Travelling On

Karmacat

Okay, I feel extremely virtuous right now 🤣 I've spent over an hour researching spaceports in the UK.  And I can tell you that there aren't any  🤣   There are lots of plans!  And Scotland has a space policy document that can beat Westminster hollow, but nothing's happening right now.  There's hope on the horizon, in Shetland (saxavord.com) and Cornwall is ready for Virgin Orbit when they deign to appear (Newquay Airport with knobs on, basically spaceportcornwall.com).  I haven't done everything I planned at the previous meeting, but I could talk for 5 minutes about it, and for us space-nuts it's interesting enough to carry on researching for next month  🤣  My meeting is tomorrow morning.  At least it's kept my mind off Ukraine for half an hour, though I'm back there now, of course.

beanielou

Something coming near me I believe.

Karmacat

Scotland is amazing, beanie, the policy document from the Scottish government was great.  It had a lot of waffle first from officials, but that's to be expected.  It also had hard figures about grants and earnings, which was great.  There are several sites in Scotland, one in Wales, and one in Cornwall, and the Cornish one is going to be first, with a Virgin Orbit flight.  The Shetland site in Scotland has just had objections withdrawn from Historic Environment Scotland, so they're free to get final planning approval and go for it.  They have Lockheed Martin lined up, which is really something.

I'm going to do more research for our next meeting in early April - between covid striking, and Dudley ripping my internet connection to pieces, I didn't do what I wanted to do.

Sitting here nice and clean, warm and toasty  

Karmacat

So, 1st March!  A sixth of the year gone.  And I still haven't started the 2022 thread I thought I was going to start: juggling the balls I can, which are too many for me, so they get paid attention as and when.

At the moment:
- the bookcase.
- using food I've got, rather than stocking up aimlessly.
- U3A space group.
- Healthy Walks programme: the little walk every Wednesday, plus a monthly longer one.
- double glazing project is in the hiatus between acceptance of quote and installation.
- French accounts are getting urgent.
- four personal emails from the list I posted at the end of last week.

PLUS
gardening, weeding and planting
order a sofa, to sit along the wall freed up by cutting up the bookcase
money shuffle (won't take long)
put chimney sheep up (its still in its bag)

Today
- birthday card to bro, it's finally coming around.
- quick chat with sister
- quick chat with brother.
- I may go to bed, actually, I feel shattered.

Cheery_Daff

Gosh, a sixth of the year gone already!! 😮😮 definitely cause for a nap I say!

Alchemilla

Ooh can we see sofa choices?

Karmacat

Cheery, I managed to send the birthday card, and a chat with sister, but nothing else - felt extremely lairy, just flopped about pretending ... something or other. Rain and low cloud All Day didn't help!  

Alchemilla, you sent me down the rabbithole again!  Argh I haven't decided.  I want legs long enough so that I can easily see the floor, and also push a vacuum under there; I want as high a back as possible; I want arms, not a clic-clac.  Has to be a 3 seater.  In the middle of last year, I was looking at paying a *lot* of money, but these are the ones I just found in the last ten minutes  

Latitude Vive Darold 3 Seater Sofa & Reviews | Wayfair.co.uk

World Menagerie Derry 3 Seater Sofa | Wayfair.co.uk

Hashtag Home Pegasus 3 Seater Sofa & Reviews | Wayfair.co.uk
They're describing this one as modern, contemporary, etc, but it looks very old to me.

Zipcode Design Izabella 3 Seater Sofa & Reviews | Wayfair.co.uk
This is the very first one I found - I like the look of it, but it looks cramped and over-styled compared to the Latitude and the World Menagerie above. 
Edited 6th March: no, legs won't last.

All feedback from everyone gratefully received.  It won't get that much use, if it makes any difference!  Right, a shufti round the boards and I'm for bed.

Karmacat

Forgot to say: Vodafone sent me the account credit for the outage, £40.30 I think - I don't think I see it as money, but that's fine, my next bill goes out next week anyway.  All good tho!

Another one George Oliver Abrego Loveseat Sofa & Reviews | Wayfair.co.uk

Zipcode Design Worreno 3 Seater Sofa & Reviews | Wayfair.co.uk
Edited 6th March: no, legs won't last.

Zipcode Design Beekman Place 3 Seater Sofa & Reviews | Wayfair.co.uk
Made in UK
Edited 6th March: no, legs won't last.

beanielou

It all depends on your personal taste I think.
I personally prefer the one which was your first choice. 
Many moons ago I had a very patterned sofa but I ended up loathing it really quickly. 
It also depends on what your current decor is like 

Suffolk_lass

Personally, I would not choose a pattern. The last one in green looks lovely and comfortable. I would accessorise with patterned cushions, as patterns date and are more easily recovered when they do, rather than reupholstering a sofa