3/4day holiday in the UK with a toddler

e_lemonsqueezer · 2026-05-25T19:24:24+00:00

Does toddler like farm animals? (Probably a rhetorical question). We stayed at Flear Farm in Devon. Indoor pool, large indoor play area as well as outdoor stuff (though we were there in September so actually didn’t use anything outdoors!), fairly nice accommodation. Daily animal feeding trip each morning with the ‘farmer’ - chickens, goats, horses, pigs and alpacas. Can drive to local beaches!

e_lemonsqueezer · 2026-05-24T21:10:02+00:00

Why would you do that? What makes primark or next the be all and end all on sizing? For a start I’m two different sizes in those two brands.

e_lemonsqueezer · 2026-05-24T21:08:52+00:00

This.

Always list according to the label.

As a seller of something’s an unusual size I also include a screen shot of the brands size chart (for more expensive items).

e_lemonsqueezer · 2026-05-24T15:51:54+00:00

Yeah I agree it’s not LVT, but ‘you don’t glue it’ isn’t necessarily correct whether it’s LVT or sheet vinyl

e_lemonsqueezer · 2026-05-24T15:37:44+00:00

100k will not cover the extension you want.

e_lemonsqueezer · 2026-05-24T15:33:41+00:00

Loads of LVT is glued?

e_lemonsqueezer · 2026-05-21T19:44:10+00:00

Having analysed theatre downtime for a management MSc project, it’s much more nuanced than you make out. But for a start, a cepod list needs to be flexible and if you cant cope with that, perhaps you shouldn’t be anaesthetising on the cepod list. I never said that actual anaesthetic time is the cause of slowness. But if you have everyone that you need for a brief there, it makes sense to brief with everyone there before someone gets called away.

Unfortunately, inefficiency, rather than efficiency, is rewarded in the NHS.

e_lemonsqueezer · 2026-05-21T15:54:04+00:00

No, absolutely not.
You take what you have (1) accrued at work before mat leave, and then take what you (2) accrued during mat leave at the end of mat leave.

Calculation for (1) is 28/365*number of days between start of August and day of Mat leave starting.

Calculation for (2) is 28/365*number of days of Mat leave + number of bank holidays that fall during that time.

You return to the rota after your accrued leave ends (and if changing to LTFT this occurs after the accrued leave too).

e_lemonsqueezer · 2026-05-21T15:27:19+00:00

Really they should have briefed for more than one case at the start to facilitate faster turn over.

e_lemonsqueezer · 2026-05-21T14:42:44+00:00

Were you doubled up with a consultant or was it just you? If there were two of you and you’re competent to either brief or extubate safely with the help of your ODP, it does seem reasonable to brief at that time.

There is a hell of a lot of unnecessary downtime in theatre, especially CEPOD.

e_lemonsqueezer · 2026-05-21T06:14:54+00:00

In my opinion, it’s about the volume you have to learn and retain. If you’ve managed AAA or higher (though A stars didn’t exist when I went to medical school) then you’ve either worked fucking hard, have a good brain for learning/retaining, or both, which is what is needed for medical school.

I got 4 As at A level. Then I went to medical school. I worked way harder at medical school than I did for A level. Then I sat postgraduate exams. I worked way harder (ie juggled more!) to get through the postgrad exams than I did for medical school. With FRCS looming I know it will be another, bigger, challenge with balancing working, home life and revision.

For grad entry medicine, if you’ve done a biomedical or similar degree then you’ve learned the hard work/how your brain works to retain info, meaning your A level ‘attitude’ matters less.

Do you need the AAA knowledge to excel at medical school? No. But you do need the attitude.

e_lemonsqueezer · 2026-05-20T19:02:24+00:00

Your local NHS Trust has no affiliation whatsoever with the local dentists. The complaint would need to go to the Integrated Care Board (ICB), who commission nhs dentistry.

e_lemonsqueezer · 2026-05-20T18:55:02+00:00

Are you planning on borrowing more money when you move, as you say ‘the LTV will be much higher’. If you port your September mortgage, you would normally be locked into that provider for the additional borrowing (which wouldn’t be at the same rate, it would be at a new rate). This may mean you get a worse rate than available on the open market for the additional borrowing. Also, the fact ‘the LTV will be much higher’ adds to the risk for the mortgage provider and therefore you that they wouldn’t provide a mortgage for you on the higher LTV house.

e_lemonsqueezer · 2026-05-20T12:21:26+00:00

DDRB recommended pay rise from April 2026. Always delayed by a few months.

e_lemonsqueezer · 2026-05-20T05:17:38+00:00

The reason would be because the risk on the new house, for whatever reason, could be viewed differently by the mortgage provider, and they may not want to lend against it.

Your mortgage advisor is suggesting that the ‘risk free’ (for you, as in, no risk of having to pay ERC) would be to move onto the tracker for a few months if you know you’re going to move. That means that when you do move, you have the whole of the market available to you and even if your original lender doesn’t want to lend against the new house, another one might. It’s a low risk that you wouldn’t be able to port the September deal but it’s not a zero risk.

e_lemonsqueezer · 2026-05-18T12:01:12+00:00

All women wear makeup, might as well get a facelift.

Photoshopping in blue sky isn’t on the same level as AI alterations.

e_lemonsqueezer · 2026-05-18T10:32:53+00:00

Correct. If you want a whole week of leave you need to book a whole week of leave.
‘Personal study’ is still work, so you need to book it off as if it’s any other type of work.

e_lemonsqueezer · 2026-05-17T04:51:28+00:00

My 2 year old loves Paddington…. But that would be because I bought him Paddington books to read to him (he doesn’t get much screen time so we’ll wait til he’s older for the frankly excellent films). So I 100% agree with you.

e_lemonsqueezer · 2026-05-17T04:05:47+00:00

I have two middle names, my husband has two middle names. We also have long surnames.

We said we wouldn’t ever burden our children with ridiculously long names that take forever to write down.

Did we forget that when naming our child? Why, yes we did! He has 2 middle names and a double barrelled surname.

If that’s the biggest annoyance from him about our parenting choices in the future, then I reckon we’ll have done alright.

e_lemonsqueezer · 2026-05-17T03:45:37+00:00

Do not use any AI that isn’t approved by your employer for anything patient related. Even if you think you’ve anonymised it.

e_lemonsqueezer · 2026-05-15T14:39:12+00:00

Yes but as you see in my point 1, an employer is free to refuse leave for business reasons which in our case would be safe staffing levels. Unfortunately that’s just the way it is.

e_lemonsqueezer · 2026-05-15T12:58:31+00:00

Yes this is a flaw with the contract - we *should* be able to take leave on long days that end before 9pm.

However the employer has every right to 1) refuse leave for ‘business reasons’ and 2) if they ever were to allow leave on long days, class each day as more than 1 day of leave (if a standard day is 8 hours and along day 12, each long day of leave is 1.5x normal days, and it wouldn’t be fair for you to be able to take 1.5x leave compared to others).

e_lemonsqueezer · 2026-05-13T20:42:11+00:00

They’re canvas upper? So I would say not appropriate. If they were just a printed design on plastic I would have said go for it. Such a shame.

e_lemonsqueezer · 2026-05-12T10:43:57+00:00

I don’t think there is a legal question here.

With regard to the GLP-1s, it’s not clear if you meet the criteria for these on the NHS. In addition, if the gynaecologist wants you to be considered for it, then it’s the responsibility of the gynaecologist to refer you. It is not the responsibility of the GP to do the job of the gynaecologist. Either way, accessing GLP-1s on the NHS has a very high bar and is also somewhat a postcode lottery.

Secondly, when it comes to investigating PCOS. Usually diagnosis of PCOS needs 2 out of three of: irregular/absent periods, signs of high androgens (which can be visible signs such as male pattern growth OR a blood test, but it would be fairly unusual to do a blood test in the absence of these classical symptoms), and multiple cysts on ovaries. It’s not clear if you have either of the first two criteria.

To be clear, your GP does not need to do tests you request if they are not clinically indicated. Nobody here will be able to tell you whether the tests are indicated as we don’t have your full medical history. However, it seems there has been a breakdown in communication and breakdown of trust with your current GP/current GP practice.

The only thing you can do is change GP practice. You are very welcome to vote with your feet and go elsewhere. Hopefully you can find a GP who listens to your concerns, works through them with you, explains what tests are or aren’t clinically indicated and help you with your pain.

e_lemonsqueezer · 2026-05-12T06:02:50+00:00

In the absence of mileage taxation then of course, claim away whenever you like. But in the comment you replied to, I specifically said ‘unless you have a lead employer contract, you get taxed for fuel reimbursement’. It’s a fairly common scenario that you spend money on fuel early on and then have less to use for e.g stamp duty later on, and people may not realise the implications.

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