Saturday 26 April 2008

Rainy Saturday.

                  

Good Afternoon, Its not a very nice day for us today it has been raining it now and the sun may show up eventually. I am hoping to get out for a wee bit and put a new cover on my mini greenhouse so I can get some seedling out soon. I planted Cosmos three weeks ago and I would like to get them out to the mini greenhouse before we go on holiday as it is a bit warm for them on my sunny kitchen window.

We went out for our normal coffee this morning and the place was nearly deserted I think everybody must be saving their petrol/diesel just in case. I have noticed it has been very quiet traffic wise most of the week there seems to be fuel here as there were a few customers on the forecourt but no queue.

Stuart and I are getting a bit worried about our holiday we have 420 miles to travel it’s a long way there and just as far back again. We have enough petrol to get us well over the border and hope we can get filled up again south of Newcastle. Our cottage is already paid for and if we don’t get it’s a lot of money to lose.

Going to get the suitcases out of the loft and get started to pack not that everything is ready as the weather up here has been so bad this week I still have a few things that I have not had on yet this spring and would like to get them freshened up before we go.

Am going to take my laptop with me but I don’t know if I will be able to get a online connection while we are away but intend to keep a journal while we are away so I will put that in when we get back. I think that’s about it for today I see the sun is now shining so off to fix the greenhouse. Bye for now. Love all morning and rained most of the day yesterday. It does seem to be drying up a bye for now. Love

                                                                       

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Quite sunny down here today, which is nice, hopefully this strike will not affect your holiday, (such a pain),

Have a good weekend

Yasmin
xx

Anonymous said...

It is a lovely sunny day here ,I have just a tee shirt on and am doing lots of washing,I do hope your petrol gets you over the border ,makes you sound like a fugitive hee hee it wont be long now and you will be in Allys Norfolk ...love Jan xx

Anonymous said...

lovely sunny day here - makes a change
don;t worry about fuel it WON'T be a problem!

Anonymous said...

So far we are not having any problems here in the Lakes.  I filled up at Morrison's yesterday without a problem.   (Except the price!)  £1.07 a litre.  I beieve that is cheaper than most garages though.
We too have rain.  Hope your holiday fairs well for you and you have a lovely time.
I have my little seedlings out under cover.  I want to put them in the ground as they are getting leggy but our weather is so changeable I'm not sure if I should or not.  
Love
Jeanie xxx

Anonymous said...

I hope you manage to get the petrol you need Joan. It's been a lovely hot sunny day here today, I had a great walk of five miles with no coat! Let's hope it'll stay like this for when you get down to England. I hope you managed to get the plants in the mini greenhouse. Have a great weekend! Jeannette xx  http://journals.aol.co.uk/jlocorriere05/Welcometomytravels  

Anonymous said...

Hi Joan there does not seem to be a problem at the petrol stations ~ havn't seen queues ~ well no more than usual on a Saturday ~ the Sun has been shining all day so here's hoping you get good weather for your holiday ~ Ally x

Anonymous said...

Hi joan it's been a lovely day here today.I have cut all the three lawns.PHEW hard work but it looks neat and tidy.I believe you will be OK for petrol.People seem to panick buy at these times and I think it's silly.You will be ok!! theres been no queues here from what friends have said.Goo dluck with the seeds> I hope you can get a connection whilst away,if not looking forward to reading lots of posts about your holiday afterwards.Take Care God Bless Kath astoriasand http://journals.aol.co.uk/astoriasand/MYSIMPLERHYMES

Anonymous said...

WE had lovely sunny weather here yesterday as well, sorry about your rain!  The petrol thing is a real worry.  I do hope that you have no problems with that as you go on your holiday.  Saying a little prayer to that end for you.  I hope you have a lovely time and return to us safe and sound and full of lovely stories to tell.
love,
Marie
http://ayearatoakcottage.blogspot.com/

Anonymous said...

Have a great holiday Joan.  Will be looking for to reading your holiday journal.    
Dawn                    

Anonymous said...

I'm sure you will manage to get there Joan :o)  They say there is emergency back up supplies but this is an extreme measure.  So you'll be fine xx  Hope you have a fab holiday and I can't wait to read it when you get back xx

Jenny

http://journals.aol.co.uk/Jmoqueen/MyLife

Anonymous said...

We will have to take out a loan to get petrol soon.
Jenny <><