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Watched a handsome Green Woodpecker seeking grubs and worms in the Communal lawn yesterday. Stayed around for a good 15 minutes... A very timid bird though - will fly off if he catches sight of you moving.. jenny namaste

Not if you have a fixed rate deal @ViewAhead and can opt in or out of the differential pricing offers. I can’t see any suppliers at the moment offering variable pricing every 20 minutes as you describe. I doubt that anyone would sign up for such a scheme if it was available.

We just got to 14c and mostly overcast,now13c. Rain to arrive over night,

In have been making curries for the kids; chicken methi and a saag paneer. I'd have made a dal makhani but they don't like it. Strange critters. I am soooo hungry! Making progress on the front door front (sorry, it had to be done!) I realise how many questions need to be asked about things which...

We've had a lovely day so I made the most of it by starting the rose pruning - I've got 30 odd to do, must be mad. Severely pruned my oldest HT rose 'Royal William' to keep it in check as it's a very vigorous grower. Did two more in the wall bed but got side tracked into cutting down a Class 3...

@Fof ours aren't even showing buds! Lovely to see yours in such gorgeous colour.

New Year, slightly late new start .This Friday at 8pm, a new 3 part series from Monty Don.Part 1"Monty Don travels along the Rhine, one of Europe’s most important rivers, beginning at its source high up in the Alps and crossing four countries tracing the importance of history and culture...

Jim says not to give tinned tuna to them either. For all these years I gave all my cats the tuna water maybe once every week or two with no problems.Here was Munchkin earlier snoozing on the sofa arm ...

I was looking idly at the rain out of an upper floor window an hour ago when I saw two beautiful foxes cross the garden from right to left in single file. They seemed unhurried but businesslike - straight across the garden with no hesitation or diversions.