The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: WinslowPorker on July 01, 2010, 09:23:00 am
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Hi all, its getting to tthat time of year where we are looking forward to a break.
I am off to Cornwall for a long weekend in 3 weeks time with Princess and then a few days out, anyone up to anything?
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Hello WP I hope you have a nice break and the weather stays nice.A true fact Kath and I HAVE NEVER HAD A HOLIDAY AWAY FROM HOME FOR A WEEK OR WHATEVER. We always went for Days The Royal Show at Stoneliegh Park Now no longer The Smithfield Fat stock show at Olympia.and things like that never a week away :D :farmer:
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I am off to London for 2 nights in 3 weeks time and this will be my first day off since January. Going to see the new Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Love Never Dies". Just looking forward to getting away. Have a great time in Cornwall.
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I am praying for a holiday, I wish I could go on holiday now.
We have major building work on and everything is upside down, the house is like a barn with mud floors and dusty as hell and we have no bathroom - though its being delivered today. I am even contemplating going on 'holiday' just on the other side of the estuary just to clear my lungs and have a nice bath.
I do have a day at the F1 coming up in two weeks which I am looking forward too.
Summer holidays are busy here on the camp site and I like to be here watching over the yard.
Ta
Baz
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No holiday this year, in fact not really had one since 2002 just a few days away in the caravan but sold that now as I really did not enjoy caravaning. Somehow something went wrong every time we tried to go away so gave up. HOWEVER !!! we have booked a weeks cruise for next year as it will be my 60th birthday.
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Hello Baz We haven't been to Silverstone since Fangio, Moss and Karl Kling drove fully enveloped cars and they complained that they could not see the wheels they still finished 1st 2nd and 4th.So next season they drove conventional cars with a wheel at each corner like all the others At that time Mid 50's Ferrari didn't seem to finish most races How times have changed.I am no sure for the better though!
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nothing planned here - goat still needs milking and i need to find someone happy to do that without forking out loads for a smallholder sitter.
also august is plum harvest, we'll be up tree's most of th at month!! enjoy cornwall WP
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Enjoy. NO holidays for us, can't leave the pigs.
James is Love Never Dies the sequal to Phantom? If so, how I envy you.
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Enjoy. NO holidays for us, can't leave the pigs.
James is Love Never Dies the sequal to Phantom? If so, how I envy you.
Yes HM it is, I bought the sound track for it when it came out and it is just amazing. I was a huge fan of Phantom and have see it in the theatre many, many times. Yes I'm sad!
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Just back from Germany with the school, but not going anywhere else till october
Cornwall for a long weekend
-- LUCKY u, love Cornwall
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Not sad at all. I loved phantom. Will have to get the new soundtrack.
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Do, you will love it. I am really looking forward to seeing the show.
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nothing planned here - goat still needs milking and i need to find someone happy to do that without forking out loads for a smallholder sitter.
also august is plum harvest, we'll be up tree's most of th at month!! enjoy cornwall WP
Thought of a smallholder swap?
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I don't know of any other local smallholders but I do have a friend who has said she'd love to come and stay and look after our animals as she and her hubby have always wanted goats/chickens etc but don't have the space so maybe...
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Like Bazzais we are in the middle of building work so no holiday possible - also we have the chooks, pigs and dogs so not viable to leave the smallholding in any event. HOWEVER we are going to have a well earned break when the scaffold comes down (mid July whooppee) and have promised ourselves not to go onto the building site for a whole week ;D Really looking forward to a week of not putting the building clothes on and instead taking the opportunity to go to the beaches with the pups (though the beaches we can go to are restricted because of the Summer Beach Dog ban here in Cornwall :( )
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Summer holidays ?
Ahhh, i can vaugely remember what they are :D
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I am in that group Long hot days Light until 11 pm because it was double summertime then Followed quickly with another fortnights off for tattie pickin Them were the days when one hadn't a care in the world ;D :farmer:
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I can remember tattie pickin', £4 a day
Funny tho', you never see that these days
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SudanPan i am not sure which part of Cornwall you are in but there used to be a flyer available on a website which showed all the dog friendly beaches in Cornwall, i know its a nightmare coz we have a couple of dogs, which we always clean up behind, however its the usual case of a minority of irresponsible owners that spoil it for us. my dogs love the beach too
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http://www.thecornishcoast.co.uk/DOGM.htm
There are also links for places that never allow dogs, and those places which sometimes allow dogs.
Hope it helps :)
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Hey up Julie Thats a posh hen hut and hen my word ;D :farmer:
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We never go away in the summer. We love it in England when the sun shines etc. But the winter is another matter. We always go abroad, either Florida or Australia for a couple of months.
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http://www.thecornishcoast.co.uk/DOGM.htm
There are also links for places that never allow dogs, and those places which sometimes allow dogs.
Hope it helps :)
WP, JulieS - yep we use the Beach Map - Loe Bar is the place of choice closest to us during the summer - otherwise we like Praa Sands, Marazion, Gwithian and Carbis Bay during the 'allowed' months :D
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We went to Florida in April but hope to have a week in Cornwall in August. We're really lucky father in law is happy to look after the animals so that's great.
Enjoy wp!
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;)we spend our summer going to shows rather than going away on holiday so far we have had a day at newark a day at the sufolk show 3 days at the EOE even took the vintage tractor a day at the lincoln show a day at the royal norfolk and going to have 3 days at the great yorkshire a few more day shows after the yorkshire. we much prefer this arangement to a normal holiday and we get to see lots of friends this way and their animals ;)
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We have all ways done that sort of thing chickinfeed I used to spend a lot of time at John Simpson's but I cannot even manage that now.I called to see Dave Boyle's on the way to Rand last week but he were out so I don't know how Ashley is doing.I couldn't even climb up on the McClaren to video the motion now Sam's got it done Did you see it at Carrington? :farmer:
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Sudanpan - Kennack Sands East is wonderful with the dogs - a nice long stretch of beach, and also Coverack is good once you've scrambled across the stones. Both ok all year. And for a little cove, Durgan is nice and very close to us.
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Last full of week and then getting ready for my Cornwall tour next Thursday!
Looking forward to my visit to Ford Mill Farm and hopefully seeing some piglets with jess..... (oh and i may have to put a little fishing rod in for the lake if ok JulieS, Jess is adamant she wants to catch some fish, so may take her out mackerel fishing as well.)
I know its only Monday but................... COME ON FRIDAY HURRY UP!!!!!!!!!!!
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Really looking forward to meeting you both next week WP - not long to go now!!
Yes, put a fishing rod in for Jess. She's sure to catch one here.....and if she likes fishing then a trip out for mackerel would be great for her.
No piglets as yet. Rosie is keeping us waiting..and waiting....and waiting!
:) :) :)
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Oh dear and we were so looking forward to what you and the Princesses did over the weekend.For Kath and I it was awfull here in Grimsby the temperature got up to 33c in our back yard.We had to stay indoors and all the plants were drooping at 6pm fed them watered them again fine sprayed the leaves and flowers.My they look well this morning at 5.30am It's RAINING Kath says Shall have to go and look forgot what it looks like ;D :farmer:
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Enjoy the rain Wiz :-)
Luckily we haven't had the very, very hot temperatures here. I bet that rain feels good there.
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SHE has bin at me. Come on in out the rain you will get wet and catch a kode. No I weaint I am not chasing one.Kode shoder for lunch :farmer:
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Will be her first fishing trip! hopefully she wont jump in with the net :D
thats Monday nearly done!
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I hope Jess is ready for all this excitement It will be You must let it go back its so nice Daddy you mustn't kill it :farmer: :D