General discussion on current situation 3

[Rishile]

I agree.  During the lovely weather we have taken our daily walk along our very empty beach which, as a round trip, is just over a mile.  We see very few people on the way.  In normal times we would probably drive about 5 miles and spend all day walking along the busier, longer beach, stop for coffee or lunch and then walk back to the car, sitting and enjoying the lovely weather if we have it.

However, no beach is nice in the rain.  Our daily walk is starting to get boring but when the sun is shining you don't notice the boredom but you certainly notice it if it's raining.

We are definitely fair-weather walkers and I'm proud.

Rishile

[sugarfizzle]

Rishile, We usually walk a bit further than a mile, but not a great deal more. About 2 - 3 miles round trip, we try to make it a bit more interesting to walk the other way round.

Not gym lovers like next door, he has really missed going these last few months. My husband bought a new bike a few years ago, hardly used it. Sold it recently to the neighbour, who now gets his exercise fix again.

Today another cloudy day, gives me a chance to get in the greenhouse to tidy up after the winter. It's been too hot in there for the last few weeks.

All fair weather walkers, let's stick together.

Regards Margaret

[Roobarb]

I wasn't referring to fair weather exercisers, I suppose I added my own gripe to the one raised by Llwyd, I meant the people who do it just because it's the latest trend. I wouldn't be out walking if it was chucking it down either. Sorry.

[jillruss]

Hopefully no barbecues setting grass alight. Why were people so desperate to have barbecues? I was in the Spar shop on Friday evening. Spar Radio was blaring encouragement for customers to have barbies.

Its trendy, its fashionable,  what I cant understand is why spend a fortune on a gas powered mini kitchen and use it to turn your sausage and burger into charcoal 

Mike

..and there's a perfectly good oven in the kitchen which is usually (if you don't live in a grand mansion with acres of grounds) only a few feet away. Why not cook the meat properly in the kitchen and then take it outside to eat?

And why do the majority of men only want to cook in the garden but not in the kitchen? Sexism? the kitchen is the woman's domain??

Horrible smelly things anyway - the barbecues, not the men!! 

[rosie99]

Someone I know uses a barbecue in the garden and a cooker/microwave in the garage all year round as she does not like her house to smell of cooking. 

[Rishile]

Rishile, We usually walk a bit further than a mile, but not a great deal more. About 2 - 3 miles round trip, we try to make it a bit more interesting to walk the other way round.

All fair weather walkers, let's stick together.

Regards Margaret

in normal circumstances we would walk a lot further but we are restricted by a) our village is small so there is a limit to how far we can walk and b) lack of toilets.

We walk because we enjoy walking and always have.  We don't rush - we enjoy the flowers, birds, insects, the sea, meeting other people (social distancing, of course) and - in normal circumstances - a drink in the local pub. 

Rishile

[Guy Etchells]

..and there's a perfectly good oven in the kitchen which is usually (if you don't live in a grand mansion with acres of grounds) only a few feet away. Why not cook the meat properly in the kitchen and then take it outside to eat?

And why do the majority of men only want to cook in the garden but not in the kitchen? Sexism? the kitchen is the woman's domain??

Horrible smelly things anyway - the barbecues, not the men!! 

My mother thought along the same lines (cooking outside) in the late 1950s when she was bringing up 4 children on her own.
However she liked to be outside in the sun and fresh air as much as possible, so much that instead of cooking inside, she had a gas pipe extended through the kitchen wall into the garden and had a second cooker outside where she could cook the family meals without going inside. I should also add there was already a cold water tap conveniently placed on the outside wall.
The bayonet terminal of that pipe was still installed and working perfectly until 2012 when I was doing some alterations in the kitchen and had it removed as I prefer cooking in the kitchen where everything is at hand.
Cheers
Guy

[sugarfizzle]

Daily briefing
Face coverings will be made mandatory on public transport from 15 June in England, announced by Grant Schapps.

Regards Margaret

[Maiden Stone]

Nicola Sturgeon advised wearing face coverings on public transport some weeks ago.