We are surrounded by fields of grazing horses so large sacks of one useful garden product are free... Morning all...a rather grey one here. 10,000 words of 'The Morning Gift' now rewritten.
Are you talking about "garden compost" i.e. composted material for soil conditioning or "multi-purpose & John Innes compost" i.e. for seed sowing, transplanting and containers? They are very different things.
We get free compost from the council. Its well broken down but I find it only useful for soil conditioning. As a mulch it wasn't good as it was too fine and had a lot of weed seeds in it still. Best compost for digging in - that provided by horses after 6 months maturing or make your own, but not the way a horse does it. For potting on or planting up a good JI or similar. Peat only when necessary IMO. For mulch, composted bark, lots of it, amazing how it breaks down and dissapears over the months. Gardening thread anyone?
We have a very good day here and my thermometer says 16C, 15C or 12C. The tempperature is high and I have gone red!
An article that will light up theo's eyes. http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/cricket/cricket-chief-wants-to-join-forces-with-pompey-1-5161966 Looks as if he could become a Pompey fan.
The last sentence doesn't chime so well with me, Frenchie, though I do have a lot of time for Mr Bransgrove. Without him I'm sure Hampshire cricket would not have survived financially. Obviously since moving down here I've got more interested in how the local teams do, though I've yet to go to watch Pompey since my last visit as a Hornets away fan a few years back. I remember a beer or two before hand in a CAMRA pub in Hayling Island. The nearest football team, aside from our village team, is probably Eastleigh Borough but I shan't be rushing to watch them until the 80-mile drive to Watford gets too much! I do hope the Pompey ownership model works out for them. More fan representation would be welcome in the FL in general.
As my trips across the water are limited and Brittany Ferries did their best to ensure that I no longer can afford their services, my visits to Portsmouth have been limited. My last visit did give me a little time to look around and I was quite taken back to see the football ground and the surrounding area. Very down at heel is how I would describe it and it will take a super human effort by the fans and locals to turn the whole area round. Having followed the saga that was Pompey fairly closely I think that they have a chance to build from a very low base. They, like us, are lucky to have dismissed the last owner, but they only have a tiny budget to operate with. It really is a case of the fans turning up and paying to see their team, or they will be back in trouble again. It will be interesting to watch if the model they are trying to operate will work, or a few people with money will come in and attempt to take it away from the fans.
Drove into town, arriving before 10.00am this morning to buy some fresh French bread. The baker's shop had the shutters pulled over the windows and door. Very odd as Wednesday is his day off and we know to go elsewhere. Parked up in front of the town hall, and wandered across to the shop, where I found a small notice to say that they would not be open until the 18th June. No reason given for this, but it did say that bread could be obtained from the Cafe des Sports. Never been into this bar before, which also describes itself as an internet cafe. Going in I found a few elderly men grouped around the bar having their first glasses of wine for the day. Sometimes you are looked at to see if you are known, then a few muttered greetings when they find you are a stranger. Not in the Cafe des Sports though. Everyone struggled off their bar stools to shake my hand and see if I would join them for a glass or two. Might have been more for all I know. Once I opened my mouth they quickly realized that I don't have much of a local accent, and that seemed to spur them on to find out where I lived, and the usual question of how old I am. Apart from the bar tender I was the youngest, with one being nearly twenty years older. His daily routine took him to the bar soon after 9.00am and he stayed until midday when his wife would have a meal ready for him. He retired from his job with La Poste forty years ago and I had the impression that he had missed very few days in the bar since.
evening all .. Gotta say, recording this morning was great fun, even though it was rather a racket! lol. Singing 'Yellow' in a car park in the middle of Luton and ending with a Watford cheer was a risk, but one worth taking...i do think we woke the neighbours of 3CR though! If you didn't hear it, it's here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01940df first at 2:11 and then again at 2:47 ish! It's not pretty, but it will hopefully get going round the Rookery eventually!
Classic Frenchie! Well done..... and that radio guy was a bit of a tw't keep it up Looks like sun here.... fingers crossed
Góðan daginn öll. Cappuccino, coffee, tea donuts and fruit are on the bar. Frothy cappuccinos for for al, HH, and W_Y Coffee and cramel frapachino for IB Coffees for COYH, Frenchie, Kev rob theo and vic-rijrode Strong coffee for Sandy Milky coffee for Yorkie Espresso for SuffolkHorn Strong black coffees for Bragi Norway and zen Black coffee half hot half cold and no sugar for Charlie A peppermint latte for DanH Tea for BHD Cornish Mark jsybarry jerzeypie Lloydinio NZ and BCFCRed Tea with skimmed milk and no sugar for GG and Leon Hot chocolate with marshmallows for BBW Caramel latte for Hornette Canary Dave and Maestro Una paloma for Mexican Hornet We have more clouds than yesterday and the veðurstofa says lots of sun and 15C. We have 11C at this time. I am still not with work. I did one meeting last week and the company wish me for another and I made a meeting yesterday which pays more money but I donot think I will be offered that job as it is just what I do not know. Well done for speading the word of Watford in the enemys land.
