Jools Tinsley, a 62-year-old retiree from Caister near Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, won £885.71 on the free online lottery, Pick My Postcode!

Jools, who has lived in Norfolk for the majority of her life, is retired from local government and now runs an Etsy shop, creating handmade crafts. Jools first joined Pick My Postcode in 2015, and finally after years of checking daily and building her bonus through surveys, her postcode was picked on the Main draw, winning her an amazing £885.71, completely for free.
When asked how it felt to win, Jools said: “It’s awesome. It will allow us to treat our close family.” Jools said the win was a particularly welcome surprise after what had been a difficult day. She planned to go to bed early after she’d had treatment that day on a retinal tear, she decided to check her emails, and after seeing her daily email reminder was shocked to log in and see that she had in fact won the main draw. When asked how she planned to spend the winnings, Jools said: “We’d already decided to go camping together so as well as covering the pitch costs we’ll look after the cost for everything.”
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Beth8it!
in an hour
Puppy tails update:
Yesterday we didn’t do a great deal - stepson put his back out on Saturday, so is really sore. He can lie down, sit or drive but standing is painful (sounds like sciatic nerve to me). He is doing the cooking and I am on dog-walking, which suits me fine. Yesterday afternoon I took them all out to a carpark on the opposite side of the valley from one previously and we set off along a fairly level stony slatey gravelly path, before dropping down a nice grassy track under the trees. This is better for them, I thought - then it turned muddy and boggy, although cycle tracks went through it, but I turned back and took a drier side track. The termites found a lovely stream coming from a storm drain (so nice to give him his own one 😊) so we played with a ball there for a while then started to head back. About a hundred yards from the car I found I had lost Poppy’s lead. Lots of blue muttering, then I sent them back to look for it. Not sure where I lost it - first track or second, and Poppy and Shadow were more interested in wrestling and playing, but Indi was searching, so Storm joined in, with no real idea what for. I took a chance, went for the second track, and suddenly there was Storm with the lead, Shadow and Poppy trying to drag it away, galloping back to me. Big treats all round!
One little inconvenience that has arisen - Poppy has come into season. She is happily mounting the boys, who looked a bit confused, started mounting each other, but are now quite interested in Poppy. Luckily it’s early days, and she will be going with stepson tomorrow to his friends at Pembroke, then we go home Friday, so we should, hopefully, escape anything serious! Oh boy…
I shall start packing tomorrow afternoon, as it’s going to take ages to load up and then clean the place free of dog-hair, mangled bits of toy etc. Have to be out by 10am Friday, and got to walk and feed them in time to settle for the journey. Storm managed the 70 mins to the beach and 90 mins (detoured) back without a tablet, so hopefully we are getting over his car sickness.
Blondie
12 hours ago
Done a survey today went right through the whole survey to be told my answer where no good why put me though the hole survey and then take me off
Em
21 minutes ago
As the external surveys are advertised across many sites, there could be many people completing the surveys at once, potentially hundreds, and it is possible that your demographic bracket or brackets (anything such as age range, gender, location, employment status, where you shop etc) could reach its quota at any point, while you are in the middle of the survey or even at the end.
But our FAQ article - https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/89-surveys - explains that we can help those who reach 80% completion or beyond if they email us at admin@pickmypostcode.com.
Thank you Malc, Enver and unnamed for helping Blondie.
10 hours ago
https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/101-survey-screenouts
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11 hours ago
If you completed more than 80%, Admin@pickmypostcode.com will credit it.
"It's just another Tuesday."
Malc_H
11 hours ago
Have you reported it to admin@pickmypostcode.com with full details of the survey and the screenshot if you remembered?
A Nick Name
13 hours ago
Shouldn't have been out today but had banking to do, prescriptions to collect, and new pans ordered online needed picking up today, so called in at B&M managed to get 6 x 500g tubs of Lurpak for £1 each instead of £4.25. Didn't feel very well as I'm not 100% yet but a bargain like that always bucks me up a bit. Also found out the seller of the new property I bought has sent me £100, that's added to the £180 I got from my own solicitor, so a good start, and that's without any legal claims yet, which despite those payments, are still valid. The money from my own solicitor was only due to me arguing the fact that he said I was unlikely to get anything from the seller. After my reply he realised I knew the law as well as he did, if not better, and the next thing he emails me to say I'm refunding £180 due to the fact that there were things I didn't need to do. It's always best to use a solicitor in any financial dealings....but even better to know more than they do, otherwise they think they can get away with all sorts.
Beth8it!
in 33 minutes
Em, with most cases it’s a matter of stop and think - don’t agree to anything, don’t sign up for anything, without TIME. Ask yourself ‘what do they want - my money. Always. What safeguards have I got? Can I see before I buy? ‘
You are just as intelligent and careful as you were when you had Simon. You worked as a team, but you can and will cope - when there is no alternative, you have to. Think about any free advice available, such as talks from the Police or CAB or local organisations, who will point out the scams doing the rounds locally. The main thing is to become much more cynical - ALL emails are potential scams, so just click on the sender before opening them - if it comes from dorathedonkey@happyfarm.com, instead of the HMRC that it claims to be, you can be pretty sure it’s a scam. Never click on links in emails - that’s the main things to think about.
Em
16 minutes ago
Hope you feel better soon, Nick. I also hope that you make good sandwiches with that Lurpak.
I do worry that I am now on my own and there is so much I don't know. A nurse I spoke to last week was worried that people could take advantage of me, in different contexts. Hearing Nick's dealings with the solicitor makes me think how right she could be.
I'm glad you pushed back, Nick.
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11 hours ago
"It was just another Tuesday" for A Nick Name.
Well done, but you can keep the Lurpak, I prefer something softer.🥪🔪
Little Owl
12 hours ago
I prefer the blocks, but will only buy Lurpak. Good news ref refunds.
JAW
13 hours ago
Me too, great price for Lurpak.
Chocolate Spaniel
13 hours ago
6 x 500g tubs of Lurpak for £1 each? Am I envious? You bet!!!
Buttercup2
15 hours ago
Tom Jones has been fired/let go from The Voice according to Google...
itv say it's time for a refresh
Beth8it!
in 35 minutes
He said in was due to financial issues, but I don’t know if it was his own, or them not paying him.
Em
15 minutes ago
It's such a shame. He is one of the few aging singers who can still actually sing.
12 hours ago
He needs more spare time. He has a lot of grass to look after at home.
A Nick Name
13 hours ago
What? You mean he's done it before?😂😂
Little Owl
13 hours ago
It's not unusual.
A Nick Name
13 hours ago
I saw the light on the night that he passed by my window. I think he was trying to peep at my wife.
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a day ago
What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?
https://youtu.be/3vsfnPehSHM
Little Owl
in 35 minutes
I meet those people at the bus stop, they ask me a question then can't hear my answer because they still have their earbuds in. I remember my Mam telling me that when she and her brother were young, they used to giggle at a poor old lady who had one of those ear trumpets which people had to shout down. They remembered this years later when their own hearing started to go!
Lol 63
10 hours ago
@A Nick Name - That wouldn't work these days. Everyone's got their noses buried in their phones, with earbuds in so they don't hear you either...
A Nick Name
13 hours ago
When I'm out I always find the immovable object is the one shattered by the unstoppable force. When I was younger I used to walk very fast, and trying to get through our local market town was difficult as people would just stop in the middle of the pavement to chat instead of to one side, so as fast as I walked I'd speed up even more and it was like the parting of the Red Sea. If I thought someone wouldn't see me I'd cough loudly, they'd look and dive for cover as I wasn't stopping. I'm always polite, friendly and helpful, but don't put up with people who've no consideration for anyone else.
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13 hours ago
The unstoppable force shatters into bits, & they continue on other paths, missing the immovable object in future?
A Nick Name
13 hours ago
Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton are the same entity? I did wonder why I rarely see them together.
Radix
16 hours ago
They are one and the same entity.
Rip486
17 hours ago
Can’t happen. One condition precludes the other.
Barrie
18 hours ago
Ditto Lol
RioRita
18 hours ago
Somethings gotta give?!!!
Lol 63
19 hours ago
Have seen it before as a transcript, but it's always a good one.
Buttercup2
20 hours ago
Nothing happens because both items cannot exist at the same time (or so I was told at school)