Getting out and about

If you are able to get out for an hour or two these web pages might give you some ideas

After reading a recipe by @Rups it was interesting to read about wild garlic and how to identify the leaves. He is an expert forager whose skills I very much admire.

Now

It’s time to get out of hibernation and find a place in the world and some things to do.

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On days as sunny as today it definitely encourages you to get out & about. Its chilly but wrap up warm adventures are there yo be had.

I might not forage for wild garlic as I’ll probably poison myself :grinning_face:

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If you can’t get out the British heart foundation has a good website. It does a three minute mindfulness meditation.

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I also forage for dropped coins on the street. When I was child my father had a secret code, cough drops, and that meant I was to look down and find money on the ground. He’d cough while saying it and my youthful eyes would scan the pavement until the few pence were in range and hastily put in my pocket. To this day, I keep my eyes peeled and have often plucked a coin from destitution to take home and care for it in my sheltered money pot.

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@Rups

If you come across a street corner where an occasional bitcoin is dropped you will let me know won’t you?

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I do this all the time too!! …I once found £25 folded, just lying there….didnt see any point in taking it to the Polis!!

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Nowadays when I find coins on the ground, I just pass them on to the first stranger I pass as a penny for luck. I just love to see the various reactions :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Lorraine

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Interesting you should say that Rupert!

It happens a lot less these days as we move to cashless, but Mum was always finding money because she was always on foot/public transport when she went shopping. She shopped at local greengrocers and she would go to the bank and get cash. I have never known anyone find more money than she did and I can attribute that to her way of life as above but also because she is only 4’ 7" tall and so that much closer to the ground and with Eagle Eyes.

She used to collect them and then donate them to the temple where she used to go to worship.

@Susie1 - As I understand it, that money would be yours as the police would return it to you as it is highly unlikely whoever lost it would go and report it to the police and of course today, where are you going to take it as there aren’t any police stations open!

@EmeraldEyes - I like the idea of passing it on as a penny for luck. Maybe I’ll do that if I find any pennies henceforth :slight_smile:

@Bobbi - nice topic for conversation :slight_smile:

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Aye, their good luck, a stranger just gave them money :joy:

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If I lost a pound, I want the local constabulary to fill out a full report on the matter and have all staff on deck searching for it. In the meantime, I shall wait, thrumming my fingers on the service counter.

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Interestingly, when in my last town which had a much poorer demographic, I’d find coins nearly every day, having now moved to a town with a much wealthier demographic, I hardly find anything on my travels.

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When I was using public transport I found about six mobile phones at various times, the modern equivalent eh…what a pain going to the police station…one spent the weekend on my shelf and kept ringing with people asking for drugs… I rang a number marked mum in the contacts to say I found the phone. (it wasn’t password protected) and she basically told me to **** off…was glad to hand that one over…. I always keep a separate debit card in case l loose my phone, cos I would be stuck!

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You’re absolutely right about the mobile phones.
Some of them are what they call “burners” but because everyone has them and some even have two, it is not unusual to lose them, though as I don’t get out much I have never found one.

However, as you will know it is a massive target for criminals and one of our carers came the other day and said her £1K had been snatched from her as she stood waiting for the bus. She was distraught and felt “helpless” as everything was on that phone. Somehow she got over it and thankfully it didn’t affect her ability to care for Mum :slight_smile:

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