Daydream thread continues.....

alfie_1

hi all, just a quick dash in.
seen to my "old lady" today ,then ended up pruning all her shrubs etc in her small patio garden. son is going tomorow to put the leaf blower around everywhere and bag it all up then i pick up in trailer after work.... he will clean her gutters too.
ive just put rug on old horse im watching today as ive been dithering and just thought sod it, its cold but dry and just my luck it will P down when i wanted to and dont / cant put on a wet hoss.... he was soooo good so i think he wanted it on ..... put out a stack of hay for them [3] and cleaned water trough of old leaves. im just grabbing quick cuppa then washing machine beckons before i drive to heathrow....during rush hour.... must be mad but it pays....

the sun is out today but ooooooooooo its cold so i cant think how LIR is feeling with "holes" in her house. !! the wind factor is LIR's downfall if heading in the openings...... NOT LONG TO GO THO....

lostinrates

Yep, the new bit has effectively become a wind tunnel.

Davesnave

Lir, it's good you've reminded me that there's someone having a harder day....:o

Those of us living out in the sticks know how important it is to make every journey count, but today I think we've broken a personal record, visiting these places: Doctor - Local old biddy - S. Molton Recycle (no 80's ghetto blasters today!:() -Mole Valley Farmers - Homebase - Wickes - B&Q (old fogey 10% off day;)) - Sainsburys - Halfords - Lidl ....oh, and the chippie!:)

The chippie bit was very weird. Not the chips, which were lovely, but the fact that we pulled into a random small car park to eat them and saw what appeared to be our next door neighbour, striding past at a distance of about 10metres..... except our neighbour doesn't stride, as he has back & joint problems, and anyway he doesn't drive or go out much. He is quite err....distinctive....in dress & appearance, so it was a real shock to see 'him' 25 miles from home.

I've experienced the doubles thing once before, on the tube in the 1960s. Then it was my girlfriend of 18 months, who again was a distinctive-looking person, but this version of her was at least 2" taller. That too was :eek:

rhiwfield

Davesnave wrote: »

Those of us living out in the sticks know how important it is to make every journey count, but today I think we've broken a personal record, visiting these places: Doctor - Local old biddy - S. Molton Recycle (no 80's ghetto blasters today!:() -Mole Valley Farmers - Homebase - Wickes - B&Q (old fogey 10% off day;)) - Sainsburys - Halfords - Lidl ....oh, and the chippie!:)

If we do move one of the reasons would be to avoid car journeys by moving into a town centre. We're reminded of the costs of motoring, not just when we fill up the petrol tank, but when we decide to travel to auctions/previews. At 45p per mile its very easy to rack up £100 of costs, all of which have to be set against any profits made.

Davesnave

rhiwfield wrote: »

If we do move one of the reasons would be to avoid car journeys by moving into a town centre.

:eek: What was it that bloke Paisley said? "Nevvor! Nevvor! Nevvor!" but even he had to eat his words....

You could live on a regularish bus route, like me.

Thinking about it, I suppose some town centres aren't too bad. Even in the place I last lived, a mile from the city centre, it was quiet. If we'd chosen to live in one of the peripheral suburbs of Bristle, there would also have been easy local shopping, or in the towns around here, like Tiverton, there would be plenty of quiet little enclaves within striking distance of the big shops.

TBH, We'd find it hard to manage here without the little town, a mile away.

lostinrates

I find living closer to towns has made me lazily disorganised costing me more.


What can I mark out garden design on mud with that will not wash away? Is sand really my best best?

rhiwfield

Davesnave wrote: »

:eek: What was it that bloke Paisley said? "Nevvor! Nevvor! Nevvor!" but even he had to eat his words....

You could live on a regularish bus route, like me.

Thinking about it, I suppose some town centres aren't too bad. Even in the place I last lived, a mile from the city centre, it was quiet. If we'd chosen to live in one of the peripheral suburbs of Bristle, there would also have been easy local shopping, or in the towns around here, like Tiverton, there would be plenty of quiet little enclaves within striking distance of the big shops.

TBH, We'd find it hard to manage here without the little town, a mile away.

This latest back/shoulder issue made me think about the things I can't now do that were once easy. Although I'm part healed I'm still chary about digging/heavy work and there are other jobs piling up. This is a big house and while we can afford to run it, especially with expenses pared to the bone and with the benefit of the FITs income, we recognise that we will need to get help as time goes on to do some of the maintenance jobs we used to do. So inevitably at times conversation drifts to shall we move into a smaller pad in town instead of rattling around here?

Not yet, and not soon, but I can see it happening at some point

rhiwfield

lostinrates wrote: »

I find living closer to towns has made me lazily disorganised costing me more.


What can I mark out garden design on mud with that will not wash away? Is sand really my best best?

I think the yellow marking sprays work for a while in the wet

rozeepozee

Davesnave wrote: »

:eek: What was it that bloke Paisley said? "Nevvor! Nevvor! Nevvor!" but even he had to eat his words....

You could live on a regularish bus route, like me.

Thinking about it, I suppose some town centres aren't too bad. Even in the place I last lived, a mile from the city centre, it was quiet. If we'd chosen to live in one of the peripheral suburbs of Bristle, there would also have been easy local shopping, or in the towns around here, like Tiverton, there would be plenty of quiet little enclaves within striking distance of the big shops.

TBH, We'd find it hard to manage here without the little town, a mile away.

We have a regularish bus route as long as you don't mind spending a good few hours in town, there could even be a return journey involed (I think they run at 11am and go back at 3pm). I couldn't live too remotely. Cardigan at 5 miles by road, 2ish via the footpath is about as much as I could ever cope with. It's easy to get iot the bad habit of "popping" into town every day though. I'm really tryong to train us to be more efficient in our town bound trips.

I've installed a bird feeding station opposite the window from my computer. Bad move, very distracting - but delightful!

Oooh, ohhh! And I've just put in my first order with LBS. A large roll of Phormisol, a jumbo propagator (birthday present to self) and a garden trolley

rhiwfield wrote: »

This latest back/shoulder issue made me think about the things I can't now do that were once easy. Although I'm part healed I'm still chary about digging/heavy work and there are other jobs piling up. This is a big house and while we can afford to run it, especially with expenses pared to the bone and with the benefit of the FITs income, we recognise that we will need to get help as time goes on to do some of the maintenance jobs we used to do. So inevitably at times conversation drifts to shall we move into a smaller pad in town instead of rattling around here?

Not yet, and not soon, but I can see it happening at some point

This is one of the reasons that we may hold onto the properties in the city for longer than might be sensible at first glance. For one, we might move back to that city (although I suspect not, we have no ties there) and for two, I worry that rural house prices might not keep pace with the city house prices long term. We would certainly not get the rental return on the properties if we had them nearby, unless we went down the very time consuming holiday rental route.

lostinrates

I am trying to decide where to put our bird feeder now. We had it opposite the kichen window before, but now thats a study and beautiful, but distracting. I don't really want it at the front of the house, and opposite the new kitchen design might impinge on my garden design. Still, opposite kitchen door makes easiest refilling.

Yep, decision made. Will get to that later today I think.