tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701428736862216823.post727144352996067549..comments2024-03-25T08:30:53.598+00:00Comments on Percy: We all need to make a pledge to changeNev Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047359519459723079noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701428736862216823.post-68142545909026392242020-04-09T03:08:32.677+01:002020-04-09T03:08:32.677+01:00Hi Sandra (& Barry), thank you for taking time...Hi Sandra (& Barry), thank you for taking time to read and comment. First let me thank you for your excellent daily blogs, they really are refreshing and much valued daily read. <br /><br />I like the clothes pledge, I'm not a big consumer - tee shirts and jumper plus jeans and walking trousers suffice and I've never been in Primark ! But it's another area for many where a small slow down could easily be managed. <br /><br />When I was younger (and skint) I brewed my own as did my brother in law. I've fond memories of going round to his (they lived a couple of streets away) to drink and compare home brew and play chess.... simple low cost entertainment priceless and thanks for digging that memory up. <br /><br />Nature is free tv - I spent some time photoing the moon the other night and listening to the owls in the valley. I've been working in the garden and have a new friend a little sparrow who has been singing his heart out for a mate to attract to a hole in our house wall. great watching. <br /><br />Now stuff - I am terrible for owning stuff, must learn to let go. I have some therapeutic letting go to do and have done some since moving to the cottage. I have lived aboard for 2 years and enjoyed it but I have to be honest I could not do it full time - unless I had to and I'd still be happy. We are fortunate we can have the boat and the cottage very fortunate. Rachel still has a calling to work training the nurses of the future and doing some bank work also. All very worthwhile and while she gets a buzz from it she'll continue to do it I'm sure so that limits our time onboard.<br /><br />Some great pledges, a great way to add some reflection to life and plans for the future. Be strong (I had to google it !) Nev Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07047359519459723079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701428736862216823.post-52565270334729153062020-04-09T02:53:57.169+01:002020-04-09T02:53:57.169+01:00Hi Carol, thank you for taking time to read and co...Hi Carol, thank you for taking time to read and comment. I hope the current slow down does not delay your move back to land too much and back to an area where we may one day be able to meet in person. Enjoy the Thames while you can. Take careNev Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07047359519459723079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701428736862216823.post-35141597985202314072020-04-09T02:52:17.723+01:002020-04-09T02:52:17.723+01:00Debby, thank you for taking time to read and comme...Debby, thank you for taking time to read and comment. One fo the benefits of this time is the ability to crack on with those 'one day' jobs (and I'm retired !) so the garden front and back is getting work done and Rachel is enjoying her gardening once more. She ordered a load of organic seeds from a nursery in Devon we are waiting for so thats good. Good advice re the compost, we made some standby stuff by sieving some bagged soil. I did get some from Morrisons but will have to check it's peat free before I buy more. Rachel always buys the peat free for the very sound reasons you advised. Take care Nev Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07047359519459723079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701428736862216823.post-70630468581557427052020-04-07T21:53:15.053+01:002020-04-07T21:53:15.053+01:00Hi Nev. I thought I'd stop by to read your pos...Hi Nev. I thought I'd stop by to read your post and share my pledge. I love yours! Lots of great reflections on where you've been, where you are now, and where you see the future. For us on board and off Areandare:<br /><br />* buying no new clothes, apart from underwear or shoes. I was shocked at how much we spent last year, despite being thrifty, or so I thought! I have more than enough clothes in the wardrobe and under the bed, shouldn't need to even search the charity shops (though I do enjoy 'looking'!).<br />* aim to travel by land, not air - though heading back to NZ every year or two would be challenging, as we have children here in UK and in NZ so for us that's 'essential' if possible.<br />* as you say - more staying in UK for trips. we had planned a ten-day tour of Scotland end of April with my younger sister and brother-in-law which has been cancelled. Hopefully, we'll be able to re-book next year and support the small hotels/Air BnBs there<br />* Spend even less on socialising, meals out, pubs (I hear you about supporting them, but alcohol out it's just too costly imho)<br />* keep brewing our own!<br />* appreciate nature more, watch the sunrises and sunsets, the moon phases, listen to the sounds of nature - the bird-song, the animals, the bees, whatever surrounds us as we travel along the canals.<br />* appreciate health - I do anyway, just even more so now and in future.<br />* celebrate the fact that we chose to let go of lots of 'stuff' and attachment to bricks and mortar, over seven years ago. <br />* keep spreading the word, through our blog, that letting go and living on less actually brings more into your life. Not more wealth, just more. Of so many things - too many to list.<br />* to 'be' more, rather than 'do'.<br /><br />Thank you Nev, for inspiring me to write this down. Keep safe and well and good luck with taking your pledges forward. <br />Kia kaha Sandra (& Barry)<br />Barry and Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09414795991385028096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701428736862216823.post-88577657095670226002020-04-06T14:11:18.980+01:002020-04-06T14:11:18.980+01:00Thought provoking blog Nev, thanks for sharing.Thought provoking blog Nev, thanks for sharing.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18155792486454776550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701428736862216823.post-84037643123826162042020-04-06T11:38:17.078+01:002020-04-06T11:38:17.078+01:00Good read Nev, well done.
If you need seeds, compa...Good read Nev, well done.<br />If you need seeds, companies are doing mail order but also see if your local nurseries are doing seeds by post - one of ours is.<br />And if you buy (if you can even get!) potting compost, please ensure if you can that it is PEAT FREE - if peat stays in the peat bogs it locks up a massive amount of carbon which gets released if it's dug up. Not to mention the wildlife whose home is destroyed. This year I am trying to make our own out of garden compost, leaf mould and loam (aka molehill soil!)<br />stay safe<br />Debbynb Bonjourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09570964751076622402noreply@blogger.com