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10 minutes ago, Josy1953 said:

Same cul-de-sac.  

Really?? I can't see how it could possibly get passed, surely the council would need to look at the parking situation. Its not just a house having an extension, its a business in a residential area. I'm going to get on my soap box in a minute.

51 minutes ago, Josy1953 said:

The postman delivered bad news this morning in the form of a notification of change in use for the neighbouring 5 bedroom house that was sold in February.

The owners (not yet moved in) have applied for planning permission to extend it for use as a care home.  We now have to fill in a form online to explain our objections to the plan.  The people next to us are furious because they think that the extension will mean that the new people will be able to see into their bedroom.  For us it means that our previously very private garden will be visible to the new people so no more nude sunbathing 🤣

I have just filled out the objection form on the council site but I  doubt that it will make a difference.  DH thinks that we should put our bungalow up for sale and move out of the area so he is now busy looking at estate agents and has already arranged for 2 agents to come and give us valuations next week. 🤔

Oh Josy I really feel for you. Its not just the fact re privacy etc its all the increase in traffic, staff cars, ambulances, doctors, hairdressers plus visitors. Is it in the same cul de sac or on a different road with plenty of parking? 

Northern lights to be visible again tonight anytime after 10:30 😁

9 minutes ago, Jennizor said:

Thanks Avril and Kalos. I think I will pot it up just to see what it turns out to be. We have loads of birds flying into the garden from the woods so it sounds worth a try. Xx

There are some free apps on Google where you can take a photo of the plant and they will identify it for you.

3 minutes ago, Adawn47 said:

What a beautiful girl. I'm sure you'll discover what she's done soon. How could you not forgive her when she looks like that?

Avril

Oh Avril butter would'nt melt, this one was stealing the tea towel and playing catch me if you can!

Couldn't resist posting this pic, hope it makes you smile. Cheddar is practising her Dobby ears and looking rather guilty about something?

2 hours ago, Clodia said:

Good to read this as I have 15735 next spring.

Fantastic choice you'll love it. Just be prepared for the DJ but then again you might like his music!😁 

4 hours ago, cruisefan2012 said:

I got what I wanted today !! 

 

Happy Days !!

Snap! Now its just a waiting game 😁

12 minutes ago, doog442 said:

 

Yes we had ' DJ Griggsy'  belting out his Ibiza chillout music from the sunset bar below on our Caribbean in Jan. We noticed he alternates between deck 8 and deck 16 so good to hear there's no noise when he's upstairs. Annoying as he was it hasn't put us booking another aft cabin, on deck 14 this time and just out of the pool waterfall drop zone. ☔ Those suites look lovely by the way.

Don't think he was upstairs on our cruise, if he was we didn't hear him. It felt like being back in the 90's at a rave when he was on in the sunset bar, it didn't put us off, the accommodation far outweighed the music.

32 minutes ago, CBG_Russ said:

That's great info thank you.

 

As per a previous post how did you find the lack of sun on the balcony?

Not a problem it all depends on time of day and direction you are travelling in, you can always move around to the side or shuffle the loungers/chairs around.

3 minutes ago, CBG_Russ said:

No, All the other corner suites were taken. The shade won't bother us to be honest and I was hoping the pool area will close early and open late although we are very early risers normally.

We stayed in 15735 on Arvia last year they are fantastic. We had no problems with noise from above our only gripe was the DJ in the bar below but he was based on starboard side not port. I'm sure you will enjoy, have a great time.

59 minutes ago, Eglesbrech said:

It’s raining men / the weather girls 

 

Why does it always rain on me / Travis (watch the Glastonbury video)

You beat me to it!

12 minutes ago, Mama.nurse said:

After reading all your advice I will keep an eye because this was quite a big difference in price but as it's our 10th year wedding anniversary and 20th year together we thought we'd splash out a bit, if service isn't up to scratch then I will raise the issue. Thank you. 

Don't get me wrong we have had some excellent butlers who have gone above and beyond and I hope that last years experience was just a fluke. Wishing you all a fantastic cruise on a beautiful ship...enjoy 😁

34 minutes ago, Mama.nurse said:

Ok, it was just because the booking slot comes out the day before at 10am and we will be on a couple of excursions the day before. But if it's not possible it's not a problem just wanted to see what the butler can do to help us with a young family. 

If he's anything like the one we had on Arvia last year he will do as little as possible. In the past our butler has been more than happy to book reservations in the MDR or speciality restaurants for us as well as arranging with the manager so that our daughter (not in the suite) could dine with us for breakfast. Last year he said he was unable to do any of that and it had to be done on the app. Totally useless, unless we were just unlucky.

33 minutes ago, Josy1953 said:

Why would they have waited longer for Intercruises ?  I think that it is likely that they would wait as long as they could whichever coach company was held up by problems on the motorway because P&O would surely prefer that the passengers were on the ship regardless of which coach they were on.  If it was ever found that the decision to sail without the passengers was influenced by the coach company it would be very bad publicity for them.  I think that it is probably more likely that the decision was influenced by the port officials or by the tides.

Yes quite but I just wonder if it would have made a decision  on the preferred operator, just IMO, I feare a lot of insurance claims coming on.

3 hours ago, P&O SUE said:

It was Eavesway, haven’t seen anything else about it, I’m gutted for them.

So am I, also for the poor driver. What an awful situation to be in. We have travelled with Eavesway countless times and never had any problems, I wonder if it had been Intercruises the ship would have waited longer. Aurora was going on a 16 night Northern Lights cruise, such a shame.

55 minutes ago, P&O SUE said:

Morning all, just seen that due to an awful crash on the M6 yesterday Aurora left without a coach!! Those poor people, I’d be devastated. I can’t find many details but it seems they did wait for a while for them. 

Do we know which company it was, Intercruises or Eavesway?

1 hour ago, Purdey16 said:

Well we arrived in perranporth at 10 o’clock this morning and they let us in to our caravan early.

check in was supposed to be 4 o’clock so bonus, also has we were the first visitors of the year we got a bottle of Prosecco and two cuddles teddies, all good except we didn’t have any heating or hot water until 3 o’clock as the boiler was broke , all fix now and cozy and warm because it’s freezing and chuffing windy , had a scout around to get our bearings and had to have a local pasty and some wet stuff to go with it after all I’m a classy girl 😂😂

Absolutely love Perranporth, we usually stay on Perran Sands which is ideally placed for everything. Have you visited Healeys Cider Farm? Best cream teas anywhere.

1 hour ago, Sarah1974 said:

The cost for fortnightly garden waste collection on the Isle of Wight is over £100 per year!

Wow now that is steep!

Good morning everyone here is a message for anyone who comes under Stoke City Council. You can now register to have your garden waste collected all year round at a cost of £40. Not bad really when you look at other parts of the country.

2 hours ago, pete14 said:

have to say, having power of attorney for both health and finance was a great help and I recommend anyone with vulnerable or elderly family members to apply for it.

Pete I echo every word. When my mum developed dementia we did not have POA and had to go through the Court of Protection. This turned out to be very very expensive, so anyone reading this with elderly parents please apply for power of attorney.

1 hour ago, Tommart said:

Very difficult to get these away from Staffordshire, so we're going to have to make some.  Any thoughts from local experts on this recipe please?

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/staffordshireoatcake_92371

Sounds good, give them a go and let us know how you get on. Make sure they are really thin though.

1 hour ago, Presto2 said:

Found this .. a nice little short film with even Robbie's dad making an appearance !

 

Oh wow thats my Hole in the Wall! Glenn never did get his new build and the old shop was demolished to make way for new houses, such a shame. Thank you Presto2, brings back a lot of memories.

Here you go a good old Staffordshire oatcake with bacon and cheese......mmmm

12 hours ago, Presto2 said:

Highland Oatcakes are the best we think though the ones opposite Central Forest Park from 'Six Towns' are good too - though rather on the large side. (ie not thick but large!) 

Yes they are massive!