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My views on our world

 I'm starting to think the world has gone mad atm. Israel and Iran are now at war and fighting, Russia is still trying to take over Ukraine, and Israel is also still terrorising the Palestinian people. So what happened to net zero and clean air with all these bombs flying around and exploding? I think the whole idea of clean air has bit the dust literally now. I'm not sure what they are all fighting for especially with Israel and Palestine. Surely they have had enough revenge for the October attack by now. They have been fighting each other for years but I do think enough is enough now. The only thing to gain from these wars are broken countries, bankrupt economys, buildings and homes seriously damaged, loss of thousands of lives on both sides, and enough pollution to undo the last several years of of reducing emissions. I was very sad to read about the tragic Air India flight the other day. Looking at various news sites I can also see that 4 other Air India planes have had to ...
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Catching Up/not catching 🔥

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 It's been really busy here for the last few weeks with Mark popping down several times and Daughter with Granddaughter for 4 nights over half term. I had started to feel like a chambermaid changing all the beds and washing all the bedding lol. We travelled back again to South Gloucestershire for my new dental appointment (yes I finally saw the dentist) and visited our eldest son while we were there. He's still renovating the back room but it's almost finished now. Looks lovely with huge folding patio glass doors opening up onto his garden. I don't need any dental treatment so my next appointment is in December - actually I will remember the date as it's on our son's birthday! I managed to see my friend last week as we had 8 whole days alone here, which has become a rare occurrence! She lives in Exeter, which is about 15 miles from where we live. It was really good to catch up and have a nice afternoon chat there. We helped her move, a few years ago, to her nice...
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Visiters Dentist and a Castle House

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 We had son Mark pop in for a couple of days last week, and then travelled back to South Gloucestershire for my dental appointment on Sunday. I think Mark would like to live in this area if there was a job for him. Unfortunately, wages are quite low here and there's not much work around.  We stayed with our daughter on Sunday evening ready for the dentist Monday lunchtime. At 9.30am Monday I had a phone call cancelling my appointment for 12.30! I really wish I could get an NHS dentist in Devon as 100 miles is a long way to travel especially when they cancelled at short notice. We always travel the day before as the M5 is often very congested especially if there's an accident. They have re-booked for 3 weeks time. It's not the first time it's happened either. I've had several cancelled appointments over the last few years. I suppose I should think I'm lucky really to still have an NHS dentist as many people don't have one. We all went for curry at a local res...
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Babysitting and Dr Who's kitchen!

 Travelled back to our hometown yesterday and called in to see our eldest son. He's renovating his dining room and it's starting to look very good. Son always strips everything back when decorating, ie new patio doors, walls plastered, new flooring, new skirting board etc. He's definitely a perfectionist. We met DGD on the way to daughter's home riding her bike home from school. DD and her colleagues all meet up in a local pub with their children every Friday, so we spent an hour there before going to DDs home. Its really nice that they are all friends as well as colleagues. Today, Saturday, OH put up a shelf in DGDs bedroom, and then we spent the day visiting relatives. Managed to catch 2 nieces, 2 sisters, sister's boyfriend, and our Brother-in-law. Haven't seen him for months, as he's been staying on and off with his mum and sister since my sister died last year. We took DGD around with us as we're looking after her while DD is away for the weekend. I...
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Full Board!!

 Son, Daughter, granddaughter and adult nephew all came to stay over this Bank Holiday weekend! We were quite full up here. I told OH he should consider converting the loft for the amount of visitors we get lol. Nephew slept on a high, blow up airbed in the living room as all spare beds were taken. Son left on Sunday, as he's working today Bank Holiday Monday, and daughter, granddaughter and nephew left today. It was definitely busy here! Next weekend we are staying at daughter's home to look after the granddaughter. Daughter is going on a Spa Weekend with her friend. It was a Xmas present she received. Hopefully we will visit our eldest son, daughter in law and our other 2 grandchildren while staying there.  In the meantime I'm on the 3rd lot of washing tonight, and more to do tomorrow. I'm getting everything ready washed and ironed ready to pack for the weekend. It's much colder here now than last week and it was down to 5C last night. We only had 22C here at most...
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I'm not lonely loĺ

 The doorbell rang on Monday afternoon, and there stood daughter and granddaughter saying, 'surprise surprise!" I didn't even know they were coming, but it was nice to see them again. Our dog, Molly, was at the groomers that day, which is a good thing as daughter is allergic, and so am I now. I never was before I had these 2 spaniels. Molly came home and smelled lovely of coconut shampoo. We all settled on a Chinese takeaway for dinner as we didn't have enough food thawed out in the fridge to cook for them both.  Tuesday Mark, our son, came in the evening for 2 nights. He's back at work on Good Friday and working all over Easter.. We all had a walk around the town but I didn't buy anything, and we ended up in a nice little friendly pub for a drink. Granddaughter had fun walking the dogs on the beach and park each day with son and OH. She loves it here and didn't want to go home!  Wednesday we all went for a meal in a village between Dawlish and Teignmouth. ...
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I've been a tourist!

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 Returned home tonight as I've been to London for a few days. I quite liked being a tourist with my daughter. We stayed in a very nice 4* hotel on the outskirts of London, with a pool, gym, sauna etc. which was great for daughter while I relaxed in our room. I was very impressed with how clean the streets were in our area, not one piece of litter anywhere, not even a cigarette butt. We toured a local shopping outlet where prices were very low for branded items and travelled on the underground each day. I fell in love with a summer jacket (which is fatal)  and just had to buy it in Oxford Street! It was quite expensive but I didn't buy anything else on this trip lol. We walked through a huge beautiful park near Buckingham Palace, houses of Parliament and Big Ben. The next day we went for afternoon tea at the Ritz. You really feel like royalty there with the staff all very attentive, real tea in silver pots, sugar cubes with tongs, lovely sandwiches, scones and cakes. I even rec...
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