We'll always have Mablethorpe thread #7

[WhatIsThisWatt]

I can't believe we're on 7.

In need to go and catch up on the last couple of pages of 6.

Still no CFN OR ANYONE.

I'm thinking someone will be there tomorrow. HOPEFULLY.

link the new thread from here please! ive got loads of catching up to do!

They might get permission for door sized windows

If - IF - they do, I hope that Wattyyyy puts up a barrier directly in front of the windows to the height of the original windowsill.

I bloody would.

Bastards!

@SchadenfreudePersonified - no promises about the sorts of Toblerone available at the airport. I don't like chocolate so don't pay much attention. Much more likely to be sniffing perfume I have no intention of buying or checking out the wine!

The lovely Griff Rhys Jones feels pretty strongly about heritage preservation being flouted, doesn't he?

Bet he'd fight your corner, OP.

@KeiraKnightleyActsWithHerTeeth I think if you intend to use the cctv footage for legal purposes, you have to make that common knowledge via signage.

Perhaps we should be thinking of nominations for a new thread title. Then Wattyyyy could pick the one she thinks best encapsulates the mood of the moment.

I rather like Spidermansbottom - a brilliant usename and an intriguing thread title.

Get your thinking caps on though - Wattyyyy is going to need some light relief from the stress of all of this palaver.

Have you not got any hairy string Wattyyyyy? You could tie up the door handles with yards of hairy string and they wouldn't be able to open them.

Ordinary string would do at a pinch, I expect. I just like hairy string and you hardly ever see it nowadays

I'm not sure on the law but a family member had cctv put in after a break in and they now have signs outside.

WTAF?! Where I should Spanish grandmother? Let her sort them out

Hairy String and Spiderman's Bottom

new thread title??

Those asking: cctv signs are not legally required at this time. They are recommended but not legally required. We don't have them. And technically you can stick a sign the size of matchbox up, like a tiny window sticker. The reason people stuck HUGE signs up is for deterrent purposes! The footage we obtained was of our own front garden and into the pavement in front so technically not our land. The person who was arrested was on the pavement. The police didn't give a jot and used the footage anyway. It was they who recommended the camera!!

DS suggests "How to steal a garden" for the next title. He was astonished at the CFN's effrontery.

Only fools and horses spring to mind

How about 'Fresh princesses and the arrival of Spangran -8' for the next title.

Nomination for next thread title:

"In which SpanGran arrives and puts her paella pan to good use"

Just caught up!

Thanks to Wattyyy and the Vipers for making a long journey down the congested M5 entertaining. DH is driving and keeps asking for updates as I chuckle at the songs. Babooshka's Patio Doors and the Erasure one (sorry can't find your name when I scroll back) get special mentions for making me cackle loud enough to disturb the DDs who are plugged into iPads.

Sorry you're going through such a stressful time Wattyyy but gin and flowers all round to the mumsnetters rallying to support with kind words, outraged sweariness, Tom Hardy pics, rude garden ornaments and wonderfully written songs.

Hairy string is called sisal and it's really easy to buy in scout shops. HTH

Just trying to lighten things up with a Gaudete-style madrigal (alright, I don't really know what a madrigal is, but I just wanted to join in).

Patio, patio doors have appeared,
Ex fenetre, grade II listed, no more.
Patio, patio doors have appeared
Ex fenetre, grade II listed, no more.

Whatttyy is an innocent
Garden-owning netter,
Cheeky fucker neighbours claimed,
That sharing land was better.

Patio, patio doors have appeared,
Ex fenetre, grade II listed, no more.
Patio, patio doors have appeared
Ex fenetre, grade II listed, no more.

Feel free to add your own verses. I need to 'look after children' tsk!

New thread title - hairy string and the joys of living nowhere near a scout shop.

'Madrigal' inspired by this!

Nomination for next thread title.
'Hell-or. Is me you look for'- Margaritaspangran

New thread title- 'SpanGran and her Paellla pan' (excuse spelling mistakes )

Thread 8 - Title Suggestions So Far

Hairy String and Spiderman's Bottom

"How to steal a garden"

'Fresh princesses and the arrival of Spangran -8'

"In which SpanGran arrives and puts her paella pan to good use"

Hairy string and the joys of living nowhere near a scout shop.

Anymore for any more?

Oh btw - that last wasn't a title suggestion - it was an invitation.

I should have left a gap.

Ooops!

A couple I missed while typing - going to be hard when the thread is this fast

'Hell-or. Is me you look for'- Margaritaspangran

'SpanGran and her Paella pan'

I know this has been said before, Watty, but please get your solicitor to tell everyone involved that the garden is yours and only yours.

What a stressful situation this is and I'm so sorry this is happening to you!

(I'm also a little bit concerned that Ken may not be the loyal shopkeeper after all.)