Club biscuits that had a good thick layer of chocolate that I would eat before eating the biscuit. Im sure wagon wheels were enormous and not the teeny discs they are now.
Very jealous! Just curious, does the novelty wear off a bit by partly living on the boat? We keep toying with the idea of moving to Norfolk so we are close to the marina but don’t want to lose that special feeling that we are back on the boat or looking forward to going to it,
That has just reminded me that my grandma always had a box of maltesers in a desk drawer whenever we were over and me and bruv putting the poker in the fire heating it up till it was glowing pretending we were blacksmiths, with grandfather saying ‘children who play with fire will wet their beds!’
Dad driving over the hump back bridge into the Porter & Haylett yard in Wroxham. It used to scare me every time but also the sheer excitement of knowing we were just about to start our holiday.
Sadly in these days of litigation a lot of things have to be put in place beforehand, insurance, risk assessments etc to protect us members and the forum as a whole. It may seem petty at times but thats just how things are nowadays.
Totally agree Ray. Without the team who are volunteers, there wouldn’t be a forum. Im sure a lot of work goes on behind the scenes that most of us have no idea about and this will be on top of them having full time jobs and other commitments. Its a valued resource for me for info, support and advice and thank you to the team for what you do to keep the place running.
It seems that with most of these upcycling programmes are that if you don’t know what to turn it into, turn it into a lamp, whatever the item originally was. If I watch them, I try and guess, will it be a lamp?
I've been to see my daughter in Gourock twice so far and I think there was every type of weather that seems to change every hour. One minute bright sunshine, next minute a full blown gale, sun, rain, fog and the last time it was so hot, her birthday cake melted. I take clothes for all seasons now for a long weekend!
We had the best Christmas ever. My daughter and her partner and my little granddaughter had to go back to Scotland last night (that was the hardest farewell ever) but to have both my son and daughter, their partners and my parents all together, even for a short time, was an absolute treat. Best present which produced hours of endless fun for myself (and granddaughter) plastic stacking cups