General Chat

Hi All
Pat I hope you have a great time in Scotland
Marilyn sorry your meal was awful as you say it puts you off going back. Many a restaurant has been boycotted by us after a bad experience. Reluctant to return after a bad meal or poor service.

Well I may be missing for a few days as Dad has been taken back into hospital today. A problem with blood test results. Possible malnutrition and something to do with the warfarin I'm guessing. Rita knows all about that.
Have to go to London with hubby before 7:00 in the morning so my sister can go to teach. Then home in the evening I hope.
We need some respite care now for Mum as she can't stay alone. The local family all work and I can't stay as they only have one bedroom.
Oh well we have to do what we can.

I'll try to keep in touch

Love Linda :-) <3 :-(

Pat.

You have a great time on your holiday, give my best regards to Rob Roy and also Hamish the Highland Bull if you meet them. ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

Hi Everyone.

Well WE decided to have a meal at a very popular pub and wish I hadn't ..

I ordered Chilli Con Carne and it was YUK !! supposed to have had English beef, but it was just a paste of beef in no way did I see any lumps of beef .....

So up I went to the manager and told him it was muck ,how this well known pub had the cheek to produce this muck was disgraceful to say the least.
I demanded my money back.....of which was no problem as he could see I had a valid point when I asked him to find me the British Beef that was advertised on the menu.
Pete was embarrassed, but he never had Chilli ...I Did ..LOL

So I'm never going there ever again ......

Now Got that off of my chest .....come home and had cold chicken cheese
& pickle ! :-D :-D

Its been quite warm here ....and guess what ??????

I bought some Christmas cards .....LOL

o my god Stephen have we to dress up for halloween

ok googleing looking for the best dressing up pitcher

:-D

Evening everyone,
I've still got a bit of packing to do.
Thank you for the holiday wishes. I'm sure I'll have a nice time. :-)
I think Cath is away 3 weeks .
I'll catch you all Sunday!
Have a good week <3

George,

Going Green at the Gills !

I've only seen that happen twice.......both were women ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

The first was a young lass who had taken ill in the mountains.

The second was my wife who had become seasick during a very rough trip on my yacht..

It was weird to see the Green Tinge on the skin :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S

Morning all,

Hope everyone is happy and enjoying the nice day, a little windy, but sunny.

Stephen, like the picture, looks like me after a session at the pub :-D :-D

PatricaAnn, hope you have a brilliant time up in bonny Scotland, you should have asked to borrow old Foggs kilt, he never wears it :-D :-D :-D

Morning Linda , Marilyn and MotownGal, how are you girls today.?

I am just waiting for my lift into town, got to go to B&Q to get the last of the paint to finish off my decorating, should all be done by Wednesday :-) :-)

I will say it really does make quite a difference when the house if newly decorated, didn't realise how much it needed it, has lightened the place up...LOL.

George :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

Morning ...

Pat have a wonderful holiday......I think Stevey has overloaded your holiday schedule, you want a bit of luxury.....no cave trotting for you......or grave trotting, mind saying that I do love a grave trot wherever I go on holiday ....so maybe the graves will be acceptable ..LOL Hi Stevey ...still loves ya !

Maddie,,,I still think you's posh :-D

Stevey its not Halloween YET ...or are you trying to frighten us ,because you have me !! get a new head on he's orrible ....

Agatha, seems to be missing is she on her hols ?

I wonder if Cath is still away cant remember her say if it was 2 or 3 weeks .

I'm doing some housework ... :-S

Morning All !

Another miserable morning here ! The rivers are running fairly high we have had so much rain. :-P :-P :-P :-P :-P :-P :-P :-P :-P

I have things I need to do outside and the bad weather is stopping me. I could them in the rain but there would be no plesasure in that. :-( :-( :-( :-( :-(

Pat.....you should be all packed and ready to go.... I really do hope the weather changes for the better for your trip to Bonnie Scotland. :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

Linda.....Kennett and Avon Canal, how I remember that from my days of studying the Industrial Revolution.......and that wasn't yesterday ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

Maddie, I don't like being off colour, Particularly green, I don't suit that. :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Have a good day ya all !

Keep well , keep safe , keep smiling :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Morning everyone,
Now this is the sort of Monday I like. The day before my holiday!
Thank you for that interesting story about the Rev. Kirk
Maddie well done on the paint work. :-)
Hope you've got your colour back Stephen.
Time for work now.
Have a nice day everyone.
I'll catch you all this evening!

Morning all
Windy here too Maddie
Green recycling so need to stay in until it's been collected, so we can bring the bags in before they blow away. Think they'd end up in Scotland today.

Had a lovely walk along the Kennett and Avon canal yesterday. Met up with my 2 brothers who had been on a fishing match, then we went to sit with a beer outside the pub there called the Row Barge.

Off to the gym later

Have a good day everyone.

Linda :-) <3

Morning All.

You look a bit green around the gills, Stephen.

What a stormy night, I thought our roof was going to come off.

Pretty pink sky now.

Have a good day all. Take care.

:-)

Maddie,
I've gone green with envy at your new paint job. :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Time for shower. supper then bed.

I don't feel 100% and I'm a bit off colour ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

Stephen I'm coming up on the plane to wash your mouth out with carbolic.

Straight onto the couch indeed. I will have you know I came in, admired the paintwork, and then cooked dinner. Admired the paintwork a bit more, and poured meself a drink. lol

It's a very pale green colour, like sorbet. Very pretty. The place is like a tip, cos we have moved all the furniture out into another room, but, it will be lovely when it is done........................lol.

Night night All.
:-)

Pat,
More info for you.......Couldn't miss this chap out.
I used to take my children to the Fairy Hill and now I take my Grandchildren.

Rev. Kirks grave is to be found in the churchyard.......but they don't know if there is a body in residence. :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S

The Reverend Kirk

Robert Kirk, 7th son of the minister of Aberfoyle was born in 1644AD. He had a fascination and belief in the magical world of Fairies. Robert also became a minister and after preaching at Balquhidder he came to the Aberfoyle ministry. He should have been remembered as the person who provided the first translation to Gaelic of the book of Psalms, however it was the publication of his book "The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies" in 1861 which was to fire the imagination of historians as the Reverend Robert Kirk disappeared in mysterious circumstances.

Legend (the pen and ink of historians) has it that the inhabitants of the Secret Commonwealth, namely Fairies and the like were furious at the Reverend for disclosing all their secrets and they planned revenge. Daily Robert Kirk would walk from the manse to Doon Hill, one day in May 1692 he did not return. Legend tells us that at Doon hill the Fairies appeared and took him to the underground world of the Fairies. The pine tree that still exists at the summit of Doon Hill, the only evergreen on this forested hill is said to contain his imprisoned spirit.

Another part of the legend states that somehow the Reverends wife was given one chance to retrieve her husband from the Fairy kingdom. She was told that he would appear to her once during a service at the Old Kirk. When this happened she was to throw a knife at him. In the event she could not bring herself to throw the knife and so lost her husband forever.

Thanks Stephen,
That was interesting reading about the Trossachs.
I don't think I'll be doing any camping out though!

Maddie,

In the door and onto the couch......what a woman :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Pat,
Thought I'd 'copy and paste' this info for you. To reach the Goblins Cave. You take the path behind the Hotel and walk through the trees for about 30mins or so. This will give you an insite into a wee bit of 'wild' Scotland.
I have slept out a few times in the Cave area and must say it felt a bit strange now and again. And I don't believe in Spooks. or Goblins


"Trossachs" was originally the name of a small woodland glen between lochs Achray and Katrine but the name is now used generally to refer to the wider area of wooded glens and hills with quiet lochs, lying to the east of Ben Lomond and across to Callander. The National Park Authority has given the name 'Trossachs' to the scenic triangle bounded by the head of Loch Katrine, Aberfoyle and Callander and north to Strathyre and Balquhidder.

The Trossachs was the haunt of the highland caterans who hid in its secret glens, and after whom Loch Katrine is reputed to be named - though some say it was named after a lady of that name! Rob Roy MacGregor brought his 'lifted' cattle through the 'Bealach nam Bo' (or ‘pass of the cattle’) on the south side of Loch Katrine and the Trossachs Pass through which the modern access road now leads.

On the slopes above the south shore is a cave named 'Coire na Uriusgean' ('Goblin's cave') and apart from ghosts and goblins, is also reputed to be one of the hiding places of the old highland rustlers

I never got into Downton Abbey and it's a bit late now!

Sniffs, and Tuts.

Well I am horrified that my innocent comments should be taken so despairingly. To think that a well brought up young gel should be treated to a double entendre.

Shame on your Mr Barr, I am very upset now. I may even Report you for being cruel and heartless. pmsl

Yes Marilyn the song about the Parlour. My Dad was old enough to visit the Music Halls, and often used to sing little ditties he had picked up there. He went to Collins Music Hall in Islington. By the by, it is now Blackwells Book shop. So one kind of learning, to another.

Work was manic again, we are slowly cranking up to Christmas, all the stock is in the warehouse, and it is selling already.

I dont like to think about Christmas until the last week in November, my birthday comes first. lol

Had me din-dins [make something of that Stephen] so will doss down in from of the tv ready for Downton Abbey. I like watching the nobs and toffs. Go on Stephen, you know you cannot resist a little light banter.

See ya later.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ to everyone.

:-)