slowmotion
Quite dreadful
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- lost somewhere
I don't mind which year's model it is as long as it has the spec. that I need and a year's warranty.
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Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Still and foggy here chez Casa Reynard today. It never really lifted at all, and I can barely see beyond the fence.
I did manage to bring down the main trunk of the mulberry tree though. The fact there was no wind meant that I could make it fall exactly where I wanted it to, without damaging either me, my tools or the flowering cherry that the crown was dangling in. I'm really relieved as I was worried about that - just too much to potentially go wrong.
In the end, I made several deep v-shaped cuts, stood way back and let gravity do the rest.
Did do myself a mischief when rolling the large pieces away though - one slipped and trapped my arm. Managed to free myself, except for my jacket and fleece, which was firmly pinched between the two bits of tree (they're about a food thick at this point). So i had to shin out of my clothes in situ, duck back in the house for another fleece and jacket, then go grab a spade from the garage and use that as a lever in order to free my clothes.
I do have a whopping great big bruise on my right forearm, but it's stopped (more or less) throbbing.
Had thought about a bike ride, but it's just far too foggy. Even if I'm lit up like a Christmas tree, I don't fancy a SMIDSY. So have had a nice quiet afternoon just chilling and listening to the radio.
I did manage to bring down the main trunk of the mulberry tree though. The fact there was no wind meant that I could make it fall exactly where I wanted it to, without damaging either me, my tools or the flowering cherry that the crown was dangling in. I'm really relieved as I was worried about that - just too much to potentially go wrong.
In the end, I made several deep v-shaped cuts, stood way back and let gravity do the rest.
Did do myself a mischief when rolling the large pieces away though - one slipped and trapped my arm. Managed to free myself, except for my jacket and fleece, which was firmly pinched between the two bits of tree (they're about a food thick at this point). So i had to shin out of my clothes in situ, duck back in the house for another fleece and jacket, then go grab a spade from the garage and use that as a lever in order to free my clothes.
I do have a whopping great big bruise on my right forearm, but it's stopped (more or less) throbbing.
Had thought about a bike ride, but it's just far too foggy. Even if I'm lit up like a Christmas tree, I don't fancy a SMIDSY. So have had a nice quiet afternoon just chilling and listening to the radio.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
It's that time of day where a 
is called for.
is called for.
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
I had to shop on Black Friday, not actually too bad. About like a busy Saturday.
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
I got a good pair of slip-joint pliers, with jaws that are actually square, and a 20,000 mAh powerbank, as well as terry towels for Mrs GA, and a box of nitrile gloves and some 5 mm bolts at one place. I bought a whole eye of round and cut it into 2 roasts and 3 steaks, as well as 2 pot pies, 4 liters of Gatorade, and other things at another place. I did not have to wait in a line hardly at either place, and parked near the doors.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Had the last of the veggie tikka masala with homemade triple-cooked chips. 
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
According to the sensor in my back garden, it is now 8°C warmer than it was at 6am
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Perhaps I need to spend less time on the bike. For work this moring a visit to a new warehouse was required - having worked out where it was I reaised that I knew a shortcut, so into the car and off I set. Got to the junction where my sneaky shortcut began only to remember it was a cut through only accessible on bike/foot...
classic33
Leg End Member
Assuming it's correct, it's gonna get a lot colder, all of a sudden.
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Just checked - it's only gone down by 0.5°C in 3/4 of an hour.
classic33
Leg End Member
Not that quick.
Over the next few days compared to the last few days
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Perhaps I need to spend less time on the bike. For work this moring a visit to a new warehouse was required - having worked out where it was I reaised that I knew a shortcut, so into the car and off I set. Got to the junction where my sneaky shortcut began only to remember it was a cut through only accessible on bike/foot...
That happens to me as well.