Unbatten The Hatches .......... Dust Off The Barbie

[Lazarus]

That's just about it!

Whines like bu**ery (I call it SWMBO for short) but the little tines don't half cut through the surface and drag out the bad stuff.

 

[sonnetpete]

Eeeeh, funny things you have up on t'moors. If you want to be green (having just turned this colour as of this morning I'm now ecologically minded!) you can always get a flock of chickens. They do a fine job of scratching at the lawn surface. However, they also dig up newly planted seedlings, eat broadcasted seeds and leave 'deposits' in the most annoying places. They do provide superb eggs though.

 

[Lazarus]

They do provide superb eggs though.

Can you Fax me one?

 

[sonnetpete]

Sorry no fax and I don't think they work well as email attachments. Transporter is off line as well (wouldn't you just know it!) However please see photo

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Sorry, just realised the small egg is actually a "toute ronde bonne oeuf"

 

[Huevos]

Not spring here either (no snakes around yet). And the weather is still a miserable 21/13.

 

[hexah]

Still freezing then? :-per

At least the first snake of the year is more exciting than the first swift, especially if you sit on it. :-hide

 

[Analoguesat]

Think its time to anchor down the barbie and get the winter woolies out atm - the weather forecast for here is horrendous for the next couple of days

Flash warnings are in place for:


Severe Blizzards, Severe Drifting Snow & Very Heavy Snowfall


So it will be nice and sunny tomorow and I'll have to go to work

 

[Lazarus]

Yes, I was toying with asking for this Thread to be put into suspendered animation myself, earlier today.

We had 3 inches of rain or 20 cm snow forecast.

Fortunately it's all been rain so far, and not tooooo bad.

The charcoal got wet, though.

@AS: Aren't your lot on Easter hols yet?

 

[Analoguesat]

The schools break up Thursday, although as its not an official bank holiday I have to work Friday (& Monday too) Hope it rains on all the teachers next week

 

[Channel Hopper]

The schools break up Thursday, although as its not an official bank holiday I have to work Friday (& Monday too) Hope it rains on all the teachers next week

You 'have' to work ?

 

[Analoguesat]

Well if I want the day off I have to take it out of my annual leave - sod that who wants to have a day off when its snowing? I'll save my leave for the summer - it will only be raining then

 

[Channel Hopper]

Well, its persistent down here, another two or four days according to whichever media outlet you watch.

No snow though, but the North is more or less guaranteed another 20cms tomorrow.

It really is going to be an interesting Easter.

 

[Topper]

We have sleet and rain at the moment nothing more, I think the problems are mainly in Scotland

 

[sonnetpete]

We've had a quite a bit of rain here and it's decidedly chilly, but nothing like Scotland seems destined to have. The gable end of the house is about half 'pointed up' and I now have a tiled kitchen floor. Plus a new washing machine courtesy of my Mum's generousity.

Alan the Artisan and I have done a swap deal for the old, mot failure, Astra estate (mileage 200,000 +) I've given him the car and he's making me solid cherry wood worktops for the kitchen. He is planning a couple of weeks break in the UK though, and I'm putting money on the wall being unfinished when he goes. (Alan's just turned up and he's off tomorrow so I was right )

It'll be a sad Easter in some respects as Sarah (stepdaughter) and I plan to visit the cemetary in Rennes where my late wife Debbies' ashes have been scattered. She donated her body to medical research, so we had no services or cremation to attend when she passed away. But, I'm hoping for closure at last.

 

[Lazarus]

Think its time to anchor down the barbie and get the winter woolies out atm - the weather forecast for here is horrendous for the next couple of days

Flash warnings are in place for:


Severe Blizzards, Severe Drifting Snow & Very Heavy Snowfall


So it will be nice and sunny tomorow and I'll have to go to work

Just seen our local news (BBC NE & {Strangely} Cumbria) ....... the actualité seems to bear out the forecast - and some - in the Borders.

Sounds awful!

Take care getting to and from the slave encampment.

 

[Lazarus]

It'll be a sad Easter in some respects as Sarah (stepdaughter) and I plan to visit the cemetary in Rennes where my late wife Debbies' ashes have been scattered. She donated her body to medical research, so we had no services or cremation to attend when she passed away. But, I'm hoping for closure at last.

I hope your visit renews fond memories and brings peace.

 

[TJExcalibur]

I'm waiting to get outside and build a new workshop. All the timber is there but its to wet and windy to start. All I can do is the drawings. Opposite me is a bungalow having an extra floor added. The scaffold covered in clear sheeting, 30ft high, with a corragated roof sways in the wind gusts. I'm thinking its only the weight holding it down........

 

[Channel Hopper]

Definitely no ladder work for me before Easter.

Anyone in Scotland taking pictures ?

 

[Lazarus]

SWMBO and I took advantage of a brief lull in the cold wet and windy weather (due to return over the weekend!) and chose today, a cool, dry, sunny but nevertheless 'taters day to do a lovely 7 mile walk oop Roseberry Topping, Captain Cook's Monument.

It were reet grand!

 

[sonnetpete]

A lovely Easter Saturday here, though with a cold wind, certainly not warm enough for a barbie!

Both Bob the Builder and Alan the Artisan have elected to work today (at least this morning, and no, they don't get time and a half!) As you can see in the photo the pointing is almost complete. I've set a completion date for most of the renovations of the 14th of May, as my mum and two friends are staying for a week.