Today I shall be Mainly...
- Wendyf
- Global Moderator
- Posts: 9649
- Joined: 23 Jan 2012, 12:26
- Location: Lower Burnt Hill, looking out over Barlick
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
Maz, you are right, Mum is a lovely, sweet & generous little lady...she just drives her nearest & dearest crazy!
Alfie had another session of rapid breathing last night, this time following a quiet & relaxed day, so it must just be the heat that causes it. He is flat out and fast asleep when it starts, so he doesn't pant to cool himself down. I followed the vets advice and covered him with a cold wet towel which worked very quickly to calm his breathing down.
Just had Mum on the phone...she thinks she may have made a mistake with the new TV and wants to swap it back to the old one!
Ian, it should be a good day for it.
Alfie had another session of rapid breathing last night, this time following a quiet & relaxed day, so it must just be the heat that causes it. He is flat out and fast asleep when it starts, so he doesn't pant to cool himself down. I followed the vets advice and covered him with a cold wet towel which worked very quickly to calm his breathing down.
Just had Mum on the phone...she thinks she may have made a mistake with the new TV and wants to swap it back to the old one!
Ian, it should be a good day for it.
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
We thought a thunderstorm had started yesterday at about 5.00pm but then remembered that it was the annual `Air Day' at Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton about 10 miles away. They always end the event with a mock attack by Royal Marines - the subsequent rapid-fire bang-bang-bang...confirms that it's not thunder!Sue wrote:Wildest thunder claps this morning here in Carrcassonne. It may be over in the mountains
Wendy, "Difficult as ever" is written through my dad like `Blackpool' through a stick of rock. Your mum wants to swap back her old TV? Last week we sold my dad's bicycle because he can't ride it now, and bought him a litre of good whiskey with the proceeds...but now he wants the bicycle back!
Nullius in verba: On the word of no one (Motto of the Royal Society)
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
We climbed up to Montsegur, the last stronghold of the Cathars. Luckily it was only 25 degrees when we started but nearer 30 when we got back down 90 minutes later
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
If you keep searching you will find it
- minimiller
- Newbie
- Posts: 64
- Joined: 09 Oct 2012, 22:36
- Location: Oklahoma (slightly West of Barnoldswick)
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
.......mowing.
So, what's new?
I started at 9.00am so I could get done before it got too hot.
With the temperature on the up and up the grass will soon be coming to a halt (he said hopefully)
Then, after a shower and some lunch, I'll be computerizing.
So, what's new?
I started at 9.00am so I could get done before it got too hot.
With the temperature on the up and up the grass will soon be coming to a halt (he said hopefully)
Then, after a shower and some lunch, I'll be computerizing.
Mick
- Stanley
- Global Moderator
- Posts: 94397
- Joined: 23 Jan 2012, 12:01
- Location: Barnoldswick. Nearer to Heaven than Gloria.
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
Get half a dozen sheep....
Editing the LTP....
Editing the LTP....
Stanley Challenger Graham
Stanley's View
scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
Stanley's View
scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
Today we are going in some caves at Niaux to look at some of the best examples in the world of 140000 year old cave drawings.its a 2000 metre walk underground. Then it's bit more local Sight seeing before driving back to Brittany tomorrow and home on Thursday. A fortnight soon goes.
If you keep searching you will find it
- Wendyf
- Global Moderator
- Posts: 9649
- Joined: 23 Jan 2012, 12:26
- Location: Lower Burnt Hill, looking out over Barlick
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
Getting some gardening done. Leeks to plant out, loads of weeding and grass cutting.
Its a shame your attached photos are on their sides Sue....though the last one is the right way up for some reason.
Its a shame your attached photos are on their sides Sue....though the last one is the right way up for some reason.
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
Thanks for telling me Wendy. There seems no reason behind this, it is just a random turning of photos on my ipad. It looks ok when I go on the site.
If you keep searching you will find it
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/niaux/
Wow! No photos today as none allowed, but look at the images in the link above
Wow! No photos today as none allowed, but look at the images in the link above
If you keep searching you will find it
- Stanley
- Global Moderator
- Posts: 94397
- Joined: 23 Jan 2012, 12:01
- Location: Barnoldswick. Nearer to Heaven than Gloria.
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
Guess what.....
Stanley Challenger Graham
Stanley's View
scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
Stanley's View
scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
7hour drive back to Brittany today, then back to England on Thursday.
If you keep searching you will find it
- Wendyf
- Global Moderator
- Posts: 9649
- Joined: 23 Jan 2012, 12:26
- Location: Lower Burnt Hill, looking out over Barlick
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
Hoping the breeze picks up a bit....going for a walk with my neighbour this morning, and she moves at a very brisk pace!
- Stanley
- Global Moderator
- Posts: 94397
- Joined: 23 Jan 2012, 12:01
- Location: Barnoldswick. Nearer to Heaven than Gloria.
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
Make her carry the rucksack.....
LTP.....
LTP.....
Stanley Challenger Graham
Stanley's View
scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
Stanley's View
scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
- EileenDavid
- Avid User
- Posts: 887
- Joined: 23 Jan 2012, 13:12
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
Poor you Sue and in this heat. All that travelling for 2 days don't envy you. Today we are going for sand and cement to do some pointing on the house plus the patio ready for the delivery of the new patio furniture on Thursday. Power washed the flags last night. Eileen
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
We made it in less time than expected but discovered that although we had only been down south for five days we had developed a veggie glut up here in Brittany. All now picked and frozen or given to friends and neighbours. Bob is just giving the lawn a last cut and I have trimmed back some weeds from round new trees in the field. Ferry early in the morning. I am looking forward to a cool ship for 9 hours. It has been amazingly hot weather for the two weeks we have been here.
If you keep searching you will find it
- Stanley
- Global Moderator
- Posts: 94397
- Joined: 23 Jan 2012, 12:01
- Location: Barnoldswick. Nearer to Heaven than Gloria.
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
Eileen, keep the new pointing wet as it cures otherwise the heat will dry it too quickly and not give it time to go through its chemical changes....
LTP....
LTP....
Stanley Challenger Graham
Stanley's View
scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
Stanley's View
scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
- Stanley
- Global Moderator
- Posts: 94397
- Joined: 23 Jan 2012, 12:01
- Location: Barnoldswick. Nearer to Heaven than Gloria.
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
Guess.... But we're getting there, only 18 left to do now!
Stanley Challenger Graham
Stanley's View
scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
Stanley's View
scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
Let's see...two loads of washing, cleaned two bathrooms, washed the entry hall floor ( complete waste of time as it is raining and the dog has been in and out and tramping all over it), made Soup, watched Corrie ( eight years behind your current episodes), completely emptied the pantry and washed all the shelves ( made a shopping list at the same time)....phew....now just have the dog hair to vac up.
Think that is about it. Ordinary kind of day really...
Think that is about it. Ordinary kind of day really...
- Wendyf
- Global Moderator
- Posts: 9649
- Joined: 23 Jan 2012, 12:26
- Location: Lower Burnt Hill, looking out over Barlick
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
Worrying about the possibility of our spring drying up...
- EileenDavid
- Avid User
- Posts: 887
- Joined: 23 Jan 2012, 13:12
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
Need to get some housework done plus the ironing as we have been spending all our time outside while weathers good Eileen
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
Wendy, I am shocked that you need to worry about water after such a (relatively) short heat wave.
When we had a five/six YEAR drought, I was doing a three minute shower with a bucket at my feet, so that whatever was collected in it could be used to water pot plants. ( thank heavens we didn't have to drink it...but in reality it could have come to having to flush the loo with it instead). Cars didn't get washed often, and when they did it was one bucket of water. We were not allowed to use the hose.
I take it the Spring is your only water source? Do you have tanks to store rain water?
We haven't had a lot of rain thus far this winter. We went on a country drive yesterday and the dam we passed looked quite low. But lots of rain expected this weekend. Good! Bring it on...
When we had a five/six YEAR drought, I was doing a three minute shower with a bucket at my feet, so that whatever was collected in it could be used to water pot plants. ( thank heavens we didn't have to drink it...but in reality it could have come to having to flush the loo with it instead). Cars didn't get washed often, and when they did it was one bucket of water. We were not allowed to use the hose.
I take it the Spring is your only water source? Do you have tanks to store rain water?
We haven't had a lot of rain thus far this winter. We went on a country drive yesterday and the dam we passed looked quite low. But lots of rain expected this weekend. Good! Bring it on...
- Wendyf
- Global Moderator
- Posts: 9649
- Joined: 23 Jan 2012, 12:26
- Location: Lower Burnt Hill, looking out over Barlick
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
Maz, it has been the 5th driest spring in this area since records began, following a fairly dry winter. Reservoirs are doing well, as they filled up with last years rain, but a small spring high up on a hill hasn't got a big store to feed on!
Three of us share the supply, and since the farm next door started keeping cattle a lot of it seems to disappear in that direction!
Three of us share the supply, and since the farm next door started keeping cattle a lot of it seems to disappear in that direction!
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
Hi Wendy, do you not have equal rights to the water supply?
- Wendyf
- Global Moderator
- Posts: 9649
- Joined: 23 Jan 2012, 12:26
- Location: Lower Burnt Hill, looking out over Barlick
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
I suppose we do Elise...and we split the costs three ways, but unless we were to meter the flow on each down pipe we don't really know who is using what. The farm have another water supply and no one really knows which building on the farm is fed by which system. Col did some work on the upper storage tank a couple of years ago when the water was disappearing incredibly fast. We thought there was a leak somewhere, but once the tank was drained it became obvious that it had been supplying a shed full of cattle in hot spring weather. The outlet pipe to the farm was the lowest in the tank, so Col rearranged the outlets so that there is always a bit left in the bottom for us and our other neighbour. At the moment Col does all the maintenance, our neighbour pays the electric bills for the pump and the farm uses most of the water and thinks they don't use any...not good!! We are saving up for a bore hole.
- Stanley
- Global Moderator
- Posts: 94397
- Joined: 23 Jan 2012, 12:01
- Location: Barnoldswick. Nearer to Heaven than Gloria.
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
Not good Wendy.... Do you pay anything to Yorkshire Water? Perhaps a good idea to sound them out about a tanker.
I shall be taking it easy, the LTP transcripts are finished, 194 in all averaging about 10,000 words each. Bit of tidying up to be done but that's quite a big job done.
I shall be taking it easy, the LTP transcripts are finished, 194 in all averaging about 10,000 words each. Bit of tidying up to be done but that's quite a big job done.
Stanley Challenger Graham
Stanley's View
scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
Stanley's View
scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!