When the gorse is in bloom
May. 23rd, 2020 11:51 amYesterday was bright and blowy (as is today, in fact) and we took ourselves up to Broom House Farm, where, being at the top of a hill, it was even blowier:
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durham_rambler wanted to drive the car far enough to recharge its battery, and I wanted to visit the farm shop - I could have phoned through an order, but there are advantages to shopping in person, and this is somewhere I can cope with doing that. When I had stocked up on sausages and yoghourt and cheese (and biscuits to accompany it), I took them out to the car where durham_rambler was waiting for me, I persuaded him to join me for a short stroll along the footpath which leads down to the road:
( The shortest of walks )
I was so buoyed up by the success of this expeditioin that I checked the Ocado website, in case there was a chance of completing my shopping there. It seems they have changed their system, and you no longer have to play "guess when slots are issued&qquot;; instead to register to be e-mailed when there is availability where you live. Which in theory is a much better idea. But it comes with a warning: "To begin with, you may only get an email every couple of months,.." That's not so helpful (and if I'd known, I wouldn't have waited three weeks from my previous order). Oh, well.
durham_rambler wanted to drive the car far enough to recharge its battery, and I wanted to visit the farm shop - I could have phoned through an order, but there are advantages to shopping in person, and this is somewhere I can cope with doing that. When I had stocked up on sausages and yoghourt and cheese (and biscuits to accompany it), I took them out to the car where durham_rambler was waiting for me, I persuaded him to join me for a short stroll along the footpath which leads down to the road:( The shortest of walks )
I was so buoyed up by the success of this expeditioin that I checked the Ocado website, in case there was a chance of completing my shopping there. It seems they have changed their system, and you no longer have to play "guess when slots are issued&qquot;; instead to register to be e-mailed when there is availability where you live. Which in theory is a much better idea. But it comes with a warning: "To begin with, you may only get an email every couple of months,.." That's not so helpful (and if I'd known, I wouldn't have waited three weeks from my previous order). Oh, well.
