Originally Posted by GaryVFR8 (Post 6337458)

Hey Cathy with them pics you trying to tempt us over to Romford????
As for cheese there is lots of places that make cheese over here one of the companies is called Ashgrove http://www.ashgrovecheese.com.au/ they do all sorts of flavours. Another place is out past Scottsdale heading towards St Helens on the east coat. Pyganna(Probalby not spelt right) In Launceston there is a shop called Warsthaus which does lots of nice cheese from all over.
Gary Vikky and Bump

Originally Posted by GaryVFR8 (Post 6337458)

Hey Cathy with them pics you trying to tempt us over to Romford????
As for cheese there is lots of places that make cheese over here one of the companies is called Ashgrove http://www.ashgrovecheese.com.au/ they do all sorts of flavours. Another place is out past Scottsdale heading towards St Helens on the east coat. Pyganna(Probalby not spelt right) In Launceston there is a shop called Warsthaus which does lots of nice cheese from all over.
Gary Vikky and Bump

Originally Posted by ianandhelena (Post 6338825)

Think you mean Pyengana-we went there a couple of months ago to the cheese emporium-all v tasty.
Then we went to the Pub in the Paddock to see the beer-drinking pigs:

http://www.australianbeers.com/pubs/...pubpaddock.htm

Originally Posted by travelbug (Post 6333294)

Hi Oldgit - up late again i see! :) You really shouldn't worry about your postings so much - there's nothing wrong with them! we cant see how fast you type - so for all we know it could take you 2 seconds to do a message! :lol:

If he was a stranger and not the person that we HAVE to live next door to - it might have been different! :D
I did worry for a second last night when Andy said he'd let his car tyres down - for a minute i wasn't sure if he was joking :eek: Would be just Andy's luck that he'd get caught red-handed doing something like that!

Originally Posted by travelbug (Post 6336534)

"Treat em mean keep em keen! " :lol:
I thought that was the rule us women followed nowadays! :)

Originally Posted by travelbug (Post 6333313)

Hope you dont drink as much wine as i drink diet coke! you'd be pickled by now if you do...:lol: i should have had shares in either Pepsi or Diet Coke - as i'd be paying myself a good income on the amount i get through!

Originally Posted by ianandhelena (Post 6338825)

Think you mean Pyengana-we went there a couple of months ago to the cheese emporium-all v tasty.
Then we went to the Pub in the Paddock to see the beer-drinking pigs:

http://www.australianbeers.com/pubs/...pubpaddock.htm

Originally Posted by oldgit (Post 6339099)

Since when have you Women followed any rules:lol::lol:

Originally Posted by oldgit (Post 6339151)

Know what you mean........ No I only have two tumblerfulls per night don't want to be over the limit when i run out at night and have to go to the bottleshop and get some more.
Midnight 15kms arrive up and the bottle shop seems to be closed.... must be early closing day:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Originally Posted by travelbug (Post 6339177)

Very true :lol:
But that's what men like about us women, we're unpredictable, you never know what mood we might be in ;) Which makes us a bit exciting - but also a bit scary at times.....:ohmy:
Anyway, we do follow some rules, ie: the what i say goes rule! :thumbup:

Originally Posted by travelbug (Post 6339189)

When i came to Australia for the 1st time last year, no-one had pre-warned me that you could only buy alcohol at the bottle shops....
There was me walking around the supermarket - up and down the same aisles a few times thinking "now where's the bloody beers!" :lol:
Then i came out of the shop - Andy put the bags in the car - and went "i'm just nipping into next door to get me beers!"...:frown: He knew as he's been to Oz many times - but hadn't thought to tell me!!!!
I had seen the bottle shops - but thought they were like our off-licenses over here....ie, you could get the stuff in both!

Do you find that youngsters can buy alcohol easily in those shops?
You see quite a few teenagers around Romford drinking of an evening - which i hate to see...

Originally Posted by ianandhelena (Post 6333910)

here are a couple of other Lakes sites you may like:

http://www.wasdaleweb.co.uk/wasdalewebcam.html

http://www.leaney.org/

Hel and I attempted to do part of Waiwright's itinerary for this one and failed miserably (as did Wainwright! - too much in each day)) but the scenery was awesome:

http://www.leaney.org/wainwrightmemorialwalk.php

Originally Posted by travelbug (Post 6336589)

Boy its been hot here today.....temperature was 32degrees when we got in our car earlier - did go down a bit - but it's still in the high 20's! :eek:
Certainly not used to this good weather in May - it's been nice for almost a week now - and i think its set to continue for a bit longer...

hows the weather been for everyone where you are???

So hot yesterday afternoon that when i got in from work we decided to go on a picnic for the evening....
Went to a place i will miss terribly when we eventually move as i've spent a lot of time over the years there.... Bedfords Park in Havering Atte Bower, just 5mins drive from where we currently live. My dad has although a gardener for his job - was always a fisherman in his leisure time - and i spent many days as a child over the fishing lake here with him, my Mum and my brothers....the park is a historic parkland site owned and managed by the London Borough of Havering. There's now a big visitors centre built on the site of the former mansion there, and depending on where you are the park commands superb views over much of east London and into Kent......the trees are absolutely beautiful and they have lots of protected deer there.
Sometimes with countryside like this on our doorstep i do wonder why we want to move from Essex......but then i drive back home and realise why all over again! :lol::lol:

Anyway, if anyone's interested - Here's a couple of pics of the kids last night enjoying themselves at the park....

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Originally Posted by oldgit (Post 6339583)

Yes I made exactly the same discovery when I first arrived having never been to Aus before nor knew anyone who had.Likewise i walked up each aisle nothing with any kick to it.Anyway an Aussie mate put me right.
It isn;t just in Romford its all over the UK. And some of them its scary to see them in such a state.I don't like to see it either.
I can;t answer as my local bottleshop is attached to a roadside motel out of town and the kids may go there but don't hang around.I live detached from town and city life which is why i often don't comment on specific queries.
We're out of it here.Its an interesting point i wonder if anyone else can shed any light.......??????