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Blue2
8th Dec 2024 17:27:41
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Hi just getting to find my way round
PuzzlerJan
7th Dec 2024 18:57:35 (Last activity: 9th Dec 2024 19:14:45)
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Welcome! Quite a newbie myself. Looking for new chat buddies.......... Where to you live? I am 72, married and live in Kent. Love crafts and travel. What about you?
Response from Blue2 made on 8th Dec 2024 17:30:57
I live near Bolton lancs I’m 68 and sometimes get lonely for a chat. I keep busy during the day walking gardening when weather is good and look after grandkids sometimes. I don’t like winter for that reason!
Response from PuzzlerJan made on 8th Dec 2024 19:50:22
Hi there. Yes, I know what you mean about winter - but lots of time for hobbies!!! We read a lot (thank goodness for a good library!), do crosswords etc and I knit little tiny clothes for the Special Care Baby Units. How old are your grandchildren? Mine are quite grown up now. My elder daughter lives in Holland with her partner and they have two children - a boy of 23 and a girl of 18. My younger daughter lives about 45 minutes drive away with her hubby and their two boys - one of 17 and the other 15. We don't see much of them as my daughter makes celebration cakes for a living and is always up to her eyes in cake mixture......lol. Where does the time go? It seems like only yesterday I was walking my two to junior school..............
Anyway, always up for a natter. Hope to hear from you again.
All the best
Jan
Response from Blue2 made on 9th Dec 2024 16:59:43 > @PuzzlerJan
Hi nice to hear from you..I have 4 grandchildren! My eldest son lives nearby and he has 2 daughters one is 14 and the other is 11. I went to watch them in the Xmas swimming gala yesterday! My younger son lives nearby as well with one son aged 7 and little girl 2 they went on the Santa special train yesterday
You seem to keep yourself busy that’s good. Do you get to Holland much to see your daughter?
Take care

Kath
Response from PuzzlerJan made on 9th Dec 2024 19:14:45 > @Blue2
Hi Kath. You are so lucky to have them all living close by! How exciting to have little ones - bet they loved the train. Christmas is so magical when they are young. I remember it well - packing up stockings and taking them to the panto......... I think I shouted louder than they did.....lol. Hope the gala went well. It's good for them to be able to swim.
No, unfortunately we don't get to Holland now. They live in a village outside Rotterdam and the coach trips all go to Amsterdam which is a good couple of hours on the train and then a second train to their village. For the last few years, they have come over once a year for a few days and we get allocated one day of their visit! Of course it involves a lunch-time..........lol.
They are actually coming over at the end of January - very brave to do the Calais-Dover ferry crossing that time of year!!!
Have you done much travelling? We have been lucky enough to do a lot of coach trips in recent years - both to Europe and the UK. Tend to stay a bit nearer home now although we are hoping to visit Ireland and the Scottish Highlands next year which are on our 'bucket list'.
What about indoor hobbies? Do you read, like crafts etc? I love baking cakes too! Always up for new recipes.......... though they are not always successful!!!
Well, thats enough rambling for now............ hope to hear more about you soon.
All the best Jan
Blue2
7th Dec 2024 20:39:22
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Hi I’m new tonight too! Trying to find my way round! I live north west

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