ALL GONE

 TUESDAY - Ordered three books for Helen by Juneau Black Shady Hollow murder series  they are mainly aimed at children but of course adults can read them she watched someone recommend them on You Tube and wanted the collection of three books she also wants the Garlic and the Vampire another kids book reads like a comic loads of illustrations as well as text .

WEDNESDAY - Had a restless night sleep not sure why Helen was also up and out of bed during the night as I am off this week I am going to bed at a reasonable time .I was up at seven a.m I had a shower before taking Rosie down for her morning wee and poo in the back yard she does it pretty quick .Then I have a coffee I make Helen a tea.  

I filled the dishwasher up with salt and rinse aid before getting Bailey out for his walk .It was cold this morning first thing now there is a nip in the air Autumn is here once again the leaves are turning brown and are falling . I put a sweat shirt on it did warm up as I walked him round the sports fields .

Arriving home I cooked sausages and bacon for breakfast sandwiches we are going out later in the morning to Slathwaite for our hair cut .

THURSDAY -Went to the dentist had all my teeth removed both top and bottom sixteen in total  resulting in zero  teeth . I had numerous anaesthetic injections to its my mouth and gums and the procedure took  just over a hour I had new dentures waiting to go straight in  hopefully they will settle down over the coming days I smiled for the first time with out being self conscious of my teeth and appearance .of Cours Amy face felt numb and speaking was not easy hopefully it will all heal and all will be good .

Below the photo was taken half hour after leaving the dential surgery and arriving home not the best photo not used to taking selfies or smiling will have to learn .

SPOOKY WOODS

 FRIDAY - First day annual leave I have all next week off too emptied the rest of the hanging baskets and the planters cut back all the roses and cut the grass front and back then took all the waste the the local tip .The sun was out and it was warm went to Asda did some shopping forgot to get certain things like brown sugar for my coffee will have to use white until I can get out again .

Had beef burgers cheesy chips and fried onions for tea followed by a scone jam and cream and a can of cloudy cider .

My Mac book is old I had the money for a brand new one but paid the cash I had saved for my dental bill hopefully I will eventually get a new Mac  book before this one dies its getting very temperamental and slow I can afford a Chrome book don't know if I should go down that route get another Mac book on finance.  

SUNDAY - Visited Helens parents it has been a few we last went over after we went to the gravel pits and woods where the police was looking for the body of  Claudia Lawrence who was a chef working at York university she went missing in March 2009 age 35 .Below two photos of the woods the police searched for her remains last year they never found anything and the case is still ongoing .

GOLDEN ACRE

 SUNDAY  - Went back to Knaresborough meet up with Helens Auntie Doreen it was her eightieth birthday and recently had a mastectomy she looked well was walking fine and generally looked well.

we walked into the town centre before going back to the main car park we didn't stay long had a coffee at Sharons camper van .Photographed the memorial for the Queen below very touching guessing its one of thousands .

On the way home we stopped at Wetherby Whaler had fish and chips its amazing how you don't go to a place for years then in the span eof a few weeks you go again I didn't think they where that good this time round enjoyed the can of ice cold Coca Cola I had with them .

On the way home another place w have not visited for ages Golden Acre Park the dogs have never been there before .We exited the car park through the under ground passage way .

MONDAY - Watched the Funeral of Elizabeth 11 very moving very grand hopefully she is in a better place happy with todays events .

BACK ON MOORS

 TUESDAY - Has the great reset begun things that are being published on the internet is quite scary .We are all going to be controlled by the government regarding food shortages cost of electric petrol and natural gas farmers being given money and handouts not to grow crops and things being blamed on the Ukraine war which would have happened anyway are we being controlled is our destiny being planned by governments world wide to control us and kill us off get rid of the old and infirm who knows its not beyond believe .

I had the Day off work  I dusted the slow cooker off and did a stew using braising steak it would cook whilst we was out . As it was a warm and sunny day and as it has been ages since we went walking  at Dovestone Saddleworth Moor  they are three reservoirs altogether Chew , Yoeman Hey and Greenfield its a six and a half mile walk approximately to do all three so  we missed the first reservoir Chew out which is the nicest one to walk around in my opinion we will have to do that another day we could see through the trees on the walk down to Yeoman Hey .We parked the car and walked trough the woods to the path that leads down to the middle reservoir Yoeman Hey .There was loads of Pheasants and areas of trees had been felled since the last time we was here all in it took use the best part of four hours to walk to the top and back way past the second reservoir Greenfield .

We have been to quite a few reservoirs over the last fcouple of weeks all within a fifteen minute drive or less there are a few more near to us where we have not been recently all the reservoirs we have seen are way low the water level at record lows and yet we still believe global warming is not a issue unbeliveable .

BALMORAL AND DIGLEY

FRIDAY -  Discovered a new band called the Sea Girls they have a album out " Open Up Your Head " its good .

Netflix took money out of my bank and my subscription has restarted not sure why because I cant remember clicking on a link or anything else to restart it I will watch it for the next month at least and see how it goes I did get boring .

SUNDAY - Watched the Queen's coffin leave Balmoral castle going to Edinburgh on her final journey to London very somber I won't see another queen in my life time they will all be Kings from now on I think I prefer Queens .

Went over to my daughters house for a family barbecue the food was spot on coked to perfection we took the dogs no problem they both got on with my daughters dog Bee the weather stayed fine we only stayed around three hours as the dogs needed a walking we wasn't being anti social hope no one was offended that we didn't stay longer .

Went to two local reservoirs with the dogs about a ten minute drive away Digley and Bilberry both reservoirs where way down on the water levels .Rosie is like velcro she attracts small twigs and ferns to her fur she always lets us know when there is something on her that should'nt be there this time it was some type of sticky buds she had one on her back leg and one on her chin luckily there was water she we just wet them and they cam e of a lot easier . it was quite a long walk transversing up and down she made it we did carry her up the steepest hill and just got back to the car before the rain started which of course we need .

R.I.P LILIBET

 WEDNESDAY - The Queen Elizabeth 11 sadly died my whole life she was our Queen growing up I remembered her on all the stamps,  coins and bank notes .I am not a royalist by any means I can take or leave them but she was different . People had the utmost respect and honoured her cant see the same happening for Charles .She will be mourned by millions over the next nine or ten days .Just like we celebrated her silver ,  golden , and diamond jubilee long live the Queen .It was very symbolic that a rainbows and double appeared at Buckingham Palace and other places throughout out the land on the news of her death .

IN PRINT

 SUNDAY - Went to a local reservoir we had not been to for ages since the last time we lived in Holmfirth we took the dogs and parked up off the road the walk was very in the country side with sheep on both sides off us there was a kestrel hovering in the distance on the hunt for small field mice the reservoir looked like it had dropped a few more feet we can see Winscar reserve for in the distance after the walk a we went home I cooked us a full English breakfast .fastened  the dogs in to the car and head for Druids Temple e have been here before but it was ten years ago , it had not change maybe the stones were a little bit more weathered but what was there ten years ago was still there .It was a nice drive using the A -roads and it was a hot sunny day .

In the afternoon we made the flasks and headed for Druids Temple we had been about ten years ago it had not changed the stones might have been a bit more weathered you drove there using the A-roads it was still hot and sunny and it looked just like we remembered parking was free we stayed about a hour before going through some other villages to Richmond .

On arriving at Richmond Helen had a phone call an article about her had appeared in the Take a Break fate and Fortune she had done the interview months ago but had not been told when it was going to be used until the call she had no idea we went to the local Co-op and bought two magazines and read them in the car well done Helen a great accomplishment she was not happy about the title but reading it in context it was ok Helen had a full page I was very proud .

WATER TOWER

SATURDAY - Cut the lawn front and back took all the flowers and soil out of the hanging baskets its all bagged up ready to go to the tip on Monday .With the hose pipe ban in place we have not been watering the garden and doing all the plants and flowers with a watering can is impossible .

We worked until early evening I had to go to the supermarket get two boxes of 40 packet cat food we then went for fish and chips we ate them in the car before going home .

My daughter and boyfriend are staying over night in a old water tower that's has been turned in to where you can stay over night its been very well done and decorated to a very high spec it looks a nice place to chill out .

TIME FLIES

 MONDAY BANK HOLIDAY - My none days away from work ends today back for my first shift never mind all good things .Went out this morning bough a chicken purple seemed broccoli and green beans will do a roast dinner for tea at least I will be going to work fully feed .

SEPTEMBER - August was a great month we visited many sea and coastal towns and new places we have not visited before .Now its September it is never to long before Christmas I have time off every month until the new year .

The new puppy she is growing fast is still sweet adoarable funny and cute she has fitted straight in she is still chasing the cats but is more to play than anything else .

My son Guy is still a lost cause he is lacking motivation a house and a job it cant be easy but he needs to pull it around get with it find direction and purpose and a job .

I have started watching the follow on to Game of Thrones House of The Dragon hopefully it is as good as it predecessor .

The car is running fine it does around fifty miles to the gallon  it needs a wash and polish I did the interior it's not easy keeping the exterior clean when there is an hose pipe ban in force the roads are dry and I ado a lot on the motor way .

We went to two local reservoirs  and the water level at both were way down we need rain as well as the end to the war in the Ukraine plus cheap fuel , gas and electric .