AWAY DAYS

                                      proudly with there medals

                                           charlotte and john

                                                Dr Foxs tearoom

                                                    a snowy scene on the hottest day in october

                                                           pretty

Haven't blogged properly all been on much so just getting back into it have looked at some on phone and that's all , We went away a few weeks ago for my boyfriends European tug of war championships , I have mentioned this before and i am pretty proud of him as he representing England in a sport ,OK its not your common sport but still representing they did try to get it back in the Olympics which would have been pretty big .For the championships we did make all the local  TV news and lovely pic in the western daily press local biggish paper and we came home with  a silver  medal yay  all the dieting ,training is finished until  Feb and will all start again then  for now i am feeding him up. which moves me swiftly on to our first cream tea in nearby seaside town Weston-super -mare visiting family we stopped in Dr Fox's tea room delicious i am sure some one on here has mentioned it but not sure anyway if you go to Weston go there for one lovely setting old building been done up beautifully the only problem was as it was the hot weekend we were inside and after my tea i was having a hot sweat  from the tea and the heat not very glam at all . will leave you with a few pics  , 

I almost forgot  we were staying in and the championships were held in butlins  ,which was suitable for the event to be held in size wise but not really my sort of place at all (actually pretty awful) thats why the fair ride pics which i took wouldnt catch me up there charlotte made john go on and he hates heights 

the snowy picture is the hot sunday beginning of october a place called rookery manor there was some filming done there a few weeks back and it was done up so unreal, dressed all sunmmery leaving the beach and then driving by that  actually felt chilly just looking at it .

Quiet day at work

I haven't blogged for a while , haven't had time so sat at work now (it's raining ) so no golfers thought would do a quick blog I will blog about my time away soon but for now it's about a book i have just started its called the slap I read a brief review on it and saw it in charity shop so picked it up I'm quite inpatient and want to know all straight away , so has any one read it and is worth the 400 or so pages I do hope so , my crochet is on hold as the lady who teaches me is very poorly so won't be doing it ,one of the others has took over but as all knitters and were changing things. Slightly I'm knitting now practiced last week and start first project Monday. Cant wait will post pics as I go enjoying the clickity clack of kneedles .

Tomorrow going to do bit more Xmas shopping and look for a dress to wear to wedding love shopping buy being short not easy finding things to fit so will probably drive my self and the other half mad . That's all for now better do some work.








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A quick catch up

Like many of you summer holidays are a total new routine , even thou my daughter is a teenager and don't see her much Only when she needs money etc she has just come back from a week in Tunisia with a friend and her family and she loved it and didn't Miss me sob , then we had her brother over night confused ha. Yes i look after my exs little boy he is 6 and lovely we all get on fine (most of the time) he loves staying with Charlotte we went blackberry picking with friends which was nice luckily no fields we went through had big animals in not a lover of walking through cows or horses .

This week I have there dog Harry for a week as there in Singapore he is lush he has few problems he is deaf and liver and skull problem and can have fits luckily i have not witnessed this yet nut he gets on really well with my dog so it's a doggy sleepover .

The highlight of this week was crochet club turn up Monday night And two newbies one argintinaian lady who does holistic massage think that's right and the other a MAN yes a real one he is young married and seems really nice very interesting as he. Wood turns and makes his own hooks all different wood really clever he can sew,crochet,woodturn he crotchet a whole square in an hour hmm show off he has four children the youngest two are disabled with undiagnosed genetic problems they can have a turn in 20 mins and have to call the air ambulance or ambulance he does not work as has to be nearby at all times how sad so he crochets as spends so much time at hospital. How lovely is that .

To finish my update we had tug of war at cranleigh show at the weekend and this was my favourite picture plus had to take this for gem over at cherry tree








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Off to Bedford this weekend for tug of war uk championships so busy weekend as also daughters 15th birthday and she is meant to be going to London on bus with friend to stay with her auntie lou not sure thou with riots on she may not be going its all so sad I Am proud to be British but it's so horrid seeing all this go on the pictures can not comprehend how scary it would be to be nearby .

child free week

I'm  having  a very quiet week my daughter has gone on holiday to Tunisia with a friend and family i am sort of enjoying it but its so quiet  , but also I'm  ,calmer no arguments , have more money , less washing, , calmer oh i have already said that  , no really  i  am used to her being away as she goes away with  herstep mum alot but this is different its a friend abroad , i was doing all the usual neurotic mother things giving all things medical to take telling her to watch bag, money etc sun lotion .I guess most of all is trust and hope i have bought her up pretty sensible but will be having fun .

At the weekend we had a new shopping outlet open called kilver designer emporium its set in some beautiful gardens so was a lovely morning out saw loads i would have liked but bought a top from aubin and wills and a cup from emma bridgewater which was only there for the weekend shame ,  other shops are cabbages and roses ,toast pedlar  and isabella oliver  and more i have forgot plus popped into mulberry drooled over the bags ha ha  oh and as a designer there was security everywhere ended up getting told off for going in wrong door in garden he thought we were sneeking in without paying (we were just lost ) and then some snobby lady i over heard in posh voice oh whats upstairs oh emma bridgewater oh thats sooo boring !  how dare she tssk. the pics on here are the gardens which are lush  oh and my new mug

crochet update its getting better and love doing it when i get time and as seen on other blogs friends etc have no interest or get called granny etc  but really dont worry and love my crochet /knitting club they are a fun bunch one lady is hilarious were sat there and she is a busty lady and was telling us about there fabulous bras you can get for the bigger bust and then whips up her top and shows us was not expecting that the little wool shop i use has a craft day this saturday sadly im working they have allsorts going on knitting ,crochet,spinning and lots more they have these lovely embroidered banners out which they got in america  will try and get pic as they are gorgeous .

crochet is back on

ONE DAY THIS WILL BE MINE BUT ITS JUST GOOGLE IMAGE

I haven't crotchet for 2 weeks as my teach (that's what we call her) had changed me to right handed and really tried but could not do it couldn't make my class last week as had to work so have not touched i was slightly frustrated with it so put it away but now I'm back as a leftie yay!.I'm getting there slowly so expect my first TA DAH! this time next year ha ha actually by then it will be dundadadun dadaahhhhh ta dahhhh !.        Through cuckoo mentioning pinterest a while back i had a nosey at what it was a while back and just set mine up now haven't done a lot yet but loving the pictures time flies i try to only go on the computer at nights as can waste so much time like we all do on here going from one thing to another but do use my iphone alot for facebook ,twitter,ebay and now pinterest  ok that's why i don't need computer really in day time feels like confession time on here

silly names and new shops

I had to work until 7 today meaning i couldn't go to my crochet class (not happy) as cannot do it right handed so need to go back to left and feel i am getting nowhere so bit disheartened with it at the moment ,anyway i was reading country living at work when i saw my favourite place name now i have a thing for funny sounding places and this is the best nempnet thrubwell i say it out loud loads when go by the sign my bloke thinks I'm mad or any funny one a few of my favourites around here are friggle street and a rude one annally road (OK i don't think its how it looks but i cant help it )there is a whole article on place names so I'm not so odd there are many i have seen and cant remember please tell me any that make you chuckle or are just great to say

One little bit of exciting new for where i live is there is a textile mill where babycham was once made near the mulberry shop all owned by roger saul he is opening up a discount designer empirioum with brands such as cabbages and roses,made in heaven jeans, Emma bridgewater, toast, orla kiely and Fred perry and more and there is a grand opening sale in few weeks with up to 80% off i soo cant wait  i actually felt sick with ecitement when read it as totally no idea it was going there i do hope it will be as good as it sounds eeeek!!!!!