bridge in the middle of town.
There has been some major flooding across the county and because of closed roads, Reuben (Wellington) and Sabrina (Wiveliscombe) couldn't get into work. More rain is expected tonight.
Fred, the old boy that Wendy and Andrew keep an eye on has died. Poor old Andrew, he found the old feller. A bit of a traumatic thing to have to deal with.
There has been some major flooding across the county and because of closed roads, Reuben (Wellington) and Sabrina (Wiveliscombe) couldn't get into work. More rain is expected tonight.
Fred, the old boy that Wendy and Andrew keep an eye on has died. Poor old Andrew, he found the old feller. A bit of a traumatic thing to have to deal with.
Thursday 22 Nov
More high winds and heavy rain today. Part of the roofing felt on the tool shed was blown off. Mum and Hannah went late night shopping, they said because of the bad weather the town was really quiet, with many of the shops closing early.
Took a nibble from the home grown red chilli this evening. Ooops, big mistake, it was more than a little hot!
Friday 23 Nov
A respite from the heavy weather, actually saw some sunshine but the forecast for the weekend is not good.
It was Geoff Hewitt's funeral today. He was the old boy that lived in Trull Green Farm house, the big old thatched house on the corner of Dipford road and Comeytrowe lane, the one with the really high Leylandii hedge. Nev took Ray and Dee to the Funeral. Nev said that he was expecting a bigger turn out, Geoff was a Village personality, being the Chairman of the Parish Council for years.
It took over an hour to get home tonight. It was absolutely chokker block with vehicles coming into and driving out of the town, I can only guess that there was an accident or something on the motorway.
I thought I had some roofing felt left from the "Didyabringabeer" build but it turns out there wasn't enough to make a permanent repair to the tool shed so I fashioned a temporary job with sheets of plastic.
Saturday 24 Nov
Glad I got the temporary repair done to the tool shed roof last night, cos its raining again today. Just hope it holds the water off until I can get some proper roofing felt on there.
| Verity |
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| UFO Over Combe Martin |
Nev picked us up in the Kia at about 11am. Uneventful journey to Ilfracombe where we had a bite of lunch at Dolly's cafe. Spent a whole £1.00 in the penny arcade. Wendy and Hon won a key ring . The went to see Verity, the Damien Hurst Statue that has been erected on the harbour wall. Personally I think the thing is hideous. Its a statue of a pregnant lady, holding a sword in one hand and scales in the other, one side of her is as if she is naked and the other is as if her skin has been peeled away showing muscle tissue and bone and the unborn baby in the womb. Not my cup of tea at all. The weather was pretty terrible so we headed off to book into the Sandy Cove Hotel at Combe Martin. This is the same place that we stayed at last year. Luckily it was just as good this year as last. Spent the rest of the day chatting and just generally having fun and enjoying the company. I managed to catch a photo of a UFO flying over the bay. And just to prove it didn't rain all the time a picture of the sun breaking through.
Sunday 25 Nov.
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| Sunrise over the bay |
After a hearty breakfast with copious amount of coffee we headed off for a wander around Combe Martin Village. Had a stroll along the beach but there wasn't a great deal to see. Mum said you and her came here to collect shells. Then a short ride in the car to Lynton, where we had another stroll about and did a bit of window shopping, bought some pasties for tea and then decided it was time to head home across Exmoor.
All in all a very pleasant weekend. Oh, by the way, the UFO, they were all saying its the reflection of the light in the room against the window, but I say it is a UFO!
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| Snelly Brown Fish at Combe Martin |
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