Daydream fund challenge part 4

I didn't wait for the wind; I had my Choille Day bonfire yesterday .... about a week late, but it was dry enough at last. Took ages to get up to temperature in the still air and dark fell by the time I'd cleared two of the four piles of hedging removed so far. It's a start anyway. Meanwhile, DW has been clearing the garden out, as everything's shooting, far too early really.


Had to pause things a bit last week when toothache struck. :eek: Apparently, a big one suddenly died, so now it's root canal work; either a private specialist at £600 or take my chance on the NHS for £65. The difference is more than a cement mixer and a car service, so I'm going economy, but the success rate is only 80%.:undecided


DD2 flew out to India again last Friday to meet more of the family and buy stuff for Wedding2 in June. So far, they've only done sight-seeing. Seems a little warmer out there.....

No resolution to the tooth thing till February, choille, but the odd thing is it's not hurting at all. She drilled it out without any anaesthetic though:eek:, so it must be dead. I guess they filled it with an antibiotic paste or similar, to kill the bugs.

Wood burners are usually worth spending a little more on. Different brands have their supporters, but ours is a good old made in Deb'n Woodwarm and very few people complain about them. Great control, no messy glass and efficiency is good. This misspelled link takes you to our fire, but the web site is a good one, giving people's real experiences:

https://www.whatstove.co.uk/woodwarm-pheonix-firegem-5kw-reviews

Just remember every location is different, as is every flue, so some people's gripes may be the fault of the fitting and not the fire.

Here at the ranch, we've started to tidy up and draw a scale plan even though the re-landscaping of the front garden is some way off. We started by removing demolished concrete blocks from the front garden and placing them tidily on new ground cover in our yard below the barn:A where they should have gone 3 years ago!

Also, we've turned our attention to the out-of-control eucalyptus at the front and so far managed to cut out the tops from 2 of the 3 major stems. I think I might need to tie the last one to the van. :cool: After that, we just need to cut down 8 or 9 feet of those big stems and then tackle the main trunk....which is wider than the chain saw bar.....:( Probably a job for Pete!

Good result on Gumtree today. Flogged the shower screen we've found it very hard to sell due to its size:j and DW managed to sell a towel rail to go with it, which I was due to advertise next week.

well the weather is hit and miss here !
sun then drizzle then rain ... repeated daily


there is land that was the estates shoot around me but the last 2 years has been taken over by a consortium of 5/6 blokes ... local bigwigs that don't seem to be very skillful [polite] !
it starts with hearing the beaters in the woods , then a few shots so I watch from my windows ... pheasants fly onto OUR land [ me and 2 neighbours combined 30 acres] ... guns are stood in field other side of me ... I watch cos if ONE shot is fired towards/over our land there will be trouble ...
I was literally rolling with laughter when about 4 pheasants flew literally over their heads and a volley of shots sounded and not one bird fell ...
im pleased but what stuck up tw*ts we breed here in the country !!


ive been clearing my end room today , well overdue ! how can I stop myself shoving stuff in there "for now" and now turns into months !!
I can see the floor now tho ! I must crack on and decorate so I don't WANT to mess it up again ...


well im back to working tomorrow , going to sussex to pick up friend on Wednesday and airport runs at the end of the week ...


keep warm , keep dry and keep safe peeps xx

Alfie - shooters here but for deer at the moment mainly. Met two the other day coming off the hill in an Argo that had burst a pipe. I thought the dog would go daft as they had two hinds in the back but he just eyed the men up and down as if they were beneath his contempt. Quite funny really - in a way.
Good for you cracking on Alfie - I don't know where you get the energy from. Takes me to do the basics these days. It's the freezing weather I think.
Snow going over East - roads a disgrace locally. A car in a ditch - still there on the way home.

Dave sorry about the tooth - that's the way it goes sometimes.
Dave can you not view his deeds at the Land registry. I'd be tempted to hang on until he's come up with something. As you say - T'is him that has the gripe.

Went to pick up a prescription & got told I'd have to go back in February as that's when it would be in. I said I needed it now, so they russled up an alternative. I was not too impressed as it was as if they wanted me just to go away. I stood my ground as I do need it then the woman said that the list is getting longer and longer of what they can't get hold of.
I wonder what's going on.

lucielle wrote: »

Choille that's a worry re the meds, can you stockpile any?
L

They have sort of stopped you being able to do that now. I got an alternative to some eye drops I use & OH got an alternative to some tablets he has to take - I wonder if they are going for cheaper generic stuff. I don't know what's going on. I know that Highland NHS is in a great deal of debt. I don't know if it's related or not.