Mundane News

[Speicher]

I am not as think as you drunk I am.

 

[Reynard]

@potsy would no doubt have rummage and chips

@The Velvet Curtain might have rummage with petits pois and sweet potato mash with a raspberry coulis.

I think rummage goes well with organic brown noodles and sweetcorn.

@Gravity Aided might have rummage with corn bread and beans.

Love it!

Rummage ended up being some chilli & lemon prawns and a pack of spring rolls.

Did have raspberries for afters tho

 

[TVC]

Returned from the comedy completely sober, I should still be in the pub, checking out the gins. Instead its bedtime, this cycling lark tends to make you healthy, thats not right.

 

[postman]

I'm back. A bit sore down below but glad i've been doctored!

Rest up Accy and do as you are told.I had one many years ago.Rest and more rest,don't be a hero.You will heal quicker.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Rest up Accy and do as you are told.I had one many years ago.Rest and more rest,don't be a hero.You will heal quicker.

I've been resting all day. Resting makes me tired. I'm off to bed soon.

At least i can have a shower tomorrow, take that itchy dressing off and have a look at my scar.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Westport to Galway via the coast road.

We did that route 6 years ago, it was wonderful in the spring. though we did have to relabel Ireland as 'closed' because nothing was open for us to stop and have a drink at (except for the Cliffs of Moher which have been touristised and are now awful IMO. We first went several decades ago and it was just a road and the cliffs and a cliff path about 1 foot wide of dirt and you could go as close as you wanted to the drops and cliffs. Much better the old memories than the new. But we loved cycling around Ireland 6 years ago. We had a fantastic time.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Woke to no water this morning. It seems that when I had a session of going mad a few weeks ago after we lost water at a measly -4C my session of madness didn't bury the pipes deep enough... however there is also the possibility that it is actually the pipe coming directly out of the tank itself (we are on private water here in Australia which equates to rain water collected in a tank for drinking and all hot water (including showering)) and bore water for the sanitation, washing machine and all outside taps. Bore water is gravity fed. Tank water is on a pump. When the water freezes in the pipes the pump trips out and now we have to wait until everything defrosts until we get drinking water again.

The end result is that no container than could hold a liquid and is sealable is thrown away. Everything gets filled up and stored somewhere because a single bottle of water inside the house is much harder to freeze than the pipes are. But I had resolved the issues until now. We have had a series of -4C going down to -6C overnight and kept water after my mad session. Last night it went down to -7C by 2am. 6hrs later and it is still -7C and we have no water.

Whilst it is stunningly beautiful out there, it is also stunningly cold... and I still have no water. (this is my view right now!)

My mad session last week (or possibly the week before...)

I have just spent the morning digging to find an exposed pipe so that I could bury it again.
I believe I may have accidentally buried my sense of humour along with the pipe...
The irony of this situation is not lost on me, unlike my sense of humour which presumably won’t freeze overnight.

 

[classic33]

We did that route 6 years ago, it was wonderful in the spring. though we did have to relabel Ireland as 'closed' because nothing was open for us to stop and have a drink at (except for the Cliffs of Moher which have been touristised and are now awful IMO. We first went several decades ago and it was just a road and the cliffs and a cliff path about 1 foot wide of dirt and you could go as close as you wanted to the drops and cliffs. Much better the old memories than the new. But we loved cycling around Ireland 6 years ago. We had a fantastic time.

Why let you have something for free, if a company can charge you?

Did you not try any pub, for a drink and food?

 

[classic33]

Woke to no water this morning. It seems that when I had a session of going mad a few weeks ago after we lost water at a measly -4C my session of madness didn't bury the pipes deep enough... however there is also the possibility that it is actually the pipe coming directly out of the tank itself (we are on private water here in Australia which equates to rain water collected in a tank for drinking and all hot water (including showering)) and bore water for the sanitation, washing machine and all outside taps. Bore water is gravity fed. Tank water is on a pump. When the water freezes in the pipes the pump trips out and now we have to wait until everything defrosts until we get drinking water again.

The end result is that no container than could hold a liquid and is sealable is thrown away. Everything gets filled up and stored somewhere because a single bottle of water inside the house is much harder to freeze than the pipes are. But I had resolved the issues until now. We have had a series of -4C going down to -6C overnight and kept water after my mad session. Last night it went down to -7C by 2am. 6hrs later and it is still -7C and we have no water.

Whilst it is stunningly beautiful out there, it is also stunningly cold... and I still have no water. (this is my view right now!)

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My mad session last week (or possibly the week before...)

Have you tried a lightbulb in the pumphouse?

 

[Katherine]

We has drizzle

Dry all day here, so I have had to go round with the watering can.

Man flu easing, maybe I'm just toughening up?

Last day

Glad to hear it!

 

[Reynard]

I'm off to the Land of Nod. Have been catching up on catch-up TV online.

My dodgy internet was down to a loose connection in the cables. At least it's back up to where it should be at around 1.5 mbps. I was down to 0.3 at one point...

Anyways, nunnight all xxx

 

[classic33]

I'm off to the Land of Nod. Have been catching up on catch-up TV online.

My dodgy internet was down to a loose connection in the cables. At least it's back up to where it should be at around 1.5 mbps. I was down to 0.3 at one point...

Anyways, nunnight all xxx

Still early!

 

[Gravity Aided]

@potsy would no doubt have rummage and chips

@The Velvet Curtain might have rummage with petits pois and sweet potato mash with a raspberry coulis.

I think rummage goes well with organic brown noodles and sweetcorn.

@Gravity Aided might have rummage with corn bread and beans.

I might, indeed. Out in garage working on taking an old mountain bike from rusty chump to shiny champ for some time past usual dinner time.

 

[Illaveago]

The rating is/should be for Unique Manuka Factor (UMF). The problem is that much of what is sold worldwide is fake or adulterated.

Manuka honey can only come from NZ or southern Australia and their total production is about 2,000 tons a year. Yet many times that is sold worldwide. A lot of Manuka honey sold in the UK, including from the big supermarkets and health food chains, has been found to be adulterated or to have very little UMF. The ratings on jars often relate to some other measure the manufacturer/retailer has dreamt up.

Thanks for explaining what this type of honey is as I didn't have the foggiest as to what it was. Is it named after bees or a type of plant they feed on .

 

[Illaveago]

I've just finished cutting ALL the grass

I'm sorry to disappoint you but there is some here that you missed.