Simon Davey Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Good morning 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_M Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Good morning. Ish. Once again we seem to be heading for disappointment in a tradesman. Said he’d be here on Saturday then cancelled last minute because “his apprentice had to go to a wedding and only told him last thing”. He then said he’d be here today “about half past eight” and it’s now…9.30. I blame Tony Blair… 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick the wanderer Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 18 minutes ago, Steve_M said: Good morning. Ish. Once again we seem to be heading for disappointment in a tradesman. Said he’d be here on Saturday then cancelled last minute because “his apprentice had to go to a wedding and only told him last thing”. He then said he’d be here today “about half past eight” and it’s now…9.30. I blame Tony Blair… I blame the milk snatcher.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Davey Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 1 hour ago, Steve_M said: Good morning. Ish. Once again we seem to be heading for disappointment in a tradesman. Said he’d be here on Saturday then cancelled last minute because “his apprentice had to go to a wedding and only told him last thing”. He then said he’d be here today “about half past eight” and it’s now…9.30. I blame Tony Blair… I blame us for being too nice because it's difficult to find the right trade, they're not being told to "F**k off" often enough. I'd be arranging for someone else. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynax Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Good morning 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Davey Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 . Morning 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_M Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 It’s a lovely day here so far. Time to clear the drive of leaves and other debris. This is quite a task given that there’s a lot of trees surrounding it and the drive is long and not well surfaced - part has been compared to a rally stage. It’s quite hard work and I’m both knocking on I years and suffering from last night’s judo training session. I’ve cleared around 30m so far and I should do another 20m this afternoon. However, I’m constantly bugged by the fact that a few delivery drivers seem incapable of negotiating the drive and keeping their tyres on the tarmac. The verges either side are soft and their tyres just cut a deep groove into them. I’m repeatedly having to tidy (as far as it ever will be tidy) up the verges, filling in the ruts made by these so-called professional drivers. Venting over… back to the grindstone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideWithStyles Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 (edited) They l Edited May 15 by RideWithStyles 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_M Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 18 minutes ago, RideWithStyles said: Small brick walls or large stone boulders from the quarry will keep them at bay I have stones on the side with the drainage ditch - we allow that to run a bit wild and I run the strimmer over it from time to time. The other side I need to mow - even a small wall / stones (quarry? We have a great pile that we’re keeping to build a retaining wall along one bank of our stream) would add to the hassle when mowing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rennie Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Good evening/afternoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Westerly Posted January 30 Author Share Posted January 30 2 hours ago, Steve_M said: I have stones on the side with the drainage ditch - we allow that to run a bit wild and I run the strimmer over it from time to time. The other side I need to mow - even a small wall / stones (quarry? We have a great pile that we’re keeping to build a retaining wall along one bank of our stream) would add to the hassle when mowing. Land mines. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_M Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 1 minute ago, S-Westerly said: Land mines. A relative of my good lady works for the Halo trust.i’m not sure he’d approve. Also, with my memory, I’d forget where I put them. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynax Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Good morning 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mississippi Bullfrog Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 16 hours ago, S-Westerly said: Land mines. A sound strategy with just one small drawback Filling in the divots becomes a tad more labourious. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideWithStyles Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 (edited) Large Edited May 15 by RideWithStyles 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mawsley Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 I know, lil’ pupper, I’d like us to be going by bike too…but your mistress would kill me. 2 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_M Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 3 hours ago, RideWithStyles said: Large pond or moat, hire dwarfs in suits of medieval armour and pointy sticks to patrol the perimeter!! I’ll just fill the cattle grid with water… I’ve put in a request for a quote for the dwarves to Dwarf hire… sourcing the armour might be tricky, though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Simon Davey Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Good evening, lasagne was lovely..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Simon Davey Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Good evening. Well,,,,, it was until I just read about 20 new posts in this thread, and then noticed it was at the start in November 2020, @rennie had just scraped the car windows to come home.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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