Mundane News

[Windle]

Some of those looked really pretty. A bu99er to clean though !

Surely the weight saving must have been offset by the extra aerodynamic drag caused by the holes though? I just caught the tail end of this kind of thing when I started racing, but I'm sure I remember some folks bikes whistling in the wind!

 

[Windle]

The chickens dined on spent beer malt grains this morning. My home brewed ale came out at a decent 1049 OG, for about 20 litres, finishing hops have been added and yeast pitched, it'll not be long before the fantastic aroma of fermentation is wafting around the house*.

*When the wife gets home from work it'll be 'that bl##dy Malteser wine stinks' . Philistine.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Surely the weight saving must have been offset by the extra aerodynamic drag caused by the holes though? I just caught the tail end of this kind of thing when I started racing, but I'm sure I remember some folks bikes whistling in the wind!

That would have been Hayley Mills bike...

 

[biggs682]

Put the flags out as I have washed the car .
Then did some tidying up in the garden although you can't spot where .

 

[biggs682]

Lunchtime stroll completed in dry conditions

 

[Andy in Germany]

This being Sunday, everything is closed, but the local classic car club has clearly organised a drive along the valley; I've just seen an 80's VW, an old Merc and an even older Ford Mustang drive past. There are quite a lot of motorbikes too.

It's the busiest the road has been since I came, and the first day that cars outnumbered tractors.

 

[Andy in Germany]

In other news, the river is full of canoes from a "canoe experience" company on the other bank. It's all go here, I tell you.

 

[postman]

Put the flags out as I have washed the car .
Then did some tidying up in the garden although you can't spot where .

Thank you it is now raining here in Meanwoodshire,it was you was it.

 

[postman]

Mrs P and me have just been to Homenase and B & Q getting the paint for the top and final coats of two rooms in Manchester.I have to say i have found it hard to do everything.Botched jobs having to be put right before painting,plus needing large step ladders because the rooms are higher than todays box sized rooms.plus there has been a cut off date of Wednesday because carpets are coming.To be truthful i did want to help but the time frame and constant rushing this has not been an enjoyable task.i will be glad when Tuesday night comes.I don't like being rushed or bodging.

 

[tom73]

Typical go out and on way back it buckets it down and I get soaking wet. Luckily managed to get back before it really got going. Still had to change and dry off.

 

[oldwheels]

One of the environmental disasters of the 80's was when well meaning activists released Mink from 'fur farms' they have no predators in the UK and devastated large stretches of riverbanks killing anything they could catch and piling it up for the winter that doesn't happen here.
Another 'release' is of American Crayfish which have devastated waterways

Not just riverbanks were devastated by mink and they are difficult to kill as well. My wildlife pal had conservation among his other duties and had cages to trap mink as well as an air pistol (which was so powerful it would have been illegal without a license ) to kill them with a head shot while in the cage.
I think most if not all have been killed in this area as I have not seen one for a few years.

 

[raleighnut]

Not just riverbanks were devastated by mink and they are difficult to kill as well. My wildlife pal had conservation among his other duties and had cages to trap mink as well as an air pistol (which was so powerful it would have been illegal without a license ) to kill them with a head shot while in the cage.
I think most if not all have been killed in this area as I have not seen one for a few years.

Yep back in the 80's I worked for a year on a Community Programme scheme turning disused Ballast workings into Watermead Park and most of it is between the River Soar and the Canal so we had a lot of contact with the river warders with the lakes used either as fishing, sailing or windsurfing venues, there was also a couple of lakes designated as a bird sanctuary where all activities were banned (apart from birdwatching)
We put in roads/paths and the car parks with a lot of fencing and tree planting and my team built about 3/4 of a mile of fencing that was then 'double row 'planted with Hazel whips and the odd Blackthorn for Sloe berries, 10 years or so later this hedge was traditionally 'Laid' and because of where it is there's no tractor access so it's trimmed by hand instead of 'flails' plus the County Council used it as a training course for people interested in hedge-laying

 

[biggs682]

Thank you it is now raining here in Meanwoodshire,it was you was it.

Sorry but guilty as charged
But at least I am free now

 

[biggs682]

The thunder has restarted

 

[oldwheels]

A lazy day mostly just sitting around in the sun reading.

Rumour is that Balamory may be filmed somewhere else, perhaps Isle of Bute. No room here now and it would simply be even worse chaos.
We used to get a lot of films done here and were quite used to all sorts of "stars" strolling around. The film crews had a catering van which was sited near my workshop which was also quite handy.
Cannot remember which film but my claim to fame is Hitler looking at a bit of 35mm film which had been scrounged from me.
They seemed to be ill prepared in some departments and were forever scrounging around looking for props.

On a totally different subject over the last couple of weeks I have been deeved with loads of junk mail. Many are threatening me with dire consequences if I do not renew my subscription to organisations I have never had any dealings with and all my photos will be deleted if I do not sign up etc.
They all get deleted of course but I can see how some may be taken in tho' now that more people are computer savvy it cannot be many.