Mundane News

[Illaveago]

Morning. I was wide awake at 4 this morning, I kept thinking about what had happened earlier on in the afternoon. I had been hearing the sounds of chain saws in the background but had been ignoring them thinking nothing untoward was going on. A little bit later on I got up to go into the kitchen to make myself a hot drink and looked down to the bottom of the garden to see a large gaping hole where a large ash tree was. The main trunk was still there with two tall branches remaining but with ropes tethered to them. My first thoughts were that the council had decided that it was diseased and needed cutting back. I wandered down to ask the men working on the tree what was going on to find out that they were going to fell the tree. I said that as the tree was growing in no man's land that they would need permission to do so, which they didn't. So now we have a gaping hole with what almost looks like two fingers poking upwards.
In the evening my wife burst into tears over the tree which is now sadly looking sparse, which has given us so much pleasure with the birds singing away in it.

 

[Illaveago]

Morning Its Saturday
off to the east of England Showgroound this morning for the massive antiques fair...the wife insists i go..
its ok but most of the stuff is land fill with a very opptimistic vendor

You might find some interesting cycles there.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Morning. I was wide awake at 4 this morning, I kept thinking about what had happened earlier on in the afternoon. I had been hearing the sounds of chain saws in the background but had been ignoring them thinking nothing untoward was going on. A little bit later on I got up to go into the kitchen to make myself a hot drink and looked down to the bottom of the garden to see a large gaping hole where a large ash tree was. The main trunk was still there with two tall branches remaining but with ropes tethered to them. My first thoughts were that the council had decided that it was diseased and needed cutting back. I wandered down to ask the men working on the tree what was going on to find out that they were going to fell the tree. I said that as the tree was growing in no man's land that they would need permission to do so, which they didn't. So now we have a gaping hole with what almost looks like two fingers poking upwards.
In the evening my wife burst into tears over the tree which is now sadly looking sparse, which has given us so much pleasure with the birds singing away in it.

So, was the tree diseased?

 

[TVC]

Manc ride to London?

Fixed gear only?

I'm busy anyway but I look forward to the photos

We could all come up to Manchester if that is easier for you.

 

[raleighnut]

Morning. I was wide awake at 4 this morning, I kept thinking about what had happened earlier on in the afternoon. I had been hearing the sounds of chain saws in the background but had been ignoring them thinking nothing untoward was going on. A little bit later on I got up to go into the kitchen to make myself a hot drink and looked down to the bottom of the garden to see a large gaping hole where a large ash tree was. The main trunk was still there with two tall branches remaining but with ropes tethered to them. My first thoughts were that the council had decided that it was diseased and needed cutting back. I wandered down to ask the men working on the tree what was going on to find out that they were going to fell the tree. I said that as the tree was growing in no man's land that they would need permission to do so, which they didn't. So now we have a gaping hole with what almost looks like two fingers poking upwards.
In the evening my wife burst into tears over the tree which is now sadly looking sparse, which has given us so much pleasure with the birds singing away in it.

An Ash tree should come back from a hefty pruning,

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning from a sunny Coventry. My man flu is fading away nicely. Sat here waiting for son and granddaughter to arrive cruising cycle chat on my new tablet, its nice but now I've got it I recon an 8 inch would have been big enough, the tablets a 10inch.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Well i wont need to water the garden today as i had planned.

Total deluge last night. However it is still warm enough for the doors to be open and there is blue sky and sunshine.

But, it is still raining.

Anyway i am sober, hallelujah!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

It's surprisingly sunny for a rainy day.

(I hadn't read the post above when I sent that.)

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Anyway i am sober, hallelujah!

day late here!

 

[Hill Wimp]

Morning Its Saturday
off to the east of England Showgroound this morning for the massive antiques fair...the wife insists i go..
its ok but most of the stuff is land fill with a very opptimistic vendor

I used to love going to the big antiques fairs at the South of England showground when i lived nearby in Tunbridge Wells.

 

[summerdays]

And the clocks go forward tonight at 2am... it will be darker in the mornings and back to dodge the kangaroo on the way to work for my OH... though not until Tuesday because it is our 2nd BH Monday in a row for him... All it means for me is that I have to occupy him for another day this weekend the same as last weekend... ahhhhh

So are the Kangaroos only really a problem in the night? Because you only see them at the last minute or because they are moving around more/moving faster at night?

 

[Illaveago]

So, was the tree diseased?

No, it was getting a bit big so it could have been taken back a bit but not totally removed. If we had been informed we might have helped to pay to have it reduced a bit. Now we feel spied upon when we walk into the kitchen. Just talking about it now has made my wife tearful again.

 

[Hill Wimp]

No, it was getting a bit big so it could have been taken back a bit but not totally removed. If we had been informed we might have helped to pay to have it reduced a bit. Now we feel spied upon when we walk into the kitchen. Just talking about it now has made my wife tearful again.

 

[summerdays]

Anyway i am sober, hallelujah!

At half eight in the morning I would hope so!

 

[Illaveago]

How very strange! I picked up an old rosewood clarinet thinking that I might clean it up and move it on. I haven't been well enough to play my ebonite one for quite a while. Anyway after cleaning up the new old one so to speak, I thought I would try it out." Fffffffffff, Fffffffffff". Puffed out cheeks and not a sound. My wife had a go and she managed to play a tune on it, where as she can't get a sound out of mine.