Today I shall be Mainly...

[Stanley]

You may come back to cooler weather Sue. Thursday next week is looking like a bit of a change.
This morning has been busy with small but essential tasks one of which was defrosting the freezer. Everything done now, question is do I want to go in the shed? I shall have a rest and a smoke and give it a bit of thought.....

[Sue]

I see the forecast is showing 25 and 26, for next werk, exactly the same as here. We will water what we can when we leave from the waterbuts which are now nearly empty and pray for a bit of rain to fill them up again

[Stanley]

he shed lost out to housecleaning and veggie shopping! I have vacuumed and done the stairs steps as well. Hard work in this weather but I'm glad it's done..... Now for a bit of dinner and then a sleep. I have my priorities right even if I have not been in the shed!

[Stanley]

I'm aiming for the shed again but can see cooking looming up.....

[Sue]

Very last bit if weeding to do, today, it was too hot to finish yesterday, then I shall make some apricot jam. This afternoon we are out visiting some french friends.

[Stanley]

Sounds sensible..... Cooking has chiselled my morning away. I have a big pan of veggies cooked and swimming in butter. I have cooked a chicken again in cider and the gravy has been used to make a bowl of supercharged stuffing. Bugger the shed, I need a rest!

[Stanley]

No cooking necessary so definitely in the shed!

[Sue]

A horrendous thunderstorm last night but the temperatures are soon set to rise again today. This is the forcast pattern fo this week. I shall clean the bathrooms and kitchen, wash the floor and pack. Its been a busy hot week but looking around we have made a difference so it should stay under control for the next few weeks before our return.

[Wendyf]

Making preparations for the borehole. Colin is digging a trench from where it will be sited to the barn for the water pipe. I'm doing what I can to move things around and clear space for the pressure vessel and electrical stuff. Trying to keep anxiety levels under control!
Eating strawberries.

[Stanley]

Some thunderstorms in the SW as well Sue but they haven't reached us yet.
Wendy, don't let him do too much! Exciting times.......



I think I can start to address the making of the crosshead for the engine. Another interesting little stage. It's keeping my brain active!

[Wendyf]

Up and out early to get some work done in the poly tunnel, it gets too hot by 8.30am and I'm too weary to do more than water the plants by the time it cools down in an evening.

[chinatyke]

Making preparations for the borehole. Colin is digging a trench from where it will be sited to the barn for the water pipe. I'm doing what I can to move things around and clear space for the pressure vessel and electrical stuff. Trying to keep anxiety levels under control!
Eating strawberries.

Wendy, if you have time I'd love to follow your progress on this project in perhaps a thread of its own. I assume you have to get permission from someone for abstraction (is that correct?), how deep, etc etc.

Graham

[Wendyf]

Making preparations for the borehole. Colin is digging a trench from where it will be sited to the barn for the water pipe. I'm doing what I can to move things around and clear space for the pressure vessel and electrical stuff. Trying to keep anxiety levels under control!
Eating strawberries.

Wendy, if you have time I'd love to follow your progress on this project in perhaps a thread of its own. I assume you have to get permission from someone for abstraction (is that correct?), how deep, etc etc.

Graham

I will start a new topic once I get my head around it Graham! In England you have to apply for a licence to abstract water if you are planning to pump more than 20 cubic metres a day. Ours will have a pump which can supply up to 2 cubic metres an hour and no more than 20 in a day.
I believe the drillers will register it on an Environment Agency database.

[Sue]

Over 4 hours of thunderstorms during the night No electricity so no fan in the bedroom. Very hot and sticky. Electric back at 6.00 am when we got up so at least we could shower. All packed for home. It rained until just south of St Malo. At least its a bit cooler now. No sun much till we could see the Isle of Wight. More storms like that due all week in France, glad we went last week and not this

[Tripps]

you have to apply for a licence to abstract water if you are planning to pump more than 20 cubic metres a day

That figure rang a bell - I checked my last water bill - I'm on a meter - and 20 cubic metres is my consumption for each of the last two six month charging periods. Twenty a day should suffice I think.

[chinatyke]

you have to apply for a licence to abstract water if you are planning to pump more than 20 cubic metres a day

That figure rang a bell - I checked my last water bill - I'm on a meter - and 20 cubic metres is my consumption for each of the last two six month charging periods. Twenty a day should suffice I think.

Thanks Wendy.

We use about 7m³ per month for 2 people. It averaged about 10m³ per month when there were 3 of us. We take lots of showers, we don't have a bath, we have a small roof garden and fishpond.

[Stanley]

I was watching well boring videos on Youtube last night Wendy. Far more efficient than it used to be, you used to have to set a boiler up first.......

[Stanley]

It just struck me this morning Wendy, Sod's Law says that as soon as you get the bore in and functioning it will rain like hell!
I have the shed door open to bring the temperature down before I go in. It's not as solidly built as the house and despite the thick roof insulation it gets warm in the sun. I shall be in there working on the crosshead.

[Wendyf]

I'm sure it will!

[Sue]

It was nice to have a breeze yesterday. Last night was the first night in a week I have slept properly.
Yesterday was the dentist followed by yoga, hospice shop , and pilates in the evening. Today the washer is being repaired peoperly. I shall probably finish Julias second summer top. I have now had a request for another from Eve as she likes the first one so much. Its so nice to be appreciated, and I love making for them all. There are only so many things you can make for yourself before the wardrobe is over flowing

As our water butt at home is now empty Bob decided to clean it out yesterday , being full of a silty gunge at the bottom. On moving it he found the storm drain pipe underneath where it stands has broken, so now he has another repair to do. We suspected something was up as the water butt had tipped backwards so with an empty container it was a good time to look.It seems like it has been broken a long time, possibly damaged when we had the conservatory added in the 80 s and over time it has disintegrated.

[Stanley]

In comfort terms the east wind is making this weather ideal apart from the need for water Sue.
Water butt sounds like a bit of timely maintenance, I'm all in favour of it......
I shall be looking for the way forwards on the cylinder and engine......

[Sue]

Today is art this morning. I shall hem Julias top this afternoon then that is finished. It is yoga this evening, thankfully a latish class so it may have cooled down. Yesterdays pilates was incredibly hot.

When I went to pilates I followed a very slow car into the car park, a lady with two children driving very slowly but there was loads of parking space. then out of the window came a sweet paper and then a plastic water bottle. I parked, picked them up and walked over to the car and said...I think these are yours... and smiled. The driver said oh thank you and drove out of the car park. It seems she had come just to drop her litter! I doubt I would have been so brave if it had been a youth.

[Wendyf]

Not doing much to celebrate a lovely summer's day in Chester 43 years ago. We didn't get where we are today having celebrations!!

[Sue]

Any cause for a celebration is cause indeed,I ne er miss out. Get out there and have a meal together, you can still talk about your bore hole.

[Stanley]

Is that a wedding Wendy? If so congratulations and don't let Col convince you that the borehole is your anniversary present!
I shall be in the shed if time after shopping, I'm cooling it down now with the door open. It got to 85F yesterday!