By The River Endless Wander

By the river I see the water ebb and flow, endless adventure just waiting for me to go.

My time just to be , that 5 minutes of sanctity.

Down the lane , palpitating at what will be  natures surprise oh those impending skies.

The Review Of The Dyson DC41 MK2

Dyson I've been with you from the beginning I've see how you've grown , your innovation knows no limits. You keep evolving bringing new and exciting products into our lives , making the ordinary and mundane chores of housework an exciting adventure that I am very happy to take with you.

I am confidant in the purchases I have made with Dyson , in fact recently we brought the cordless Dc 59 ourselves as I didn't want to be having to pay for a car valet each month when I could get Mr T to do it instead.

We are a family of 3 with 2 cats one of which is extremely fluffy ( the cat that is)  my son is constantly playing sports including football and the ever so messy and muddy rugby. It is important for us to keep on top of the mess which comes with having a chaotic household , which sometimes feels never ending!




The new feature is fantastic manoeuvrability  and as such the manoeuvrability the Dyson Dc41 MK2 is phenomenal I feel like a formula one driving especially when I corner.  The Dyson ball technology is the key to this manoeuvrability     Dyson  I have to add has the power to shock you with the dirt that you seen being picked up and you might feel disgusted  by take heart this is dirt and it that will no longer be hanging around!


Emptying your Dyson is a doodle you simply unclip the bin from the body stroll to your outside bin , press a button and the contents of the bin are emptied into your outside bin. ( You can also empty the contents of your Dyson into your compost bin ) There is the wand at the back of the machine too, this is perfect to reach up the stairs without having to pick the machine up, and for those pesky cobwebs.




No more faffing around adjusting your vacuum from one floor surface to another with the danger being if your don't then suction is lost. This is not the case with the Dyson DC41 MK2 which has an active base plate and no suction is lost !

While other vacuum cleaners still rely on bags, losing suction over time, Dyson engineers have developed Radial Root Cyclone technology – to pick up large debris as well as microscopic particles like pollen and mould. The mesh shroud helps separate large debris, with inner cyclones generating powerful centrifugal forces. Its worth explain the technology behind it, so people understand why getting rid of your bag is better. But it’s not about all bagless machines, Dyson were the first to engineer cyclone technology and they have been improving it for 21 years. They now extract particles as small as 0.5 microns – 1/5,000^th of a pin head!


The Dyson  DC41 MK 2 comes with a few attachments one of which is the tangle free turbine tool with counter rating heads with brushes and will remove pet hair etc from your upholstery etc.

Research, design and development is at the core of Dyson. One third of people at Dyson are engineers and scientists. Their expertise in fluid, mechanical, electrical, EMC, thermal, chemical, acoustic and software engineering allows them to design new technologies from the bladeless Dyson Air Multiplier™ fan to the Dyson Airblade™ hand dryer as well as challenge and improve existing ones. Dyson has over 1,900 patents and patent applications worldwide for over 300 different inventions (July 2011). Dyson’s RDD investment has quadrupled over the last 5 years with plans to double engineers to continue to invent new machines. Dyson has 1,700 engineers and scientists worldwide. An additional 400 engineers will join during 2014.

The cost of a Dyson Dc41 MK 2 is £430 .

Thank you to Dyson for inviting me up to the press headquarters and showing me all their innovative new technologies , such a shame that couldn't smuggle the robot that is coming out next year. I would love a robot Dyson and I would name him Cyril. Also thank you for to Dyson for sending me the new DC41 MK2 to vacuum my home with myself and my cats very much appreciate it.

Kindness and A Thomas Sabo Bracelet

Yesterday was #nationalkindess day and I simply couldn't do without the kindness of my friends and fir this I'm truly grateful from kind words on Twitter to direct messages on the same platform. Whatever the social media medium I know my friends they are that have my back. Karma has a way of working out in people's lives I'm sure of it, when I was told that a Quartz would protect and keep me safe.

My beautiful friend Sian To is the friend who told me of this and you know what earlier this this week , I won a bracelet from Judith Hart Jewellers in Derby , the very same jewellers I had my eternity ring from. The bracelet is a Thomas Sabo bracelet of which I had a choice of the very aptly named karma beads.

Friendship doesn't have to be complicated friendship it is just being, I love my friends and I love my bracelet.

Foggy Days Photography A Wander

I could almost hear the rattle of past village life one before the motI love all the seasons and when the other day I had to go out in the fog , I didn't sigh I was elated.

The beauty of my village is shown to me all the more.

Of course I was going to visit the church graveyard! 

The sun was trying to pierce through the fog as I walked past the working farm.

Far from feeling apocalyptic it felt homely 

Compare The Market Helping The Elderly #GreatBritishSwitch

The cold is just starting to come to us now , I know this as I have just started wearing my bobble hat so it must mean it is getting colder. I feel the cold really badly , I have changed changed my energy supplier to another company so as to get a cheaper tariff. My Father in law is coming up to 82 and his partner she must be coming up to 88 and she is a strong willed lady, they enjoyed their coach holidays to Scotland and watching their soap opera on television. When they do  have their soap operas on however then you mustn't ring them or if you happen to be visiting then you must stay quiet, and they have the fire on so they are warm and cosy. So we made sure we got to my Father in Laws before the soaps were on , on one of our regular visits and we told them of our energy switch over and we discovered that that they could save money . 

Comparethemarket.com are particularly keen to encourage elderly people to think about how much they could save – research suggests that around 90% of those aged 65 and over have NEVER tried to switch energy supplier, despite the fact that a typical household can save up to £350 a year by switching energy suppliers. Having swapped ourselves we have saved £200 ,money  that is in my pocket now and no long frittered away with another energy company.

My father law is ecstatic that he has saved money , so long was he set in his ways , he always asks us things like "How is your job going ?" Is the car still going" which makes us chuckle as we wouldn't have been visiting him if the car wasn't going. My father in law has saved £220 , which is going straight to you guessed it a coach trip. Now if we. Now if we can only get him into the smartphone modern way then I'm sure he'd be converting the other pensioners on his trips out ! 

It is very important to look after the elderly they did and do so much for us , now is the time for us to do something for them and helping them save money is just one of the many things we can do this winter. Also encourage your elderly relatives and friends once they have switched to taken advantage of making sure that those savings do not fly out of an poorly insulated house, see how you can also help them keep their house warm.




In fact the other day I was talking to a lady in her fifties at a bus stop after our bus was delayed for an hour , she had sadly lost her husband recently. She was doing her best to keep her herself busy and was taking advice was age uk , one of the pieces of advice was about changing energy supplier. This courageous lady visits elderly people herself from her church while doing her up most to save them money where she could.


When you first go to Compare the market you come across this friendly screen with Oleg the baby meerkat , most of us have seen the adverts.

It doesn't matter if you don't have your bill you are still able to work out your savings by entering how big your house is, how many people live there etc.

It then asks you for email address

After you have entered this it shows you the prices.

Help spread the world with the #GreatBritishSwitch. Join The Great British Switch on Thunderclap and show your support.


Help keep the elderly warm this winter with the #GreatBritishSwitch from 14th – 16th November. For every switch this weekend comparethemarket.com will donate £5 to Friends of the Elderly


Disclosure: I have been given a fee for writing this but also money is being donated to Friends of the Elderly on my behalf.