FORUM GATHERING

[shelagh]

Now then Maggi, tha knows yavfot sey things reet, then we'll mind you.

[Maggi Young]

For a moment there, Shelagh, I  thought you were chatting  to your Estonian friend 

[gote]

Martin,
Think of all those quaint Scottish kings Macbeth and whats his name. They must have a garden.

Apart from that I would love to come but would probably try to catch the ferryboat to Newcastle and drive.
that would allow me to visit nurseries.

Göte   

[Martin Baxendale]

There isn't really a thread suitable for this, so I'll just whack it in here as a lot of you will be watching this thread. Anyone else in England feel the earthquake last night? Tony, you must have been pretty close to the epicentre. I was watching TV and it felt like someone was pushing the settee backwards and forwards. I thought one of the kids had got up and sneaked into the sitting room and was messing around. Upstairs Ivi said the bed was shaking and she was so freaked, she clung onto one of the bed posts.

[tonyg]

Flybe go into Edinburgh .... and as they fly from Norwich I'm all for Edinburgh   Avoid Bank Holiday weekends, travel is always a nightmare then and expensive too.

Ok - they go to Glasgow too!  (see later posts re 'Central Belt')

Yes Martin, we did feel the earth move last night.  I jumped out of bed looking for the truck I thought responsible for the vibrations that rattled the windows and doors only to find no-one there.  It was quite sinister, a low grumbling noise and everything shaking.  As I was wondering if we should vacate in case our dodgy chimney came through the roof it subsided.  Don't want another one for at least another 25 years!

[Tony Willis]

It was awful here and I woke up in the middle of it with the house shaking and groaning.I jumped up and said 'what the bloody hell was that' and Mrs W. said 'I did not hear anything. Difficult to beleive the epicentre was a 150 miles away.
Best quote I heard on the BBC was a young woman in the midlands who said ,it woke up me and my boyfriend.Its the first time I have ever felt the earth move.
I bet she is not popular when he sees her on tele.

[Carlo]

Sounds like a bit of indigestion Tony...what did you have for dinner?

Seriously though, I'm glad to hear that despite the scare, everyone appears to be ok. Funny thing this ball of dirt we live on...

[Maggi Young]

Good point, better check that any venue is not on fault line.

Apart from that I would love to come but would probably try to catch the ferryboat to Newcastle and drive.
that would allow me to visit nurseries. Göte   

Those Swedish guys think of everything 

[annew]

Our reaction to the quake -
Husband sleepily "Was that me?"
Me "Well it wasn't me"
Husband "It must have been me then" and we went back to sleep.

[afw]

We were going to have an early night. HA. At 1 o'clock I, fearing the house was about collapse, was rushing around outside with the torch.  All around me the estate slept peacefully on.

[David Nicholson]

The earth failed to move for me, or indeed for anyone in Devon

[Carlo]

"The earth failed to move for me"

Geez David, I'm so sorry...

And the whole town too...we'll have to talk to those significant others...

[Maggi Young]

Anne, we're still giggling at that

Carlo, it is worse than you think... Devon is the whole COUNTY!