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cherry Lane.Good the cafes open then.My last visit with Mrs P was the end of July.Missing my Cheese scon scones

Chives Tea Room at the Glebe Garden Centre is another one of my favorite cafes, like other cafes I've had trouble finding out if they were open or not, eventually found out through Facebook.
 
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dickyknees

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Location
Anglesey
Whoa. It's cooled down quite a lot here and I can hear Thunder and the rain is heavier now as well. And the skies are dark.:ohmy:
Looks quite lively near Mach now!
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12boy

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Location
Casper WY USA
Today and yesterday were free of smoke haze from forest fires hundreds of miles away. Once again I cann see individual trees on the mountain about six car miles south. It's 16C now with a high of 30....sometimes it's a privilege to live here. Yesterday I took a shorter ride of 18 miles in which I climbed 600 feet in 3 parts less than a mile total. I try to do most of the climbing in the beginning so as not cook the leetle grey cells which need all the help they can get.
In October I began working on building a sheepherders wagon on an 8 x 4 trailer I'd been using to haul stuff like rocks or compost or wood chips. In the last few days my friend from across the street , who has helped all along, and I, had finished the wiring in my trailer and the Honda Element which will tow it, and installed a tow hitch. So we took it on a maiden voyage of about 8 miles, going from 5300 feet to 6700 feet and back down to my place. I need pretty sure the Element would pull ok, and it did. My worry was controlling it and braking on the descent and then backing it into the driveway, without damaging anything. Trailer backing up is something I've had little experience with and that wasn't good. Still lots of little things to do..... according to Mrs 12 days the interior is meh, but it works and I'm largely done. Got to sort out the water, cooking stuff, lighting and other fun stuff.
I originally began this project, which I'd always thought about, to engage my friend, who was depressed with some persistent issues that may have been cancer, but I found that having a project helped me a lot with my own b.s. Trailer therapy.
 

Tenkaykev

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Location
Poole
I've just got home and it's still 33.3c:heat: I need a cup of tea:cuppa:
Is that a record? 😉
 

classic33

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oldwheels

Legendary Member
Location
Isle of Mull
Wondering if you might remember Oxenfoord Castle from your time at Pathhead ? When I first moved to Edinburgh 26 years ago the gardens of the castle had for many years been run as a market garden by a local CTC member. Every year he used to host a CTC camping rally on his lawn, it was a very popular weekend and had been going strong for many years. His name was Bob, sadly no longer with us.
The name is familiar but I cannot remember ever having been there. I would need to check his diaries but I think my father who was also a gardener worked there at one time. He moved about a bit as apprentice and then as journeyman when he became a fairly expert poacher. They were given basic provisions for the bothy but supplemented this by poaching.
 

Paulus

Started young, and still going.
Location
Barnet,
I've been lying in the paddling pool for the last half hour cooling down.:heat:

I've just noticed that my runner beans have a lot of these little critters on them. They are ladybird size, but totally different markings. Any idea anyone? I've looked in gardening books and tried Google to no avail.
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