Nice People 12: Nice in Nice

PasturesNew

There've been the first drips of rain here in the past hour or so.... not many - patio slabs are showing about 30 small dots of wet/slab.

lostinrates

Spirit the cake will not be looking its best for you visit I'm afraid. I am about to turn the tap on for it. We've not hauled out the trees that died and fell last winter either. All in all it looks very sorry for itself.

michaels

lostinrates wrote: »

Ah.

So potentially not as good as that new phone.


Either way we have to buy a phone. ( ours hasn't worked since the big lightening storms, we're guessing our phone took the brunt some how)

The walls here are more than 4 feet thick and it works outside 100 m away, I think it comes with some sort of range booster box that could go in the roof and have an optional aerial.

GDB2222

lostinrates wrote: »

Spirit the cake will not be looking its best for you visit I'm afraid. I am about to turn the tap on for it. We've not hauled out the trees that died and fell last winter either. All in all it looks very sorry for itself.

I'm guessing lake?

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

I'm guessing lake?

Only if you're an ant.

PasturesNew

GDB2222 wrote: »

I'm guessing lake?

Yes, but it is called The Cake ... a lake so big it's got its own name. So the "typo" is correct.

lostinrates

michaels wrote: »

The walls here are more than 4 feet thick and it works outside 100 m away, I think it comes with some sort of range booster box that could go in the roof and have an optional aerial.

Ours aren't four feet thick .

1oo m. Would n't cover work zone / all buildings which would of course be ideal.

The other phone, even if it does half of what it says, should.

Spirit_2

lostinrates wrote: »

Spirit the cake will not be looking its best for you visit I'm afraid. I am about to turn the tap on for it. We've not hauled out the trees that died and fell last winter either. All in all it looks very sorry for itself.

If you have not dredged it, planted it with lily pads and got dragon flies skimming across it then I'm not coming.;)

My eyes will be on your pleached trees and dogs I expect.

lemonjelly

lostinrates wrote: »

We're planning on jam making on Monday. Today is some gardening.

I now have 3 ice cream tubs in the freezer full of blackberries.
Nom!

There's only so much crumble a person can have though.

Perhaps I should consider making jam? There will be more blackberries to pick!

Yorkie1 wrote: »

Good luck!!

Thank you! We won! Previous captain was shocked (we've never won there). I reckon we need 5-6 more ponts from 2 games to be champions!:)

Doozergirl wrote: »

I'm repainting the back wall. The colour I picked was a brilliant shade of WRONG. It was a whim. I must not have paint whims. All paint choices must be pondered for weeks.

That's exactly why I plan to wait 12 months from GT day before I do any decorating. Make sure I a) pick the right colour, & b) have seen the house in all seasons & lights so it is right.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

Ours aren't four feet thick .

1oo m. Would n't cover work zone / all buildings which would of course be ideal.

The other phone, even if it does half of what it says, should.

Do any of your smallholding regular websites have forums? Join some, if not - then ask what other people are using in your size/distance situation.

Or, can you do this: http://ask.metafilter.com/23425/How-to-cable-a-long-range-telephone-extension