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Thanks for the kind thoughts. Bloody relief I can tell you.

Well, it's been a long old haul, but we finally completed today. Mixed emotions as we'd owned that house since I was three (1956), but hey, money in the bank, and mum's much safer and warmer, and loves it, in her new place, and it's much easier for us to get there too. All round, happy days.

They are grown on a rootstock, and this can vary in height. The one I had was probably about the same height as the one in the picture and a similar 'ball on a stick' as it were. Next door had one too, but that was on a very low stock and was in effect a low-growing shrub. You might need to shop...

I had to do a similar job about six and a half years ago, although fortunately the patio was reasonable enough to keep, and the rest was grass. Not a single shrub or plant. We'd downsized the house, and the garden, which was 160ft long before, so I brough quite a bit of stuff with me in troughs...

They could have Cov for less than half that 😉

PS. They used to do the Hakuro Nishiki at Hilltop Garden Centre (Shilton way), but haven't been there for a year or two, so not sure if they still do. Fairly widely available though, I think.

Have a look here Flowering cherry trees for small gardens Or for something different, you could try a Hakuro Nishiki. It's a small willow, grown on various heights of rootstock to your own choice. I had one in a previous garden, and it was rather attractive. The winter branches are a fairly...

Congratulations. Didn't take long.

There is indeed, but I don't have any in my current garden. Miss that. I do have two plum trees that I planted in the early winter that aren't yet showing signs of life. One is a yellow 'Warwickshire Drooper' planted in honour of my Grandfather who had several of them in his garden. The other is...

It's been in my You Tube watch list for a few days now. Hopefully I'll get chance to watch it today!

Sally 'Hot Lips Houlihan' Kellerman. 4077 and out. 😪

Sad to learn of the passing of All Black and NZ RL international Inga Tuigamala. A truly great player in both codes, and a lovely guy too. I remember him playing for Newcastle against Cov in the 1990s. Far too young.

I remember buying that. Can't remember where I put it though.

Agreed.

Pretty much the same as virtually every other club below the cabal. Nope! It would assuredly kill any further ground development at the BPA too unless the club were to be selected as one of the favoured few and funded similarly to the Prem reserve squads. Can't see that though.

Shhhh...

Can't think of much worse mate. The sheer bloody horror of realising what's happening to you. Just hope it was relatively quick.

A few years ago a friend of mine from my youth in Rugby dropped dead from a totally unexpected heart attack. He and his wife had moved to Kent many years ago, so I hadn't seen him for a while although we'd kept in touch. Now, I've just had a message to tell me that her son (John's stepson) was...

Looks more like you and 'er outdoors.

We spent quite a lot of time travelling to both the Worcester and Redditch hospitals to see my father-in-law (who lived in Evesham). Poor old bugger missed his century early in 2020 by about three weeks. At least both the hospitals seemed to look after him well, so hopefully you'll be ok. Best...