Karmacat: To Infinity And Beyond!

se999

I've always wanted to visit CAT.

Ryton isn't very to access via public transport really. The nearest travelodge is probably Dunchurch, but again one suited more for cars, it's at a services with a little chef, so nothing in walking distance otherwise. In Dunchurch itself there's a super indian restaurant, if you want veggie options they will do main course sizes of the vege starters. We normally have a main course tarka dahl & their veggie stuffed peppers and share.

Not found anywhere good for veggie options near the hotel, I've tried the happycow website and google, but nothing really stands out as OK, so having to defect for a while, but I am managing to avoid the wheat/gluten currently.

Cheery_Daff

I've got a couple of friends who work for CAT, and I once went to stay in one of their cabins (years ago!) It was great, had to fetch our own water, light fires for heating, harvest food etc, wasn't completely without electricity but it did give you a good idea of the amount of energy/resources that go in to ordinary living. (and they're not all that loopy! )

ZTD

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

I've got a couple of friends who work for CAT, and I once went to stay in one of their cabins (years ago!) It was great, had to fetch our own water, light fires for heating, harvest food etc, wasn't completely without electricity but it did give you a good idea of the amount of energy/resources that go in to ordinary living. (and they're not all that loopy! )

I have a good idea of the energy required for ordinary modern living, that's why you'll pry my modern conveniences from my cold, dead hands... :cool:

Ellidee

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Karmacat

Ellidee, thank you! That looks really good - I must admit, I didn't read it through properly, but I'll definitely go for that now.

Karmacat

ZTD wrote: »

Ironically - look for mens socks if you want to see what it feels like...

Thats a good tip, thanks Z.

There's a difference?

Norty Z! :rotfl:My sister introduced me to the California crazy thing earlier this year, and I love it - I'd describe me as a Calcrazy person, definitely.

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

I've got a couple of friends who work for CAT, and I once went to stay in one of their cabins (years ago!) It was great, had to fetch our own water, light fires for heating, harvest food etc, wasn't completely without electricity but it did give you a good idea of the amount of energy/resources that go in to ordinary living. (and they're not all that loopy! )

It does, doesn't it - and see above, I'm both Calcrazy and loopy myself

I started to clear the slate away, so I could relocate it and then put the compost bin there (end of the garden, by the shed) but I was doing it *so* slowly, so I ended up getting a trowel and just pushing it to one side - I'll sort it later, probably rinse it through one of those gardeners sieves. So the compost bin is operational :j tho it has hardly anything in it - I'm still using frozen veg so no waste right now. I could put shredded paper in it tho, couldn't I.... and no seed heads, not this time - a lesson from the past, that one

se999

KC - what sort of compost bin? If you look on the gardening thread in some areas people have trouble with rats, and so if it's one of the open bottomed one's it's safest to have wire mesh at least under it, and some people recommend it to be a set height up the sides too. Make sure the holes are small enough if you do need mesh.

Karmacat

_pale__pale__pale_ Thanks se. Will do!

ZTD

Karmacat wrote: »

Norty Z! :rotfl:My sister introduced me to the California crazy thing earlier this year, and I love it - I'd describe me as a Calcrazy person, definitely.

Oh well then, I'll have to keep the stories I encounter when traversing t'Interweb. Some of them are as about as sharp as a frog eating a bowling ball...

A starter for 10...

Karmacat

:rotfl:oh dear! Well, maybe I underestimate quite how crazy Californians are .....I'm still chuckling at that. I wonder what the editorial attitude was behind printing that ....