tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post1122719004136565874..comments2024-03-28T09:40:42.365+00:00Comments on My Quiet Life in Suffolk: Another Saturday in Limbo.........................Sue in Suffolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-57798781204788678372021-04-12T02:09:38.875+01:002021-04-12T02:09:38.875+01:00I bet you are going to find all sorts of treasures...I bet you are going to find all sorts of treasures when you get into the charity shops. <br /><br />Enjoy your swimming.<br /><br />God bless.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16051183778965359500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-28745241040412020412021-04-11T16:17:07.285+01:002021-04-11T16:17:07.285+01:00I'm really looking forward to the charity shop...I'm really looking forward to the charity shops opening here, I can start to donate things again and maybe get a few bargains for my new place. There have been people in most of them regularly changing window displays to match current events, Mothers Day, Easter and on Friday someone was straight into one of them to put in a Union Flag and a picture of Prince Phillip. But then this has happened in all shops on our High Street, they always decorate windows to follow dates.<br /><br />There was just one that still had Christmas decorations up until Good Friday, it stood out like a sore thumb and one more that hasn't been altered since November, so they didn't even get as far as Christmas, but then that one is run entirely by volunteers.<br /><br />Hope you enjoy your first swim, it's been a long time coming hasn't it.Sue https://www.blogger.com/profile/04947919568474743963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-33053706007969032372021-04-11T13:39:09.154+01:002021-04-11T13:39:09.154+01:00No one does!!No one does!!Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-54581291318679383102021-04-11T13:26:36.947+01:002021-04-11T13:26:36.947+01:00Property conveyancing at the best of times takes b...Property conveyancing at the best of times takes between 12 and 16 weeks in the UK. During Covid with many people involved, solicitors staff, local authority staff, other agencies who are required to answer conveyancing questions, working from home, together with a stamp duty "holiday" which has increased house purchases and thereby also house sales, we have the perfect scenario for delays. Add into the pot the equity release that is involved with Sue's vendors. That, in a nutshell, is probably it Brenda. And of course, not forgetting chains.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-2333910175084893702021-04-11T08:38:46.499+01:002021-04-11T08:38:46.499+01:00Hope your move happens soon Sue, it's awful be...Hope your move happens soon Sue, it's awful being in limbo. <br />Sad about Prince Philip, but at 99 it wasn't unexpected, none of us go on forever and the Quuen was lucky to have him with her for so long. Many of us are not so fortunate. <br />Good luck with your charity shopping that's definitely one of my aims this week. ����Colourpointcatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15117339917148467111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-39127486015751075212021-04-10T20:09:13.612+01:002021-04-10T20:09:13.612+01:00P.S. I have never quite understood the delay in y...P.S. I have never quite understood the delay in you moving into your new home. Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16045973181179400022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-76538653287180244352021-04-10T20:08:37.142+01:002021-04-10T20:08:37.142+01:00Hope you get to move soon. Wish you could have sp...Hope you get to move soon. Wish you could have spent this interim time near the ocean...I live at the Gulf and the breeze is amazing. I moved my 1000 miles one month ago today...left Indy on the 10th...got here the 13th...taking time...beautiful of course. I have visited or lived in 46 states...Florida is one of the most beautiful of all...I admit I love England...and loved my time there...you are blessed with a beautiful country. Good luck on moving soon...Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16045973181179400022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-11851359633130679562021-04-10T17:23:59.389+01:002021-04-10T17:23:59.389+01:00Can you escalate your home selling/purchase to aut...Can you escalate your home selling/purchase to authorities? Someone is not getting the job done. Getting back to the swimming pool and charity shops is great. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14473063249106111719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-7283522071236513212021-04-10T13:37:10.944+01:002021-04-10T13:37:10.944+01:00What a shame your move is still waiting. Fingers c...What a shame your move is still waiting. Fingers crossed everyone who needs to gets their finger out! Enjoy the swimming sessions and the mooch round the charity shops. I could do with a good mooch too! xxhappy hookerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06895402170116525521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-72017588462172070402021-04-10T13:12:14.468+01:002021-04-10T13:12:14.468+01:00Sorry that the move is taking sooooo long.
At leas...Sorry that the move is taking sooooo long.<br />At least you will be able to get out for a mosey round the charity shops. Really hope your move happens very soon.<br />Carole Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16104768720202380916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-40970358018649119292021-04-10T12:58:21.015+01:002021-04-10T12:58:21.015+01:00I'm really sorry to hear there is still no pro...I'm really sorry to hear there is still no progress on your move. I do hope exchange and completion are soon. I was brought up in Liverpool and the Grand National was huge with Aintree being up the road. I know HRH Prince Philip was 99 but it was still a huge shock that they announced his death yesterday. RIP Living Alone in Your 60'shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08848266282669835475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-69788964826596525192021-04-10T12:05:09.758+01:002021-04-10T12:05:09.758+01:00Our Oxfam too has been later than most at getting ...Our Oxfam too has been later than most at getting rid of the Christmas stuff. <br />I hope they do a good discount on the Christmas cards till on the racks!Yellow Shoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16719449279985048223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-33809284352157543812021-04-10T11:46:53.292+01:002021-04-10T11:46:53.292+01:00Well at least you can mooch around the charity sho...Well at least you can mooch around the charity shops, we're fed up and we're in our own home.. hope things move along for you soon. In the mean time enjoy the swimming. Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18332613086771922320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-56657024101997206542021-04-10T09:05:20.227+01:002021-04-10T09:05:20.227+01:00Good things are starting to happen again. The lib...Good things are starting to happen again. The library is re-opening on Monday. Last time some of the charity shops were slow to re-open and some never re-opened at all around here. I hope they can open this time.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-63290805082497498182021-04-10T08:46:28.765+01:002021-04-10T08:46:28.765+01:00Our charity shops have been taking donations by ap...Our charity shops have been taking donations by appointment this week and reopen next week too, but as I am trying not to bring any more things into the cottage, I shan't be visiting them. Besides, my village is heaving with unmasked tourists once more. Glad you got a swim, you have missed that.Rustic Pumpkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335714529878600216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-81289234029262957182021-04-10T08:39:54.156+01:002021-04-10T08:39:54.156+01:00I have booked swimming at my gym too - we are luck...I have booked swimming at my gym too - we are lucky as they allow us to use the changing rooms and showers and limit the number of people in there. Hope your completion goes smoothly and that you will soon have all the stress of moving behind you :)Elderberry-Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14197689596360708239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-13688223092746245332021-04-10T07:57:54.895+01:002021-04-10T07:57:54.895+01:00That does start to sound more like normal as we no...That does start to sound more like normal as we now know it - long may it last. I have started to brave the supermarkets in Llandod for shopping again. I prefer Aldi for prices (but it is a smaller shop, less room) but feel safer in the light, tall, airy Tesco, where I have to go for the bits that Aldi don't sell.<br /><br />Enjoy your swimming. Plus roaming the charity shops. The two in town haven't changed their window displays either.<br /><br />I was very sad to hear of Prince Philip's death (on my birthday too, how dare he?!) He looked very ill when he left hospital this time. I can remember seeing him hurtling round a carriage driving course one year, my gosh, that took some skill and strength. <br /><br />I shall be watching the National this afternoon - it has been part of my life since I was a small child - I stopped getting the Beano and the Dandy when I was 10 and got Horse & HOund instead!Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-74246736872825779092021-04-10T07:49:00.003+01:002021-04-10T07:49:00.003+01:00Some CS are better organised than others I think. ...Some CS are better organised than others I think. One here had its window display changed after Christmas and put up a sign saying "if you're interested in anything in the window please ring us" (and I've noticed things disappearing) My daughter's MIL spent last week window-dressing the Sandbach Oxfam SHOP where she volunteers. We are leaving two donation boxes behind on Monday for friends to take to the CS once we've gone. Hoping you're not in the caravan for too long xxAngelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-51554178340098891802021-04-10T07:44:25.273+01:002021-04-10T07:44:25.273+01:00Three cheers for the pool opening. It's nice ...Three cheers for the pool opening. It's nice that things are opening up a little bit, isn't it?<br />xxJoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116524003944939298noreply@blogger.com