Early Risers.

[AndyID]

What's this then?

 

 

 

[PeterBB]

Loads of computer problems Apple say replace since no longer support; MS say get latest software - but latest update is what initiated the problem or acerbated it ... probably only intermittent  RM for a while.  Single email of couple of lines takes 20 minutes to sort.  AV etc detects no problems.  Will return to 'normal', whatever that is, when able.

[jamie92208]

In Elko at the moment.  It's like the hare and the tortoise. An autorack train woke us up at 7.15. We've passed it twice and I've just seen it pull into town through the restaurant window.

 

Jamie

[Northroader]

Number 11, that’s what.

[tigerburnie]

Evening all, absolutely shattered, the new roof was delivered and some impatient bloke then set about fitting it, still needs a few more fixings to finish it off, but really pleased with how it looks, made the old summer house look like a nice new railway room. This should extend the life of the TOSH well beyond what may actually be required, I could do with a new roof myself, this ones gone grey and looks worn out..............................................

 

[roundhouse]

7 minutes ago, tigerburnie said:

Evening all, absolutely shattered, the new roof was delivered and some impatient bloke then set about fitting it, still needs a few more fixings to finish it off, but really pleased with how it looks, made the old summer house look like a nice new railway room. This should extend the life of the TOSH well beyond what may actually be required, I could do with a new roof myself, this ones gone grey and looks worn out..............................................

 

Thats the corrugated sheeting that I am considering using on my shed roof.

 

Despite the windy weather, I managed to get the vapour barrier / felt onto the roof by 9pm tonight, then the french doors were fitted but still need ot adjust the frame so the doors line up. The rush is so that the shed is weatherproof for the forecast rain this weekend. Thats it till next week as tomorrow we are off to Devon for the Freemo meet. I need a rest after the last few days but it has been great  fun building it.

 

[Simon G]

 

Evening all, not posted for a couple of days as we have had visitors staying, and life has been very hectic!  A few trips out, including a second walk around Crummock Water in about 3 weeks.  This time, the famous bluebells in Rannerdale were out so it was a wonderful sight.

 

Now that our visitors have gone, today was spent gardening, and leek plants have been planted out.  This year I have planted them in such a way as they will form a rectangle, inside which carrot seeds have been planted.  This is  an idea to try to reduce carrot fly attacks, which I seem to get every year.  Carrot fly can apparently be put off by the smell of the leeks - I am not sure, but will give it a try.  I have also used a carrot variety called Resistafly.  Last year I tried Flyaway, which were useless!  Also planted  today were beetroot and parsnips.  Turnips and peas will be planted tomorrow with luck.

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[Ozexpatriate]

27 minutes ago, Northroader said:

Number 11, that’s what.

Number 11 is described as:

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Diesel engine #11 was built by U.S. Steel with General Electric parts. It was acquired in March 2006 and is a 98-ton center cab diesel. Currently in service.

Somehow I didn't think that's what Andy was asking us (rhetorically).

 

Edited May 16, 2019 by Ozexpatriate

[Barry O]

No finger nails...but Ha'way the Lads! Wembley here we come!

That awl looks very, very sharp. Talking of which I hope her Debship is doing ok.

After a busy day all I can add is

 

Goodnight all!

Baz

[tigerburnie]

3 minutes ago, roundhouse said:

Thats the corrugated sheeting that I am considering using on my shed roof.

 

Despite the windy weather, I managed to get the vapour barrier / felt onto the roof by 9pm tonight, then the french doors were fitted but still need ot adjust the frame so the doors line up. The rush is so that the shed is weatherproof for the forecast rain this weekend. Thats it till next week as tomorrow we are off to Devon for the Freemo meet. I need a rest after the last few days but it has been great  fun building it.

 

Travis Perkins have this roofing on offer just now 13 quid a sheet instead of 30, worth a look

[roundhouse]

1 minute ago, tigerburnie said:

Travis Perkins have this roofing on offer just now 13 quid a sheet instead of 30, worth a look

Thats where I will be ordering it from as long as its still at that price next week.

[tigerburnie]

3 minutes ago, roundhouse said:

Thats where I will be ordering it from as long as its still at that price next week.

It's nice and light to handle and quite robust, the supplied nails they provide are ok for single thickness sheets, but on the overlaps you might want to use longer nails or screws.

[Dave Hunt]

54 minutes ago, AndyID said:

What's this then?

 

 

 

 

According to the van in the background it's on the Great Western; one of the Welsh mountain lines maybe?

 

Dave

[Ozexpatriate]

3 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said:

it's on the Great Western

"Speed to the West" on the Grande Western?

[BoD]

1 hour ago, AndyID said:

What's this then?

 

 

Looks like a photograph to me.

Somewhere on the D&SNG.

Wherever that is.

 

It’s amazing what google can do.

Edited May 16, 2019 by BoD

[Coombe Barton]

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2019/05/16/sandys-chemo-day-142-of-147/

[Ozexpatriate]

22 minutes ago, BoD said:

Looks like a photograph to me.

Somewhere on the D&SNG.

I suspect Andy is there today or very recently. I'm hoping he saw something in steam.

 

Yes, it's amazing what Google can do.

Edited May 16, 2019 by Ozexpatriate

[Ozexpatriate]

15 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said:

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2019/05/16/sandys-chemo-day-142-of-147/

In commemoration of this evening's milestone* "I informed you thusly."

 

Today's wordpress advertising was to elect someone to a local school board - no doubt cluing from the location of my IP address at work.

 

* The final episode of The Big Bang Theory.

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone

 

I’ve finally managed to get the past few bits of distemper of the walls, it took a bit of elbow grease to achieve it, but it’s done. Next week I’ll go and get the waterproofing solution and make a start applying it when I get back. I’ve also removed the doorframe that gives me access to the area under the hall, as I intended to widen it a little to make it easier to get in and out of. So I now have a couple of bags of rubble to get rid of too, these will be disposed of when I do another tip run next week.

 

I did plan on going swimming at Salford Quays again tonight, but by the time we’d finished tea, it was a bit too late, so I poured myself a Doombar instead.

 

Goodnight all 

[laurenceb]

Night awl

[newbryford]

17 hours ago, BoD said:

Morning all.

 

Once ablutions have been abluted, I am off to Carlisle for a run over one of my favourite lines the Settle and Carlisle.

Unfortunately the changes in the services in this years timetable makes a stopover in Settle impractical. 

 

 I would have waved from the platforms at Settle if I had known earlier.

 

And if I was in work........................

 

Golf went well.

A 6&5 victory for our pair - but then again, not too difficult as we were playing against one, instead of the planned two players.

(Minor communication cockup by the opposing team meant that they only had 11 instead of the requisite 12)

 I could say that my playing partner and I felt sorry for him - we did, but it was just a little bit. But that is the nature of competition. It may seem harsh, but  would a football team be too worried if their opponents turned up without a full squad?

 

Overall, a team win 8-5 and the next match is away at Turton GC, overlooking the greater Manchester area.

This will be their last year in this league as they claim to have too many other league commitments to fulfil.

This will be my third time playing there and hopefully, can finally get to grips with a tricky  - in places - course.

 

Friday beckons, with a fun golf event in the evening.

 

POETS if you can - I hope mine will be a POOT (on time)

 

Cheers,

Mick

 

[Gwiwer]

Evening all. 

 

Very late evening check-in but my excuse is that having completed my brief visit to Inverness (and indeed to the Isle of Skye) I seem to have brought Lurgie MacLurgface back with me. After arriving home at 9.15 this morning after a comfortable night aboard the sleeper I have then been asleep pretty much all day other than for coughing fits and wiping of surplus goo from various facial orifices. 

 

So to Inverness I travelled and throughly enjoyed my time.  As the weather was good - not just ok but stunningly good - I added a trip out to Kyle of Lochalsh and the briefest of visits to that just-offshore island. It’s been quite a few years since I was that far north and the extended daylight again caught me slightly by surprise with the sun not setting until 9.30 or so. 

 

A selection of photos was taken and are on the SLR so will be uploaded when the new computer is set up.  2019 iMac replaces 2007 iMac for those playing at home. 

 

The four and twenty virgins featured in a song many of us learned in school were not at home but the young lass who boarded the Kyle train in Plockton in order to collect the shopping might have taken them all on. One of the sub-species who talks loudly to anyone about anything she found three friends aboard the return train.  While offering considerable affection to one she turned to another with “it’s no your turn” before reminding the train that she was the only girl of her age in the village and that the three lads took turns ...... 

 

 

The rest of the trip was much more sedate with nothing more than a dozen Canadians trying to pronounce Duirinish and Achnashellach. 

 

Kyle almost closed in 1971. The date was set and notices published. That it survived was due solely to the inability to provide bus replacements in such a remote area. There isn’t a lot of local traffic even today but when you see how life is up there you appreciate the social role of the railway. When your village shop only offers a few basics you phone the Co-op in Kyle with your order before hopping on the train to collect it in the 30 minutes or so that the train waits before returning.   A way of life many of us are totally unaware of. 

 

After enjoying a haggis supper I boarded the overnight train back to London. Hauled by 67015 as the rebuilt class 73/9 are not trusted or maybe not beefy enough over the Highland main line. 

 

 

[Ozexpatriate]

29 minutes ago, Gwiwer said:

As the weather was good - not just ok but stunningly good ...

As is evident in your photographs. I have never had the pleasure of visiting Scotland, but I was given to believe the lower atmosphere there inevitably comprised significantly higher densities of water vapour than is evident in your photographs.

 

29 minutes ago, Gwiwer said:

a dozen Canadians trying to pronounce Duirinish and Achnashellach

And Canadians would have a better shot at it than any of the other colonials - though those don't look as hard as Welsh to my eyes. Having said that, the pronunciations of many (most?) British locations often seem to have little in common with their spellings.

 

This was exported to the colonies as well. Non-New Englanders cannot pronounce place names in the Boston area and Americans cannot pronounce most Australian place names - like Cairns, Brisbane, Melbourne and Canberra, which all get routinely butchered. When it comes to Anglicized Aboriginal names furgetaboutit (as they say in NY, NY). Of course one wonders what native Australians would make of the 'strine versions of their words.

 

Recent tragic news included reports of Christchurch, New Zealand. Even though the components were pronounced correctly, when connected, even highly regarded newscasters could not run the two words together and inserted a subtle pause which came out sounding wrong.

 

Edited May 16, 2019 by Ozexpatriate

[pH]

40 minutes ago, Gwiwer said:

The rest of the trip was much more sedate with nothing more than a dozen Canadians trying to pronounce Duirinish and Achnashellach. 

 

 

I'm Canadian and I know how they're pronounced. 

 

How are you with Kamloops, Kashechewan and Tuktoyaktuk?

 

Nice pictures. Hope you get rid of the McLurgy quickly.