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by Croydon Claret
Mon Nov 27, 2023 12:06 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Autumn Photos 2023
Replies: 65
Views: 6703

Re: Autumn Photos 2023

Stourhead in Dorset
by Croydon Claret
Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:27 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Autumn Photos 2023
Replies: 65
Views: 6703

Re: Autumn Photos 2023

He were a great baker were our dad...
by Croydon Claret
Thu Nov 23, 2023 7:40 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 23/24 Season - Burnley Predictor Game - SHEFF UTD v BURNLEY
Replies: 2451
Views: 149051

Re: 23/24 Season - Burnley Predictor Game - BURNLEY v WEST HAM

Burnley 1 West Ham 1

Amdouni 38 mins

NL2
by Croydon Claret
Wed Nov 22, 2023 11:16 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tinned Food Count: West Ham Utd - Home 25/11
Replies: 30
Views: 1181

Re: Tinned Food Count: West Ham Utd - Home 25/11

436 minions
29ml juice

29g tin

Cheers, and take care crossing the road
by Croydon Claret
Mon Nov 20, 2023 2:04 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: homebrewing
Replies: 33
Views: 2302

Re: homebrewing

Tried it with limited success. Wine was really easy and had reasonable success with that. The beer stank to high heaven, and tasted rank, no matter how many times I sterilised it all. Eventually gave up and used the bucket for cleaning the fish tank instead As a gift you'd have to be sure that he wa...
by Croydon Claret
Sat Nov 18, 2023 9:04 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Autumn Photos 2023
Replies: 65
Views: 6703

Re: Autumn Photos 2023

West Horsley place, Surrey. Otherwise known as Button House from TV's "Ghosts"
by Croydon Claret
Fri Nov 17, 2023 4:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Rossendale house care home, non footy
Replies: 28
Views: 2482

Re: Rossendale house care home, non footy

Also consider appointing a Lasting Power of Attorney. There's 2 types - "Health and Welfare" and "Financial" It costs £82 for each and it's just a few simple forms to complete https://www.gov.uk/power-of-attorney We managed to get one for Mrs C's mum before she lost mental capacity and it makes life...
by Croydon Claret
Fri Nov 17, 2023 4:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Rossendale house care home, non footy
Replies: 28
Views: 2482

Re: Rossendale house care home, non footy

Croydon, I'm naive regarding all this malarkey. If you place your house in a trust, does the trust then own the property outright, and should the relationship unexpectedly fall apart, could they boot you out? I'm not a financial advisor but we did receive some advice from a friend who is, but sadly...
by Croydon Claret
Fri Nov 17, 2023 1:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Rossendale house care home, non footy
Replies: 28
Views: 2482

Re: Rossendale house care home, non footy

It seems so wrong doesn't it, but another of life's inequalities that if you stay well and healthy and in your home, you keep what you worked your whole life for and wish to pass on to family. Then again the accommodation needs paying for. How on earth do the costs for a care home get so high thoug...
by Croydon Claret
Fri Nov 17, 2023 10:13 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Rossendale house care home, non footy
Replies: 28
Views: 2482

Re: Rossendale house care home, non footy

For those who own houses and hope to pass them on to your children, or whoever, then please pay heed to this. Put your house into trust for your nominated beneficiary as otherwise it could all go towards paying care fees. Mrs Croydon has had to sell her mum's house to pay for care fees. Around £150k...
by Croydon Claret
Wed Nov 15, 2023 7:51 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Price if a pint where you live
Replies: 144
Views: 12603

Re: Price if a pint where you live

Don't know the individual prices but I bought 4 drinks at my local boozer and it came to £36. And one of them was a coke
by Croydon Claret
Sat Nov 11, 2023 1:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tinned Food Count: Arsenal Away 11/11
Replies: 78
Views: 2132

Re: Tinned Food Count: Arsenal Away 11/11

Bosscat wrote:
Sat Nov 11, 2023 1:22 pm
Croydonclaret missed out by 1 bean on the number of Beanz 😲 30 away to addisclaret 29 away
I've been a bean short of a full tin all my life so today is nothing new 😉
by Croydon Claret
Sat Nov 11, 2023 11:38 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Autumn Photos 2023
Replies: 65
Views: 6703

Re: Autumn Photos 2023

The last of the late bloomers
by Croydon Claret
Fri Nov 10, 2023 2:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tinned Food Count: Arsenal Away 11/11
Replies: 78
Views: 2132

Re: Tinned Food Count: Arsenal Away 11/11

I'm going for
🐤🫛: 313
🚰: 148
🐝🐝🕓: Feb 26
by Croydon Claret
Wed Nov 08, 2023 5:01 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 23/24 Season - Burnley Predictor Game - SHEFF UTD v BURNLEY
Replies: 2451
Views: 149051

Re: 23/24 Season - Burnley Predictor Game - BURNLEY v CRYSTAL PALACE

Arsenal 4 Burnley 0

Martinelli 28 mins

NL2
by Croydon Claret
Fri Nov 03, 2023 9:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Seats at Everton’s new ground
Replies: 9
Views: 1550

Re: Seats at Everton’s new ground

The picture is rotated heavily to the left. Straighten it up and there's nothing unusual to see
by Croydon Claret
Thu Nov 02, 2023 11:36 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Food Count. Clarets v Palarse 4th Nov
Replies: 37
Views: 1430

Re: Food Count. Clarets v Palarse 4th Nov

22 olives

108 juice
by Croydon Claret
Tue Oct 31, 2023 4:11 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 23/24 Season - Burnley Predictor Game - SHEFF UTD v BURNLEY
Replies: 2451
Views: 149051

Re: 23/24 Season - Burnley Predictor Game - EVERTON v BURNLEY

Everton 1 Burnley 2

McNeil 25 mins

NL2
by Croydon Claret
Sat Oct 28, 2023 5:01 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tinned Food count v Everton (a) 1 Nov cup
Replies: 34
Views: 1306

Re: Tinned Food count v Everton (a) 1 Nov cup

14 spuds
211 juice
by Croydon Claret
Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:52 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 23/24 Season - Burnley Predictor Game - SHEFF UTD v BURNLEY
Replies: 2451
Views: 149051

Re: 23/24 Season - Burnley Predictor Game - BOURNEMOUTH v BURNLEY

Bournemouth 2 Burnley 0

Solanke 29 mins

NL2
by Croydon Claret
Fri Oct 27, 2023 7:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Another 18 people massacred in America
Replies: 73
Views: 3980

Re: Another 18 people massacred in America

Number of guns per 100 people in the USA is 120

Next closest country/colony is surprisingly the Falklands at 62

Assuming that the 80/20 rule applies then there's still a significant imbalance
by Croydon Claret
Fri Oct 27, 2023 1:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tinned Food Count BOURNEMOUTH 28/10/23
Replies: 40
Views: 1299

Re: Tinned Food Count BOURNEMOUTH 28/10/23

Seeing as it's Halloween week 👻

Creatures from the Black Legume: 565
Ectoplasm: 122ml
by Croydon Claret
Mon Oct 23, 2023 12:33 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tinned food count - Luton away 03/10
Replies: 59
Views: 3286

Re: Tinned food count - Luton away 03/10

Claretmisterg wrote:
Mon Oct 23, 2023 10:18 am
Cheers. I’ll pencil you in for Sheffield United.
I can do Wolves if you don't have anyone currently
by Croydon Claret
Sun Oct 22, 2023 7:53 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Vancouver
Replies: 20
Views: 2493

Re: Vancouver

Whale watching would be my top recommendation. Most operators stop at the end of October but there's at least one still doing tours into the first week of November. Check Viator for details. We managed to follow this mother and calf for around an hour 20230619155848~4.JPG Also one of the Gastown tou...
by Croydon Claret
Sun Oct 22, 2023 7:26 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Driving to Bournemouth
Replies: 26
Views: 3812

Re: Driving to Bournemouth

I've never drove to Bournemouth and was looking at Google maps because a few of us are making a weekend of it, From Burnley what is the best route M6, M5 and so on or M6, M40, does anyone have experience of driving down if so what's the best route. Just driven past the A34 turn exit on the M40. War...
by Croydon Claret
Fri Oct 20, 2023 10:29 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ***FOOD COUNT V BRENTFORD - McCOYS SIZZLING KING PRAWN 25g***
Replies: 24
Views: 1319

Re: ***FOOD COUNT V BRENTFORD - McCOYS SIZZLING KING PRAWN 25g***

Very tricky. Depends how many times the bag has been sat on

I'll say 38
by Croydon Claret
Fri Oct 20, 2023 9:03 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 23/24 Season - Burnley Predictor Game - SHEFF UTD v BURNLEY
Replies: 2451
Views: 149051

Re: 23/24 Season - Burnley Predictor Game - BRENTFORD v BURNLEY

Burnley 1 Brentford 2

Wissa 24 minutes

NPL2
by Croydon Claret
Thu Oct 19, 2023 4:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Is there a food count?
Replies: 2
Views: 146

Re: Is there a food count?

Being started tomorrow according to a post in a different thread
by Croydon Claret
Thu Oct 19, 2023 3:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: London Tube
Replies: 49
Views: 3543

Re: London Tube

Rick_Muller wrote:
Thu Oct 19, 2023 3:17 pm
on the TFL planner for Saturday it doesn't say anything about Gunnersbury being closed - please can I ask how you know? Is it a normal thing for Brentford home games?
https://hounslowherald.com/gunnersbury- ... 275-95.htm
by Croydon Claret
Wed Oct 18, 2023 7:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: London Tube
Replies: 49
Views: 3543

Re: London Tube

For those transiting through Euston to Waterloo for the first time it can be quite confusing as there's 2 Northern line branches, each of which go north and south.

You need the Northern Line, Southbound, Charing Cross branch which is platform 2
by Croydon Claret
Wed Oct 18, 2023 5:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: London Tube
Replies: 49
Views: 3543

Re: London Tube

HuncoatClaret wrote:
Wed Oct 18, 2023 5:45 pm
Brilliant thanks 👍
When I mentioned Kew Gardens for the Vauxhall route it should have said Kew Bridge. Got carried away :D
by Croydon Claret
Wed Oct 18, 2023 5:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: London Tube
Replies: 49
Views: 3543

Re: London Tube

From Euston I was going to get the Victoria line to Green Park - Piccadilly line to South Ealing. For those who know London, is this a decent route to Brentford? It's fine if you want to stick wholly on the tube. Changing at Green Park is a pain though as the lines are a long way from each other an...
by Croydon Claret
Wed Oct 18, 2023 5:10 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bicycles
Replies: 30
Views: 3323

Re: Bicycles

I was behind 2 ladies on horseback on Sunday morning on a country lane near Hertford, wide enough for 2 cars to pass comfortably. One of the ladies was wearing a hi viz vest saying please pass wide and slow. Now I don't know if they were the names of the 2 horses or indeed the 2 ladies astride the ...
by Croydon Claret
Wed Oct 18, 2023 3:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: London Tube
Replies: 49
Views: 3543

Re: London Tube

is going on the train included in the day travelcard? or the tap in and out with my card? It is as long as you stay within the TFL zones. I'm way out on the other edge of zone 6 but I can still tap in/out to catch a train to London the transit onto the Tube once I get there. Brentford appears to be...
by Croydon Claret
Wed Oct 18, 2023 3:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: London Tube
Replies: 49
Views: 3543

Re: London Tube

Do they still use the Oyster Card system? Think they had daily price "capping " whereby you could travel as much as you like in a day for a set fee. Course, you have to obtain an OC first if you haven't got one. It still exists but since they allowed you to use your debit card to fulfil the same fu...
by Croydon Claret
Wed Oct 18, 2023 1:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: London Tube
Replies: 49
Views: 3543

Re: London Tube

Agree a plan in advance re what to do if the doors close whilst you're boarding and one of you ends up left on the platform or traveling on the Tube. There's little notice that the doors are going to close and It's possible for your group to be only partly boarded when the doors slam shut. General a...
by Croydon Claret
Tue Oct 17, 2023 8:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Everton
Replies: 5
Views: 2477

Re: Everton

It's supposedly a stadium in Poznan, Poland
by Croydon Claret
Sun Oct 15, 2023 4:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Central Heating
Replies: 40
Views: 4646

Re: Central Heating

Thanks Croydon. I was looking at that and the Honeywell EvoSmart (smart TRV’s and Thermostat). Both look to do what Google Nest won’t - bit annoying really as I’d prefer to stay with Nest as I’ve got the cams, doorbells, home hub, thermostat and protects. Seems for a huge tech company, Google is a ...
by Croydon Claret
Sun Oct 15, 2023 1:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Central Heating
Replies: 40
Views: 4646

Re: Central Heating

Has anyone fitted ‘smart TRV’s’? I’m considering them but I’ve struggled to find info on how they work with ‘smart thermostats’, and if they really do. I have a Google Nest thermostat, which itself is great, but I can only see the smart TRV’s working if the temperature where the thermostat is locat...
by Croydon Claret
Sun Oct 15, 2023 7:35 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Central Heating
Replies: 40
Views: 4646

Re: Central Heating

It was a chilly 18 degrees in the house last night. I say chilly because on Friday it was over 21. 😲

There's been a massive temperature difference between north and south recently, I've even been sat outside in my t shirt this last week.

Feels like it's turning now though
by Croydon Claret
Thu Oct 12, 2023 6:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Autumn Photos 2023
Replies: 65
Views: 6703

Re: Autumn Photos 2023

The pet cemetery in Hyde Park
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A murder!
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by Croydon Claret
Sat Oct 07, 2023 5:16 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Clarets v Chelsea Match Thread
Replies: 402
Views: 17922

Re: Clarets v Chelsea Match Thread

People's inability to look at what threads have already been started before starting a new one goes through the roof when we lose a game. Yeah it's the same every time. People get in a rage and hit the "New thread" button when their point would usually just be a continuation of an existing discussi...
by Croydon Claret
Sat Oct 07, 2023 5:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Clarets v Chelsea Match Thread
Replies: 402
Views: 17922

Re: Clarets v Chelsea Match Thread

Looking forward to the 25 threads that will be opened post match, all basically discussing the same thing
by Croydon Claret
Fri Oct 06, 2023 2:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 23/24 Season - Burnley Predictor Game - SHEFF UTD v BURNLEY
Replies: 2451
Views: 149051

Re: 23/24 Season - Burnley Predictor Game - BURNLEY v CHELSEA

Burnley 1 Chelsea 3

N Jackson 34 mins

NL2
by Croydon Claret
Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Things that make you happy in football
Replies: 34
Views: 2391

Re: Things that make you happy in football

Seeing kids full of emotion, good or bad.

Shows that their dads have given them the lecture about the "Burnley" way and it means something to the kids already.

There's hope for the future when kids care so much about Burnley
by Croydon Claret
Tue Oct 03, 2023 9:16 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Loseton versus Mighty Clarets
Replies: 627
Views: 45633

Re: Loseton versus Mighty Clarets

Thank goodness. Hope we go on to it win this but lots of areas for debate afterwards
by Croydon Claret
Tue Oct 03, 2023 8:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Loseton versus Mighty Clarets
Replies: 627
Views: 45633

Re: Loseton versus Mighty Clarets

Nice one Lyle
by Croydon Claret
Tue Oct 03, 2023 7:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tinned food count - Luton away 03/10
Replies: 59
Views: 3286

Re: Tinned food count - Luton away 03/10

Top count. Good value for money those beans 👍