Yawn Yawn, Wakey WAKEY... 2014...

Good morning everyone ,have we got our quota of bounceability and wearing our bestest smile on this bonus of an August bank holiday morning,of course we have enjoy your day and take care my friends

 

Aloha everyone,

It has been raining all night and the weather map shows it stopping tomorrow afternoon. At least I won't need to put the sprinkler on today I'm sure we can all still enjoy our Bank Holiday despite the weather. My umbrella is going to enjoy a day out for a change.

Our friends should be arriving soon and we'll discuss the guest houses that I've found for us to have a look at. They aren't the ones that come with us at this time of year but always come with us earlier in the year. Some of the places have quite impressive rooms for a B&B guest house but need to have a room on the ground floor with a shower. I'll also check how soft the mattresses are and how I feel about the owners - don't want a John Cleese/Faulty Towers character .

This is one of the places I've found which has this as their only ground floor room.



Loli, you should get over to the Lakes as it isn't really all that far from you.

Eve, it's worth a proper visit if you're up in that direction. I'd be happy to give info on places to visit and things to do as I've been guiding people around the place for forty years.

Moyra, I hope your machine is OK now. Never click on any links or attachments unless they're something that you're expecting. Wrap up well for your doggy walk today

Zigs, Keep well and may your umbrella never have holes!

Woo, waterproof your wings before flying today and have a Bouncability Day

We shall be off to the Countess of Warwick show this afternoon - with umbrellas.

Have a great day

Aloha!

 

Good , morning all my friends hope that you are all feeling good this morning.enjoy your day and take care

 

Aloha everyone,

Well, what a wet day it was yesterday. We still went over to the Countess of Warwick's Country Show and we certainly needed our umbrellas and waterproof shoes! It's held at a big country estate and gardens about 17 miles from us. The estate is her ancestral home and she was a descendant of Charles II. She married the 5th Earl of Warwick and, later, went to live at Warwick Castle. She was the mistress of The Prince of Wales (Edward VII). Her nickname was 'Daisy' and she was the inspiration for the song 'Daisy, Daisy'.

As it was so wet we didn't go until 2 p.m. because we were going to need to stay there until 4 p.m. (the time for Mrs Shiney to collect here entries in the show).

It was a proper country show with horse show, dog show, traction engines, veteran cars, art show, lots of side shows around the main arena and loads of events. As my shoulder/neck is still not better I didn't have a go at the plate smashing or 'hit the bell' etc. We had a good laugh at the children's 'dog control' competition. It's the doggy version of musical chairs. They all had to walk around the arena in a circle and when the music stopped the dogs had to sit. The last one to sit was out - but the dog got a biscuit anyway!

One three year old girl was a treat to watch. She had a small mongrel dog that was still bigger than her!! Each time the music stopped she yelled' stop' to the dog and slapped him on his bum. The tone of voice she used made me think that she was going to grow up to be very bossy

Mrs Shiney didn't enter any of our fruit or veg but entered three flower arranging classes and six handicraft classes. She won three firsts, three seconds, one third and the other two were 'Highly commended'.

One of the judges told me that, after the judging, when she saw the names of the competitors she went off looking for an entry in the runner bean section! She's a member of my bridge club and buys runners from me. Having looked at the entries we could easily have got another 'first' .

Have a great day and may your umbrella always pop up

Aloha!

 

Sorry, Zigs, I don't know.