the daydream fund challenge thread

alfie_1

dear DAVESNAVE

whilst i am amazed at your production of "cakes" i am also dribbling as i write !:o the thought of not actually eating them instead of the fish cake sandwich i AM eating is borderline cruelty !:rotfl: is there a society i can report you to ??? maybe the RSPCUECP.....ROYAL SOCIETY of the PREVENTION of CRUELTY to UNABLE to EAT CAKE PEOPLE......

DID YOUR MISSUS MAKE THOSE ??? can she adopt me ????:)

Davesnave

rhiwfield wrote: »

. Where we used to get our wood, prices per cubic metre are now an eye watering £125!!.

It's now £60 a Toyota pickup load for hardwood round here. I've no idea what volume that is though.

Pete called last night and advised me he'd bringing plenty of logs up here to pay for the hay. Exactly how much 'plenty' is remains to be seen, but we've 3 tonnes in already and another on order from our usual supplier, so we should be starting winter well supplied. By then, I may be attacking our 1 year stacked branches with the new chain saw too.

Unfortunately, Pete won't be finding oil on his farm any time soon and 'they' are cutting the Winter Fuel Allowance by £50, so there's no way to fill the Aga's tank fully without digging fairly deep into pockets.

Davesnave

alfie_1 wrote: »

dear DAVESNAVE

DID YOUR MISSUS MAKE THOSE ??? can she adopt me ????:)

Nah, she's not really a great cake maker, and anyway she gone skittling, but they're fresh from the internet oven,I promise.

However, we picked up a brilliant jam sponge with real cream at the Village Breakfast on Monday; an event held every year to raise funds for the church. Basically,the local populace turns up for a staggered breakfast in the village hall on August B H Monday , beginning at 9 and ending around lunchtime. There's egg, sausage, bacon, fried bread, beans and either black pudding or hog's pudding in the main course, but....oh sorry, I'm talking food again!

Anyway I had indigestion most of the day, Monday.

lostinrates

Davesnave wrote: »

It's now £60 a Toyota pickup load for hardwood round here. I've no idea what volume that is though.

that's really incredible. we're up around the £125 average load for ''woodburner wood'' for which read mixed softwoods

New hedge will be comprised of hazel and ash to be coppiced!! (dh would really like the whole hedge to be filberts)


right, question.....I know not to plant almonds ''near'' peaches...but how near is ''near''? I just dunno, but I've been offered three almond trees and don't know where to put them. Its a shame to miss the blossom from them if I can have them nearer the house or yard....any body know what the magic distance should be?


I want so much atm. A digger and driver for a week, to remove stumps and dig holes, someone to magic up the bloody soft fruit garden........

annie123

alfie_1 wrote: »

hi all.....can i have a birthday cake too????:hello:

twas my 5* birthday last sunday......:o

:bdaycake::bdaycake::bdaycake:
Happy birthday alfie

alfie_1

:bdaycake: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PAST AND PRESENT AND NEAR FUTURE BIRTHDAY HAVE'RS ..... X

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

that's really incredible. we're up around the £125 average load for ''woodburner wood'' for which read mixed softwoods

New hedge will be comprised of hazel and ash to be coppiced!! (dh would really like the whole hedge to be filberts)


right, question.....I know not to plant almonds ''near'' peaches...but how near is ''near''? I just dunno, but I've been offered three almond trees and don't know where to put them. Its a shame to miss the blossom from them if I can have them nearer the house or yard....any body know what the magic distance should be?


I want so much atm. A digger and driver for a week, to remove stumps and dig holes, someone to magic up the bloody soft fruit garden........

Yes, the price of wood probably reflects a plentiful supply and the fact that this area is not as prosperous as yours. From some suppliers it's £70 a Toyota load, but in our village it's £60 for hardwood and £40 for softwood.

I've looked, and nobody seems to define 'near.' We wouldn't have that problem here, as we're probably too cool & windy. I agree about the filberts, which I'm turning into a windbreak hedge for the hens' enclosure.

Our digger man is working with our farming & fencing man on a long term project, destined to take a year or more.:( Luckily, they are being paid as and when the company can afford their services, so there will be opportunities for us to grab them

lostinrates

Davesnave wrote: »

Yes, the price of wood probably reflects a plentiful supply and the fact that this area is not as prosperous as yours. From some suppliers it's £70 a Toyota load, but in our village it's £60 for hardwood and £40 for softwood.

I've looked, and nobody seems to define 'near.' We wouldn't have that problem here, as we're probably too cool & windy. I agree about the filberts, which I'm turning into a windbreak hedge for the hens' enclosure.

Our digger man is working with our farming & fencing man on a long term project, destined to take a year or more.:( Luckily, they are being paid as and when the company can afford their services, so there will be opportunities for us to grab them

Thank you for trying to find an answer to ''near''. I wonder if we are too cold and windy here too? Its difficult to know. My dad told me yesterday that this is the coldest summer since the early nineties....I though ''is that all?''. Last year in summer we COOKED this year we've been constantly buffeted by wind and cold!


re areas: its kind of odd here. With trowbridge's suberb thats the only place in wiltshire in poverty (IIRC) on the one hand, and very well off places on the other hand. The towns here...immediately, are NOT Bath or Marlborough....but there is extreme wealth and a lot of ''wealthier than avrage'' as well as the ''poorer than average'' for the area. It was hit quite badly in economic contraction, this area, with its hundreds of acres of business parks housing things like telesales and services as well as huge amounts of logistics and some manufacture. The thing that amazed me, on the business parks...so many and huge that I every single time get lost and confused, there is a huge proportion of empty units of different sizes yet still people apply for more.....

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

re areas: its kind of odd here. With trowbridge's suberb thats the only place in wiltshire in poverty (IIRC)

Parts of Swindon weren't too good last time I looked :eek:, and Bath is certainly a Tale of Two Cities when areas like Twerton are considered, but lump all the bits together and they come out as affluent, relatively speaking.

Here, self employed people really do work for not much above minimum wage by the time machinery's capital costs, depreciation, servicing and fuel is accounted for.

It's hard to measure, country versus town. Someone I'm thinking of is probably worth at least a million on paper, but works for £12 an hour all-in, and he does 12 hour days, 7 days a week, most weeks. Is he rich or poor? He can't stop and still keep all the plates spinning, but he enjoys it, so in some senses it's almost like a full time hobby!

As someone wrote recently: 'Escape to the country? No, don't go to the country to escape; life here is different, but very real!'

lostinrates

Davesnave wrote: »

Parts of Swindon weren't too good last time I looked :eek:,

sure, there are bits everywhere, I meant on that weird EU index thing.

Wiltshire is a wealthy county indeed.


re Bath, I went through an amazing area south east of Bath that I have never been too before. It was stunningly beautiful. So glad that I'm glad I mistook the satnavs direction and went up the wrong road.