Peggy Whitfield

Peggy Whitfield

73, three grandchildren, and one extremely opinionated parrot

📍 Harrogate, Yorkshire, GB

🤝 Where you might know me from

Organisations

Harrogate Allotment Society · Harrogate · Plot 14, undefeated

💭 To understand me a little better

Good to know about me
I'm a great deal of fun once I've had my tea.
My boundaries
Don't telephone after eight.
How I find communication easier
A proper phone call — and do speak up.
What gives me energy
A win at bridge and a fiendish cryptic crossword.
What drains me
Automated phone menus.

💛 Things I love, can't get enough of, or have been dreaming about

A really fiendish crossword
Cryptic. The harder the better.
Proper bitter marmalade
None of that sweet nonsense.

🙅 Things that aren't really for me

Group video calls
I can see up my own nose. Dreadful.

⭐ A few of my favourite things

Favourite films

Brief Encounter — They don't make them like that.

Favourite TV shows

Gardeners' World — Monty is a treasure.

Favourite music & bands

Nina Simone

🧰 Tips & life hacks I can share

Always carry a spare bag-for-life
You will never regret it.

🧩 Problems I'm trying to solve — ideas welcome

Teaching the parrot to stop swearing
Particularly in front of the vicar.

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