I would just like to say

Wiv ther cold weather cumin in wifey's thort to gather kinlin but sez I might need to go out and do yet more woodbashin, (Kermy!!!)
So i'd bedder get the chainsor out and start choppin up logz! While it aynt rainin.

Gude arvternune tu orl us frens vrum a zunny Deb'n. Ere be yer weakly update. Us boys duin gude bein back at wurk an us av zelebraytid by replacin rusty outzide vixins on us Hippo (bestest 4x4 in hole whirl evva) wiv luvly zhiny ztainless zteel.
Us be prown as punch now as us draives thru town arvter cleanin 'im.
Opin orl volks yer be well an zucsezzful an that Bugwotch ztill be goin ztrong.

Stanleysteamer said:

So happy for you!
If it'd been me i'd have found em a week too late!

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It has taken me twelve days hard searching though!

derwendolly said:

It has taken me twelve days hard searching though!

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Still got there in the end though!
I've been searching about as long as that for the charger for my bestest torch. come to the conclusion stupid old me must have left it in the UK!

Hippo said:

Mor paintin as startid. Crumpits be eatid.

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yum yum, iz ad croissongs, but they's french and might have galric or spices in zo you wudnt like um!

derwendolly said:

It has taken me twelve days hard searching though!

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Dare I ask where you found them in the end?

Stanleysteamer said:

Dare I ask where you found them in the end?

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Already fitted to the shredder?

Stanleysteamer said:

Dare I ask where you found them in the end?

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Less than a metre away from where I had been standing in my 'junk' room sorting out all the large storage boxes which are stacked in there. They were in a zipped plastic bag on a shelf under the cushions which I keep carting in and out to the garden chairs!!!

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Already fitted to the shredder?

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No. I do not have the right tools to do it but my gardener is bringing his on Monday and he will do it for me - at least they won't fall come loose if he does it.

derwendolly said:

No. I do not have the right tools to do it but my gardener is bringing his on Monday and he will do it for me - at least they won't fall come loose if he does it.

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Is it a wifey thing? Mine is always putting stuff on top of other stuff and then saying she has lost it.
I leave things out in plain sight that are important and she keeps telling me I am untidy! But when she loses stuff it is always me who finds it, e.g. a gardening knife that she had left in her car, right in front of the gear stick(?????)

Probably more AGE than wifey!!

Today has been a little less successful than I would have liked but never mind.
I have Moved the scaffold tower 4 times in order to get things done that needed to be done.
I have also now taken the very top section of the scaffold tower off completely as I am now working below-eaves height.
The wood-butchered bits that were undercoated yesterday have a coat of gloss on them at last.
The gutter has been cleared out and the slipped tile repositioned.
The soffits under the gable on either side have been cleaned up and given a coat of undercoat.
What is really slowing everything down is the need to wait 16 hours between coats. Its as boring as err.... watching paint dry.
The corbels that support the gable have been washed and scraped and undercoat applied to any bare wood (gloss them tomorrow I hope).
I am totally frazzled.
I hope your day's have all gone better than this.

DanClarke said:

Today has been a little less successful than I would have liked but never mind.
I have Moved the scaffold tower 4 times in order to get things done that needed to be done.
I have also now taken the very top section of the scaffold tower off completely as I am now working below-eaves height.
The wood-butchered bits that were undercoated yesterday have a coat of gloss on them at last.
The gutter has been cleared out and the slipped tile repositioned.
The soffits under the gable on either side have been cleaned up and given a coat of undercoat.
What is really slowing everything down is the need to wait 16 hours between coats. Its as boring as err.... watching paint dry.
The corbels that support the gable have been washed and scraped and undercoat applied to any bare wood (gloss them tomorrow I hope).
I am totally frazzled.
I hope your day's have all gone better than this.
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Looks like a proper job that pal.

@DevonGuy be gud ter av yer bak. Be the fust commun sens post this wik ont ere.

bugwotch as gon qwhyut. Furd won nevva atched. Fownd er ded fing int garrig terday. It add wings. Eye purrit oat ont bin then reeleyesd it be deddit. Me big garig piedar scard me so it wur blowd darn trap dor.

Me burds av all gon anorl. But this week ther beer flutter int grass un sumfink shot inter bush so thar beer small brown burd. Dunt no where from.

Wos int gardin terday un thar beer commoshun int bush unna swiggul jumped oat. He wur lukkin rownd gras un kept standin tall ter luk ut me lukkin ut im. E wur eatid sumfink ferra whyul then went. Ah stayd still un wotchd frompt distance. Need ter get meself sum sqwiggul fud ferrim. E be gray.

Appy freelanderin bud.

Morning all.
Dogs sorted & feet up. No horse duties today. May be on traffic watch,waiting for a phone call regarding some work
Have a nice day

Gude mornin orl. Us boys be up urly smornin, plenny wurk tur be dun in garden. Us needs tur drill drain oles in burd table fer ren tur run oat uv now wet zeazonz be onnus proper an Polly needs cleerin oat an tidyin reddy fer urly spring plantin. Us ev grass tur be cut anorl, yur niver knows when last cut will be an mower needs a zurvis fur necks year.
@Hippo us be proper stoked yur castle be cummin along zo gude. Be zplendid nooz that ecologiz be live an well.

Eye be gerrin up urly fer wikkend

Good morning everybodies.
Lovely weather today so I spose I'd best cut the lawn.

Good Morning All
I am up early (for a Sunday) in the hopes of getting up my scaffold-tower and the under-eaves soffit and corbel on the LH-Side glossed up before the neighbour gets out there with their pressure washer on their walls spraying clouds of mist everywhere.
This will be the very last time that I really need to be on top of the scaffold tower; all the rest can be done from a ladder.
Last day of the Scaffold Hire tomorrow, so it has worked out quite well for me I think.
Anyway, must dash, see you all later.
You all have a lovely day.

The lawn has been shorn.
I also popped to the tip with some recycling and then to B&Q to pick up some hinges for me noo solar panel frame legs and while I was there I picked up a cheapie 12A 12V battery charger.
I can tell you're eager to see me noo panels, so here they are... all 240watts



It's not going to power me house but it does run me pooter system and lights in the pooter room (2nd bedroom).