Daydream thread continues.....

alfie_1

morning...

well i woke up to 2 large tents, 5 vans and the start of 600 cyclists on my doorstep all eating/drinking/repairing bikes :eek:
good job i didnt do my normal sunday morning "nip over the road in dressing gown to feed mabel" party piece :rotfl::rotfl:

as LIR said for CTC, this is more ammo re the estate here for "forgetting" to tell me .... i checked it out and YES the owner had set it all up with them!! just forgot to tell me:mad:...
im all for the charity ride so not cross with them just landlord...

ROPE, NOOSE,HANG,THEMSELVES.............;)

trouble is i cant get out at the mo...:( missed my boot sale..:(

Davesnave

rozeepozee wrote: »

I think I would have called the police, not a taxi, if someone knocked on my door at that time of day

It may happen. You're on a road and things happen to motorists in the countryside, though mobile phones take care of most emergencies nowadays.

Someone went into the hedge on Friday night about 300m from here, but they just abandoned the car and legged-it. Probably needed not to meet Plod, not that there's a lot of chance of that on this road in the middle of the night! :rotfl:

Alfie, surely that's holding you against your will. He could get two years for that.

rhiwfield

Off out at 6am, but CTC beat me to it

Just buying, picked up bits and pieces, wll list later. Nothing there on your list Alf

alfie_1

rhiwfield wrote: »

Off out at 6am, but CTC beat me to it

Just buying, picked up bits and pieces, wll list later. Nothing there on your list Alf

well im sorry rhiwi but that is just not good enough....
i expect you to trudge hills and dales in adverse weather conditions in nought but a tee shirt, combats and back pack with basic supplies of tea and biskwits. and not to return to the warmth of your fire until mission completed....

but thanks for looking...;)

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

alfie_1

re...bike race ....
i will add that BIMBLE has had the time of his life out there, doing party tricks for the remnants of thier snacks...... he has perfected his SWEET look to perfection :rotfl::rotfl:

lostinrates

Shame you could not have had a garage sale today Alfie. need to be an auction though.

Well, loft insulation going in well. Found lots of wasps nests (source of the wasps that decimated our bees maybe?) including one about three feet wide!!!

Also found evidence of old windows, lintels etc. we 'strongly suspected' it had been rooms in the past, because it's huge, and also there is a doorway left up there. The lintels found are interesting though, as they are in southern wall ( middle of the Georgian section) so these then presumable predate the Georgian development, as otherwise would be a window into othe roof space in the house.

alfie_1

LIR........ i think id check all the nooks and crannies up there before laying insulation. often "things" were put under floor boards in roofs as keepsakes. also in chimney breasts ,well beside them...
may have some history up there too ?
metal detector ??

ive been painting furniture today....
not done a lot else, listed some more for the bay...
made and ate a beef casserole....

wonder how CTC has got on at her fayre ?? hope not

lostinrates

alfie_1 wrote: »

LIR........ i think id check all the nooks and crannies up there before laying insulation. often "things" were put under floor boards in roofs as keepsakes. also in chimney breasts ,well beside them...
may have some history up there too ?
metal detector ??

ive been painting furniture today....
not done a lot else, listed some more for the bay...
made and ate a beef casserole....

wonder how CTC has got on at her fayre ?? hope not

Too late, it's down now, most of it. .

We'll be revisiting in a couple of decades, we have planning for a couple of spare bedrooms up there, restoration now, not development

Davesnave

I also hope CTC's Vintage Fair was a good 'un, spurred on by the nice weather.

You have had nice weather? It's been lovely here.

Tried-out my electric chain saw today by using it to chop up the felled leylandii I've not yet burned. It was OK , but it seems to have become blunt quite quickly, so now I'll have to learn how to sharpen it.:( Somehow I don't think it will be chopping up all the firewood we have stacked, though it's all right for the smaller stuff. TBH I wasn't expecting miracles.

Still mulling the land over and wondering if we could put pigs into the area where we have large willow trees. They are 30' high in some cases, so I think they'd be safe....wouldn't they?

lostinrates

Nice weather?

It never cleared here, admittedly no rain for a change, but, grim, grey, dank. A neat we didn't mind spending indoors.