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Snowangel-MK

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I won't even ask the question if the same applies to you then whistling.gif

I'm busy stewing rhubarb now, was given a ton of it this morning....something else for the freezer - I wish someone would give me a small cow or a pig..... puddings are sorted now for the winter but some meat would be nice for the main course, you haven't got any unwanted animals in the back yard have you coast?

....I'm thinking orange sauce blum.gif

Have got 3 chickens but they are old girls now and would be tougher than Coast's duck!

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Steve C

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  • Location: Alresford, Near Colchester, Essex
  • Weather Preferences: As long as it's not North Sea muck, I'll cope.
  • Location: Alresford, Near Colchester, Essex
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The ones in the field just off the A422 at Bancroft are not much better looking....

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...makes you wonder if the 'artist' had ever seen a real cow ! Still they give people something to joke about Milton Keynes other than all the roundabouts.

Is it any wonder people round here go out dressed up in crazy outfits....by the way since the Smurf I have seen a Mexican man in a poncho and sombrero and a friend of mine saw someone who looked just like Charlie Chaplin!

.....and to think all Jimmyh was worried about working near here later this week was getting wet crazy.gif

That cow looks ready to pounce!blink.png

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Snowangel-MK

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  • Location: Milton Keynes MK
  • Weather Preferences: anything extreme or intense !
  • Location: Milton Keynes MK
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That cow looks ready to pounce!blink.png

The MK cows have lead a rather adventurous lifestyle, in the past they have been kidnapped and held to ransom, placed in somewhat compromising poses on occasions, and many times have needed repainting after someone gave them a 'makeover'!

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  • Location: Ipswich. (Originally from York)
  • Weather Preferences: Thunder Storms. All extreme weather.
  • Location: Ipswich. (Originally from York)
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So much for a trip into town. It's pouring down here again. Ah well...me money'll last longer. :D

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Snowangel-MK

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  • Location: Milton Keynes MK
  • Weather Preferences: anything extreme or intense !
  • Location: Milton Keynes MK
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So much for a trip into town. It's pouring down here again. Ah well...me money'll last longer. biggrin.png

My house smells of stewed rhubarb now, good job it's a lovely day and I can have all the doors and windows open - 16.3 °C here and sunny with it good.gif

You can always get on the internet K and do some on line shopping !

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TEITS

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  • Location: Peterborough N.Cambridgeshire
  • Location: Peterborough N.Cambridgeshire
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How I can't wait to return to this thread this coming winter. Lets hope its on a frequent basis.

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  • Location: Kings Norton, West Midlands
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms, Cold & Snowy
  • Location: Kings Norton, West Midlands
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Random question but who owns Netweather?

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Coast

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  • Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex (work in Mid Sussex)
  • Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex (work in Mid Sussex)
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Random question but who owns Netweather?

How much to you want to offer me for it then???? unsure.png

Well I braved the driving rain and scrabbled through the undergrowth to find my secret sloe stash location. Although a bit late in the year and not the best of years either, there were still enough plump berries for 6kg of the little buggers. The best ones were way up high so I decided to climb the adjacent tree, something I haven't done since I was a nipper. Now my climbing skills are still pretty fair, but I totally underestimated the difference in my body mass since I was a kid and now; when equated to the perceived strength of the tree branch, I made a fundamental error....

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Anyway, I was recently given 2 litres of Gordons finest so I'm off the preparation area to make the 2012 vintage. I still have 3.5 litres of last years 'Appellation d'origine contrôlée' and I've just poured a huge glass to give me comfort and inspiration.

So I've satisfied my primeval instinct to be a hunter/gatherer now and I'll also satisfy my desire for a damn nice drink!!

Cheers a045.gif

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  • Location: Reigate, Surrey 105 m (top floor 120m)
  • Location: Reigate, Surrey 105 m (top floor 120m)
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How much to you want to offer me for it then???? unsure.png

Well I braved the driving rain and scrabbled through the undergrowth to find my secret sloe stash location. Although a bit late in the year and not the best of years either, there were still enough plump berries for 6kg of the little buggers. The best ones were way up high so I decided to climb the adjacent tree, something I haven't done since I was a nipper. Now my climbing skills are still pretty fair, but I totally underestimated the difference in my body mass since I was a kid and now; when equated to the perceived strength of the tree branch, I made a fundamental error....

th_thbruised.gif

Anyway, I was recently given 2 litres of Gordons finest so I'm off the preparation area to make the 2012 vintage. I still have 3.5 litres of last years 'Appellation d'origine contrôlée' and I've just poured a huge glass to give me comfort and inspiration.

So I've satisfied my primeval instinct to be a hunter/gatherer now and I'll also satisfy my desire for a damn nice drink!!

Cheers a045.gif

Bravery, derring-do, injury, the great outdoors, self-sacrifice and a VERY happy ending. Inspirational, thank you!

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  • Location: Milton Keynes MK
  • Weather Preferences: anything extreme or intense !
  • Location: Milton Keynes MK
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Bravery, derring-do, injury, the great outdoors, self-sacrifice and a VERY happy ending. Inspirational, thank you!

Steady on...

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.....he was only picking sloe berries not rescuing damsels in distress !

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  • Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex (work in Mid Sussex)
  • Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex (work in Mid Sussex)
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So I washed and weighed the fruit, got the gin out from the garage and sugar from the cupboard. I took a swig of last years sloe gin and started pricking the berries. After 25 mins I'd done most of the fruit and thought I'd have another swig. I put the correct amount of fruit in a bottle, added the caster sugar and topped it up with gin. I then took another mouthful of sweet smooth nectar.

I then took another bottle and added the fruit and sugar, topping it with gin and downing another cheeky swig of last years brew. For the next one I put some fruit and sugar in a glass , topped the bottle with gin, swigged it and the took another one of last years brew. The third one was a bit more difficult so I left out the fruit and sugar, added the gin, swigged most of it and then had a small sloe one to keep it company.

By the next one I left out the bottle and poured the gin straight into the glass, putting fruit in the cupboard and sugar in the garage. I had a small one and then topped it with another sloe gin. I was really in my stride now so put the fruit in the sugar cupboard, gin in my garage bottle and then downed the lot with a sloe gin from last years glass and had a cheeky small nun to top it up.

By then I decided to swig the gin and the sloe gin and put fruit on the nun, finishing with a small sugar from last years garage and two more from the sloe gin cupboard. I might take a lie down before my next gin, sloe gin, fruit, sugar, bottle or nun....

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  • Location: Milton Keynes MK
  • Weather Preferences: anything extreme or intense !
  • Location: Milton Keynes MK
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I might take a lie down before my next gin, sloe gin, fruit, sugar, bottle or nun....

Yes, I think that would be a very good idea, go and sleep it off Coast doh.gif

It went dark as night here about half an hour ago - the strangest band of cloud went over that looked like dirty smoke but it didn't rain, it seems to have passed now and the sun is out again.

Back to the MK cows, these mini moo's are very popular.....

http://www.mkcows.com/registered_mini_concrete_cows.shtml

...I like the Harry Hill one !

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  • Location: Reigate, Surrey 105 m (top floor 120m)
  • Location: Reigate, Surrey 105 m (top floor 120m)
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Steady on...

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.....he was only picking sloe berries not rescuing damsels in distress !

That could be the sequel! Or a whole mini-series?

Coast - need an agent?

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  • Location: Milton Keynes MK
  • Weather Preferences: anything extreme or intense !
  • Location: Milton Keynes MK
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That could be the sequel! Or a whole mini-series?

Coast - need an agent?

I think he needs to sober up at the moment !

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  • Location: Reigate, Surrey 105 m (top floor 120m)
  • Location: Reigate, Surrey 105 m (top floor 120m)
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I think he needs to sober up at the moment !

Never did Oliver Reed any harm. Actually, on reflection, it probably did.....

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Lauren

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  • Location: The North Kent countryside
  • Weather Preferences: Hot summers, snowy winters and thunderstorms!
  • Location: The North Kent countryside
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Anyone got that link to the Netweather Hitler film parody?

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  • Location: The North Kent countryside
  • Weather Preferences: Hot summers, snowy winters and thunderstorms!
  • Location: The North Kent countryside
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That's the one! Always makes me giggle. Thanks. :)

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  • Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex (work in Mid Sussex)
  • Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex (work in Mid Sussex)
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Coast - need an agent?

Possibly an estate agent after this afternoons antics.....

Never did Oliver Reed any harm. Actually, on reflection, it probably did.....

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  • Location: Redbourn,Herts AL3. 122M ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Hot summers, Storms and epic cold snowy winters
  • Location: Redbourn,Herts AL3. 122M ASL
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RAMP....RAMP...RAMMMPPP.Im dreaming of a white Halloween.rofl.gifsmiliz39.gif

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  • Location: Milton Keynes MK
  • Weather Preferences: anything extreme or intense !
  • Location: Milton Keynes MK
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RAMP....RAMP...RAMMMPPP.Im dreaming of a white Halloween.rofl.gifsmiliz39.gif

Now that would be a treat...

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Coast

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  • Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex (work in Mid Sussex)
  • Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex (work in Mid Sussex)
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Sorry folks, more rain tomorrow, maybe not as much as today:

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  • Location: Stevenage - Herts (110m ASL)
  • Location: Stevenage - Herts (110m ASL)
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Sorry folks, more rain tomorrow, maybe not as much as today:

Rain is good, we laid a new lawn at the weekend. So rain every day for two weeks between 7pm and 7am would be perfect. Thanks Coast. :D

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  • Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex (work in Mid Sussex)
  • Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex (work in Mid Sussex)
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Rain is good, we laid a new lawn at the weekend. So rain every day for two weeks between 7pm and 7am would be perfect. Thanks Coast. biggrin.png

Well there's a first! I hope it looks like a cricket pitch by next weekend CM, I will be in a place that hasn't seen rain for weeks by then, but I'll still be getting very wet.

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