Allotments 4 All

oops forgot the capstan full strength you must smoke 20 of these a day

Now then - drinking bottles 'o Dog won't be a problem, I've plenty of practise of that when I was at Teesside Poly  ;)

Don't forget our " religion " ......Jethro .... 3pm on Saturdays at St James's !!  ;D    ;D

Just to let you know that after my tale of woe regarding my dangerous allotment - I now have a new one.  It is on the same site, which I am pleased about, it still has a natural well - so I will be ok next year if we have good weather and a shortage of rain.  The best thing is there are no old buildings and I will put a new shed and greenhouse in the new year.

I am so excited now and can hardly wait to get in there.   Keeping fingers crossed for good weather over the next few days but I believe it is supposed to change quite drastically.    never mind - I can always make my bedding plans and look through the catalogues for seeds.

Hello Dusty
Glad you've eventually got a site that you feel happy with! Sounds as tho' you've lots of hard work ahead, but something to look forward to in the spring!
Enjoy catalogue browsing......a great way to pass a dismal winter evening!!

Hey - good news, Dusty; glad it's worked out!

All best - Gavin

Great news Dusty - and good for you for perservering ! at one point you sounded so dejected that I thought you'd give up. I'm looking forward to hearing how things go this year with your new safe plot.

Happy gardening  ;D ;D ;D

Hi Dusty,  Great to hear the news about your new allotment.  It is a good time to get it as you can start to make plans and clear the ground a little for next year.  I bet you are thrilled to have a plot again, as BB said you did sound very dejected a while back.  All the best with it, and we all look forward to hearing how you progress. LOL :D :D busy_lizzie

that's great Dusty! my old buildings are coming down over the winter, i thought they were such a blessing when i got the plot but now they seem like a lot of work cos they just aren't safe.

on the music front my mum and dad are coming over from turkey to see meat loaf on the 24th and apparently he's gone a bit drunk and mad again and might cancel the tour. i really hope not, my mother will blame me  :D

thanks all -   got my paper and pen out and started making plans  :)

Hope meatloaf doesn't cancel your parents will be so disappointed.  I would love to see him but never got around to getting tickets.     It is a few months since we have been to see anyone, OH has been really busy this year, but I think we will have to make the effort - live music and a meal/drink - can't think of a better evening.
On of the last shows we saw were (showing my age here) Manfred Man, Chris Farlow and LJ Baldry - great evening.    Paul Jones Blue Band as well which was brilliant.

Hi Dusty, if you like blues you should come to the festival at Stanley it's great  ;D , drink, good bands, drink, good atmosphere, did i mention drink  ;D .

Jethro - sound good when is it on and where. OH also loves blues music.  

Have you heard of Catfish Keith?    we saw him at the live theatre in Newcastle last year - we had a really great night.

My dear old dad was named after the town Stanley - where a lot of his family came from.

Be interested to know about the blues in Stanley and before the snow sets in, if it hasn't already started, we could come down.  (A friend of mine originating in Stanley was late for work one morning, many years ago, she blamed it on the really bad snow fall - this was early June ;D)

Hi Dusty, the festival is on in August so you have missed it  :-/, this year we had Paul Jones, and Peter Green ( late Fleetwood Mac ) or so i'm told too busy with other things  ;D i.e drink. If your mates know Stanley it;s on at the Kings Head field, this year the crowd was about 8,000 strong (eat your heart out Glastonbury ).
So where abouts did your friends live in Stanley? i've lived here for 46 years ( well apart from Canada, 3 years there and London for 2 ) still trying to break out but the guards keep finding the escape tunnels  ;D .

Ah snow in June what a summer that was  ;D , you should have seen the winter  :o , there was i wrestling polar bears and renting out part of the lottie to eskimos, had to get a JCB in to dig out the leeks  :o .