General Chat

Hi all ,and hello Mary ,yep having a great time visiting the markets yesterday was amazing,the way they are set out in the little lanes ,just like an Egyptian souk ,all carpets ,rugs ,incense ,Frankincense ,habidashery,clothinf ,veggies and hardware ,all down to ,and including the kitchen sink,we spent nearly two hours in the first one alone ,before going onto the second.
So ,we are chilling out today and planning a trip to Pafos tomorrow,which is about 45 miles away,but the town has so far escaped the tourists and is more a local sort of venue,lots of little cafes and bistros where one can eat as the locals do,much more relaxed.
These people are so friendly ,returning respect for the same,and being really laid back,and Liz is having a great time looking around stalls whatever .
Have to go for now ,liz has the tea ready ,see you later all .Fred & Liz.xxxxx

Hi everyone...Thank goodness the dust is all gone for now..Been very hot lately,,29c yesterday but only into the mid 20s today..Very nice..

Glad you are having such a nice relaxed time Fred.. Just what you both need,,and I bet Sean is not complaining at all the lovely home cooked grub you are dishing up..

Not long till Les and Normie get home I suppose.. Pity all good things have to come to an end..but they can always start another one so that is the main thing..We loved our nomadic life when John retired and we went all over OZ with our 4WD and caravan..Did thousands of miles and still didnt see everything..In OZ all the retirees who travel with their vans are called THE GREY NOMADS and it is a very popular passtime for them and thousands do it..all that stopped when John had his stroke..butter...lol..

Hope all are well and the Canucks are looking forward to their lovely winter...hee hee hee...it looks lovely in the postcards anyway..hee hee hee...

Love to all
Mary xxx

Hi Peeps ,had my 30 minutes in the sun ,and now i am back on the puter.
It was cloudy ,with thunder over the mountains this morning but the threatened rain never came so the wife was pleased ,as the washing dried okay.
The missus is darned sore at the minute ,so Betsy is sitting outside the bungalow sunning herself [the Corsa], but ,not to worry ,in a few days when liz caan get in and about okay ,we will be out seeing the sights ,and browsing the back street shops in Pafos and Limassol,where there are tons of things to do and see ,Badger will be looking for a cheap fishing rod for a few days fishing in the bay while he is here ,i will park the missus under a palm tree ,on a seat with a book and some cold drinks while i have a good time ,Liz? cummon peeps ,you know her by now ,anywhere in the shade with a good book and she is happy ,lol.
At the moment she has rescued ,Harry Potter And The half Blood Prince that she gave Sean to read on the way home on the plane ,her eyes lit up when she saw it ,because she hadn't even read it ,he he.
the Corsa runs fine ,£200 saved by buying a car instead of hiring was a good deal.
Sean gets to use it after he sells the Subaru ,and runs it until he comes home ,selling it on a few days before he flies,so , i even get part of the money back ,can't be bad ,eh?.
The camp has a lovely swimming pool ,so even if the weather is bad ,Liz can still get her swimming in which pleases her no end.
The only downside here is the price of Freds favourite food ,fish ,such a price that it's a once a fortnight treat i.'m afraid,but the fish shops will be getting a hammering when i get back ,to make up for it..
I did find one place that sells haggis though ,so i will be having haggis ,neeps ,and tatties while i am here ,veggies are dirt cheap so i am well pleased with that.
I have also upgraded my I E to 8,and yahoo to 9 so we will see how it goes ,touch wood i havn't been dumped off once today ,whereas i was off so many times yesterday that i gave up come the finish.
Time for a coffee ,see you all later ,Fred.

Morning all. Well, Fred now I am very jealous, how lucky you are
with the orange and lime trees!!! Sorry abouy Liz,some folk are just plain dumb. The sad part is most airports have 1 or more.
Didn't take long to put you to work cooking again did it? How lucky to take a cook every where you go!!!!
Hi to all the others, time to let us know how you are please.Hope you have been following Les's blog, they are close to home now but have had an interesting trip. This is a big country and they have covered a lot of it.
Fall is finally here, cool weather moved in yesterday and will soon change
to snow. Must get busy so will say bye for now. Edith XXXXXXXX

Nice to see you've arrive for your holiday Fred, regards to your wife, hope she is over her fall (or shove). People don't seem to care do they, all it would take is a little courtesy or concern for others. No wonder you told her what you thought!!!! Good for you... Hope you enjoy yourselves.
I'm struggling with my family research at the minute, I stay in touch with the Canadian rellies I found via this site though so that is good, but I'm taking a break from it for a week or so to recharge my batteries!! Its a bit on the chilly side here today so just an indoor pottering about day.... Regards to all......

Well,he is the Badger ,sat on the verandah /patio ,in a nice sunny back garden with an orange bush blowing gently in the wind,and a large Lime tree[of the fruiting kind] blowing gently in the wind ,so ,all i need now is someone to chat to .
We took off from Newcastle nearly half an hour l late due to a loading error ,but made twenty minutes of the flight up due to a friendly tail wind.
The flight went well ,as we turned to starboard on take off .flying parallel To The coast so that i could see the rivers all the way down,the Tees,Weir,The Humber,with it's bridge ,tiny from the air,over the wash too ,before we turned port to cross the Dutch coast coast.To the Netherlands[ waves to Sylvia],eventually crossing the German border.
I never knew Germany was quite as big ,but we passed over tracts of land still covered in forest stretching for miles ,one can see even from the air that these people respect the countryside and are doing their best to conserve it.
we flew over the Alps as we went on to Italy ,going so far down the coast before swinging slightly east to enter the Turkish air space,flying over the sea and passing over loads of small ,inhabited islands before we swung back to starboard to reveal Cyprus on the Horizon .
We had on mishap after touch down in the arrivals barriers, a daft woman in front of us put her cases down and stepped a place forward to talk tro someone ,then stepped two paces back without looking behind herself,falling over her cases and cannoning into Liz,throwing her sideways over a Welcome To Cyprus sign,onto the floor.
The woman got up and tried to walk away, but was stopped by two others,until two customs bods arrived and gave her a bit of a talking to ,taking her passport number plus her personal details before letting go of her.
By this time other customs people had got liz up on her feet and took us through customs to seats in the lounge ,so by the time this daft female came through i was waiting for her.What i said to her in the next couple of minutes to do with her and her parentage i will not repeat ,but the last thingi said to her was ,Because you didn't even have the decency to enquire after my wife ,i have all the personal details of you ,plus your driving licence number and address details passed on by customs ,so be warned ,if there is anything wrong with my wife that shows up at a later date,you will be hearing from my barrister,and remember too that the whole incident will be on cctv ,that the airport will now keep just in case ,plus the names and addresses of the two witnesses who helped pick my wife up off the floor, i don't think she liked me much ,he he.
She is fine honest,just a bruise on her left elbow where she hit the floor ,plus a few tender bits on the rear padding ,but altogether fully recovered.
Notice too that the old lady isn't coughing nearly so much since she arrived ,this dry,warm air is working it's magic already,and she has some colour on her face.
Def' need a lottery win folks to get her out of britain to a dryer warmer climate that could easily see her live a lot longer.
Gonna put this up now ,because this so called broadband is a bit iffy and could go again any time.
See ya later peeps Fred & liz.xxxxx

Hi Edith ,and all of you ,just to say ,i will now be shutting down here ,and hope to be back on Line Monday if all goes well.
Have a great weekend no matter what weather you are having , rain ,dust storms,hail.snow ,or flooding ,Take care everyone,Fred.xxxxx O ff to the wide blue[i hope] yonder he he

Hello everybody, Hope you are all well. It seems our fall/summer is near it's end. Expect rain and chilly temps starting Sunday. Can't complain as the last 3 weeks have been fabulous and we can start winter in a good mood. Waiting to hear how Les and Norm made it through the prairies. I think they are so dull. Drive forever and still see the same house!!!!!
Fred and Liz bon voyage on your holiday, enjoy the warm weather and we look forward to your stories from over there Fred. Stay well all
Bye for now. Edith XXXX

Good afternoon to all over there in Kiwi land and oz ,commiserations on your lousy weather the pics i saw on telle this morning was like something out of a horror film,not so much the dust although that was some size sandstorm ,because i have seen the like in the gulf on a smaller scale.
It was the heavy rain ,hailstones ,and the winds that had me gobsmacked,along with the erosion of the river deltas and beaches ,wow ,you can keep your spring weather.
had an idea from Bill early this morning who said there must be a cheaper ,better way of hiring a car than getting one from the raf pool.
It got me thinking ,so i got in touch with sean this morning and asked him to do a little snooping around camp for me.
an hour later i got a reply and ,Bingo. a lad coming home this coming Monday with a nice little 1300 cc Corsa ,with no buyer, [sold ] he he,now Sean can get rid of his Subaru at his leisure getting the best price for it,and he has a corsa that he can keep after we come home ,that he can use for work,a £100 cheaper for the remainder of his time there not just the 6 weeks hire from the pool all sorted.
It also looks as though he may be home in time for Christmas ,then it's back to brize i reckon ,but ,next posting should see him in Germany where he can get to Poland ,and his wife easily,the poor lass is rather down at the minute ,but ,she did do better than me and Liz ,we were parted eleven days after we got married ,me back in Aden ,and Liz back home in Newcastle for 18 months ,yes ,we know how she must be feeling.
Been a lovely day here ,sunny mild and just the ticket to dry all the washing before going away on Sunday morning.
Hope everyone has a better weekend this time with more clement weather ,
Have a nice weekend all,Fred,& Liz.

Afternoon all..I cant believe it is so long since I posted...where have the days gone..
Thanks for the birthday wiishes.. and Happy Belated Birthday wishes to Les..
What a great meetup with Edith..Wish I could have been there to,,can just hear the laughter from here..

Christine.. Your hospitals sound a bit like ours,,waiting..waiting..for ever it seems some times..

Teresa. So glad Bob is on the mend and what good news for him..The new house sounds just what you need now that the kids are away so much..Last thing you need is lots of housework, but the big garden sounds fantastic and you will have Fred jealous if you have lots of it in growing vegs. I think he would give his eye teeth for a small allotment..lol...

Fred Feel for you and like you I hate the dentist..why do they have to feel like they are practically sitting in your mouth when doing a filling..yuk..

Well not much to report here,,We have had a dreadful dust storm today..It must have travelled a thousand miles to get here all the say from Victoria and they say it will get blown eastward towards New Zealsnd..Waiting for cousins who live on the west coast of NZ to write and complain to us that they dont want it thank you..lol..told them to bag it up and send it back as we still need it..hee hee hee..we could do with some rain though,its been very dry.. planes and ferries have all been disrupted due to the strong winds that have come with it..

Hope all are well ..

Love Mary xxx

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LES

Hope you find a good restaurant to celebrate!!!

Love Edith

P.S I'm sorry I didn't steal Bella and bring her home with me.!!!

HAPPY 29TH BIRTHDAY LES!!!!!!!! Hope you are enjoying your travels.. Fred hope you have a lovely holiday, and hello to everyone else hope you are all well.....

OK...I have to rephrase...Norm says graffiti is a social comment of our times....yup!!!
I am 29 again today....yippee!!
Keep well you lot.
Lesxx

Happy Birthday to VP happy birthday to you xxx

Norm there are some great books on graffitti as art in Melbourne so understand how you see it.

Campsite knowing about blog????

teresa good about Bob, ad blessings fort the new house

``````Canucks all and heard the chuckles from here VP and Edith

Love you Edith...grreat visit..the rest of the day was "different"

Another motel.

Talked to daughter tonight and she wants us home by the weekend....dunno if we can accomplish that.

JA, Norm is a graffiti freak and has a huge file of such shots taken over the years. Even tho many are "different" he believes they are a true expression of somebody's art...hmmm!!! Often I think they are crap....but hey!!! that's just me!!!

Keep happy, you lot.
Lesxx

PS. what's with this jumpy screen???? Anybody know???

Hello everyone. Had a lovely morning with Les, Norm and Bella. Went ove r to Dryden 1 hr. west and had breakfast with them and then to the lake for Bella to run and work off some energy. She loved the water. Chatted and watched the dogs antics, Norm took some pics and we enjoyed the late summer weather. Too soon they were on their way to Winnipeg and I returned home. A great day and got to give Bella the hugs for you all.
Must get some chores done now so will be back soon. Edith XXXX

can't put this on the blog as Norm promised the owner we would not...however...the KOA campsite last nite was blurry awful. At 12.30am three woman were out by the shower room yelling and screaming and they kept it up fror almost an hour. Then there were some men drinking and laughing until 3 o' clock am....grrrr!!!! Add to that the noise from the nearby highway and the trains....deary, deary!!!

So it is a very tired twosome today.

Hey Christine..you did well...LOL!!!

Lesxx

Morning all ,from a veeery quiet Newcastle most of the traffic this morning going down the a19 to avoid the run taking place this morning,pity they don't do it more often .lol ,the quiet is deafening [if you know what i mean]
My new raincoat is dark blue ,he he ,to match my skin colour in the cold oooo,it do get nippy up here around January ,lol.
I have the dreaded Hissy well trained[i think ,she always turns up around 8 in the evenings to see ifi have put any extra biccies on her plate,so i always put a few out when she comes in [bribery i know] ,but it works for me.
Nice to see you again Les ,i hope you are still taking plenty of those pics,Sean will love seing some of them ,he loved the country very much and still reckons to retire there when the time comes
Talking of chores ,he he time i was away ,housework to do ,and the lawns and hedges to see to before we go away .
Catch you all later .off fora coffee now and thinking,next week at this time ,we will be over the alps with any luck ,whoopee.Holiday Badger

Hey, its me again. Another motel. Thanks to you guys for all your comments....they are so appreciated...heaven knows where everyone else is...maybe they don't know how???
Glad hubby is doing OK Teresa and do enjoy your new home. Since making this trip Norm and i are thinking we might want to live somewhere a bit bigger than port Alberni....we'll see.
Christine...miss you on the blog.
Fred, in case I forget...have a great trip.
Luv Lesxx

Well ,hello all out there ,from a very early badger this morning ,the gnashers are causing me no problems this morning but the leg is ,so i got up and made a cuppa then let the cat out ,Hissy asked sooooo nicely that i couldn' t say no could i.?
The police helicopter is around again so either someone is being a bit noisy ,or Hissy is being naughty,or both ,still when i have finished my cuppa ,i will lock up and go for my walk to get the kinks out of these old bones.
Had a good time in town yesterday.found the luggage straps and labels,found a lovely winter raincoat with a detacheble fleece lining,which will be ideal for my winter walks to keep myself mobile ,until the new garden season starts.
We also went to our butcher and got some beefburgers and pork burgers with the idea of having our last B B Q of the season before we fly off on holiday,woo hoo ,nine days and counting then ,sea ,sun and swimming in a nice warm sea .
Glad to see that Bob is doing so well too ,that must be a huge relief .
catch you later ,holiday badger,.