CAMERA WON

 THURSDAY - Back at work tonight at six went to the dentist picked up my altered bottom dentures they are a lot better than what they where before .Did some shopping in Tesco bought some dog and cat food and some fried chicken pieces for me .

Took Bailey to the dog groomers for his shampoo and set they do a fantastic job and are always busy which is a good sign .

Some one is also bidding on the camera that I want on Ebay there is a few days left I am currently the highest bidder fingers crossed I win it .

SATURDAY  - Ordered a new black kitchen mixer tap for the kitchen sink  the one we have is only a couple of years old and its dripping taps from B&Q are not that great in my opinion .

Went to Wakefield Trinity centre Helen bought more soaps from T.K.Max both liquid and bars in fancy paper colourful  wrappings .We went to the Wetherby Whaler fish and chip , scampi with salad and chips , one portion of baked beans bread and butter , and one tea and one bottle Coca Cola £33 no wonder it was half empty it was only half past six .

Finished watching the Sky second series Gangs of London it was very violent and very graphic and hopefully totally over the top .

SUNDAY - Won a different camera than the original one I was bidding on which went for £71 I think  the one I won is a a better camera its a Panasonic Lumix DMC TZ20 I won the bid for £43 including p&p.

Cooked a Sunday roast beef dinner we had it late afternoon early evening with carrots and swede , green cabbage roast potatoes and Yorkshire puddings Helen cooked a apple crumble and a apple pie we had the crumble with pouring cream .In the evening we watched Mr Hariggan's Phone it was ok nothing too scary we had no kids knocking on our door trick or treating , if we have loads of sweets they don't come if we don't have sweets guaranteed they will come  .

THE PAST WAS NOT THAT BAD

 MONDAY - Went back to the garden centre at Wentworth Helen bought a magnifying glass with a decent lense and a wooden handle as well as two led battery candles and a pottery house the lights up the windows when you put a tea light inside it , on the way home bought fish and chips for tea .

Had a call from my son we should be picking up his gear that he hastily left at the farm when he moved out he is now  living with an old school mate .Hopefully this will give him chance to get and keep a job and sort his life out ,

In the past quite a few years ago I had a compact Panasonic Lumix camera I bought it with some of the money that my parents left me unfortunately I lost it it was over two hundred pounds and I bought a spare battery and case to go with it . I was gutted to say the least when it went I never replaced it .

I am now bidding for one on Ebay I think it was the next years model up from mine but looks the same design just better spec including a higher mega pixel as well  .It  looks like its hardly been used hopefully I will win it and use it instead of my phone . Hopefully I will win it .

I was looking through some old photos on my Blog in Google archive a lot was using my cameras I have owned and where not taken using a smart phone I also watched a You Tuber King Jvpes and the $10 dollar sleeper camera it made sense to buy a second hand camera . If I win it I will by a second battery and a case for it and a decent sized memory card .

Another thing I use to have and miss and had in the past  is a separate MP3 player same agin I use my iPhone mainly because I use Spotify but I am sure I can get a player which I can download Spotify to will have to look in to it as well as a stereo speaker dock .The past was not that bad for gadgets I think we expect a lot more when really what we had was enough to get excellent results .

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US

 THURSDAY - Break up for six days we are going to watch the Watcher all seven episodes hopefully get some chocolate and Coca Cola not sure what else I am doing would like to go buy a new laptop thinking of a Acer iNto or tug laptop .

It is my birthday this Sunday not sure what I will do not sure I am having my bottom dentures realigned so I cant really eat for a week so eating out is a no go .

FRIDAY - Helen has bought me a Leatherman skeletool in black and silver I has a Leatherman wave years ago until it got wrecked may I add  not by me  , it arrives Monday .

First day off had a lazy day took Rosie and Bailey out for a mid morning walk the weather is not great .

Have films to watch Mel Gibson in Bandit  , Nicholas Cage in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent , and Emily the Criminal as well as the Netflix series The Watcher .

SATURDAY -Went to Wentworth garden centre bought a Buddha's head water feature its has a led light and water flows down from the top of his crown it is meant for in or outdoors it was quite loud we put sponges inside to dampen the noise 

Took the dogs for a walk on the moors five minutes from our home we are lucky to have so many great  walks so close to where we live .

SUNDAY - Below is the Leatherman the Helen bought me for my birthday it arrived today on my birthday so the timing of the delivery was perfect I will have this forever its a perfect gift to keep for years I am a twin so happy birthday to the both of us . Cooked a roast chicken for dinner I went out to buy it I also remembered to buy  the cranberry sauce .My Son also called to wish me a happy birthday .

SWORDS AND MORE SWORDS

 SUNDAY - We went to the Royal Armouries its great its free to gain entry we parked in the multi storey car park close bye and had time to walk around the docks looking at the apartments we lived in very nostalgic to be honest I would have preferred to walk to granary Wharf and check out the area see what's changed plus its a nice walk up th river/canal bank will have to go back .

The Royal Armouries have not really changed its displays since it opened if you have been ten years ago unless there is a exibixthian on then you will see nothing new although it is possible not to see everything the first visit parts of it could have done with a good clean speciallysome of  the windows saying that it is free , and a great collection from around the world .Special if you like swords and more swords some of the armour looked difficult to put on never mind fight in it .we only spent just over two hours as we had a haunted house to go visit it Rothwell.Had a McDonalds on the way tried a cheese burger was cold and hard to eat washed it down with a coke .

CLARENCE DOCKS REVISITED

 MONDAY - Thinking about Christmas its always a special time of the year not sure what we are doing regarding dinner if we are eating on our own or going out the only invite we are likely to get is from my daughter .There are already mentioning a shortage of turkeys no doubt the price will go up in the next few weeks .

SATURDAY - Helen's cousin Craig came round to visit with her cousin Sharon and her auntie Doreen they stayed a few hours we all went to Compo's fish restaurant in Holmfirth .It was the first time w have been since covid hit in 2019 it had been renovated and looked more modern and stylish the chips had increased in size and the fish decreased some what but still as nice especially the Chinese curry sauce  ,

SUNDAY  - Went to the first place we ever lived together when we left the Travel Lodge in Leeds city centre .We spent our first months at McClintock House on the ninth floor which was handy for my job at the hospital and my job at  construction skills learning centre which was just over the road .It was more magical at night when it was a light up and the lights reflecting of the night black water.It has changed new restaurants have opened others have shut . When we lived there the casino was opening up and the clothes shop All Saints there was also a decent coffee shop I think there was also a Starbucks which If I remembering  rightly ,It ws also nice walking to the bridge we used to meet on and the back streets walking along the canal we need to go to the Air bar as we use to go there every dinner time when we was living apart with our other spouses .We meet on the bridge then go to the bar for food and drink .

SLOW COOKING TWICE

 FRIDAY - Went to Fox Valley shopping outlet went to the Pet at Homes bought some gravy bones two stuff toys two Kong toys and a jar of peanut butter a bag of dry dog food and some chews cost £41 .Went to Home Bargains bought Fixodent x 3 , Steredent x2 , cig filters , battery lights some all surface spray cleaner  cost £31 then went to the local farm shop bought 600g of steak mince a joint of pork and 2 x braising steaks a sausage and tom sandwich and six bred cakes a swede and three carrots some hose fat and a baking apple cost £40 over £110 how money goes fast than it comes in .

SATURDAY -After having just over four hours sleep I was up out of bed .Took Bailey out fo this morning walk to be fair it was a nice autumn morning. Put the braising steak in the slow cooker with onion carrots swede and potatoes . In the afternoon we meet some friends on Saddleworth moor at a old abandoned cottage we have been there numerous times before the weather was still fine the sun was out the clouds of the moors where viberant we only stayed a few house before heading home to a tea of slow cooked beef and veg we had it with pancakes .

SUNDAY -We went over to wish Helens father a happy birthday he is 81 we bought him the usual bottle of There Barrel Brandy big size will last him a week if lucky . Before leaving the house we put a joint of pork in the oven to slow cook we was going to be out for a few hours .

Arriving home did some sweet potatoes , carrot and side mash and Yorkshire puddings the pork just feel apart when trying to slice it it was very nice took no chewing .

STICKING WITH IT

 SUNDAY - Had scrambled eggs and cheese for breakfast it was ok I did manage to eat most of it cant say it was filling but at least it was breakfast .Went over to Helens parents stopped at my local petrol station the gas has got up 2p a litre hopefully it does not rise again .

MONDAY - It is still a pain eating although it is getting slightly better it is no way easy all I can do is stick with it try different foods and see what is best .I have not had a full English breakfast since my teeth removal I have not had a sandwich I find biting hard I find it painful and hard to bite down into food chewing seems to move my dentures or make them loose .Cant get wound up got to think positive that it will improve its not been a week yet .

Everyone at work loves them they say I look younger they look great which they do I just cant eat with them hopefully this will improve if not I see my dentist next Tuesday .

Think I need to buy more fixodent  and more steredent and mouth wash as  clean them daily if not more I between I use use salt mouth wash to try and keep food particles from losing under the plates its a full time job all I do is think about food and what I would like to eat .

FISH 'N' CHIPS

 SATURDAY - Mouth and gums feeling slightly better than they have done its not been 48 hours so it is early days for things to be all back to normal had a fish cake for dinner over the last couple of days I have had limited food I did have a steak beer chips and onion rings for my tea on Wednesday night with a massive chocolate eclair for desert and a full English breakfast on the morning before having my teeth extracted  I must have known .

I keep rinsing my mouth out with a salt water solution to help the healing and refresh my mouth I hat the taste fo salt water but it does help healing then I will gladly do it .I have stock dup on Fixodent and cleaning tablets and mouth wash hopefully I will always have a supply in I will keep a tube of Fixodent in the car because you never know .

I cant wait until I can sit down and eat a proper full course meal without any issues I cant really fix my dentures down until a few days and my sockets have healed until then I can only use Fixodent at certain points I don't want the sockets to get infected or that would delay healing and mean antibiotics just have to grin and bear it at least when I smile I am doing it with a full set of teeth .Still cant believe I had sixteen teeth out in one sitting never again .

Picked Helen up from Slaithwaite she had been doing readings from half ten in the morning and had finished at Half past five in the evening it had been a busy day for her .

We drove down the road again to Saddleworth we where not that far from the spot the police are searching for the remains of K.B the forensic tents where still on the moors as far as I know as of yet they have found no human remains 

Had fish and chips for tea I ate better then previously I put plenty of vinegar and tomato ketchup on and did end up with bits of food behind my plates VERY strange and so annoying .Dining at being at home I went upstairs to clean them off and rinse my mouth .It wouldn't be so easy if we had sat in a restaurant to eat them are my dining days out , over .

Cant believe its is October already how the year as flown bye summer gone Autumn is here and winter just around the corner another year passed how time flies .

K.B

 FRIDAY - Last night was not too bad the better dentures feel better than I though they would it will take a few days I cant rinse mt mouth due to the gaps left by the pulled teeth form clots if I do I can stop the healing process and risk of getting infection . I can test blood I don't even feel hinged I had a cool coffee and later and some soup .

Cant really chew gad some mash and braising steal all mashed up its like being a infant again hopefully time will heal and over the next few days things will settle down .

Heard that a skull had been found on Saddleworth moor the  police and forensic teams where out digging the weather was dire with winds and torrential rain we drove past we had to we have been going to the the moors for years we was there only a few days ago we have walked where they are now digging we could se the tents and the place cars and other vans at the location they couldn't have picked a worse day we also saw news and film crews with there cameras it will be a few days if the are doing DNA tests before we know for certain if it is human remains and if so it it Keith Bennett .The photo below taken by Helen has we drove back up the hill .

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 .

S.O.S

 SUNDAY - We set off for Mabletherpe on the Lincolnshire coast getting there took over two and a half hours through villages and towns we saw the sign posts for Sutton - On - Sea  or S.O.S only joking it was a great location  so we  decided to go there instead . The beach was huge as far as you could see  the tide was well out and it was reasonably quite we parked up in a near by car park no hassle and did a half hour walk on the beach dogs allowed it has to be on of the best beaches we have visited there was sand dunes and grass and beach huts which to be honest had seen better days but we enjoyed it .We bought fish and chips which where ok and reasonably priced we sat on one of the benches and then went for another walk on the beach promenade we didn't have much time we only stayed a few hours but we will go back at some future date .

2 BAYS ONE FOREST

 FRIDAY - Set out for Robin Hoods Bay on the East Coast went via Whitby got there just after 17.00 and got parked up .We walked down the lane towards the sea the tide was high it was still quite busy the cottages here are over looking the sea are small and pet friendly and out of season cheaper I think the Bay Hotel still gets fully booked even over the winter period it is very popular .

Leaving Robin Hoods Bay we headed for Runswick bay a twenty minute drive away passing through Sands End which I quite idilic we got parked up at Brunswick Bay and walked down to the beach it is very steep we walked throng the cottages and houses many with sea views one virtually on the edge of the sea .One issue with both these locations with the sea gulls who don't need an alarm clock they will be up before you and will let you know .

SATURDAY - After much debating where to go we have decided to go to Sherwood Forest the home to the legendary outlaw Robin Hood and his merry men or so legend says .The drive there was very nice we did the route avoiding motor ways where we could just sticking to the A-roads .We got to the car park and drove straight in we was suppose to pay on the gate it was £10 or you could pay by phone we didn't pay To be honest we did not know what to expect it was busy with screaming kids and loads of dogs we walked through part of the woods it was very boring we left after an hour glad I didn't pay the parking on the way back we went to Rufford through the ford think its the first time ever I have driven through a ford it was low about a foot of water we made it no problems .