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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary w/ending Sunday 22nd March
« on: Yesterday at 14:20 »
Lovely to see you back LM, have missed everyone. 
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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary w/ending Sunday 22nd March
« on: Yesterday at 12:58 »
Great to be back here after missing a week, very grateful to Trystan for sorting things out, here's hoping nothing else goes wrong.
Dull here today but forecast 15° tomorrow and 16° on Wednesday, looking forward to that as it's proper chilly today!
Dull here today but forecast 15° tomorrow and 16° on Wednesday, looking forward to that as it's proper chilly today!
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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 8th March 2026
« on: Thursday 05 March 26 18:07 GMT (UK) »
It's a delivery service Jeff, you might have seen their vans around, white with a red and black design. Delivery and collection services.
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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 8th March 2026
« on: Tuesday 03 March 26 19:50 GMT (UK) »
It was no trouble Caroline and yes, I was reminiscing about books I'd read! It didn't actually take me long because I could bypass whole groups, knowing that it wasn't written by the likes of Peter May, Ken Follet, etc etc.
I know what you mean about reading the book after seeing the film or vice versa. One that I came across in my Read books was Where the Crawdads Sing, a book I really enjoyed. Some time after reading it I watched the film, thinking it wouldn't be nearly as good but the film did stick to the story as written so I enjoyed that too. However, I'm with you on not reading The Dig after seeing the film, especially if you had to pay £5.99 for it!
It's been a beautiful day here, wall to wall sunshine, it was pleasantly warm in the sun. In fact I felt overheated after my walk late morning. I gave in and cut the back lawn this afternoon, after ramming down the contents of the garden waste bin I managed to fit the cuttings in. The lawn looks so much better, fingers crossed that we don't get any hard frosts to damage it.
I know what you mean about reading the book after seeing the film or vice versa. One that I came across in my Read books was Where the Crawdads Sing, a book I really enjoyed. Some time after reading it I watched the film, thinking it wouldn't be nearly as good but the film did stick to the story as written so I enjoyed that too. However, I'm with you on not reading The Dig after seeing the film, especially if you had to pay £5.99 for it!
It's been a beautiful day here, wall to wall sunshine, it was pleasantly warm in the sun. In fact I felt overheated after my walk late morning. I gave in and cut the back lawn this afternoon, after ramming down the contents of the garden waste bin I managed to fit the cuttings in. The lawn looks so much better, fingers crossed that we don't get any hard frosts to damage it.
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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 8th March 2026
« on: Tuesday 03 March 26 13:06 GMT (UK) »
"What was the title of the book you read Roobarb?"
Caroline, I was hoping no-one would ask that as I couldn't for the life of me remember!
However, I set the filters on my Kindle to show the 404 books I've read Having sorted them by Author name A- Z I grouped series and set about looking. I'm pleased to tell you that I found it, the name of the book is The Dig, author John Preston. (Should have sorted authors Z - A!)
Apparently there's a BAFTA nominated film based on the book. I really enjoyed the book. It's currently on at £5.99 but perhaps it'll come up cheaper in the future.
Caroline, I was hoping no-one would ask that as I couldn't for the life of me remember!
However, I set the filters on my Kindle to show the 404 books I've read Having sorted them by Author name A- Z I grouped series and set about looking. I'm pleased to tell you that I found it, the name of the book is The Dig, author John Preston. (Should have sorted authors Z - A!)Apparently there's a BAFTA nominated film based on the book. I really enjoyed the book. It's currently on at £5.99 but perhaps it'll come up cheaper in the future.
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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 8th March 2026
« on: Tuesday 03 March 26 10:19 GMT (UK) »
Thanks Mark. I Googled it and I think the one Viktoria referred to is Raiders of the Lost Past, about remains found in Norway. Both sound really interesting so will try and catch up on them.
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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 8th March 2026
« on: Tuesday 03 March 26 08:59 GMT (UK) »
Viktoria, was the programme about the Viking ship about the remains at Sutton Hoo? If so I'd be interested to watch it. I read a book, fiction, about the discovery but I'm pretty sure the background to it was factually correct. Can you remember which channel it was on? I'll have a trawl through the TV guide to see if I can find it.
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Technical Help / Re: Google maps icons or labels
« on: Monday 02 March 26 07:54 GMT (UK) »
This thread is five years old! Perhaps Wilcoxon has found their way around it in the intervening time.
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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary wk/ ending Sunday 1st March
« on: Sunday 01 March 26 14:46 GMT (UK) »
I'm so sorry to hear that Caroline, when I read the news about Dubai I thought it didn't look promising for their journey. You must be terribly disappointed. I hope your sister in law manages to get home okay, what a worry all this must be for you.