Hot town, Crepes in the city

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I think Jamie Bells ears are bigger! And DSs hair is lighter (though he is sporting a 1980s barnet!), and his jaw a teeny bit widea, but he looks a bit like him in the pics of JB aged about 18 which I am incapable of linking to

Scuppered on sundowner front as it is raining Though still hot However no we get to try the huge complimentary umbrellas! Not sure how we'll fit them down the street with the mad traffic/pedestrians

Rudy we are here for you

Cremo, it looks like we are all done!

MI - goat cheese, beef, parfait
Mrs SChocolate parfait, belly pork, squid.
Rose - goat cheese, salmon ( NO chilli vinaigrette please), cheesecake
BeachyChorizo, fillet of beef, cheeseboard please
Hatty - scallops, duck, sticky toffee pud
Rudy - squid, beef, choc parfait
GGG Scallops, Pork, Cheeseboard please
BD - scallops, salmon, cheesecake
Stropps - tomato salad, beef, sticky toffee pud
BTM - seared scallops, chermoula swordfish, sticky toffee pudding.
WAF scallops, swordfish, cheese
Monty - tomatoes, beef, cheese
Addle: scallops, beef, chocolate parfait
CV - scallops, venison pie, sticky toffee pudding
Herbs - scallops, duck, chocolate (thou I wish it had the orange sorbet of before!)
Auriga Scallops, Beef Fillet, Chocolate Parfait
Lalsy - squid, beef, cheesecake
Molly - scallops, halloumi salad, crème brulee
Crem :Goats cheese, beef, cheese

how is it going with your DP's?

As everyone has said - we are here and anything we can do....

Oh Rudy for your DC, especially your DD. Mine would be in bits if it was her DB. How great that you are all together and a strong family unit to support your DS and each other xxx

Yes, anything, even if you just need some dvds to while away the hours.....Glad you can get some practical things done today, I hope it makes the time pass a little faster.

S London crepeys - did someone recommend either on here or on FB a garden person? When I say garden, I actually mean small patch of rubble and weeds.

Monty, me too. I need to get cracking - cannot decide which mountain of chores and work to tackle first. About to wave dd off on her last adventure of the summer - near where you were Hatty, with friends.

Last - is it garden design you need or a general tidy? If the former, I highly recommend my pal Terka who did mine (pics on FB if you want a look). It was shocking b beforehand but now I love it. If the latter, I have a man who can who is v reasonable and delightful to work with. Let me know what you need and I will pm you the numbers.

I had the coolest dream last night. I had a grandchild, sex in determinant, and the opposing granny was Mrs S we had a huge good natured argument about which of us was to be known as Granny. Im assuming it was one of your dd's and my ds, but it wasn't clear. Baby was super fat and cute! Mrs S didn't look like Mrs S, but it was her IYKWIM.... My dmum was there, which was lovely, as I've only dreamt about her about three times since she died. She looked great. A lady from the village was there with her girls and we were organising a big party in a rented house! Quite confusing but nice to have.

It's my birthday today but dh also has his on this holiday, so we're ignoring them and we will celebrate 'at our convenience'...

Beachy . And vv happy birthday to you!

Monty, thank you! Not sure - am hopeless - it doesn't have a design at all but we probably want it paving and the fence redoing. Maybe with a few shrubs that don't grow fast or anything annoying like that.

Monty recommended me a really rather gorgeous plumber

I'll let you be known as Granny, Beachy!

I am lying in bed, drinking tea, before venturing forth. I can really recommend this cottage. It is like having your own little boutique hotel.

Ooh MrsS bootique cottage in Margate - will have to get the deets!

Happy Birthday granny Beachy!

Lalsy we had a fab landscape gardener and my friend used him too if Montys is busy. We actually have quite a few niggly building/house/gardening jobs to sort which I must get into a list and find someone to do as DH won't have time now with his VIJ

Mrs S - I'm off to Margs next Monday and Tuesday with a chum, but staying in the Premier Inn. Hit me with some top tips! We're planning beach, arcades, Dreamland, Tate, and that nice restaurant with the terrace overlooking the beach. Any other great things to do?

Crepeys, I have a very small and insignificant-in-the-scheme-of-things dilemma. I have an armchair, which is the last remaining piece of a 1970s three-piece suite my parents bought after a house fire that destroyed all our possessions. The suite saw me through our teenage years, it then lived in my parents' rental cottage, then my shared house, and then my flat. The settee and other chair had to go, as they're massive. But I've insisted on holding on to the chair for sentimental reasons. It is vast and square, and brown. But I love it. But DP wants to get rid, as there's no space for it. He's right, on a practical level but I'm having sentimental pangs. It had been squeezed into DS's room, but I have to admit it looks better without it...

Continue to think positive thoughts in a rudy direction.

BTM I have a local Bloke who does HandyBloking.

Could we swap these recommendations? Think we four all on FB, could do as group msg? My handyblokes seem to have fizzled out.

Count me in, please, Lalsy. I'm on FB.

Thinking of you, Rudy.

Herbs, my instinct is: ditch the chair. Take a photo of it first.

Feck, now I'm having doubts re the chair. Consult other crepeys, Herbs.

Herbs, in the words of the song, "Let it go!" It will still be in your heart.

Handybloke sounds interesting MI!

Yes, that sounds like a good plan Lalsy.

I sm sunbathing in the garden much to DH's amusement.

BTM, why? Are you standing on your head or something ?

It is ridic, isn't it. I sat in it yesterday, and could remember happy times and my nanna balancing a small sherry on its square arm. Must be the parental sitch making me ultra sentimental. If I can't let go of a chair, how am I going to move to Northumberland?

Herbs, I have hung on to stuff. No explanation needed. Don't move!

Get it recovered and keep it.

We have numerous chairs DP won't ditch and approximately a million books I won't...

Herbs, I think you need another visit up there in Jan/Feb to compare weather sitch

That bloody dog next door has been barking since 10am. Must be locked in the kitchen. It is not making foe a relaxing time in the garden

agree MI , keep and re-cover, Herbs or pass on to sibling. We have agreed that all heirloom no matter how dodgy furniture should stay within the family somehow, Hence dmum's garage being full of shit. my lovely 1950's 3 piece suite is in dsis' conservatory.

Rudy virtual hugs, and many of them.

Mrs S do you want your pudding first then?

GGG thanks for asking re Pater. Still nothing, not on list for today. Possibly tomorrow. Am trying not to get furious, but I am furious. He has now been in one position for nearly 4 days. He can't be moved due to nature of fracture. horrifically uncomfortable. He can only tolerate it because he is morphined up. All seems grim to me.

Och Beachy HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!