Popular Post Horizondave Posted June 14, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 14, 2023 It's hot in London today and full of bloody tourists, think I am in that category though lol 6 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Derek Dangleberries Posted June 14, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 14, 2023 I've just been told that the results of my NHS poo stick tests are all OK ... !! 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Busy morning, hygienist at the dentist then a couple of hours at my Dads ( trimming hedges and mowing lawns ) followed by a visit to the green waste Spent the afternoon here .. 😎 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maipenrai Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Looks like a nice day outside with blue sky, but windy and only 14C approaching noon - it's been like this for a week or so now, just a little too cool for this time of year; that damned wind just won't let up. 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightcrawler Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Just go back from a trip to Hastings great day out and glorious weather. Not many tourists about, maybe too early in the season. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 12 hours ago, Stillearly said: Busy morning, hygienist at the dentist then a couple of hours at my Dads ( trimming hedges and mowing lawns ) followed by a visit to the green waste Spent the afternoon here .. 😎 Looks like a couple of small trampolines next to a plate glass window. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yesitisdakid Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Trying to be patient and waiting for my passport to be returned from the US. Can't book a trip anywhere until I've got it in my hands 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizondave Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 (edited) Just relaxing after dropping Kataleya off at school. Yesterday started at 4.15am when I woke up, in car at 5am for the 3.5 hours trip to Heathrow where breakfast was eaten at Premier Inn. Into town via Heathrow tube and off to the Greek Visa Centre where Porn's appointment at 1.30pm saw her dealt with at 3.45pm and out the door at 3.55pm. Old Street to Kings Cross, change to Piccadilly Line and got back to the Premier Inn at Heathrow at 5.45pm after waiting for 20 mins for a bus at Heathrow central area. On road by 6.15 after toilet stops in hotel and paying the £15 parking. Got home at 9.55pm where a cup of tea was priority and then shower. In bed by 2230 for 8.5 hours sleep. TIP: If ever taking the Piccadilly Line from London to Heathrow for terminals 2/3 don't take the train that says Terminal 4 and Terminal 2/3 on the front unless there is not a Terminal 2/3 and 5 train within 10 minutes. Got to Terminal 4 and basically the train terminates there, gets the cleaner coming around and a change of driver. 12 minutes later we departed for terminals 2/3. Would normally stay overnight in London when needing to visit Thai Embassy or a European Visa Centre, but when Premier Inn are asking £97.50 and Travelodge are asking £125, I thought a day trip was the order of the day. Tiring but saving that hotel charge felt good after arriving back home. Odd at these high hotel charges; last summer in August, I paid £39 for a Premier Inn room at Heathrow. This is June, what's happening. Easy day today. Edited June 15, 2023 by Horizondave 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 I managed to get the grass cut yesterday afternoon, which had grown around 8 inches in 3 weeks, took advantage of the strengthening pound and transferred some wonga to my Thai bank account. Paid the road tax on my motor, which always grates me given the state of some of our roads. Did a bit of essential shopping at Tescos, got very little for 70 quid. Prices really have shot up. Walked 3 miles in the glorious sunshine. Managed to get to bed at a reasonable time and slept until 9am which gets me back into my normal sleep pattern. That has taken 3 days, but have not felt tired so not too sad. Need to clean my pond filter today and try to walk a bit further. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom51red Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Sitting at the bow on the ship enjoying strawberry, blueberries with natural yogurt,washed down with a coffee,sail into my hometown on Sunday again,roll on. 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 I've just finished sucking off 10 litres of red and filtering off the pulp from the tomato juice brew. All that is retrieved from the original 10 litres is 2 litres which I back sweetened with maple syrup and Worcester sauce. As usual my thapthim (pomegranate) is the best followed by the apple.. but between me and the neighbours it is nearly all gone already !! 2 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Pilates this morning ...then visited my mate ( not looking good and pretty sure this will be the last time I see him 😢 ) went for a walk afterwards around a local reservoir 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqualung Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 8 hours ago, Horizondave said: Just relaxing after dropping Kataleya off at school. Yesterday started at 4.15am when I woke up, in car at 5am for the 3.5 hours trip to Heathrow where breakfast was eaten at Premier Inn. Into town via Heathrow tube and off to the Greek Visa Centre where Porn's appointment at 1.30pm saw her dealt with at 3.45pm and out the door at 3.55pm. Old Street to Kings Cross, change to Piccadilly Line and got back to the Premier Inn at Heathrow at 5.45pm after waiting for 20 mins for a bus at Heathrow central area. On road by 6.15 after toilet stops in hotel and paying the £15 parking. Got home at 9.55pm where a cup of tea was priority and then shower. In bed by 2230 for 8.5 hours sleep. TIP: If ever taking the Piccadilly Line from London to Heathrow for terminals 2/3 don't take the train that says Terminal 4 and Terminal 2/3 on the front unless there is not a Terminal 2/3 and 5 train within 10 minutes. Got to Terminal 4 and basically the train terminates there, gets the cleaner coming around and a change of driver. 12 minutes later we departed for terminals 2/3. Would normally stay overnight in London when needing to visit Thai Embassy or a European Visa Centre, but when Premier Inn are asking £97.50 and Travelodge are asking £125, I thought a day trip was the order of the day. Tiring but saving that hotel charge felt good after arriving back home. Odd at these high hotel charges; last summer in August, I paid £39 for a Premier Inn room at Heathrow. This is June, what's happening. Easy day today. It was the same for me regarding Premier Inn pricing. I'm popping over to the UK for a trip to the Lake District end of July and needed something near to the outskirts of Manchester as I arrive at the airport appx 11pm. My go to Premier Inn at Prestwich was £98 for one night!!! This was booked in April. so well in advance. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Managed to clean the pond filter and do a little weeding this afternoon. Real nice in the sun, so went for a walk, was hoping to do a long one, but felt quite weak as I came around my 3 mile loop, so headed home. Now showered up and relaxing in front of the TV for the night. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krapow Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Packing! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yessongs Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 Just finished up booking a trip to Macao, leaving Aug 27th for a week. Staying at The Venetian, got the "Premio Royal Suite" The second largest Casino/Hotel in the world? This is going to be great.... 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 Just paid my highest ever electric bill here. 3,334B for 557 kWh of electricity. Hoping my new dual inverter A/C will substantially lower the bill next month. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfingboy Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 Getting ready to go to bed earlier than usual…..Kind of last minute but decided to attend Grand Prix practice in the morning 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 Sweltering. Forgot the electric company had warned us power would be out today while they worked on the lines. So instead of being able to write code in A/C comfort on my triple monitor setup, I'm working off my laptop screen with my phone as an internet hotspot and a small USB fan plugged into a power bank trying to keep me somewhat cooled. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 30 minutes ago, forcebwithu said: Sweltering. Forgot the electric company had warned us power would be out today while they worked on the lines. So instead of being able to write code in A/C comfort on my triple monitor setup, I'm working off my laptop screen with my phone as an internet hotspot and a small USB fan plugged into a power bank trying to keep me somewhat cooled. Ah yes...but not as hot as sitting in an Isaan village school room with no fans, eh mate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 3 hours ago, Golfingboy said: Getting ready to go to bed earlier than usual…..Kind of last minute but decided to attend Grand Prix practice in the morning I've only every been to one Grand Prix and that was at Brands Hatch. Even then the cars were going too fast to enjoy the race.... At least it was better than the Malaysian F1 that I experienced in KL with everybody screaming, shouting and the commentator going crazy watching cars parked on the circuit for 30 minutes in pouring rain. The excitement was something to do with pit stops and tyres apparently .. Second only to watching Poole Pirates speedway ( Ivan Mauger etc) .. how fucking boring is that? First to the first corner wins.. which is always the inside rider... Although I guess I should be proud to say that I saw Ivan Mauger race live..! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binlid Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 (edited) Just got off the phone to the police, woke up to find my new car stolen from outside our flat. Bastards must have got in through the back because they left the parcel shelf for me.It was a top of the range Fiesta Titanium. Edited June 16, 2023 by Binlid 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krapow Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 On 6/15/2023 at 9:25 AM, Horizondave said: Just relaxing after dropping Kataleya off at school. Yesterday started at 4.15am when I woke up, in car at 5am for the 3.5 hours trip to Heathrow where breakfast was eaten at Premier Inn. Into town via Heathrow tube and off to the Greek Visa Centre where Porn's appointment at 1.30pm saw her dealt with at 3.45pm and out the door at 3.55pm. Old Street to Kings Cross, change to Piccadilly Line and got back to the Premier Inn at Heathrow at 5.45pm after waiting for 20 mins for a bus at Heathrow central area. On road by 6.15 after toilet stops in hotel and paying the £15 parking. Got home at 9.55pm where a cup of tea was priority and then shower. In bed by 2230 for 8.5 hours sleep. TIP: If ever taking the Piccadilly Line from London to Heathrow for terminals 2/3 don't take the train that says Terminal 4 and Terminal 2/3 on the front unless there is not a Terminal 2/3 and 5 train within 10 minutes. Got to Terminal 4 and basically the train terminates there, gets the cleaner coming around and a change of driver. 12 minutes later we departed for terminals 2/3. Would normally stay overnight in London when needing to visit Thai Embassy or a European Visa Centre, but when Premier Inn are asking £97.50 and Travelodge are asking £125, I thought a day trip was the order of the day. Tiring but saving that hotel charge felt good after arriving back home. Odd at these high hotel charges; last summer in August, I paid £39 for a Premier Inn room at Heathrow. This is June, what's happening. Easy day today. The whole of July's appointments just 'dropped' on the VFS Finland site. I could get an appointment any week day from Monday 3rd onwards. But we fly to Thailand on the evening on the 19th July. If i booked 3rd it should be enough time, they told me before it takes 2 weeks. But why would i want to put myself through the stress of waiting on the passport coming back! It was just a trial thing, to see when they dropped, if it was the full month etc. I'll wait on August's dropping middle of July, book for a day or so for after we get back 9th August. We don't go to Turkey until end of October. Sorted! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 3 minutes ago, Krapow said: The whole of July's appointments just 'dropped' on the VFS Finland site. I could get an appointment any week day from Monday 3rd onwards. But we fly to Thailand on the evening on the 19th July. If i booked 3rd it should be enough time, they told me before it takes 2 weeks. But why would i want to put myself through the stress of waiting on the passport coming back! It was just a trial thing, to see when they dropped, if it was the full month etc. I'll wait on August's dropping middle of July, book for a day or so for after we get back 9th August. We don't go to Turkey until end of October. Sorted! Yup, pointless putting yourself through the ringer when you have better options. I have to renew my passport sometime over the next year, but have a fairly full schedule of trips. Decided to do it after my last fishing one and before my winter adventures. Unfortunately that will mean I won't be able to book a flight until the last minute, which will probably incur more cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 Stayed up late last night to binge watch the end of some TV I had recorded. That put pay to my sleep pattern. Woke up just past mid day. Lol 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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