Can you get up at 5.30?

That was well worth getting up early for .See if OH has any more mates he wants to visit.

Oh wow that was a trip and a half, so pleased you got to pay Beales Roses a visit, lucky girl. :O)

Happy happy day.....and these mornings its light,
not sure I'd be so keen in december :0)

now how to choose....I remember dad having specs yellow with ena harkness and peace of course,......

First reaction to your question was NO WAY, but it was definitely worth - what a fantastic surprise!

Snoop I'm sure you didn't mean that...

I get up at 6 in the morning, but go to bed early.

Our favourite time to set out on trips south if not earlier Sbg. I like to drive south without having the sun in my eyes. You see so much more when the roads are not busy. We do tend to stick to motorways as most of our journeys are 400 + miles. The blackbirds around here start the dawn chorus at 4am, so get up all you lazy bones and enjoy the night life/early am life.

I'm usually up at 6 but with the youngest daughter being on half term I haven't been to work either, so a lie in til about 7am has been the norm this week.

I don't need to go back in Snoop I have their catalogue :o)

You are the only other person who remembers specks yellow Pamg. We got it from woolworths mid 70's along with a couple of others for my mums mother's day gift.

Getting up at 5.30am is enjoyable for me if the sun is shining but if dull and cold, I like to roll over for an hour.
I bought some lovely roses a couple of years ago online from Peter Beale's, great plants, it must have been so great to visit.

So glad to hear you got your just reward, Sbg!

Getting up at that time only happens when we are off on a trip. Son no.1 still teases us when he knows we're off somewhere - when the children were little, we left for our holidays in Scotland at 4am, which meant a 3am rise! It also meant sleeping child passengers, empty roads and an interesting visit/stop on the way. We still leave by six when we visit our daughter in Paisley (though I admit we have to have rather a long stop at Abington so as not to arrive unfashionably early!)

I wish I was like Dawn...I find it harder to get up earlier these days..must be my age! I had to laugh at Snoopdog again!! Steve, you never fail to give me a chuckle! I would love to visit Peter Beales. I have ordered from them online, and will do so again I'm sure, but to see all those roses ...wonderful. They always look so healthy in the GC! :))

It's staying up late I find hard, but they say you can't burn your candle at both ends.

Mine just doesn't burn any more! :)))

...not quite true as it turns out...my blisters definitely burn! Up at 5am this morning!

What a wonderful day for you :) Worth travelling all that way for !

I had another early start yesterday as I went to London to see my daughter at Graduate Fashion Week as she was exhibiting her portfoilio as part of her final collection. results in 3 weeks time.

Then up again 6.30 today to sell plants at a local school's car boot sale. £50 for the local hospice so really pleased.

Need an early night as back at work tomorrow.

How exciting! Very best wishes for a good result :-)

You will be getting to be an expert on early rising! (and on selling plants...)

Sleep well!

slept well woke refreshed. went through my normal routine got to work to find everything locked up still. odd I thought. Checked my watch 6.45. building opens at 7!

How soon one can reset the body clock!!!

don't know but mybody clock has always been mucked around with. OH on shifts then young children to look after. then the kids get to late teens and you are awake listening for their safe return. had a sytem with the eldest; she'd text when in the taxi and again when outside the door. I'd go to bed and sleep and wake up 3am ish and if no text I'd start to worry and not sleep until I heard the key in the door.

I know the feeling. Those days are over now, but if Son no.1 is home I still listen if he's out. I have to remind myself that he's nearly 40 and I've no idea where he is most of the time!

Hi Sbg, sorry, I don't know how I managed to miss this, it is amazing what you see if you take the quieter roads, especially nurseries and garden centres :-) Derek.