Mundane News

[Reynard]

Warm and occasionally sunny here chez Casa Reynard.

Have had a kitchen morning today, which included, amongst other things, cleaning and filleting the batch of whole rainbow trout I picked up on sticker the other night. Let's just say that I had a pair of furry helpers.

My green wheelie bin has not been emptied yet. They do tend to be late at this time of year. But at least I could put the wrapped up fish guts in there.

Anyways, it's almost time for lunch.

 

[Illaveago]

You can expect to have a birght day today !

 

[Reynard]

Oh, and the modernist St Christopher pendant I bought on the Bay has turned up. It's lovely, but the seller has polished it to within an inch of its life, and removed the patina that made the engraved design stand out.

Apparently though, I can re-apply patina to silver by putting it in a plastic bag with mashed up hard boiled egg...

 

[fossyant]

Time for a ride. Dull and overcast in North Wales. Picked a flat route but it's got this in it. I'll tell you later if I get up it on 39 x 24

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Didn't make the lump - had to take the carbon shoes off and walk. Was at least 1 in 4 and loose single track. On the other side I saw a bloke pushing his MTB. Ended up losing all the height as the lane I wanted was closed, and had to go down another very steep hill (bum off back of bike steep) back to the main road. Slight diversion but would have been much quicker on the main road. Ah well. Trust Garmin when it shows you it's that steep.

 

[woodbutchmaster]

Someone has given me a large dining table , it was made by a fairly competent chippy but has suffered because it has been kept outside during several hot dry summers here in the Lot. However l am the "woodbutcher" and l will give it care and attention plus lots of elbow grease ( a rarity not available in your average DIY store). It will take pride of place on our terrace , ready for party time 😄

 

[oldwheels]

Quite true, I have a Mercedes camper van parked one street over and it has been there a month, with some sort of foil screening the windows. It may be permanent. Been thinking of calling the neighborhood association, as it is right next to the trail, and blocking visibility of riders approaching the street.

"Walden on Wheels" is a book about somebody who went to I think an Ivy League college and lived in a van in the car park undetected during his stay. He would have been booted out of the college he thought if he was caught. This is only part of the tale but there appears to be a substantial sub culture living in vans. The main problem is having a permanent address for mail and insurance purposes etc.

 

[Reynard]

Lovely lunch of scrambled eggs* with parsley & chives on toast, a nectarine, some grapes and two

*the eggs were the efforts of my friend's three Maran Brown hens.

Just bum parking for a bit before going to do a bit more work on the mower.

 

[oldwheels]

Warm and occasionally sunny here chez Casa Reynard.

Have had a kitchen morning today, which included, amongst other things, cleaning and filleting the batch of whole rainbow trout I picked up on sticker the other night. Let's just say that I had a pair of furry helpers.

My green wheelie bin has not been emptied yet. They do tend to be late at this time of year. But at least I could put the wrapped up fish guts in there.

Anyways, it's almost time for lunch.

My neighbour put a load of mussel shells in his bin during the last hot spell. The stink was amazing and took a couple of weeks and much cleaning to get rid of it.

 

[biggs682]

Just been reminded that next Monday is a bank holiday

 

[Andy in Germany]

Decorating going well

Good man, keep it up.

 

[PeteXXX]

Just been reminded that next Monday is a bank holiday

It is. I have tickets for the Banger & Caravan Destruction Derby ay Brafield 😁

 

[Reynard]

An afternoon spent picking pulped grass and nettle stalks out of the internals of the mower cutting deck. Slowly, slowly catchee monkey with this one, methinks.

Now that I've enough clearance on the spindles after today's muck unpicking, I'm going to use a CC Top Tip and get a sturdy length of string in the gap to help shift the remainder.

Anyways, I now have a and some roasted peanuts.

 

[postman]

Mrs P said don't forget when we go abroad people drive on the other side to us.Get used to it.So I tried last week hell it's very dangerous on the M1.

 

[Reynard]

Anyways, it's almost time to feed the cats, and then it will be time to feed me.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I finally ran out of cash today. Well, I actually had 5p but there's not a lot you can do with that. I had to remind myself how to use an ATM as it has been so long - at least 20 months since I last drew money out.