Peggy's Mundane Thread

Iggy wrote:

Recent sightings of note on my hols, alpine accentor, moussiers redstart, black redstart, house bunting, spoonbill, glossy ibis, bald ibis, flamingo, golden eagle, alpine chough, black winged stilt, large vultures (not sure what type) hoopoes, golden oriels, bee eaters, egrets of various kinds, avocets and millions of swallows making their way north.
I actually saw 3 swallows in Tavvy yesterday which is quite early.

Thats just bloody showing off, he said jealously

In Home Bargains, just around the corner from me, 4 bottles of Henry Weston's for £3.99

All different varities, the 8.2% vintage, medium dry, medium sweet and extra dry in a lovely presentation box.

Also in Sainsbury's yesterday Savanna African cider and Spitfire bitter @ £1 a bottle.

I've stocked up

Oooo, where else are Home Bargains??

... and a related, sort of plug, my good friends who own the Hunting Lodge now have both Thatchers Gold & Rattler on draft....

Is the hunting lodge the one on the A38?

The small people were very impressed that it was trying to snow first thing.

I wasn't.

Trying to snow in Liskeard today but not really managing it.

Tis bloody cold though.

Been to a new soft play centre yay

It's exactly like all the others but further away!

Static on the bloody train (again) which is ridiculously busy on account of it not having enough carriages. I'm guessing at 300 people stood up.

Anyway, static on the outskirts of Reading & can see a 'Home Sense' shop which reminds me of 'Home Bargains' (see above) which reminds me of cider.

FGW are selling Strongbow at £2.75 per can (440ml not 500ml). I have £6 on me but would be furious with myself for being ripped off. But am very thirsty.

Pop quiz, hot shot.

Two strongbows for £5.50

Can get a decent flagon of scrumpy or 5 bottles of Henry Weston's for that. Unfortunately not on the Paddington train.

'A decent flagon of scrumpy'? In my day, scrumpy came in old lemonade bottles, or - for those expecting guests - a hastily rinsed out five litre plastic thing that probably once held windscreen wash.

Anyway. To the important question of the day. Is this new soft play place suitably bouncy and adequately supplied with mirrors?

Peggy * wrote:

'A decent flagon of scrumpy'? In my day, scrumpy came in old lemonade bottles, or - for those expecting guests - a hastily rinsed out five litre plastic thing that probably once held windscreen wash.

Anyway. To the important question of the day. Is this new soft play place suitably bouncy and adequately supplied with mirrors?

No mirrors but very bouncy! He's now obsessed with singing "Wondrickle, Wondrickle, Copenhagen" from Hans Christian Anderson with Danny Kaye at the top of his voice with one finger stuck up his nose So I didn't take any photos today.

He sways from side to side while he sings too. Might enter him for Britain's got talent and teach him to say piers morgan is a fucktard.

Tonight will see a return of two old friends; Messrs Henry Weston & Scrumpy J.

All washed down with a portion of Fish & Chips from Bovey Fish Bar (refer to page one of this thread for previous).

In London's Westfield shopping mall, there's a food place called 'Chips & Fish'. Funky or what?

Peggy * wrote:

'A decent flagon of scrumpy'? In my day, scrumpy came in old lemonade bottles, or - for those expecting guests - a hastily rinsed out five litre plastic thing that probably once held windscreen wash.

Anyway. To the important question of the day. Is this new soft play place suitably bouncy and adequately supplied with mirrors?

Imposter*




* add the next word - "Good night, you....... "

(Mock - whoa boy)

Bins and I are off to Slapton Ley tomorrow morning.

Lesser Yellowlegs at Tamerton Creek today

Happy Daze wrote:

Bins and I are off to Slapton Ley tomorrow morning.

Lesser Yellowlegs at Tamerton Creek today

crumbs, missed that and I live there, well adjacent.

Been there for weeks Pete I was beginning to think I was the only one not to see it

JonB wrote:

* add the next word - "Good night, you....... "

... Princes of Maine, you Kings of New England.

Quote :

(Mock - whoa boy)

Bet he's still on Garp.

Back in the non-educatedwanker world, today's banana intake was two.

Lots of very hungry Chiffchaffs today

Birds of note male Scaup and Slovenian Grebes

Went for a swim this afternoon.

I usually go in the evening.

The sauna was broken.

Started a quick DIY job in the garden today, then found lots of buried asbestos.

Quite a disappointing day all in all.

JonB wrote:

Started a quick DIY job in the garden today

Surely it was too cold out?

(Just giving you fair warning before Mock sees this. Or Jock.)

Morecambe & Wise are both alive and living on ATD.

How dare the newbie insinuate I would construe Jon's post as him whacking one off in his garden, I know he pays someone to do it for him.

Meanwhile it's my stepson Jack's birthday so I'm doing what all good stepfathers should do, getting stoned, drinking Henry Westons, leaving it all up to his mummy and eating arctic roll.

I bought a viennetta as well, bit of a blast from the past.

Yesterday morning's walk produced willow tits, grey wagtails and heard rather than seen nuthatch (I think).

But today on the viaduct - the peregrine is there again. Oh happy day!