marsh man

At one time we used to get a bit more if we had a prolonged spell of below temperature's I think it was seven days , we might have to have a protest like the farmers , trouble is this cold weather would kill most of us off before any decisions were made

Our weather at the moment is , cold , wet and miserable . I can remember many , many years ago when we had heavy snow towards the end of November and that turned out the worst we had for the rest of the Winter , nowadays nothing come as a surprise and we are more than likely to get Snow at Easter than we are at Christmas , but we have still got plenty of time with this Winter having only just begun . MM

THANKS for the update , a very quick delivery and sounds like the gilet will be trial and error for the time being . We now know the lazy , hazy days of Summer are now just a distant memory and the cold , raw days of Winter are now with us for the next couple of months or so , I now know that even though my mind say I can stick the cold my body speak the truth and nowadays it certainly feel it , this morning it was about three degrees in my motor , raining fairly hard with a strong cold wind blowing straight off the North sea , I would had gone on a shoot today but it would not had been one of those enjoyable days like we had last Saturday when the weather was cold but it stayed dry , also , unlike one of regular posters from Essex , today I would have had very little interest what time the Pigeons were feeding and like the Pigeons I fed in my back garden this morning , they could feed to there hearts content with very little , or no disturbance from me

THANKS for that , I will give it a try both ways and report on my findings THANKS John . Another tea gone but not forgotten 😋

Pity we didn't get our fuel allowance this year as I would had used my bus pass and had a day up Harrods to see if there any bargains in the food section , they know me in our M + S by my first name and one of the girls even tell me what they have reduced if I am a bit late , mind you I often buy a carton that would feed two or four people , I then look on the back to see if you can freeze it , if you can't then that go in the fridge and anything else go in the freezer , two or three weeks supply is enough and I don't replace anything till I have made a bit of space , so it might be a bit over the top for a ole worn out Marsh man but I recon I spend less in there than I would had done in Tesco's if I had bought the same stuff at full price , having the time and knowing the time when they reduce the stuff is the secret

Yea , I need to keep the cold out , this morning was the coldest morning we have had so far this winter , I had a pair of sheepskin gloves on when I walked around the river at Burgh Castle and my hands were still freezing , another sign of getting near the sell by date Got my slow cooker out of storage today , How long do you set yours for a stew ? , I was thinking getting it all ready on the day of the shoot and switch it on before I go at 8.30 and we get back home around 4pm . Yes it was alright and it made a meal from the leftovers from my previous meals , food is far to dear to waste any

I had half of M + S Cottage Pie left in the fridge , a few veg from last night and some Carrot crush , stuck them in the oven all together while warming up with a nice strong cup of tea , I think next week it will be cold enough for some Winter warmers like stews or casseroles , still we haven't finished with today yet so we will think about the cold next week when it arrive . MM

Not quite the same Dougy ,but it still involve a hunt meeting when yesterday three horses died or were put down within a hour at a race meeting , the anti's will no doubt home in on these sort of race's .

We had a touch of frost at sea level early this morning , then above the height of a five bar gate the sun was out and you needed your sun glasses out of storage , we know it is not to bad yet as the weather girl haven't issued any met office Yellow weather warnings and haven't been told yet you must not go out unless it is a matter of life and death , we are in the third week in November , so it don't come as a complete surprise , or do it ?

You could also do the reverse by covering a Canada goose decoy with a Brown/ Grey sock , with the size of them they should stand out well .

They know around these parts that we have got very short pockets , here yer go , the four of them were about two and a half quid , I will try some of it during the week and my dog can have some added to his meal . Enjoy your coffee.

Most of the times I come in contact with joggers is on a fairly narrow path around the top of a river wall , if I see them coming towards me then I try and make them enough room to get pass but I have also got as much right as they have to be using the footpath , like I say the majority are alright but you will always get the odd one who think you shouldn't be using the path , no doubt at sometime they might had stood in some dogs shxx

I don't use decoys either , but I would had thought by using Greylag decoys they should draw both Pinks and Whitefronts and of course Greylags . Not sure if Canada's would draw the three Grey geese above in broad daylight , others on the forum will soon put me right if they have found one decoy will work on all species , but I still have my doubts . MM

Even some of the joggers seem to have the divine right to go in a straight line at the same speed they are jogging , most of them are ok and if they are jogging towards me I tell my dog to sit and it's up to them to run round or pass him , some will say good dog but the others will tut and look at there watch to see if they have lost half a second

I went into Waitrose today and bought four lots of Liver and kidneys that had just been reduced and the coffee machine had been repaired , as they owed me one from my last visit when it was broken down I had two free ones today plus several reduced items , apart from costing me about a tenner for petrol it was a cheap day out