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Thanks Sue for vouchers etc. I watched Countryfile here and my son watched it at work It was nice to be reminded of our holiday which flew by. It was lovely to see Kimmeridge - is that beach open to the public?

I have just loaded my photos on the computer but need to do some sorting and tweaking before I put anything on Flickr.

We are hoping to come down again next year if all goes well, so I must do some research on places of interest which do not involve excessive driving, Craig was very tired when we got back, and the journey home was 'not good', but we managed Avebury Manor in Wiltshire as planned.

Will do something with photos soon and put a link up for you and Scorp and anyone else who is interested.

Weather here still mixed and my lawn looks like a field!!



Websailor

Loved the pics Bluesue! Can I come to Blashford?

Where is the hiding place for Karens' horses and why have I not seen them before now?

Look forward to your's WS>

Scorp

Doing my best Sue and Scorp. Loaded them all yesterday, spent a chunk of today getting them in to some order and the right way up. Next will come a bit of editing and deleting then I will put the best on Flickr.

I can't get too involved with the photos in the day time as I would get nothing else done, and long sessions boggle my mind, not to mention my eyes.

Off to peek at Blashford photos.



Websailor

WS,i did not go to Blashford, i had forgotten i had to go to the Quacks for a blood pressure check,all OK. Then,i promised to attend a meeting at Ethan's school re secondary education. Sarah is on holiday and i was under strict orders to go with a notebook and to pick up all the info and leaflets,so i did as i was commanded. This mucked up any plans i had for enjoying myself.
Scorp, Kimmeridge is open to all,but you have to pay a toll to the Sedgemore estate to get to the beach and car park.They know me,so i go down a slip road and park at my friends cottage The Clavell Tower at Kimmeridge, http://www.flickr.com/photos/sue980/7409351962/in/photostream is now available to rent,it sleeps two. The views are spectacular,but you would have to be ultra fit as the car park is a ten minute hike up the hill Totally impractical!!
As for Karen's horses,i took those pictures last year! Karen is a night care worker where i work,she only works to look after her horses. She wanted some pictures of them,especially Jeffery,a rescued racehorse. She had the best one converted into a very posh spare wheel cover for the back of her 4x4 and i see it everytime i go to work I also got a Christmas card from Jeffery with his photo on it,i sent Jeffrey a photo of a very attractive Arab filly and a packet of polo mints I could ride him whenever i wished,but he is very badly behaved and i would probably break my neck.
Today is the longest day it is all down hill from now on and we have not had any proper summer yet

Sue - I think you're cracking up nearly as much as me! I loved the equine pics thank you and also the shots of the property and view of Kimmeridge; but I think that request about Kimmeridge beach was from WS

You are right of course Scorp,but,after the day i have had at work,i dont know my Arne from my elbow

Oh, don't worry you two, you are joining an exclusive club of which I am the founder member I mean, who put milk in her beetroot juice yesterday!?!? I suppose I could have pretended it was a smoothie, but somehow it didn't appeal.

Kimmeridge sounds lovely but the 10 min climb, as you rightly suggested, didn't appeal.

Our previous Dorset holiday was a 'Walkies' one, but this one was all steps. Corfe Castle, and two water mills, to mention just a part of it.

Plodding on with sorting photos, I didn't realise how many I took, and there weren't too many duds. I think I have said before the camera is much better at focussing than I am

Websailor

Ah! Beetroot and milk,lovely....not Today my mind really went,i was just finishing a summer fruit brulee by burning the sugar with my blowlamp when a couple of the girls came into the kitchen and said it looked really scrummy,they asked me what it was. For the life of me, i could not remember what it was called,so, i ran down to the lounge and looked at the menu blackboard,ran back again,and said BRULEE! trying nonchalantly to look as if i had remembered all along To top it all,i have to attend another course on first aid and other 'elf and safety stuff,i only did all this rubbish last year. I was told it was a refresher course that has to be done every year. Thinking about it,the way my mind is all boggled, it probably is a good idea,i can hardly remember what happened yesterday I also have to do a course on dementia, what that has to do with the kitchen i don't know,apart from the fact that i AM demented most of the time
I am looking forward to seeing your pictures WS,it will be nice to see how you see Dorset through a lens

You and me both on the dementia front, I keep losing words temporarily - but all those courses - do you get paid extra?

I think I have got all the pix up the right way and in files so I can remember what is what and where, but I am currently de-frosting freezers and doing other things. I will get round to the photos as soon as I can.

I think I see Dorset through rose coloured spectacles as everything looks so clean and green

Two badgers and a frisky mad cub last night in case you aren't following the badger thread.



Websailor

*in case you aren't following the badger thread*? Don't talk rot WS! The world and his wife follow the badger thread - get that ruddy video up and running.

Sue! Perhaps the course on dementia is aimed at you, if you can't remember what you are cooking

By the by, will e-mail you separately; but SS says that as far as he is concerned, you can stay indefinitely.

Scorp.you can tell SS, the way things are going,i might do just that.Trouble is,by September,i will have probably forgotten where you live,then if i do get there,i will have forgotten where i live
Today i nearly forgot myself altogether and threatened to tie my new KP to a tree and beat him to death with a leg of lamb. He laughed. A bad move on his part,i locked him out in the garden,it was persisting down I got on much quicker without him. When i did let him back,his work rate improved 200% which brought him up to the speed of a slug
To answer your question WS,i do get paid for the time spent on courses,but,i would rather be doing something interesting,like stuffing a duvet with bellybutton fluff I always read your badger thread,but as i was not in at the beginning,i don't like to interrupt the flow of conversation amongst your regulars,perhaps i should put in a sign now and again,just to let you know.
I am off to see to the greenhouse,it is like an Amazon rain forest in there,

Thanks for the laughs both of you

Sue yes, please do on the badger thread, the more the merrier, new followers always welcome.

Websailor

You can bet on a laugh here,
I did my courses In fact i did so much i dozed off at one point and i fell out with the bloke running it. We were doing first aid and had got to the point where we did CPR on a dummy.I was pumping away to the tune of 'Nelly the elephant',i find this better than 'staying alive' when the chap said,it is always reassuring to the patient if you talk to them. I informed him i was not a medium and did not talk to the dead. The twit then said,how do you know they are dead? I got cross and said, Their heart has stopped, they are not breathing,otherwise,why am i doing CPR and Mouth to Mouth? I got 99.9% in my test,i asked him what the the .1% was marked down for and he said it was for being a smart arse
It must be lovely to have the badgers to watch,all i have at the moment is a few wet birds and two bedraggled foxes. As it has not stopped raining all week,i have not been out anywhere and next week i have to work extra,as the other is on her hols.
I am still living in hopes of seeing your dorset pics!!!

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I am sorry Sue, I have had a more social week than I am used to and have been trying to fit everything in between going out! I will get round to it soon I promise.

The weather today has been abysmal. Torrential rain, intervals with hot sun and throughout humidity akin to a Sauna - not my kind of weather and I had gone to Stratford on Avon to meet an old friend.

It wasn't worth taking my camera with the weather and it felt rather rude to be pre-occupied with a camera when meeting up with someone for the first time for several years.

It is an easy journey and costs me nothing so I plan to go again on the spur of the moment when the weather is better and take some pictures. I am trying to get myself away from chores more often as I think it does me good.

Sorry you have to work extra but it won't be so bad if the weather stays weird as they have said it could last throughout July

Well done n the results for the test and the deduction for your tart replies was minimal Most people would have deducted more

Websailor

If this horrible weather continues,i don't mind working. I can't go anywhere and even if it does stop,as it did yesterday,everywhere is either flooded or very soggy
I have not been to Stratford on Avon for about thirty years and then it was a tourist thing,Ann Hathaway's cottage and a play at the RSC. It is nice that you had a day out and got away from the drudge.
Last night,the cat came running into the kitchen at about a hundred mph. so i looked into the garden to see what had alarmed him,he is used to the fox,but this time,there were four foxes and they were fighting.They were not youngsters playing but my usual two and two males i have never seen before.They were having a right old go at each other,when they saw me they scarpered. I shall look out for them tonight with the camera handy,although,no fox in it's right mind would want to come out in this weather,it is raining hard and very humid.
Work tomorrow and for the next few days

Yo Dudes!

Am back from the seaside now - Mablethorpe in the sun. Have taken a few pics but cannot log into Yahoo, so no idea how to get to Flickr yet. Will inform how I get on. xx Scorp.

Hi Both,

Rain all day till about 5.30 when it stopped and the sun shone for a couple of hours However, we are promised more of the same tonight and tomorrow and probably the rest of the weekend. Can't believe I was sunbathing, and got burnt on Thursday afternoon - how daft is that

Websailor

Welcome back Scorp,glad you had a good time.
Blimey! The rain here today has been like a monsoon,i can only remember weather like it when i was in India at a place called Chandigarh and that was 40 years ago.I have never forgotten it,i thought i was going to drown. There are a couple of people at work today who probably wished i had done just that!
I am very glad of my greenhouse,everything is doing nicely in there,the rest of the garden is just a sea of mud I have had a glut of raspberries,so i am making raspberry vodka and vinegar.I have also made some chili relish.It also looks like i will have loads of tomatoes soon.
As for flikr scorp,i have no idea how you can go about getting in there.I have it on my favourite list on the pc,so,i just click,and i am straight in to my space without signing anything,perhaps,when you do get in,you should try it.
I think i will go and try some raspberry vodka now

Raspberry vodka You'd better save some of that for your (hopefully soon, can't wait visit) or else!!!

Have so far, managed to sort out my Yahoo a/c - it seems (you will know from those spurious e-mails) that my addy had been compromised - I have taken the necessary steps to stop that. I can get into Flickr now; but uploading seems to present a problem at the moment - will no doubt sort it in due course.

Glad you have sorted your yahoo blip.
Of course i will save you some raspberry vodka,being a greedy pig,i tried it too soon and it was not flavoursome enough,by September it will be yummy
It finally stopped raining today and i can actually get to my car without having to wear wellies
Next weekend,we have the Olympic torch coming to town,Friday night will be manic,i won't be bothering myself,i have given my tickets to Sarah.The town never lays on enough transport for these things and the last time we had a big event,it took me two and a half hours to get a bus home and there were no taxis either
Re the holiday,can we do the Heights of Abraham? It looks pretty good to me.