tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85091600222295908222024-03-13T01:26:09.388+00:00Wigley Orchard and St Michaels Caravan ParksWe operate two small holiday caravan parks in the north-west corner of Worcestershire near Tenbury Wells.
Some of the caravans are privately owned and others are let for family holidays.
All caravans have fully fitted kitchens and bathrooms and are connected to mains electricity and water. Most have two bedrooms and sleep up to a maximum of four people.
We pride ourselves on our personal welcome and customer careBrian Griffithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16339566354923132632noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509160022229590822.post-89520212185852760642018-02-28T16:09:00.000+00:002018-02-28T16:09:35.601+00:00Beast from the eastAfter spending most of 2017 building our new house we now need to concentrate on running the business to ensure we can pay for it<br />
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1st March tomorrow is our opening day for the 2018 summer season It's mid afternoon and won't get any warmer today - present temperature - 3C -<br />
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Because of the weather I have spent much of this week persuading caravan owners not to visit to turn on their mains water as it will almost certainly freeze and cause inconvenience or expense - or both.<br />
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We will extend a warm welcome to all our customers but..... maybe in a couple of weeks timeBrian Griffithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16339566354923132632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509160022229590822.post-34533250970089807932017-06-28T11:20:00.000+01:002020-04-28T11:26:25.537+01:00New House at St MichaelsThis is the mobile home we have had for six years<br />
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In late May we separated the two halfs and moved it to Wigley Orchard - leaving a concrete pad which had to be broken up and carted away and the site clear for builders to start work on 19/6/2017</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Unfortunately, the trench nearest the hedge did not comply with the insurer and had to be excavated a further metre deep. This led to the concrete pouring being delayed until 28th June. We prayed for dry weather overnight as the extra depth of the trench was finding water. More water would have caused problems. Although it did rain - it was not much so our praying must have worked.</span></div>
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Walls? + some concrete beams are here</div>
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Close of play on Thursday 6th July and the floor is taking shape<br />
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7th July 2017 - after three weeks it looks like this. <br />
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12th July 2017<br />
It's beginning to take shape.<br />
We can see the ground floor rooms and the timber frame arrives tomorrow<br />
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13th July<br />
The timber frame has arrived<br />
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14th July - close of play week 4 and the walls are taking shape<br />
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18th July and I've been inside<br />
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19th July and the bedroom walls are up<br />
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Photos dated July 29th 2017<br />
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7th August and the roof is taking shape</div>
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17th August and photo evidence of progress is slower<br />
The screed has been poured this week so access to the ground floor is not possible - but slates are beginning to show on the roof<br />
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Photo 22/8/2017 and there are more slates on the roof</div>
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And now we are getting on to the windows doors and internals<br />
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14th October 2017</div>
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The new floor in hallway</div>
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Ducting for heating systems</div>
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house without the scaffolding from south west</div>
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house without the scaffolding from north west</div>
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house without the scaffolding from north</div>
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kitchen with some new oak floor in place</div>
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I'll let you into my secret predictor system which for 2017 had 14 out of 15 correct.<br />
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* Step one - <span style="color: blue;">Italy lose</span><br />
* Step two - <span style="color: blue;">Home team wins</span><br />
that's it - SIMPLES!<br />
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My only error was Wales failing to win at home to England<br />
they gave it away with 3 minutes to go<br />
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The closest to upsetting my rule were :<br />
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<li> Wales nearly winning in Paris (2 point margin) - tho' they never threatened a try</li>
<li> France nearly winning in London (3 point margin)</li>
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<br />Brian Griffithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16339566354923132632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509160022229590822.post-91646537398471385782017-03-05T15:03:00.003+00:002017-03-05T15:03:43.748+00:00My last Spring BudgetIf I were Mr Hammond my budget statement next week would be ...<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;">Mr Speaker, it is my <strike>honour</strike> problem today to set out what can be done to manage the British economy for the best for most of our people over the next few years.<br /><br />With many of our international trading partners facing economic problems and the unsettling political events of the past year we cannot see sufficient growth in exports (or other forms of economic activity) to mend the present impasse. We have relied for too long on future hoped for growth and it is now time to address the problems of today with solutions we can control.<br /><br />We understand there is no money left. We have an enormous debt, and the deficit still persists. Interest rates remain low and any return to normal rates will likely destroy many households and businesses. With rates so low we can of course continue to borrow at low cost - but this will hand the problem to our children and to our children's children.<br /><br />The solution is to reduce government expenditure - benefits, services (incl NHS) military, etc etc and still maintain in the wider economy sufficient demand to keep normal life functioning. The option of increasing tax income is not on. <br /><br />My proposals are as follows:<br /><br />Simplify income tax -<br /><br />The tax free allowance of £10,000 has been a big step taking many people out of paying tax completely. However, it does mean that the tax burden is now shared by fewer and fewer people. To adopt the concept of the BIG SOCIETY we believe that all people in work or in receipt of income should share part of the tax burden and this will now be achieved by abolishing the tax free band and introducing a low rate of 5% for all earnings over £100 per week up to £15000pa<br /><br />National Insurance will be abolished immediately and adjusted for as follows:<br /><br />The standard rate of income tax will be increased to 25% and this will be applied to earnings between £15001 and £60000 per annum<br /><br />The higher rate allowance will be increased to £60,000 and this will also be indexed in line with CPI for future years<br /><br />Savings from abolition of National Insurance across all payroll systems is estimated at £500 million per year which can be re-invested by businesses into measures to improve productivity as they see fit<br /><br />VAT will be reduced by 1% and a special reduced rate of 10% will be introduced for accommodation providers. This will bring the UK into line with our continental neighbours and help hotels and camp sites etc compete with foreign holidays and with small businesses unregistered for VAT. This measure will be self-financing as the extra jobs created will off-set any lost revenue from the reduced VAT rate.<br /><br />Capital allowances. First year 100% capital allowances will be retained for the next five year for all capital investments in plant and machinery up to £500,000. The longer time span will allow proper business planning to adjust to this regime.<br /><br />Road tax is to be abolished from April 2017 and any balances will be refunded in full. An additional 2.5% will be added to fuel duty to maintain government income from road going vehicles. Swansea will have a special grant of £100m for retraining redundant DVLA staff.<br /><br />Capital Gains Tax will be charged on houses sold over £1m where the gain exceeds CPI 3% pa over the period of ownership. Stamp duty will be reduced to 2% on all property sales over £100,000. These measures will unlock unnecessary blockages in the property market caused by excessive stamp duty rates and address the problem of external investors skewing the market in higher value properties<br /><br />Our duty is to reduce government spending and to this end we will link the basic state pension benefit to the change in CPI until the annual deficit has been eliminated. A thriving country with a budget surplus can afford to be more generous with its pensioner population<br /><br />Each department of state will be required to close down 5% of its present QUANGOs in each of the next four years. <br /><br />1p on beer, 1p on fags, 2 p on petrol<br /><br />For the future my team at the Treasury has a working party investigating the design of a tax on ill considered content published on the World Wide Web<br /><br />I commend it to the house <br /><br /> "</span><br /><br />
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<br />Brian Griffithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16339566354923132632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509160022229590822.post-82086982164305723762016-03-15T17:57:00.000+00:002016-03-15T17:57:48.375+00:00New caravansThey're all in.<br />
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A week before Easter and tthey are nearly all with us...<br />
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New holiday caravans for 2016 at Wigley Orchard or St Michaels caravan parks<br />
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1 x ABI Elan (arrived 15/3/16)<br />
1 x Swift Biarritz<br />
2 x Willerby Brockenhursts (one arrived 14/4/16) + (one due in Sunday 20th)<br />
1 x Willerby Winchester (+ one already sold to Mr & Mrs Kelly)<br />
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We're also adding to our letting fleet new 2015 units<br />
1 x Willerby Lyndhurst<br />
1 x Willerby Rio Gold<br />
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All have central heating and double glazing as well as a timber deck area and parking alongside/nearby.<br />
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<br />Brian Griffithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16339566354923132632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509160022229590822.post-6647306539751006692014-08-16T12:45:00.001+01:002014-08-16T14:05:26.114+01:00TV taxWe received 22 letters from TV Licensing in the post this morning.<br />
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All addressed to the Legal Occupier - (even when the pitch number does not exist or, the pitch exists - but has no caravan sited, or the caravan is a stock unit awaiting a buyer, or the caravan is already licensed) <br />
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This makes over 250 letters this year. They usually come in batches on Saturdays.<br />
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Our newspaper last week quoted £10 million spent in the year on this activity <br />
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Is it a scheme to keep the Royal Mail in profit since privatization?Brian Griffithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16339566354923132632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509160022229590822.post-45969375554099723742014-08-16T12:04:00.000+01:002014-08-16T12:04:30.673+01:00Our helpersThis year we have had the following people working on our parks .....<br />
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Christina,<br />
Liz,<br />
Alison,<br />
Suzanne, <br />
Jasmine,<br />
Ellie,<br />
Chloe,<br />
Jane,<br />
Michaela,<br />
Hannah and<br />
Debs<br />
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All are part time and some VERY occasional but the unifying thread is that they are all females, girls, ladies , women.<br />
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Today Zak has joined the team!!<br />
<br />Brian Griffithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16339566354923132632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509160022229590822.post-14168811581164990942014-08-16T10:42:00.000+01:002014-08-16T10:42:21.496+01:00MoneyI think that by the time kids reach the age of two they know about money, and they are more likely to appreciate a fiver than a toy or a sweet. They know they can spend it just as they wish<br />
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A couple of weeks ago I was in the queue in the petrol station to pay £100+ for a tank of diesel in the Land Rover and in front of me (causing the holdup) was a young person aged about seven.<br />
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He had collected various goodies from the sweets shelves and was in the course of paying.<br />
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He placed a hand full of coppers on the counter and the assistant was counting them into piles of 10p.<br />
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Eventually she told him the hard truth. His money amounted to a little short of that required.<br />
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I fumbled around in my pocket with a couple of pounds in my fist thinking "if he needs two or three pence to complete the deal I could just give it to him"<br />
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The final reckoning stopped me in my tracks - the goods cost 84p and he only had 67p to his name. 20% + to find he was well short! "Lessons have to be learned" I thought, so I kept quiet and my hand in my pocket.<br />
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"You will have to put some of your stuff back on the shelves" he was told. He did this and the revised cost was 52p. With the purchase completed satisfactorily he placed his change into the charity box on the counter.<br />
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It amused me - but he may not go on to feature in the Sunday Times Richlist<br />
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<br />Brian Griffithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16339566354923132632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509160022229590822.post-45708236426681958042014-03-30T09:03:00.000+01:002014-03-30T09:03:02.833+01:00I'm a little teapot<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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You will see that this is a very good looking teapot.<br />
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Sandra had it as a gift last Christmas but within the month I had broken the lid. Don't ask.<br />
Despite my best efforts with super glue the lid could not be put back together - unlike my fingers!<br />
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We soon established that this particular make of teapot was no longer available. The original came with a solid blue lid - honest.<br />
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I scoured the county, all the charity shops in Bromyard, and Tenbury. I bought two (for the lids). One was too big and one was too red. I continue to keep my eyes peeled...<br />
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Last week I struck lucky. I was out to lunch in Clun and parked right outside the hardware store and spotted on display under a thick coat of dust -THE TEAPOT. I went into the shop and bought it.<br />
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"No need to wrap it. I only want the lid" I told the shopkeeper. So I put it in the back of the car - not on the seat but on the floor and drove home.<br />
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On arriving home I opened the back door, the lid fell to the ground and the knob broke off.<br />
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I guess I'm lucky in love because this time the super glue seems to have done the trickBrian Griffithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16339566354923132632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509160022229590822.post-60165668620144032572014-03-23T18:33:00.001+00:002014-03-23T18:33:58.911+00:00The MUM carWe bought the MUM car for Sandra's birthday 10 years ago and it has proved to be mainly reliable and comfortable. Perhaps our weather could have suited it better. There's a bit of mildew on the hood and I still resent the treatment from Audi when the clutch went at 25000 miles - two minutes out of warranty.<br />
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With her birthday approaching again I have been thinking about her motoring costs<br />
Here is the arithmetic for its 11th year<br />
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Depreciation £500? <span style="font-size: x-small;">( it was written down to nothing in 2008 but may still be worth £3000)</span><br />
Insurance - £300<br />
Service - £300<br />
Fuel - £2000 based on 25mpg and 8000 miles<br />
Road tax £460<br />
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<b>Total cost £3560 - 44.5p per mile </b><br />
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Or would it be more sensible to buy a new one where the figures might look like this...<br />
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Depreciation £5000 <span style="font-size: x-small;">(20% of £25000)</span><br />
Insurance - £300<br />
Service - £100<br />
Fuel - £1250 based on 40mpg and 8000 miles<br />
Road tax £105<br />
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<b>Total cost £6755 - 84.4p per mile </b><br />
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Oh dear I forgot the cost of finance for a new one - That could be another 15p per mile<b>.</b><br />
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I think we'll probably keep MUM going for another year.<br />
<br />Brian Griffithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16339566354923132632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509160022229590822.post-64401442538834864292014-02-20T18:56:00.001+00:002014-02-20T18:56:22.520+00:00RuggerI played a lot of rugby. I started in 1959 when it seemed a very rough game at Grammar School. I finished in 1986 when my body was protesting lots.<br />
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After leaving school I played at junior clubs in the West Midlands and Kent and Hertfordshire. Each had five or six sides and each team played with 15 men. Occasionally someone was injured so the team played on with 14 men.<br />
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Now spring forward to the 21st century and rarely do we see junior rugby clubs with several sides suiting all abilities of player.<br />
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The 1st XV now with a full set of substitutes so has seven or eight able-bodied people standing on the touchline for 60 minutes. At the magic hour mark they all trot on to replace the tiring starters who have given their all - just like the professionals do on TV.<br />
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The result in this part of the country is a significant increase in the number of clubs but a reduction in the total number of people playing. Also, many of those playing often only get 20 minutes per week on the field. Progress? I don't think so.<br />
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This development leads to players, unhappy with being dropped to go to another club rather than fight their way back to the main team by good performances in the 2nd XV.<br />
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Without its funnel to promote good players and beginners up through the sides amateur rugby clubs have lost a major strength. And without the diversity of good players and poor mixing side by side in the bar late on a Saturday the social side seems to be on the wane.<br />
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Mr W Carling would probably call me "AN OLD FART".<br />
<br />Brian Griffithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16339566354923132632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509160022229590822.post-74980523549868050852013-12-27T13:11:00.003+00:002013-12-27T13:11:41.521+00:00Christian Charity and ForgivenessAs a schoolboy years ago I had piano lessons.<br />
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It was clear from the outset that I would never be a concert performer but I do play a little for my own amusement.<br />
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This year, in addition to my annual pub performance for Christmas carol singing I was asked to play in church on Christmas Morning. <br />
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I'm not familiar with the instrument but quickly discovered that if I rested my feet anywhere then a bass note would play - so the service was spent balancing on my bottom with feet off the ground. Also the temperature was lower than comfortable so with cold hands my normal fluency on the keyboard was less fluent. - Excuses excuses!<br />
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Some bum notes were played.<br />
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We got through the service - Hark the Herald, Once in Royal etc etc and on leaving the Vicar said "thank you very much Brian for playing the organ"<br />
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I replied saying I was sorry for the bum notes<br />
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He said - "That's alright Brian - We are, after all, in the forgiveness business"Brian Griffithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16339566354923132632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509160022229590822.post-71766954944158189542013-12-27T12:58:00.001+00:002013-12-27T12:58:04.404+00:00I'm from head office and I'm here to helpWe received an important delivery to our house on Christmas Eve. The white van man was parked on our driveway not apparently doing anything. I stepped out into the winter weather to enquire if I could help.<br />
He explained that his machine was linked to a computer and his delivery to me was scheduled for five minutes time so he would have to wait for the time to pass before his machine would produce the screen for my goods for me to sign.<br />
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I cannot imagine that this process is any help to senior management and I'm sure it does nothing to inspire loyalty or job satisfaction for white-van-man.<br />
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If you can offer a reason for this procedure please let me know.Brian Griffithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16339566354923132632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509160022229590822.post-53220811967979332302013-08-08T19:23:00.000+01:002013-08-08T19:23:20.078+01:00My familyI never met my paternal grandfather as he died over 20 years before I was born.<br />
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Here's a picture of him - James Brian Griffiths with his lovely wife Margaret Ann who I do remember..<br />
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James was seriously ill in the winter of 1927 and died on Good Friday 1928.<br />
Here is a letter from Mrs Greenway who I believe was his landlord. She was over- wintering in Nice - which looks a very nice place indeed and a very nice hotel too.<br />
She was sufficiently concerned to write in December. <br />
Was she concerned about the rent? We'll never know. <br />
I'll opt for her showing the milk of human kindness for the time being<br />
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<br />Brian Griffithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16339566354923132632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509160022229590822.post-36164434474628456672013-07-29T18:44:00.001+01:002013-07-29T18:44:34.412+01:00Fit and proper personsMoves are afoot to change the law governing licensing and control of holiday caravan parks.<br />
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A <i>Welsh Assembly</i> member is piloting a bill through the <i>Assembly</i> to improve things...... at present he is asking for comments and feed back. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(but what starts in Wales might easily leach over the border)</span><br />
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The problem perceived is that some parks are not managed by <span style="color: blue;">fit and proper</span> people. They allow customers to use their holiday caravan as a permanent home (thus living in a community but not contributing to it by paying rates) and some parks exploit weak and vulnerable customers for financial and other advantage. What to do?<br />
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The resolution proposed by Darren Millar (AM) in his Holiday Caravan Park (Wales) Bill is to strengthen local government controls and also to introduce a "<span style="color: blue;">fit and proper person</span>" regime so that anyone who controls (or manages?) a caravan park has to pass the test of being a<span style="color: blue;"> fit and proper</span> person.<br />
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Where does one begin?? At the top of the chain some park businesses are very large indeed controlled by bankers and city types all looking to make a return. Will these top people be checked over? or will it only be the lowly site manager? Who will check the checker?<br />
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For me - I won attendance prizes at Sunday School from 1955 through to 1960 and I was a cub and a scout! I've never been in trouble with the police Both my speeding offences were committed a long time ago driving slower than 40mph I have always paid my taxes. I should pass??? or maybe not??<br />
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When I started in caravan park work I didn't think it would be elevated to such special status.<br />
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If you can suggest any characteristics suitable for the<span style="color: blue;"> f&p</span> check list please post a comment below.<br />
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<br />Brian Griffithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16339566354923132632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509160022229590822.post-13734780871971032592013-07-19T12:53:00.000+01:002013-07-19T12:53:32.117+01:00GardensMowing the lawn with the ride on mower on Tuesday I drove over this lot - wearing shorts<br />
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Roses are thriving this year and much of the park is looking as good as ever. Here are some pictures to prove it...<br />
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<br />Brian Griffithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16339566354923132632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509160022229590822.post-81372992508075778992013-07-08T12:47:00.000+01:002013-07-08T12:47:11.295+01:00TALKTALK TALKNOTMonday morning and I'm keen to start the week and really make a difference<br />
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Oh bugger! the telephone is playing up and it's just gone 9.00 am. The dial tone sounds a bit like our woodpecker outside and when I phoned in from another line they said I was busy - "please leave a message"<br />
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I was busy - but the telephone wasn't.<br />
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I look for contact details on line but the web site seems constructed to answer every conceivable problem but not to provide the contact telephone number.<br />
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Using Sandra's charity phone line I set out on the journey. After 5 minutes in the queue I give up and try again. This time I press the options for leaving TALKTALK and not because I am moving house. I get someone immediately. He can't help solve my problem but he can offer me a "Mobile boost" which will save me £20 a month. (We'll wait and see on that one!). The conversation is recorded and terms and conditions must be read - he is, after all, in the department for keeping customers - not for fixing broken land lines.<br />
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Transfered to the technical department the new man wants to know my telephone number, that's the number I had to key in earlier "to speed up the process" and the number I gave to the previous man. My name and details are checked, I'm on hold, Have I unplugged devices, tried a different handset, removed faceplate? <br />
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Back on hold I write an email to Dido Harding (CEO of TalkTalk) in which I explain that I have now been on the line for 22 minutes.<br />
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My conversation continues, he is testing the line, I'm on hold, more musac, "the second line test may take some time", I'm back on hold.<br />
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OK a result! - 30 minutes have elapsed. He is going to book an engineer to investigate. I must understand that if there is a problem with my telephone equipment there may be a £50 charge.<br />
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Is there anything more I can do for you today? Are you completely satisfied with the way your call has been dealt with? Would you like to speak to a manager?<br />
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No thank you. I have just clocked up 35+ minutes on a borrowed telephone. I think that is long enough.<br />
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The sort I mean are those where anyone with an IQ greater than their number of thumbs should know the answer and where the aim is to encourage people to telephone premium rate numbers because they know the answer and the calls pay for the prize.<br />
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Anyway here is my very own competition where my photo shows one big one and one little one and you have to decide which is the faster.<br />
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Answer "BIG" or "LITTLE" on a post card to :<br />
Ron's Racing, St Michaels Caravan Park Tenbury Wells WR15 8TW<br />
If there is a tie then you decide which one cuts the grass.<br />
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The judge's decision is finalBrian Griffithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16339566354923132632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509160022229590822.post-15104096827304965132013-05-02T22:36:00.000+01:002013-05-02T22:36:40.731+01:00Pot holesOur pot hole in Wolferlow is a "Category 3"<br />
"Category 3" pot holes are scheduled for repair within six months.<br />
Our pot hole was notified to Herefordshire Council last year (2012)<br />
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On the one hand - the date for repair is closer<br />
On the other hand the pot hole is getting bigger<br />
I suspect it might be raised to category 2 by now<br />
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On Tuesday we met the local County Councillor on site to vent our feelings and hope he will lobby the powers that be to get it fixed.<br />
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If you come to visit us please drive carefullyBrian Griffithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16339566354923132632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509160022229590822.post-84602777702424737702013-04-28T15:10:00.000+01:002013-04-28T15:10:11.672+01:00New CaravansThis year we have two available spaces for new caravans at Wigley Orchard<br />
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Filling the first is easy - We've just ordered a new Willerby Avonmore and we expect to collect it from the factory in the first week of June.<br />
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It will come with our preferred "environmental green" external finish as well as double glazing and central heating options which everyone looks for these days.<br />
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To whet your whistle - here's a picture of the Avonmore from the Willerby website <br />
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Filling our second available pitch is more difficult.<br />
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We lifted the present 10ft wide caravan in by crane at the end of the 20th century but with more consideration these days for "elf & safety" our contractors have advised that it will need a 120 ton crane to lift it out - but - our park roadways, access and setup position are inadequate for such a large machine. We are therefore setting a challenge to any engineer who visits to design a way out from this impasse.Brian Griffithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16339566354923132632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509160022229590822.post-12081422051880108042013-04-24T12:00:00.000+01:002013-04-24T12:00:39.759+01:00Happy birthday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">When Chaucer wrote this I think he had in mind the coming of spring, the end of winter, some warmth from the sun, some flowers bringing colour to the land etc etc </span></span></b><span style="font-size: small;">- but not this year - April has not brought any sweet showers for us this time,... so far.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">We are starting a competition on the park for photographs of the bird life. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The winner will be published in one of our newsletters later this year</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">As ever, the judge's decision is final</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you have any good pictures of wild life in Worcestershire please send it along by email </span></span>Brian Griffithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16339566354923132632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509160022229590822.post-64166969322076277452013-04-10T11:39:00.001+01:002013-04-10T11:39:48.478+01:00Easter snowEaster weather often is a bit off for the UK holiday industry.<br />
?Is it possible that the date is actually related to the moon and the moon in late March/early April does odd things with the weather?<br />
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Anyway - this year I have kept up my lenten fast and not touched any alchohol for 40 days and 40 nights! I've also lost half a stone.<br />
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So the new lean and fit Brian was all ready to deal with the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune for Easter week - but, midway through Holy Week I went to the top of our hill and took this photo.<br />
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So we cancelled the holiday bookings planned for Good Friday and Easter Saturday.<br /><br />Brian Griffithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16339566354923132632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509160022229590822.post-5858121956290330322013-01-11T19:39:00.001+00:002013-01-11T19:39:17.661+00:00SurveysI read today that some bright spark has been surveying MPs and asked them if they are paid a sufficient salary for their job.<br />
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Surprise surprise <b>the survey says.....</b><br />
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<b>"No"</b> - "We should be paid about £20,000 more" (The Tory ones thought £30,000 more)<br />
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Before I retired to the country when I still wore a suit (not boiler) to work I used to think that if my salary matched an MP I was pretty much keeping up with the pace. I failed to appreciate that my expenses (per HMRC) were incurred "wholly necessarily and exclusively" for the purposes of carrying out my work whilst MPs could claim for more or less anything related to staying alive. <br />
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I've reflected on this and conducted my own survey as to what I should be paid.<br />
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"Brian" I said, "How much do you think you should be paid?"<br />
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"Brian" I said "I reckon I would settle for about £100,000"<br />
Then I had a further think and decided I was worth £150,000 <br />
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There, that was easy, the survey has been done I've just got to persuade my customers to divi up the necessary.<br />
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<i>PS I have never been a betting man so I can only imagine the odds of a survey concluding "WE ARE PAID TOO MUCH"</i><br />
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There is a lot of mud and water on the parks at present but I am sure that by late March the flowers will be showing their heads again, the blossom will be turning out and there may be some blue sky and sunshine.<br />
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Let's hope so anywayBrian Griffithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16339566354923132632noreply@blogger.com0