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  • 2012
    • March
      • Family Tales 1 Nanny Seguss
        12/03/04
        After reading a blog written by a FB friend (Little white cottage) I thought what a good idea. I have been climbing my family tree for years now and have discovered lots of family folklore and stories and I’d like to share them with family and friends because all too soon these stories and tales ar

    • January
      • New links on above panorama
        12/01/29
        My other half, the computer guru who lives up in the loft, has now put a recent image and added links to the panorama at the top of this blog page. So not only can you spin round to make yourself dizzy you can also click on pictures and items in my room and learn a bit more. As you scroll across c

      • Food Prices
        12/01/28
        Why is it some days everything irritates? I’ve been full of grumps and groans this week. The ‘media’ inform us regularly of the inflation figures but sorry guys I don’t believe you. The BBC recently stated (I quote) ‘However, food prices rose by 1.4%, despite recent fierce competition between the

      • 2011 Travels
        12/01/25
        It’s almost the end of January. Where did the month go?
        Where did the last year go?
        I’ll tell you where:-
        January = Hibernation Mode
        February = Woke from Hibernation
        March = Lancashire to Celebrate my Sister’s 60th Birthday
        April = Off to Glastonbury, then onto Wales v

  • 2011
    • December
      • Lancashire time
        11/12/10
        This last week in Lancashire has absolutely shot by! But what a lovely time I have had. A couple of days ago I bumped into my youngest cousin, Andrew, in a supermarket. I cannot honestly remember the last time I even saw him. It was lovely to catch up on all the family gossip!!! I cannot honestly

      • Good Morning Preston
        11/12/09
        I am sat in the student flat where my niece Wendy resides watching Preston slowly wake up. A seagull is circling outside stretching his wings and the building opposite is swallowing up the office workers for another day of tedium. Me? I’m drinking a cuppa and planning my shopping list! Early reti

      • Modern Cars! Hmmph!
        11/12/03
        Yesterday I drove the 300 miles between Worthing and Blackburn to get my ‘Lancashire Fix.’ Six miles into the journey I suddenly realise that technology is moving backwards where cars are concerned. I remember not so long ago when all cars had a little orange light on each corner that would flash

    • November
      • Day 27
        11/11/27
        I’m still trying to complete the Nano Wri mo challenge of writing 50,000 words during the month of November. Somehow I don’t think I’ll make it!
        :| :| :| :|
        I am up to a word count of 38,000 but as there are only three days left I cannot see myself managing 4,000 words a day. But hey n

      • Day 18
        11/11/18
        Well I am now over half way on my quest to write 50,000 words in the month of November. The problem is we are now well over half way through the month. So today I am determined to play catch up! I am still going back on myself to right the wrongs! My best one yet was to send two blokes into a dark c

      • Writers Block
        11/11/13
        The NaNoWriMo challenge to write 50,000 words during November sounded like a good idea when I signed up; now the attraction is starting to fade just a tad. I’m almost up to 20,000 words which sounds good but I’m starting to slow up and I am now about 1,500 words behind schedule. My problem is I ha

      • Come and visit me!
        11/11/11
        Husbands can be useful at times! After 35 years of marriage he has really proved his worth this week!! He has been ferreting away sprucing up my blog page. If you look above there is a 360° panorama of my writing room if you click and drag you can spin around the room, go up and down and scroll i

      • Day 10
        11/11/10
        Day 10 of the challenge to write 50,000 words in 30 days and so far its going well. Almost 16,000 words done but I feel the enthusiasm lagging! It seemed such a good idea when I started but now the distractions are easier! Yesterday was planned as a full day of writing till an old work colleague,

      • Writing and research
        11/11/04

        I am now 10,000 words into my dragon story and waiting for my brain to seize up! So far it's all going smoothly but then it has been three or four years in the planning! It is such escapism but at times I almost lose touch with reality!
        This morning I decided to ‘goggle’ herbal medi

      • NaNoWriMo first day!
        11/11/01
        Well so far the NaNoWriMo writing challenge is going really well. 2,395 words done, only another 47,605 to go! I stayed up until after midnight last night and managed 390ish before my head hit the keyboard and my brain went to mush! I am also in the process of trying to get to grips with Google p

    • October
      • NaNoWrMo
        11/10/28


        I have been spending the last few days cogitating on the plot for my NaNoWriMo challenge. See here for details of the challenge:- I've almost completed the storyline in my head! I had three possible stories to choose from but I decided to play safe and write about my Faerie Dragons

      • Travels 2011
        11/10/12
        I have decided to stop ‘faffing’ about and get on with my Blog.
        A little often is better than nothing at all so my Other Half tells me! :-oo We have had a brilliant summer (Well NOT weather wise) travelling in our Minniebago. We set off in April with a visit to Mendip Height Caravan and campi

  • 2010
    • May
      • Off on our Travels for 2010
        10/05/06
        Sunday the 11th of April dawned reasonably well and our Bongo had been fettled and packed the previous two days so we were off! We enjoyed a really quiet drive to Hinton Ampner where we stopped for coffee then onwards to Mendips Camping and Caravan Site just outside the lovely little village of Pri

  • 2009
    • November
      • Where did the Summer Go?
        09/11/06


        Sitting here listening to the fireworks and the rain battering against the window it seems like summer is a long distant memory! We spent three weeks in the July and August touring Scotland, travelling all the way up to John O'Groats and the Isle of Skye. Our trusty Bongo didn

    • June
      • Bongo Bash 2009
        09/06/24


        Thursday saw us heading towards the annual gathering of Bongos at Lickhill Manor in Stourport.[more] The sky in Worthing was cloudless but as we headed away gradually the clouds appeared, albeit the little fluffy variety! After the usual couple of ‘pit stops’ we soon found ourselves dr

      • Blooming Summer is on it's way!
        09/06/02


        The sun has been glorious the last two days but as a nation we are never satisfied. If it rains it’s too wet, if it doesn’t rain us gardeners are [more] moaning, when the temperature does go up its too hot for some. My garden at the moment looks like the weather has ‘got it right’ for o

    • May
      • Verwood Here We Come!
        09/05/17


        We waited until everyone was heading back to work after the early May bank holiday and the weather had improved before venturing off on our travels again. [more] We booked two nights at the Camping and Caravan Club Verwood site, packed up Minnie and off we set. It was really good heading

      • Time! A very strange commodity
        09/05/17


        Time has always fascinated me. We measure it in seconds, minutes, hours, days etc, but when it comes to the actual thing it seems to be so variable. I like the quotation “Time is nature's way of making sure that everything doesn't happen at once”. There is no fear of that hap

  • 2008
    • November
      • Travels Around Sunny Sussex
        08/11/12


        Today was a day I had not been looking for ward to for some weeks. A dental appointment and the idea of three fillings fills me with dread! But fate smiled on me -[more] they cancelled the appointment -0-0-0-!)))
        As the day was beautiful and sunny we decided to make the most of i

      • The Gloom has gone!
        08/11/11
        :)

        The sun is out the sky is blue again and my mood is lifted!
        Must make the most of it while I can.
        I'm of to battle with the mound of leaves on the lawn ....

        Kneck

      • The Gloom!
        08/11/10
        The weather outside today is dismal and dreary. The weather does affect my mood so much. I get up on a sunny morning and immediately swing into action. Whereas this morning I crawled out of bed and I'm doing everything possible, even writing this, to avoid housework or writing. I've sca

    • October
      • Autumn Travels
        08/10/19

        Where do I begin – The song ‘I’ve been everywhere’ comes to mind! *-))))))G
        The third week in September we headed up towards Horsley Caravan & Camping club site. [more] It is a lovely tranquil site, which boasts a nice fishing lake. We were amused to see the anglers sat one side of

    • August
      • Punting up The River Cam!
        08/08/23
        We set off Thursday – travelling via Hatfield Forest for lunch. Although it was busy there was plenty of space for everyone and it was lovely to see children enjoying a good ‘old fashioned’ day out picnicking and playing in the woods. We then carried on to the Cambridge Caravan and camping club ca

      • Travels with the Bongo
        08/08/06
        The gap in proceedings is because we have been travelling in Minnie (AKA Ford Freda AKA Mazda Bongo). Mid July was spent ambling around Canterbury & Guildford, visiting nearby National Trust properties such as Ightham Moat, Scotney Castle, Sissinghurst & Dapdune Wharf. They are all very sc

    • July
      • Bongo Pimping!
        08/07/01
        We got our Minniebago (AKA Mazda Bongo, AKA Ford Freda), joined the Bongo Fury club, read the forum, went to the Bongo Bash and were in awe of how others spend hours and pounds pimping their vehicles. But alas we are now being 'sucked in'. On the hottest day of the year so far Geoff (My

    • June
      • Bongo Bash 2008 and Travels
        08/06/29

        We decided the idea of over 200 bongos grazing in a field near Stourport must be a sight to see so on Thursday we headed off in the general direction of the 2008 Bongo Bash [more]at Stourport stopping on the way at the Broadway tower for Geoff to do a Panorama. It was nice and quiet there and

      • Bongoliers are we!
        08/06/13
        We have now 'gathered more of the necessities for our Minniebago and Geoff has taken his first Panorama of the inside of her.
        (Doesn't Geoff look a happy chappy - perhaps it's something to do with his lack of feet! =)))
        So last weekend we ventured out in Minnie to stay ov

      • Bongoliers!
        08/06/03
        The large gap in blog entries is because we now have our motor home and we have been busy getting all the bits and bobs!
        It's not so much a Winnebago - more a Minnebago! (Thanks Ian for the suggestion -she suits the name Minnie!)
        Well actually she is a Ford Freda AKA Mazda Bongo. <

    • April
      • Summer is on it's way.
        08/04/16


        Summer is on its way at last. I recently took the above pano of the very colourful beach huts along the seafront at Hove. For those of you who know us, NO that is not Geoff jogging along the seafront!
        *-))))))G

        The other sign that summer is on its way is that we went o

      • Snow in Sussex
        08/04/10


        Well after visiting Lancashire and admiring the snow up there it must have 'followed us home' to Sussex. Last Sunday we had quite a covering here in Worthing. But by time we went out on Monday it had already started disappearing from the downs. The above pano was taken fro

      • Back From Lancashire
        08/04/01


        We have not long returned from a visit to Lancashire and whilst there we also enjoyed travelling round Yorkshire Derbyshire & Cumbria. There was just a light dusting of snow which wasn't enough to stop us exploring but as you can see from above did add to the scenic beauty of t

    • March
      • Emoticons
        08/03/02
        Sorry this is just me testing that the emoticons I have downloaded actually work!

        bobobo ))))))))))!!

        -0-0-0-!)))

      • Mothers Day
        08/03/02
        Well isn't Mothers day early this year? I wonder how many people have been caught out. My son visited and I enjoyed a nice meal last night, breakfast in bed, and some lovely pressies! Mothers day always brings to mind mine and my husbands Mums who sadly are no longer with us. I can remember

    • February
      • Writing Vs Housework
        08/02/25
        Well I'm sorry about that I never did add another entry - I really did have a good day of writing and the dragon story moves onward. Chapter seven is in progress. I expect when I've finished and read the story all the way through I will realize what a load of drivel I have written. It i

      • Creative Writing and Distractions!
        08/02/17
        The sky is a sharp blue, there is no hint of wind or clouds, the birds are quarrelling on the bird table in the garden but the temperature outside is distinctly nippy. So the central heating is turned on constant and after reading my writing magazine I am fired with enthusiasm and I’m determined to

      • Spring and the North South divide
        08/02/04
        Spring is on it's way, the crocuses (or should it be Crocii?)are out. The birds are looking out for nesting boxes and the days are sunnier and longer, well down here in Worthing at least. Today we had lunch on Littlehampton beach, well okay not ON the beach but sat in the car overlooking the b

    • January
      • Housework!
        08/01/31
        I try to avoid housework at all costs but do hate living in a mess and today decided that to avoid this situation I really had to knuckle down to it! The ironing pile resembled a mountain and the dust layer upstairs seemed to be growing by the day! Trouble is the rooms I haven't 'attacked

      • Bird Boxes
        08/01/29
        Well Murphy's law has been very much in evidence here in gloomy Sussex this week. As I had a bird table that is well visited by feathered friends I decided to go the whole hog and buy a bird box. As is usual for me I went to buy one item and came away from the garden centre with more! I boug

      • The Gloom Returns!
        08/01/23
        Well the gloom has returned once again but yesterday was a real treat, you could almost have mistaken it for a spring day! We walked out to Seaford Headand Seven Sister to peruse the view. When I've taken the photos off the camera I'll put a couple up here. The wood from the Ice Prince do

      • Motivation and time - time and motion!
        08/01/22
        Well there is a funny orange globe in the sky, AKA the sun, and I can feel hibernation mode coming to an end! The weather has been so gloomy and 'sit upon' of late it's been difficult to get motivated to do anything. To help me focus I sat and compiled a list of things to do then p

  • 2007
    • November
      • Dragons!
        07/11/17
        Where do the days go? I'll tell you where - they whizz by in a mingle of housework, shopping and writing other things besides blogs.

        I am at the moment writing a longer story about the dragons that inhabit a park somewhere in Lancashire. Those who know me will soon work out where t

    • August
      • Pensions!
        07/08/03
        :asd:

        I'm definitely in my grumpy old woman mode. Yesterday I went to the DSS office to find out about my state pension entitlement. There emblazoned in the foyer was the fact that this was where all enquiries regarding all benefits could be made. I joined the queue and stood patie

      • Photos & Pension
        07/08/02
        Well I now know how to put pictures on this site so be warned - any family member whose photo I have in my possession is at danger of being embarrassed! I've started off with two of my son - his first camping trip and his first radio contact! It could have been his first bath but I'm not

    • July
      • Life & Such
        07/07/29
        :fgh: Where did those weeks go? I'll tell you - First the server died big time so I couldn't add an entry, then numerous ear infections (Why does it take the doctors so long to admit that YES there are times when antibiotics ARE needed, you think they would admit defeat after 3 courses o

    • March
      • Time
        07/03/24
        This week spent in Lancashire has been really relaxing, the sun shone the birds sang and people up here have all had time to be polite and pass the time of day with me. Time is such a strange commodity, sometimes the hours and minutes just crawl by and other times you can seem to blink and miss a w

      • Lancashire and the old days.
        07/03/21
        Well after an uneventful journey up here yesterday I am now in Lancashire. I've lived in Sussex for over thirty years now and visit Lancashire three or four times a year, sometimes more! I always enjoy visiting the old familiar 'haunts' and taking a trip down but memory lane. But s

      • Busy
        07/03/18
        Isn't technology amazing - now I've got a whole range of 'little folk' to add to my blogs and I can upload galleries of photos. I'm off to Lancs on Tuesday so watch this space Leyland Park should be full of Daffs and spring flowers. I've also been busy this week tidyi

      • Garden Centres
        07/03/11
        As today was still spring like I'm still busy planning what I'm going to do with the garden this year, so it was a visit to a garden centre that was on today’s agenda. A very slow drive with the rest of West Sussex over towards Brighton race course took us to one, where we found plenty of

      • Technology
        07/03/10
        I now know how to add pictures to my blog (I think). My other half in his wisdom has decided to install the latest version of this blogging software which has more features which means there is now even more to get my poor old grey matter round! Just when I think I have got to grips with something

      • Gardens
        07/03/09
        Today has been a lovely day - spring is springing! Went up to Highdown Gardens at lunch time and took a picnic lunch. It's the first proper chance I have had to take some macros with my new camera (Birthday pressie!), they really do look good. I do wish Hellebores would turn their faces to th

      • My Forgetter
        07/03/08
        Not only is grumpiness setting in but forgetfulness rules! I nearly forgot to do this today, so I then found myself writing BLOG in three inch high letters on a piece of paper! I love the poem that starts:-

        My forgetter's getting better
        But my rememberer is broke
        To you

      • Gardening & Food Shopping
        07/03/07
        Today saw this first visit from our gardener to mow the lawn. I don't think it ever really stopped growing this year. It certainly needed a trim and now looks better for it. The daffs,crocuses and snowdrops are all in full bloom. The sun is getting warmer and my mood is lifting, that is unt

      • Weather
        07/03/06
        Is it a sign of age I wonder when the weather affects your mood so much? Perhaps it’s a sign that I have too much time to sit and look out of the window. Yesterday morning the sun was shining, washing blowing nicely on the line and all in the world was hunky dory, even when the hailstones from now

      • Blogs!
        07/03/05
        PHEW! I made the decision this morning to add a blog - it only took nine attempts to log in! I just couldn't recall my login details! Old age is definitely creeping up on me slowly. Right now I’m into this let’s be getting on with it.

        I’ve just looked out the window at the weathe

  • 2006
    • January
      • History
        06/01/20
        I'm sat here listening to 'northern' music courtesy of Kate Rusby. I sat earlier this evening watching Christine's Garden on BBC2 - she visited Lancashire and reminisced on her past(Not too unlike mine). What is it about age that makes you wonder about the past? Is it something

      • Family Trees
        06/01/12
        Many people I am sure have wondered what their ancestors looked like, how they spent their days, how they earned a living and generally what sort of lives they led. I have for the last eight years been climbing my family tree. Some branches proved to be more gnarled than others, some had nuts on th

  • 2005
    • October
      • Remembering!
        05/10/09
        For sometime now I've dreamt of becoming a successful blogger leading onto a sucessful writer but I've fallen at the first hurdle! I have this problem remembering - just remembering - no it's not the menopause or Alzheimers disease I have always had the ability to forget! Where I�

    • August
      • Tidiness & B&Q!!
        05/08/21
        Well what a busy weekend - finally 'sorted' my little 'den'. It will be interesting to see how long it stays 'ordered'.

        Fought the battle at B&Qs and bought some shelves to put my books, dolls, CDs and all the other 'crud' of life on. Why is

      • Life and Aliens
        05/08/16
        Well I'm testing this to see if I really can become a 'blogger' and so far so good.
        I could ramble on and on for hours about nothing in particular and bore the pants off you but I had better keep it short ..... oh yes and sweet!

        Must be off and have breakfast, read the

      • First Blog post
        05/08/15
        Well this is the first posting for a quick test of the facilities.

        This could go on for ever but we will keep it short.