Mundane News

[Illaveago]

I saw that one. It was quite impressive. I didn't realise they could go so fast!

I liked the one where they repaired the steam powered metal one that the people found buried in the sand on a beach . I think it might have been a Victorian model. I think they said it was a French model.

 

[oldwheels]

Dry sunny morning but a bit cold at 4C. High wind and rain forecast for later.
Need to get on with a job I am dreading. Clearing a border beside my front path.
There were tubs on it all summer and these have now been removed to allow the snowdrops room to flower next. Some are showing through already. Trouble is there are a lot of weeds as well.

 

[biggs682]

I’m running out of roads or paths to go that aren’t muddy or waterlogged.

We had rain late yesterday afternoon so expected damp underfoot conditions so went out on my old Marin MTB and guess what the roads were dry for all 47 miles

 

[tyred]

Frosty start here. Four mile walk completed and nice fried breakfast in a cafe.

I'm convinced that this cafe try to save money by putting coarse ground black pepper in a pepper pot with tiny holes so it's basically impossible to get any pepper out.

 

[Andy in Germany]

So not quite SWMBO?

She Who Might Be Obeyed.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

FInished work at 4pm on a Friday and managed to get a 19 mile ride in, mostly in the clear. No rain, no frost, no fog, just a MGIF Merc Sprinter driver who passed me dispite the oncoming traffic

Now, steak and kidney pie in the oven and beer in the fridge

Beer does not go in fridge, only lager (if so inclined)

 

[Andy in Germany]

Beautiful Daughter is very excited; the Parents association are arranging an Advent Calender for her teacher, where each child can contribute a small gift for her. Beautiful Daughter has day 7.

This would never have worked at my school: even if anyone had come up with the idea, half of the kids would present the teacher with a dead frog...

 

[Andy in Germany]

Beer does not go in fridge, only lager (if so inclined)

It's these fascinating cultural insights that raise CC above the average online forum.

 

[biggs682]

First and second cuppa went down well.
Garden birds have been fed
Off to start granddaughter duties next

 

[fossyant]

like mine shaken not stirred

View: https://youtu.be/bCrz03-OJtY

It was definately shaken by the end of the farm lane - had to be careful of the huge pot holes as I was in the little city car (it's not very high off the ground).

 

[Illaveago]

It is warm and sunny here . I have just opened the window as I was getting hot .

 

[oldwheels]

Beautiful Daughter is very excited; the Parents association are arranging an Advent Calender for her teacher, where each child can contribute a small gift for her. Beautiful Daughter has day 7.

This would never have worked at my school: even if anyone had come up with the idea, half of the kids would present the teacher with a dead frog...

A teacher at a school my wife taught at was presented with wrapped chocolate biscuits. She exclaimed that that was too much and the child replied “ That’s ok Miss ma sister works in the biscuit factory an’ she smuggles them oot up the leg o’ her knickers” .

 

[pawl]

Dry sunny morning but a bit cold at 4C. High wind and rain forecast for later.
Need to get on with a job I am dreading. Clearing a border beside my front path.
There were tubs on it all summer and these have now been removed to allow the snowdrops room to flower next. Some are showing through already. Trouble is there are a lot of weeds as well.

Lot of groundsel in my garden Some boarders were covered in it.Sometimes get the odd plant but since the recent rain it’s springing up every ware Not sure if it might be down to the bird seed I only normally feed Sunflower seeds and dried meal worms Only other source of seeds is from the fat balls

 

[oldwheels]

Lot of groundsel in my garden Some boarders were covered in it.Sometimes get the odd plant but since the recent rain it’s springing up every ware Not sure if it might be down to the bird seed I only normally feed Sunflower seeds and dried meal worms Only other source of seeds is from the fat balls

I get strange plants and shrubs appearing at random. Birds are the obvious spreaders but we also get a lot of wind. Yellow poppies are still flowering all over the place but I tend to leave them if possible.
One section of border is covered in snowdrops from sometime in December usually and then later the whole thing is covered in bluebells and daffodils which look nice but after flowering are a bit messy for a while as they should not be cleared until the foliage has died back.
I am trying to get good ground covering plants established and one border has a nice display of flowers just now. No idea what they are called but they came from Iona where somebody gave them to us.

 

[mybike]

It's actually been a very nice and relatively mild autumnal day here chez Casa Reynard.

I overslept (oops), but I spent the morning in the community orchard having the leisurely footle that went out the window yesterday. When the weather's clement, it's SUCH a lovely place to be. I picked a basket of New Rock Pippin apples - a lot of them came down in yesterday's gale, and some of the fruits are splitting as a result of the excessive rain. So when I ran out of basket, I took off my waterproof, knotted the arms around the collar to make an impromptu bag, and filled that too...

They are really tasty apples mind, and if stored well, will keep till May. I find it mindblowing that this variety was developed shortly after Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo, as the apples are so much nicer than anything that's in the supermarket. The food commentators of the time praised the variety for its flavour and keeping qualities, so that's good enough for me.

Discovered that there were a few slices of gammon still left in the fridge, so I had those in a sandwich for luncheon, along with a pear, an apple and two

Went off erranding this afternoon, which included a trip to the post office and picking up mum's prescription. And we did have a brief rain shower here just around sunset, but it came with such a magnificent rainbow...

I now have a and a chocolate biskit.

Local farm shop sometimes has egremont russet, never see them in the supermarket.