The Night Mail

[DaveF]

At the moment (8.50a.m.) pages 2197 amd 2198 are identical.

 

Edit: Having posted this it has moved onto a new page and is now correct.

 

David

Edited 9 hours ago by DaveF

[Tony_S]

10 hours ago, AndyID said:

 

That looks very good. I'll pass it on to our contractor.

 

Unlikely to change our direction as we are pushing it quite a bit now 😄

What about a Tesla roof? 🙂

 

[jamie92208]

3 hours ago, SM42 said:

Falling in love with a place on holiday and buying property there can often lead to disappointment. 

 

That feeling from  two weeks of freedom soon wears thin when your holiday lasts forever and you have to do stuff like housework, gardening, property maintenance, shopping and cooking.

 

All that stuff you didn't have to worry about when you were in your all inclusive hotel. 

 

Life can get tedious wherever you are.

 

Andy

 

We also find that the friends that we made during our two years of being second honers, find it difficult to understand why we can't accept invitations at short notice when they come over.  Two sets in particulate don't seem to be able to grasp that we have a fairly full life with medical appointments etc as well as a new circle of friends among the permanent resident community. 

 

Jamie

[Happy Hippo]

Today I am mostly picking up the stuff I cut off the hedge yesterday.

 

It is gentle work, that allows one to commune with nature on a nice sunny day.

 

I have been visited by our resident robin, who is definitely on the cadge for for a snack or two, which is more than likely when I'm raking through the rougher ground at the base of the hedge.

 

However, I did get an odd look from our local Evri delivery lady, as when she arrived, I was jumping up and down in a green wheelie bin.

 

I ask you, how would you compress the green waste?

[polybear]

19 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said:

However, I did get an odd look from our local Evri delivery lady, as when she arrived, I was jumping up and down in a green wheelie bin.

 

 

Really?  Can't imagine why...

 

[Oldddudders]

An unexpected visitor today was my roofing contractor, with whose work I have since had no beef. He sees me as a fairly soft touch, I'm sure, but today's sales pitch was on getting the rear of my roof sprayed with anti-fungal spray. I know it works, as I had the front done last year, but had warned him that funds are short for a while, as the taxman has levied what I owe from last year. So I said February. No problem he said - just give me a post-dated cheque! So I did, and the job is done. House maintenance on the never-never!

 

Whenever I go back to Blighty for a few weeks, young cat Perry gets the hump and shuffles off elsewhere, despite Alison's daily visits. So he had disappeared over a week ago, but suddenly reappeared this morning, rushing from the big barn, squeaking at me as I opened the volets. Insisted on having a mega-cuddle before eating, and has been all over me ever since. 

 

I have had a cold since Monday evening. I was only really under the weather Wednesday evening, but mercifully better for the trip home on Thursday. Now I just have a bit of a cough. Sherry has now got the thing, is rather worse off than I was, has gone back to bed, she tells me. She was due a flu jab today, but managed to cancel that online. With a grumpy, arthritic knee, and an ankle that is still painful after her fall in Lerwick in May, she has a miserable time most days, particularly if it is damp. She so needs this as well. 

[Happy Hippo]

2 hours ago, polybear said:

 

Really?  Can't imagine why...

 

Right down to the cross eyes.

 

Excellent

[SM42]

We have arrived on Luton after a pleasant visit to the Euopean Exhibition near Loughborough. 

 

I left Mrs SM42 to mooch about town whilst I mooched around toy trains. 

 

Not a large exhibition but very enjoyable non the less. 

 

I treated Mrs SM42 to a romantic picnic lunch at Northampton services overlooking the Southbound M1. 

 

It's no wonder she married with the promise such grandiose treatment. 

 

The hotel is handy for the airport, just a shame we are on the wrong side for seeing the passing aeroplanes.

 

We are off to a birthday party this evening so drink may be taken and a booty may be shaken. 

 

Andy

[J. S. Bach]

4 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

Today I am mostly picking up the stuff I cut off the hedge yesterday. It is gentle work, that allows one to commune with nature on a nice sunny day. ...snip...

I have this mental image of a Hippo slowly grazing down the hedge line toward the end. 🦛

[Tony_S]

6 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said:

I have this mental image of a Hippo slowly grazing down the hedge line toward the end. 🦛

I think many of us did too.

[DaveF]

I went to the Tanfield Railway today, it is their annual "Run it Weekend" when everything that works gets run.  It was as enjoyable as ever with both passenger and freight trains in action.  It is one the few railways where you can still walk round the loco shed and other stock buildings as well as around the sidings in the yard.  They do stop people from walking across the track when they are moving things in the yard.

 

I realised today that I am getting older (I am only 75) as there was no one working on the railway that I know, they have all retired or died.  When I first started visiting some 44 years ago many of them were only 10 years older than me.  Now the new volunteers must be in their 30s (and some much younger)  - which is a very good thing as it shows there is a future for the line.

 

I also noticed, just as I sometimes do when I am the beach, that I am an "old person" and as such younger people think I might at some point need help.  It feels strange to notice people just keeping an eye on one when negotiating steps - or stepping over rails or treading only on sleepers as I walk along a siding.  I suppose I should be pleased that people I don't know do keep an eye on old people.

 

I won't comment here on the driving standards I saw on my journey, that is in Early Risers.

 

David