Mundane News

[mybike]

Lunch tomorrow, decent Red, fall asleep in front of Rugby....

Read that as Rigby, can't think why.

 

[Illaveago]

I forgot to mention that I saw a pair of Munctjac Deer going for a stroll in a field when we went up to Swindon on the M4 on Friday afternoon.

 

[Illaveago]

Ooh! The sun is shining brightly, the sky is blue and there are a few clouds around.

Is it going to rain ?

 

[Fab Foodie]

Read that as Rigby, can't think why.

Scary thought....

 

[Fab Foodie]

No chips, but plenty of beer. We hired it from Just Go, they were doing a special offer until the end of February, it was about £140 for 6 days which we thought was pretty good value.

Cheaper than chips!!!!! Extraordinary value.
Glad you enjoyed it, looks about the same size as Beryl.

 

[mybike]

Walking along the towpath past an angler I noticed a tube had fallen out of his bag. Handing it to him he said "oh, that's my chips".

 

[GM]

Cheaper than chips!!!!! Extraordinary value.
Glad you enjoyed it, looks about the same size as Beryl.

Beryl looks amazing, ideal for two. Although they can sleep 4 people, I think it would be a bit too cosy. Coming through customs at Dover Calais we got the full search treatment, 4 burly blokes inside looking in every nook and cranny and I'm thinking yeah, definitely not meant for four.
How was the first night?

 

[TVC]

I’ve got breakfast on the go: sausages, bacon and black pudding from a local butcher, will be accompanied by fried eggs and tomatoes.

Nice, some cheeky tapas for breakfast here - nobody said we couldn't.

Sobrasada and cheese toasties.

 

[Lullabelle]

We were shopping in Sainsburys on Friday and on the next till to us were 2 guys and 1 female. The contents of their trolley: 6 pizzas, 1 big bottle of gin, numerous little bottles of tonic and 2 boxes of 12 beer cans. Interesting evening

 

[raleighnut]

Crumpets here with Cornish Salted Butter and a cup of Green Tea (or 4)

 

[Hill Wimp]

Beryl looks amazing, ideal for two. Although they can sleep 4 people, I think it would be a bit too cosy. Coming through customs at Dover Calais we got the full search treatment, 4 burly blokes inside looking in every nook and cranny and I'm thinking yeah, definitely not meant for four.
How was the first night?

Well sasha decided to seek into bed with us and there she stayed glued to me all night. She has just scuttled back to her litter tray. She is still very nervous.

Anyway Sasha aside it is very comfortable and snug. Plenty of room for 3 people to sleep but not 4.

 

[Fab Foodie]

I thought that "surface water" ( the stuff from roads, gardens, motorways etc) resulting from rainwater falling from the sky, ended up pretty directly in watercourses, rivers and the sea without treatment. Raw sewage, and the stuff that goes down the basins and sinks and kharzis in your home gets directed to a water treatment plant, AKA a shitworks. Anyway, I'm not arguing, just curious where Fabber's fish and chips and gin slings , proseccos etc are going to end up.

Well.....

The first thing is to minimise waste, grey water, flushing and maximise resource use, water, battery, gas, etc. The ban has digital guauges for most things except the toilet and gas bottles.

Grey waste from washing-up, showers etc collects in a tank and can be poured down drains or suitable soakaway. Biological washing powder can be added to the waste tank to begin breaking it down.

Toilet waste collects in a cassette tank under the toilet bowl. This usually contains a formaldehyde based chemical additive which can also be replaced with Bio-washing powder for more. The cassette can be removed and rhe contents flushed down a regular toilet or a suitable drain. Special paper used is also quickly biodegradeable.

In reality, most people will book into a campsite every few days to top-up water and batteries, and empty tanks at the facilities provided. Beryl’s storage site has suitable provisions to fill/empty as required.

No Mersey trout will be released into the wild on this trip.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Crumpets here with Cornish Salted Butter and a cup of Green Tea (or 4)

Fab! I like Marmite on mine

 

[raleighnut]

Fab! I like Marmite on mine

Tried that, not so keen (now Marmite on Toast. ) I find Crumpets too sweet to take a savoury topping. Sometimes I'll have Lime Marmalade or Honey but the best is lashings of Butter.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Crumpets here with Cornish Salted Butter and a cup of Green Tea (or 4)

Ours are in the toaster as I type - baked beans on mine.