the daydream fund challenge thread

bonsibabe

Morning all. Well its been blawing a gale all yesterday afternoon, last night and right now, I don't know about all this snow we're supposed to be getting as it's too blooming windy here! It will all blow into the moray firth if it tries to snow on my house lol.

Choille I've seen that shop in Dingwall and when I get into the town I have been known to spend a good few minutes gazing wistfully into the window! Am determined to get it done at some point. OH has tried to put me off with the price but it will be money well spent if we can do it and would mean if there were power cuts we would be warm and have a wee bit light! I think he is slowly coming round to the idea.

Hope you are all well, I have a plan for this year and it starts with no more procrastination and lots of action so I'd best get on with it pmsl.

Will pop back later on xx

choille

Hope you're all surviving the wind. It isn't bad here really. Was much worse the other week. It ripped a flat roof off the hotel we went for our Christmas Free Christmas meal at - not that day, but a few days before. The snows just lying on the tops, but will be inland no doubt.

Woodburners are really sensible especially if you can get cheap/free wood & can store it - collect it over the decent weather.

Because it is so so wet & water logged I would think there'll be more trees down as the roots must be just floating - pines are so shallow rooted that they seem to go over like dominos. I think it's more the middle belt that's copping it this time - hope you're all safe.

The sky & Loch look angry.

ukmaggie45

Happy New Year to you all! :beer:

Second large branch on poplar tree is now leaning on the sycamore by it. First one went on Thursday. My heart aches for the poor tree - she has her branches gauzed in green algae and looks so beautiful when the sun shines on her! OH will contact the university again when the wind goes down as I think the branches will have to be removed or the sycamore is likely to become unsafe.

Should really go up the garden and move the plastic chairs, one of which is now residing in the flower bed, plus bird table on patio has blown over too.

First flower on the early camellia opened on New Years Day.

Itismehonest

rhiwfield wrote: »

Alf, we get lightning strikes that can fry our telecoms. With hail storms often being thundery as well, we tend to disconnect the router/modem, as well as unplug all computers. It was only a few weeks back that our telephone socket was fried, luckily there was nothing attached. It wouldnt matter so much but for us needing the comms for buying/selling.

We have the same problem but now use RCD plug adaptors on all the sensitive equipment. It means we can continue to use things no matter how bad the storms get - as long as there isn't a powercut, of course.
Across the years we've had fried equipment & 2 strikes on the TV aerial which is, luckily, several hundred yards from the house. Once the surge came down the aerial cable to the box on the outside of the house wall which blew with a noise like a bomb going off. DH was standing at the back door at the time & we thought he'd been struck because he let out such a yell :rotfl: He was even less happy when he realised it meant a new aerial & having several hundred yards of underground cable dug up & replaced . We moved the junction box/booster from the house wall to a point about 30 yards away so if it goes again the bang & flash can be admired from afar :cool:

Yes, Dave, I think the water is going to be more of a problem than the wind around here - although it was hellishly noisy all night & we seem to have developed a couple of gaps in our copse which will need investigating. A quick turn around outside this morning has not, thankfully, turned up anything major to deal with. However, the water is running off the hills & down the lane (so it's like a river) & our streams & ponds look like mini white water kayaking territory.

alfie_1

It's not nice here now, and others are complaining they didn't sleep, but I can't say I heard much.

davesnave

you were obviously dreaming of where to put your telescopic rod........:D :rotfl::rotfl:

alfie_1

evening....

WELL ! what a night/day !! oh boy ,didnt the wind go for it here ....:eek:

i woke in the night to bangs and literally shakes throughout the house... crept out of my cosy bed this morning and peered out like a deer caught in headlights...:o trees were bending like a medieval army of catapaults....:D rain was lashing down, and at 10am it was black still...

im amazed i didnt lose the 2 dead trees out the back. heavy pots were strewn across the garden, the odd branch down but no majors. trouble is, have to be on guard as branches/trees may have been weakened...
the roads were running like rivers in places. lots of trees down blocking roads made me laugh tho...we have an old style railway bridge out of lymington and it was flooded under it...ques of cars to go through it... whilst i sat there waiting i observed big posh 4x4s [the ones that have never had a dog/wellies/mud etc near/in/on them] were the ones that were dithering about while one gallant little old mini just booted it and sailed off happily :rotfl: it wasnt THAT deep !!
i spent this afternoon fetching new fence panels for my son to mend someones fence that had blown and smashed down. he was grinning thinking of the £££s he was making

rozeepozee....if you mean the little pic by my name on here then yes that is one of my hoss's...RUBY
if you mean the BIG pic that was on here ...I WISH !!:D

also paint is Crown ,colors of the world BALI DEEP

Davesnave

alfie_1 wrote: »

you were obviously dreaming of where to put your telescopic rod........:D :rotfl::rotfl:

Just about anywhere around here tonight, I reckon!:p

Had to pick up DDs 1&2 from the station and it was quite scary with the road completely surrounded by water and the river racing through under the weir/bridge like there was nothing there at all.

This is what it looks like on a nice day:



Tonight the water was at up to the bit where the arch ends and water was whooshing in from the leat at the right hand side too. I was glad when the train arrived & we could leave, as I had a feeling the water was still rising. :eek:

Itismehonest

That'll be the Tarka Line burgered (again) if it goes much higher then, Dave.

Davesnave

Itismehonest wrote: »

That'll be the Tarka Line burgered (again) if it goes much higher then, Dave.

DD thinks not, but she doesn't have a long experience of commuting on it; just a few years. This is the highest I've seen it since I've been here.

She's not working tomorrow, so it won't affect her if they close, and there's always the bus from the front gate if all else fails.

RAS

Just a quickie - and a belated Happy new year to folks and all.

Going to see what has blown over on the way home now.