Coasters are coming. Whooopeeee.

 

Keir Starmer

@Keir_Starmer

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This is our Plan for Change in action — bringing investment, security, opportunity, growth, jobs and joy to Britain.

CONFIRMED: A new Universal theme park is coming to the UK – set to be one of the biggest of its kind in Europe.

Creating 28,000 new jobs with more than 80% of employees hired locally Bringing an estimated £50bn boost to our economy This is our Plan for Change in action.

A deal to secure the first Universal theme park in Europe has been closed by the Government in the hope it will generate tens of billions of pounds for the economy. The resort in Bedfordshire is set to open in 2031 following an agreement between Universal, the Government and the local council.

By 2055 Universal expects the 476-acre site near Bedford to generate nearly £50 billion for the economy, with a 500-room hotel and a retail and entertainment complex planned along with the theme park.

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My god, you’re not trying to take credit for this are you?! This has been in planning for years. This has NOTHING to do with your plan for change! Each post like this puts more and more people off this lying government

Off to Coffee Morning. Catch ya later. Toodle pip. ilona

Crafting - shopping - gardening.

I have been busy today. Made some more of these flower decorations for the garden. 

This is what you need if you want to have a go and make some. CD, pieces of plastic and or vinyl for the petals, a button, a knitting needle, and a piece of wire. Poke the wire through from front to back, twist it around a knitting needle, and secure it using a hot glue gun. 

I think I have fixed the sagging bed. I found a section of a wire fireguard in the shed and laid it across the width of the bed, and secured it with cable ties. It overhangs by an inch each side. I had a spare piece of board so I pushed that in as well, for extra support. 

Then I laid on it, and it doesn't sag. Plenty of room underneath it for storage boxes. 

A short shopping trip this afternoon to The Range, and Home Bargains, to stock up on cat food and bird seed. When I came back I got the lawn mower out for the first time this year, and cut the grass back and front. It's amazing how a cheap B & Q mower keeps going year after year. Mayze and Mickey enjoying the last of the sunshine. I think they are in love. 😻😺😸

A lovely sunny day again. Long may it continue. Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona

Start your journey now

 

Checking out some news in my area. 

Scunthorpe General Hospital to Become One of UK's Most Environmentally Sustainable NHS Sites with New Energy Center.

The £27 million project will see the demolition of existing structures to make way for a state-of-the-art facility housing an electric-powered boiler system.

The two-story energy center will not only house advanced electric boilers but also provide staff office accommodation and a workshop area.

This investment solidifies Scunthorpe General Hospital's position as a leader in environmentally responsible healthcare within the UK.

All in the pursuit of net zero. Never mind that people are waiting a year or more for treatment. Never mind that they are going to shut down two blast furnaces at the steelworks, creating more despair for people when they lose their jobs, therefore affecting their mental stability. Never mind that there isn't any actual money available for this project, all they will do is shuffle their figures around and add to the already debt mountain. 

Scunthorpe is dying as with most British towns and cities. Green taxes, stealing from the poor working class to prop up the flawed and quite frankly bonkers race to become the first to reach net zero. It will not create utopia. Imagine standing on a podium to receive the award in 2050. And lying all around are the remnants of the once human race, who have all but given up on any form of a decent life. 

Their plan is to batter us into submission. Don't think we can vote our way out of this. Our battles should be with those higher up who are pulling the strings. The puppets dance to their command. It's for your own good. No it bloody well isn't. Their hairbrained plans are always for their own good, to line their own pockets. The richest have always been in it for themselves. They don't give a flying fuck for those who are struggling at the bottom. 

Rise up people. There is hope. You start by looking after your own health. Start by getting rid of your debt. Start by only spending cash at every opportunity. These are only small steps but they are the start of a one thousand mile journey. 

Glad I got that off my chest. Today is a new day. Make it the best you can. 

Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona

My bed is sagging.

How nice, another warm and sunny day. Crafty Club was jolly this morning. It was someone's birthday and we have this tradition now of celebrating with food. There was a smell of cooking coming from the kitchen and people were tucking into bacon and sausage sandwiches. They offered me a veggie sausage but I had to decline. I had a cooked breakfast before I left home because there was some steamed vegetables which needed eating up. I added some noodles. I was full when I arrived at the Village Hall. 

I knocked up this video yesterday as I sat in my summerhouse, and uploaded it today. 

This is the sunlounger frame which I use in the car for a bed. I have three layers of foam for a mattress. The cords which run across side to side, and top to bottom, are beginning to stretch. I need more support because the last time I used it I had a pain in my shoulders. The top of it rests on the upturned back seat, and it forms a perfect six feet bed.  

I have five metal rods, can't remember where I got them from. I can use them to strengthen the cords. Each rod is fixed by two cable ties at each end. 

They overhang by an inch on both sides but that doesn't matter. 

I put it in the car, added the foam, and lay down on it to see if it had stopped the sagging. It was fine from my bottom down, but underneath my body the metal rod in the middle had bent. I thought they would have held my weight. So, back to the drawing board. I need another solution. I'll play around with a new idea tomorrow. 

Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona

Over the bridge to the market.

Hoooray, the Farmers Market is back at the Humber Bridge. It closed because there was a nasty bug going around and we all had to stop at home. Well now it's back so I thought I would go and have a look. I imagined it might be busy so I left my car on the south bank and walked over the Bridge. The Old Tile Works down there is a garden centre and a restaurant. It was gloriously sunny with a cold wind, so I was well wrapped up.  

Almost there, coming up to the toll booths. They are taking these down so I don't know what the arrangement will be for drivers to pay for the crossing. So, just in case anyone does not understand the blue sign, they place a yellow one below it. 😊😕 

The North Bank car park is massive which is just as well because the market was heaving. There were so many people there all pushing and shoving to get through. Lots of buggies, push chairs, and mobility scooters, and hundreds of dogs. It's a great area for dog walks but it must have been hell for them to be dragged through the crowds. I tried my best to see some of the stalls, but had to give up. It was a chuffing nightmare. 

Apidae.co.uk is the local company that supplies honey to the farm shop I visit. 

Three more stalls but it was hopeless trying to take photographs, so I gave up. I couldn't carry anything heavy anyway. 

This lady makes some lovely bags. 

I decided to take a walk down to Hessle Foreshore. The lifeboats were out on display for anyone who wanted to have a closer look. 

I was ready to get back up onto the bridge for the walk back when I heard a lot of air horns blasting loudly. I just caught the tail end of a tractor rally. Everybody was cheering and waving.  

I stopped to chat to this lady. Nice to speak to someone who is passionate about farming. She is definitely wide awake. 

I called in at the Garden Centre before coming home, and bought a plant to put in a bare patch in a raised bed. 

A smashing day out, apart from the crowds. I made the best of it by chatting to some nice people. One old boy, must have been about 80, he had long grey hair tied into a plait, reaching down his back to his waist. I like to see people who are on their own path in life, and don't conform with the norm. 

I am a bit achy tonight with all that walking. I ain't no spring chicken any more. 

Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona

Just checking

Getting a tyre checked this morning. 9.30 appointment. The nearside front tyre loses pressure over a period of 3 - 4 months. I always go back to my garage and get them to check the tyres. I am too lazy to do it myself. I used to years ago. I learnt how to change a wheel when I had my first vehicle, it was a beat up old van. I did an evening class at college for car maintenance. We got to take our own vehicles into the workshop and practice small jobs like checking plugs and points, and taking a wheel off. Now if I break down I just call the RAC. It hasn't happened for the last few years because I buy the best I can afford, and make sure the car is serviced and if any jobs need doing I get them done. 

I have a young apprentice this morning, getting instructions from the boss. First loosen the wheel nuts. 

Then learn where the jacking point is. 

Spray water over the tyre to see if any air bubbles come up. At that point I wandered about taking photo's. I took some extra shots so I can play around editing them on the computer. 

No leak was found in the tyre or the valve so that's a mystery. 

This afternoon I went a walk to the park. The sunshine had brought lots of families out. The playground was busy and people were having picnics on the grass. 

Thanks for popping in. Enjoy your Sunday. Toodle pip.   ilona 

How are you?

 Good morning. So many lives are falling apart. I keep hearing of new health problems emerging, health setbacks where someone was making progress but now they aren't. A friends husband here in the village is now back in hospital in an induced coma. His heart problem has come back. I spoke to a friend on the phone, she was back in bed after feeling lousy that morning. Another friend is battling constant tiredness.  A yootoober I follow is struggling to juggle work with caring for his sick wife. She is back in hospital needing more treatment. Every day I hear of people's lives being disrupted because of illness. I never noticed this before. It's ok to ask questions. 

Now I must take my car to the garage to get a tyre checked. It is losing pressure. 

Catch you later.   ilona

What happened today

Good evening. A bit of a mixed bag post tonight. It's been a lovely day today. I've done a dog walk and been busy in the garden. 

Trying to get Billy to smile for the camera is pretty hopeless. He will not look at me when I call his name. 

Carol has a bench in her front garden so we sit and chat after the walk. 

Mayze soaking up the rays outside the back door. It's a sun trap and sheltered from the wind. 

My breakfast. This is how I make a banana sandwich. A thick slice of seeded bread, spread with passionfruit curd, slices of banana, topped with Greek style yogurt. Must be eaten with a knife and fork to avoid sticky fingers. 

Here is the video I recorded this morning. 

Thanks for popping in. See ya soon. Toodle pip.   ilona

Obvious. (Edited)

 Good morning. I've been thinking about this for a long time. If they are going to welcome people from all around the world to land on our shores, put them up in hotels, give them three meals a day, give them cash to spend, give them a phone, why would you then ship them back out to where they came from. It's not going to happen.

Accepting immigrants is a long term arrangement. They say we need more younger people to do the work, pay taxes, to pay the pensions of older people. But our new guests are not allowed to work, so what are they supposed to do all day? Why would you want to work anyway when you get everything free. 

So, there are thousands of young men wandering the streets with no ambition to do anything, no prospects to better themselves, and no inclination to integrate into our British ways. 

But there is one way that these young men can ensure that their position to stay in the UK is guaranteed. All men need sex. They all have sexual urges. I know that is a sweeping statement, and yes there will be some who can control themselves. But there will be a lot who cannot. So what do they do? Strike up relationships with each other, or take the obvious route and chat up younger naive girls. To guarantee a permanent home in the UK they just have to get a girl pregnant. So obvious. 

I have a video uploading. It will appear later today. 

Friday edit.

 

Robert Jenrick

@RobertJenrick

Britain’s prisons are being overrun by Islamist gangs. Self-styled ‘Muslim Brotherhood’ leaders control wings in many high-security prisons. And instead of isolating them, the system is protecting them - not officers or the public.

Someone asked me what I would do about the boat people problem. Read this thread from Robert Jenrick and choose the answer which suits you best.

Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona

Building a business.

Hello. If anyone is thinking of selling their wares at a craft fair, village fete, or agricultural show, this is me at my Mr Puss stand which I took around the country to mainly cat shows, and other events. 

It's not enough to put a cloth on a six foot table, and lay your goods out on that. To create an impact you need to add height. I built a step frame for the mugs and small ornaments, and covered it in red velvet. You also need something to hang things on. I transported my stock in those stackable plastic boxes, and used them at the back of my pitch to support two poles which I attached cross bars to, with heavy duty clips and D clamps. Perfect for clothing and bags. If you have electricity take a couple of small directional lamps.  

A six foot table is not really big enough. You can put some boxes at the front, cover them with a cloth and put stock out there. If there is plenty of room either side you could take a small table and place it at the side, but don't upset the person next to you by encroaching on their space. If you are alone you need to make friends with your neighbour in case you need to go to the toilet for a few minutes. Can you watch my stall while I go to the ladies. 

If you are selling small high value items try not to place them too near the front of the table. Keep them further back so you can keep your eye on them. 

This was my weekend job when I was a self employed lorry driver. It was a business so I had an accountant. I enjoyed it. Nothing was handmade, everything was bought in from wholesalers. During busy times I was working seven days a week. It all had to stop when sales were dropping due to people not having any spare money. The cost of the pitch was more than my takings were. You can't run a business like that. At least I still had an income from the driving. 

If you fancy doing something like this give it a try, though it probably isn't the right time at the moment. 

It's been a lovely day in the garden today. Let's hope we get more sunshine.

Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona

Ghostly !

 Is anyone watching Jeanlouis Reels on facebooook? Photo's and short videos keep popping up here. Don't know who is posting them. They are mostly short videos of a man with orange batons waving his arms to guide an incoming aircraft to it's parking place. He is usually covered head to toe in black. Only his torso is visible when he puts on a high viz vest.  He jumps about and makes the whole job fun. He said he loves his job, and it shows. I am sure he has other duties to perform.

Now there are other aircraft shots being added to the channel. I particularly like this one.  

Adding this link to his Facebook Page. 

And this one. 

WOW. Amazing photography.

Stunning. 

I took Mickey to the vet this morning. He stopped eating. It has happened before, twice. Each time the vet gave him an injection and he perked up again. Now he has had a third and I have to monitor what he eats and how much. Apparently he has an incurable condition which causes him pain, that's why he stops eating. He can have more injections as long as they are a month apart. If they no longer work then the vet may prescribe a stronger pain killer. He is such a gentle and sweet boy.

This afternoon I set off for a walk and wondered if I should turn back. It was so cold, even though the sun was out. The wind whipping across the fields was making my eyes water and my nose dribble. I stuck it out and carried on. I had extra clothing in my rucksack which I had to put on. 

Now Mayze wants a cuddle. She has been out in the garden all day. 

Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona

Introducing Charlie

Good morning. I have accumulated quite a substantial amount of naysayers on my blog. They berate me for exploring different media channels in pursuit of information about what is going on. That is fine by me, everyone has an opinion. Those who look for confrontation here would do well to do their own research in social media, and instead of spitting feathers on other people's blogs, they would be better to start their own blog. I have to add here, that some blogs have turned into cess pits for haters. They wallow in misery together. 

Anyway, while looking for information I have recently come across Charles Veitch. He posted this video 15 years ago and now has 528k subscribers. 

I have posted his latest video on my other blog, The Rabbit Hole, (Talking to myself).  What he says makes perfect sense to me. 

I wish you a good day. I have to ring the vet because I have a poorly cat. 

Catch ya later. ilona