Oh I’m so glad you included Note number 3! I was imagining you leaving the warmth and comfort of that pub to head out and drive on to pitch a tent somewhere in the dreadful hail!! But you were ‘there’ already and just able to sleep in your van I gather once you were warm and cosy (and in between snow showers!) So glad.
So delighted to see a fellow Enid Blyton fan! I too liked The Secret Seven and The Famous Five, but my favorite Blyton series was The Five Findouters and Dog. Loved it!
“The post-office is a wonderful establishment!” I internally shouted "YES! Indeed!!!". Also, thanks for the intro to Enid Blyton. I'm check our library for her books. I'm also going to ask my mum about her, as she (my mum) worked in the children's section of multiple city libraries before parenting became (very) time consuming activity (5 children in 6 years). My copy of Emma is looking forward to me finishing my ruglet project so I can turn my attention to her/it. 😊
Britstops! I never heard of this. What an enlightened idea --and definitely good for business. Seems such a sensible, win-win plan. Certainly not the way of it here in the US, where those who try to sleep over in a ( totally empty) parking lot are instantly chased away by watchmen or police. It seems to be just meanness. I loved your weather-report videos and loved it more that you found refuge in a lovely pub that let you sleep right out in the back lot. Beautiful! I learn so much from you, Rebecca. Thank you.
Since my last letter (which included a sweet card passed along from a dear relative) to Australia never arrived, my usual support for them has waned. I'm told the mishaps are particularly common down under, which does not help my mood nor my interest in trying again.
Your glove removal brought some much needed cheer, as did the hat-bobble-hedgehog!! And then my hopes were dashed all over again with the horrid weather. Thank the stars for merlot, warm fires, and good reads. Like this one.
“The post-office is a wonderful establishment!” said she... (Emma by Jane Austen) I'm having such a brouhaha with our PO at the moment. I've twice filled in a request online for where any parcels should be delivered when the door remains unanswered. The delivery men either don't know, don't care or both. So no - the post-office is emphatically NOT a wonderful establishment.
As for the rest of your delightful letter, dear Rebecca, I commend you on your most excellent powers of observation and retelling. It is no secret between the Terrier and myself that I wish I was similarly endowed. With kindest regards until your next missive, post-office not withstanding etc etc...
That "hedgehog" story was on our news here in the U.S. It was hilarious. How you could mistaken it for a hat, I don't know.
Interesting on the camper vans parking overnight at businesses. I have seen a few in a local parking lot near me. But it isn't legal here to do that. I guess they decided to take their chances
How did your hands feel being released into the great outdoors? 😁😘
Oh I’m so glad you included Note number 3! I was imagining you leaving the warmth and comfort of that pub to head out and drive on to pitch a tent somewhere in the dreadful hail!! But you were ‘there’ already and just able to sleep in your van I gather once you were warm and cosy (and in between snow showers!) So glad.
So delighted to see a fellow Enid Blyton fan! I too liked The Secret Seven and The Famous Five, but my favorite Blyton series was The Five Findouters and Dog. Loved it!
“The post-office is a wonderful establishment!” I internally shouted "YES! Indeed!!!". Also, thanks for the intro to Enid Blyton. I'm check our library for her books. I'm also going to ask my mum about her, as she (my mum) worked in the children's section of multiple city libraries before parenting became (very) time consuming activity (5 children in 6 years). My copy of Emma is looking forward to me finishing my ruglet project so I can turn my attention to her/it. 😊
Rebecca! Thank you for the laughs this morning! Oh my goodness. What a post of delight. You and Terry crack me up. Keep going. :)
Britstops! I never heard of this. What an enlightened idea --and definitely good for business. Seems such a sensible, win-win plan. Certainly not the way of it here in the US, where those who try to sleep over in a ( totally empty) parking lot are instantly chased away by watchmen or police. It seems to be just meanness. I loved your weather-report videos and loved it more that you found refuge in a lovely pub that let you sleep right out in the back lot. Beautiful! I learn so much from you, Rebecca. Thank you.
Aw thanks for the shout-out! Glad you liked the article :)
Since my last letter (which included a sweet card passed along from a dear relative) to Australia never arrived, my usual support for them has waned. I'm told the mishaps are particularly common down under, which does not help my mood nor my interest in trying again.
Your glove removal brought some much needed cheer, as did the hat-bobble-hedgehog!! And then my hopes were dashed all over again with the horrid weather. Thank the stars for merlot, warm fires, and good reads. Like this one.
The videos— were you in Seattle? How was the shoot? Was hubby able to snag good photos?
The animal bobble is hilarious. I have a similar hat.
Are you driving on the wrong side to keep the rest of us out? Cuz it's working : )
“The post-office is a wonderful establishment!” said she... (Emma by Jane Austen) I'm having such a brouhaha with our PO at the moment. I've twice filled in a request online for where any parcels should be delivered when the door remains unanswered. The delivery men either don't know, don't care or both. So no - the post-office is emphatically NOT a wonderful establishment.
As for the rest of your delightful letter, dear Rebecca, I commend you on your most excellent powers of observation and retelling. It is no secret between the Terrier and myself that I wish I was similarly endowed. With kindest regards until your next missive, post-office not withstanding etc etc...
That "hedgehog" story was on our news here in the U.S. It was hilarious. How you could mistaken it for a hat, I don't know.
Interesting on the camper vans parking overnight at businesses. I have seen a few in a local parking lot near me. But it isn't legal here to do that. I guess they decided to take their chances