Ed and Fallon

arhhhhhh!.................. well typical of The Archers. the storyline of Fallon's unrequited love for bad boy Ed is not the most realistic of tales, but finally the two of them have "got together" after being "mates" for such a long time. I know the storylines have a tendency to dovetail together a little too easily , but it's nice to see the younger characters have a bit of normality! Out of the younger members of Ambridge Ed and Fallon are perhaps the most likable. Will (Cain to Ed's Abel) is irritating, Kirsty and Brenda ( how many 20 year olds do you know called Brenda?) are just foul, and don't get me started on butter wouldn't melt Tom Archer!; yep at least Fallon (Joanna van Kampe) sounds as though she has some depth! Strangely Van Kampe actually looks exactly as I would imagine Fallon to look! God help us when the storylines start with some gusto to the goody two shoes Pip and spoilt brat Daniel Hebden Lloyd..........

Phone rage

The weather has been glorious, the final spurt of an Indian summer. Instead of a funeral (lots of those this year at the church) we had a wedding today which made it feel rather summery.. The last of my wild poppies have flowered and I managed to dig a few trenches for next years borders. Janet and Ned locked the chickens up for me yesterday and Ned thought the locks on the houses were not particularly fox proof, so I have re enforced the catches and doors this afternoon.

William found my mobile phone this afternoon and with the help of George totally trashed it. Stupidly I have not written all the numbers down after getting the last one stolen, so the generic e mails have already gone out to people asking for numbers . Sad that I do rely on this little bit of machinery so much,

Judy came round to tea and could have kicked myself as got the times of Strictly Come Dancing wrong , so we missed a lot of the dancers. I did enjoy Kelly Brook's tango. Letitia Dean still looks like a pig in a dress

Mexican standoff

They sat like that for 2 hours, neither were moving!
Quiet day today.........lots of gardening, Auntie glad came round with scones to repay me for the eggs I keep leaving her. Had to give them to Hazel to save the waistline

Deborah Kerr R.I.P

So sad today as Deborah Kerr died aged 86. She is the last of the great British film stars in my opinion ( okok with Elizabeth Taylor), and appeared in some of the best films of the 1940s and 1950s. She was stunning as Sister Clodagh, the nun with a past in Black Narcissus (1947), wonderful as Lygia in Quo Vadis (1951) and Anna in The King and I (1956), but my favourite performances of hers was as world weary Ida in The Sundowners (1960) .... and the mousy Sibyl in Separate Tables (1958) A classy lady

The Austin of England

Thinking of my first car ( see today's other blog) today and the Austin 13oo, was a real trouper! built like a tank, I spent many years dashing around with 4 fellow cb friends in the back seat like something from Wacky Races! I even remember the registration
GDM 744K
My handle was Pockets ( named after Red Button' character in the film Hatari).... This made me think of the other members of the group and what happened to them! Green Giant (now living in Birmingham and a company director), Cherry Blossom ( a social worker living in a converted hotel in Ilfracombe); Rusty Nut ( married in Rhyl I think) Bogey Man (died in plane crash) Half Pint (Nia in OZ!!),Black Sheep and Sweety pie ( who knows, who cares?) yeap its all a long time ago!

meatloaf-you took the words right out of my mouth

Bloody hell, heard this on Coast Radio this afternoon when I went to the farm superstore! It reminded me of the very early 1980s when I (Pockets) drove the rest of the CB-ers ( CB radio owners) around to various country pubs and meets ( or eyeballs as they were called then) The car was a mustard austin 1300!----class!

10 canoes and little Lord Fauntleroy

Ten Canoes (2006) at Theatre clwyd tonight was a meandering, sporadically interesting folk tale set in the ancient outback of Australia. It told how the lesson of patience and "be careful of what you wish for", but by the end I couldn't really care what the message was. I hate to say it but Apocalypto (2006) did it all a bit better.

Now I wasn't looking quit my best at 8.15 this morning! In fact I looked rather......shall we say......trailer trashy! I had Chris' tracksuit bottoms on (Back to front), my woolly long socks, crocks and a dirty Sainsbury's T shirt (also back to front)....but as I was feeding the chickens and ducks, it didn't really matter. So who turns up at the field? yep the blue blooded land agency man ! FINALLY!! After weeks of complaining he finally turned up to assess the field and to discuss the small print of me renting. I almost had a fit of the giggles, as he walked over from his pristine land rover. all wax jacket,moleskin trousers, expensive leather shoes, cut glass accent and smelling of something very expensive. As we chatted about the field I also realised with a a touch of shame that I had toothpaste all round my mouth! ......anyhow he said that the agreement WILL incorporate a proviso for an allotment, so my plans for a poly tunnel may be still on

Chris is in Liverpool tonight having his leaving do from Preston, we are off to Osborn house for a meal tomorrow night!

Heaton Chapel, Wrong Rooms and Bevs Birthday blog

an "atmospheric shot of Chapel Heaton" this morning

Went over toHeaton Chapel to see Nigel's new house last night; it was important to him that I visit and important to me to do so. His house is lovely, 1930's, cosy ,comfortable (With a garden!) and as always it was good to catch up with a meal and a few bottles of wine. Heaton Chapel is very suburban which is a change for Nige as he has always lived in more Bohemian/student type areas but typically of him he has already researched the area thoroughly with bus,rail,supermarkets, local amenities and local history information all down to a tee.

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I am reading an extraordinary moving book at the moment called Wrong Rooms by Mark Sanderson. It is the memoir of the love affair between Sanderson and his partner Drew, who had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Yep not a bag of laughs at times but very honest,very insightful and incredibly moving. I actually found myself in tears several times during the read, which is a rarity for me! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2027067.stm

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Got home at 11am this morning a took the dogs up the gop for a long walk along the old farm road. It feels like autumn today, a little cold and bright, and the leaves are starting to fall, softening the road nicely. I missed Finlay today, as he always had a habit of kicking fallen leaves like a little boy when out walking. Non of the present quartet have acquired this habit.

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Happy Birthday to friend Bev! Hope you have a great day

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ps. Flintshire County council sent out a couple of blokes this afternoon to review the corner and damage to the cottage wall. I think both guys enjoyed their afternoon as both smelt of lager! but they were helpful and threw up a couple of ideas to stop the damage! both laughed at my homemade sign!