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rustyruth Posts: 18773 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England | quotePosted at 15:33 on 13th December 2013 Good news about the lottery ticket Hope you've had a good week despite the weather. I suspect you'll be thinking about organising a trip for next year when you get home tomorrow. |
Dave John Posts: 22335 Joined: 27th Feb 2011 Location: England | quotePosted at 15:51 on 13th December 2013 It's always good here Ruth irrespective of the weather. Over the years been all over the country but there is just something about this place that makes me keep coming back. Not so sure about starting to plan next years visits tomorrow, already started thinking about them this week. Forgot to mention but also won a Dizzy Blondestamped pint glass last night. Asked John how much I could buy one off him for and he handed me over for free..... Well Happy now. All I need is now is a pump handle badge to go with it but that might be pushing my luck. |
rustyruth Posts: 18773 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England | quotePosted at 16:00 on 13th December 2013 That's very nice of him, we have a huge box of pump badges given to us a few years ago by a friend of ours when he closed his pub to convert into cottages. There are hundreds of them, I can't see there being a Dizzy Blonde but it will cost nothing for me to look. You'll have to give me a bit of time to drag the box out of storage and have a look |
rustyruth Posts: 18773 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England | quotePosted at 20:31 on 13th December 2013 No luck with the pump badge Dave, sorry. It was worth a look though. |
Dave John Posts: 22335 Joined: 27th Feb 2011 Location: England | quotePosted at 21:05 on 13th December 2013 No problem Ruth. It was a very long shot but thanks anyway |
rustyruth Posts: 18773 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England | quotePosted at 22:34 on 13th December 2013 Safe journey home tomorrow. Hope the M62 is kind to you, I looked out of the bedroom window before it got dark, we can just see it up between Scammonden and Windy Hill, it was nose to tail traffic crawling along. |
Dave John Posts: 22335 Joined: 27th Feb 2011 Location: England | quotePosted at 22:40 on 13th December 2013 Thanks Ruth, usually thereabouts 9-930 if i get away on time and don't usually have problems but it is Xmas shopping time innit? So just takemy time and hope for the best |
Dave John Posts: 22335 Joined: 27th Feb 2011 Location: England | quotePosted at 20:21 on 14th December 2013 Oh well the sad day day dawned early, time to go home!!!! Was up at 7.00 topping up with go-juice at 7.15, owners keys in post box 7.20 and walked into my house around 10.45 having take one 'comfort' break on route and collected my cat from the cattery. So all in all a very good run with no delays apart from a relatively short stretch of 50mph roadworks on the M62. But would much rather not had to make it, could quite happily have stayed for another week. Now to start planning next years visits which will hopefully give me better opportunity for more interesting rubbish to pass on to you all. Thanks for reading thisweeks efforts just a pity the weather did not play ball, but let's be fair it is December and it is England ! ! ! |
rustyruth Posts: 18773 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England | quotePosted at 20:28 on 14th December 2013 You've provided some good reads as ever Dave. Glad the journey home went OK. Just a idea, have you ever thought of booking for 2 weeks ? Problem is then you'd get so settled getting you home at all would be impossible |
Dave John Posts: 22335 Joined: 27th Feb 2011 Location: England | quotePosted at 20:52 on 14th December 2013 Have thought of that several times Ruth. But I do like my 3 or 4 separate weeks spread over the year, but 2 in one go is a very tempting proposition depending what deal the owners would do. But having said that, i hate going back to work after a weekend, let alone one week away, so goodness knows how I'd feel after two weeks. Honestly cannot remember the last time I took 2 weeks holiday from work in one go. What I really need is money (but don't we all) but a decent 2 bedroom cottage in Ambleside is well over £300K now!! Although in the area I stay is a block of 'over 55's' accomodation which includes parking space and a warden on site!! A 1bedroomed, living room, bathroom and kitchen apartment in there goes for aound £135K but there is a quite hefty maintenance fee of around £130 a month but i still need a windfall to even think of considering that !!! |