Holiday in Skegness
Monday, September 10th, 2007 04:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lizziecAs I mentioned in my last entry we went on holiday to Skegness/Chapel St. Leonards for a week in a fixed site caravan. We had a lovely time and selected photos are here and some different ones here. All photos were taken by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
benc (I was taking black and white pictures on a film camera which have yet to be developed).
We did a fair bunch of stuff, though it was all sadly rather curtailed because the effects of my depression are such that after doing something for 3 or 4 hours I was so tired I had to come home and sleep. One of the things that we did that isn't in pictures is we drove an hour and a half to Stamford so we could see The Dam Busters (which had been cleaned up a little) on the big screen. Well worth it :D though I was dead almost all of the next day.
When we went to Skegness we saw the Skegness lifeboat with its awesome tractor which pulls it down the beach to the sea and pulls it back out again:
It was sooooo cool :D
I won a zippy toy at the "Hook a Duck" stall on Skegness pier and he "did" Skegness:
In Chapel St. Leonards we found possibly the most offensive building in all of the UK, the Golden Palm:
The pictures don't do it justice - the palm trees *flashed*. The shopping arcade owned by the Golden Palm also produced the worst curry I have ever had - sauce like water, sweetened with sugar and chicken so dry it had probably been sitting under lights for hours. The curry places around Skegness were all very special. None of the ones near to us did "Curry". They all did Curry/Kebabs/Pizzas/Burgers. Really we should have known better than to buy from there.
On our last day we went to the beach, as it was the only day really nice enough for it.
I buried Ben:
We worked on a sandcastle:
Which had a working moat :D
Thus, our work was done:
(Mine is the blue spade).
Finally, ben brought me a giant Eeyore for an anniversary present:
He's pretty awesome :)
Today I have called the Job Centre plus in an effort to apply for Incapacity benefit as advised to me by Payroll at UKC. It seems very complicated and I have no idea if I'll be eligable but I don't loose anything by applying. I have also been abusing the BBCs archive trial and now have about 12 tabs of things to watch. Ah well, will keep me busy!
And finally, the reason I chose the icon I did: we got back from holiday to a letter from our Letting Agency saying they'll be coming to inspect the flat for the first time in two years on Thursday. It's a routine inspection but I'm bricking it and utterly convinced we'll be evicted despite saner voices telling me I'm being a muppet. I'm sure on Thursday I'll be able to come back and tell you all that they were right. Until then I suspect I'll be a bit of a nervous heap.
benc (I was taking black and white pictures on a film camera which have yet to be developed).We did a fair bunch of stuff, though it was all sadly rather curtailed because the effects of my depression are such that after doing something for 3 or 4 hours I was so tired I had to come home and sleep. One of the things that we did that isn't in pictures is we drove an hour and a half to Stamford so we could see The Dam Busters (which had been cleaned up a little) on the big screen. Well worth it :D though I was dead almost all of the next day.
When we went to Skegness we saw the Skegness lifeboat with its awesome tractor which pulls it down the beach to the sea and pulls it back out again:
It was sooooo cool :D
I won a zippy toy at the "Hook a Duck" stall on Skegness pier and he "did" Skegness:
In Chapel St. Leonards we found possibly the most offensive building in all of the UK, the Golden Palm:
The pictures don't do it justice - the palm trees *flashed*. The shopping arcade owned by the Golden Palm also produced the worst curry I have ever had - sauce like water, sweetened with sugar and chicken so dry it had probably been sitting under lights for hours. The curry places around Skegness were all very special. None of the ones near to us did "Curry". They all did Curry/Kebabs/Pizzas/Burgers. Really we should have known better than to buy from there.
On our last day we went to the beach, as it was the only day really nice enough for it.
I buried Ben:
We worked on a sandcastle:
Which had a working moat :D
Thus, our work was done:
(Mine is the blue spade).
Finally, ben brought me a giant Eeyore for an anniversary present:
He's pretty awesome :)
Today I have called the Job Centre plus in an effort to apply for Incapacity benefit as advised to me by Payroll at UKC. It seems very complicated and I have no idea if I'll be eligable but I don't loose anything by applying. I have also been abusing the BBCs archive trial and now have about 12 tabs of things to watch. Ah well, will keep me busy!
And finally, the reason I chose the icon I did: we got back from holiday to a letter from our Letting Agency saying they'll be coming to inspect the flat for the first time in two years on Thursday. It's a routine inspection but I'm bricking it and utterly convinced we'll be evicted despite saner voices telling me I'm being a muppet. I'm sure on Thursday I'll be able to come back and tell you all that they were right. Until then I suspect I'll be a bit of a nervous heap.
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Date: Mon, Sep. 10th, 2007 08:02 pm (UTC)You have no doubt heard me rant on the subject of agency inspections before. They are truely a work of Stan, and you have my utmost sympathy. Make sure you clean the cooker thoroughly beforehand, as they seem to make most of their judgements based on that.
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Date: Mon, Sep. 10th, 2007 08:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Mon, Sep. 10th, 2007 11:03 pm (UTC)The trick with any DWP form is to use your /worst/ day/scenario as your 'norm' and to get /someone else/ aka Ben to answer the questions as well. What is your current 'normal' may be a long way off 'DWP normal' and go in your favour wrt getting quids.
DLA is worth applying for with mental health stuff because you may get some quids, it's non means tested, and I know more and more people having success with it and it making a big difference to their lives.
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Date: Tue, Sep. 11th, 2007 09:32 am (UTC)Also, the Citizens Advice Bureau are very helpful when it comes to benefits, filling out forms and your entitlements while you are unable to work. The Canterbury Branch seem very helpful but I've included below a link to their online Benefits site too;
http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/index/life/benefits/benefits_for_people_who_are_sick_or_disabled.htm
Good luck and let me know if you need any help with house tidying, oven cleaning etc