Early Risers.

[pH]

5 minutes ago, AndyID said:

 

According to my brother our great-granny lived on Arran. There might have been a Gaelic speaking community there at that time - mid nineteenth century.

 

Quite possibly. When the first steamers started sailing to Dunoon from Glasgow, about 1815-20, Dunoon was a Gaelic-speaking town. 

[The Stationmaster]

G'night all.  

 

Off to sunny Didcot on the morrow later this morning. 

[TheQ]

5 hours ago, Two_sugars said:

 

I just scrape the moss off  once a year. . . 

 

 

Goodnight everyone. . . . Sleep well.

 

John

I found patio magic good for killing the litchen on the top of the landrover.... 

Edited May 25, 2019 by TheQ

[TheQ]

The further west you went the more likely to be Gaelic speaking  the area is,  most of what had been the Welsh related speaking  kingdom of strathclyde gradually over laid by the original Gaelic speaker coming in from the west and Ireland,  this was over laid by English speakers from the south leaving isolated pockets of Gaelic,. This then attracted more gaelic speakers from the isles and Ireland when the industrial revolution created the attraction of work. 

 

As for Robert the bruce or more correctly Robert de Bruys he was a Norman French speaking knight fighting another French speaking knight John de balliol for the crown of Scotland , later fighting another Norman French speaking knight King edward, with the support of the Welshman (from an area of what is now Scotland) , William Wallace.

note Wallace meaning Welshman.  Surnames in those days only just becoming established both balliol and Bruys being where the Norman knight families came from. 

 

Mean while I've managed 5hours solid sleep, I need some more.. Time to roll over.. 

 

[roundhouse]

38 minutes ago, TheQ said:

I found patio magic good for killing the kitchen on the top of the landrover.... 

That must be awkward cooking up there

 

Morning from our usual hotel in Brum. A nice corner suite and its not much difference in price to nearby Premier Inns plus breakfast is included.  Lots of rainbow flags at Snow Hill station and in various shop windows plus there is a marathon hence why the hotels are a little dearer than usual I guess.

 

We are off to Aberystwyth then back via Newton and Oakengates for beer.

[chrisf]

Good morning one and all

 

Today I am due to have lunch in a rowing club.  This is thanks to the local LGBT group who are meeting there.  Either side of that there are plenty of jobs to do and I’m still chipping away at the list.  The pleasure of Railex at Stoke Mandible is reserved for Sunday.  Bill Bishop, my unofficial wardrobe mistress, has ordained that I will wear The Tie so wear it I must!

 

Kingzance, my cough has finally subsided, having outlasted the virus by a good three weeks.  To try to get rid of it I necked copious quantities of Covonia, a name I thought more suitable for an ocean liner than a medicine, until I spotted on the label an admonition against taking it if you are a diabetic.  Now I use glycerine, honey and lemon, an evocation of my sickly childhood.  I used to believe that real ale kills all known germs.  It doesn’t.

 

Neil says that he has heard of little of the music that I mention from time to time.  Sorry, but I am an unashamed lover of stuff outside the mainstream and take great pleasure in discovering music that is new to me.  Most of it I buy at gigs.  This would clearly rule out Russ Conway, or Chet Atkins for that matter, so it is good that there are still record shops with a remarkable selection of music to buy.  Fopp in Cambridge, where I was on Wednesday, is one such.  I’m sure Neil will have heard of Barrule, a Manx band with a Welsh box player who seems to get everywhere.  I’ve seen them but somehow their albums have eluded me.  I’m working on it.  Meanwhile, salutations to Tony S for also listening to June Tabor.  I always knew you were a man of culture.

 

Best wishes to all

 

Chris

Edited May 25, 2019 by chrisf
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[TheQ]

25 minutes ago, roundhouse said:

That must be awkward cooking up there

 

 

Ruddy spell chequers 

[Barry O]

Ey up!

Cough abating..to be replaced by a runny nose...yer wot!

Chris, Covonia does a sugar free cough jollop. It doesn't taste very nice but seems to do the job.

 

Of course Robert de Brus also owned a lot of land in Hartlepool. ...there was a pub ( the Brus Arms) which mentioned the family near Steetley Magnasite. I passed it every day on the way to school.

 

My game today starts at 1pm and is about 5 minutes away by car. So leave home about 11:45, arrive at ground, get changed...game on.

 

Have as good a day as you can everyone 

Baz

[45156]

On 24/05/2019 at 06:04, chrisf said:

 One is a reissue of “Airs and Graces” by June Tabor with bonus tracks, to mark the 80th birthday of Topic Records.  The haul is completed by a collection of Chet Atkins guitar tracks and a compilation of English folk field recordings assembled by Stick In The Wheel. 

Interesting choices there - the late Chester Burton Atkins was just about the most influential guitarist of the 20th Century even if he was "a little bit country".

 

Back later

[The Stationmaster]

Morning all,

 

Off to cloudy Didcot in the niot too distant,  Oddly (should that be conveniently?) our route will take us past Root One,  or on the other hand as we will have plenty of time in hand it might well take us into Root One which will be open by the time we get there, the advantage of having RMweb members' day at Didcot on a Saturday

 

Have a good day one and all

[Tony_S]

Morning all.

It has just stopped raining here. 

I don’t have too many (none?) tasks today. I am sure something will happen though. Car repair should occur later today, but all I have to to is make coffee for the repairman. 

 

As regards Mark Knopfler. I have cds from the Dire Staits era but my favourite is his collaboration with Emmylou Harris, All the Roadrunning. 

 

Have a a good day. 

Tony

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. The same rain mentioned by Tony has stopped here too and now the sun is coming out. Ian, congratulations to Jemma on her promotion. Not a lot else happening today so its be back later.

[BSW01]

Good morning everyone 

 

It’s not raining here in the northwest, but the sun has just gone behind some clouds. The school at the back of our house is having a fete, live music and games and although we can here it, it isn’t so load as to be annoying. 

 

I was hoping to spend the day in the workshop, but the G word has been mentioned and I must admit, it is starting to look a little untidy so that’s where I’ll be spending most of the day. 

 

Back later. 

[Barry O]

I have just had a ping moment..as in...a piece being fitted has pinged somewhere... oh well..

 

Baz

[TheQ]

Just into Afternoon all, 

layout carriages X2 loaded,  addition modules in landrover,  tools in landrover,  

Once that was done the ramp extension wouldn't fit in the trailer.  So I took it the the front of the trailer and found it fitted nicely on the A frame . It just needed something to hold it in place.

  I fitted the stays to the top door, ... And they didn't work.. The door was to heavy .

So I went to the local hardware store 5 miles away bought two long door hooks and a pair of galvanised angles ( like shelf Brackets) .

The door hooks were fitted and worked.. 

The angles were screwed to the front on the trailer either side of the ramp,  with a heavy duty string from the last hole of one angle to the other where it's hooked on with a hook made from a bit of  coat hanger . That is all now secure. 

 

After that the mower battery was changed and it bravely fought it's way through the jungle down the main Avenue and to the mobile home. A few trips to widen the track and after an hours mowing. I've put it away till Monday . Several hours more mowing required .

 

A cheese and onion toastie has been had coffee to be finished then eyelid inspection before heading for the MRC. 

 

 

 

[jamie92208]

Good afternoon from La Belle France.  Day 2 of the intermission between jaunts.   The big suitcase has finally been unpacked and packing of items to use in the UK has started.   I managed to start the Volvo after charging the battery overnight.   I then went out but it didn't like starting after the third stop of my round of tasks.  It's now on charge again but I fear that a new battery may be required.  Video call to Rachel and Laura has been conducted and Emily featured quite frequently.   It will be great to see her next week.    Apart from that, washing is out on the line and the next major task is to try and make head or tail of the French Tax return that was waiting for me when we got back.

 

Regards to all.

 

Jamie

 

 

[Tony_S]

51 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

It's now on charge again but I fear that a new battery may be required. 

When my not too old battery wouldn’t hold a charge recently after checking first there were no mysterious items causing a problem, the dealer gave the battery a one hour charge to check it could be charged and then gave it a 24 hour charge. This seems to have restored it. Before this it would seem fine for a couple of days after a 50 mile journey but ran down if not used for three days. 

The battery in Aditi’s Fiesta is original from 2012 and the car starts after weeks of being left. I think the Evoque was confused by the iPod connected to the cars usb input!

Tony

[Tony_S]

Paint repair man at work. I would like to watch but I think he just wants to get on. 

Tony

Edited May 25, 2019 by Tony_S

[roundhouse]

3 hours ago, Barry O said:

I have just had a ping moment..as in...a piece being fitted has pinged somewhere... oh well..

 

Baz

I will be putting in a light colour plain flooring in the shed but that still won’t guarantee finding such items.

[Tony_S]

23 minutes ago, roundhouse said:

I will be putting in a light colour plain flooring in the shed but that still won’t guarantee finding such items.

Some of the US Bachmann steam locos were only safe to work on in a plastic bag. What ever you fitted something else pinged off.  

[45156]

Afternoon All

 

Sorry I've been absent, but I've been lurking and all posts are read and rated - Ian A - a big well done to Gemma.  John - pleased to see that Sandy is Stable, and thanks for the update on Debs.  Anybody know for sure about Pete - I too thought he was travelling or staying somewhere rural, and am a bit dismayed to hear that he is or may be unwell.  And any news of late on RIck?  He hasn't posted since last Sunday, when he was unsure about whether to go to work on Monday.  And of course, generic greetings are on offer to all other celebrating or ailing.

 

Well we were heading for a jumble sale this afternoon, but we got started on a bit more painting in the house, and somehow got ourselves roped into the job a bit more than expected, and did a lot more than we originally intended.  It actually started with "I think we'll move the corner shelf from our bedroom to the spare bedroom, and bring the shelf unit from there into our bedroom".  Well, yes, good idea, but when the corer shelf came down, the emulsion behind was tatty, so that had to be redone.  Then it was decided that the gloss was "too yellow, so can we redo it in that nice Farrow's Cream that we got mixed at Johnstone's.  So now we need more mixed, as the living room is still not finished - that'll be the fourth trip to Johnstone's in as many weeks - might suggest taking B&b there!!!!

 

Back tomorrow if I don't drown in paint - must say the smell is pretty bad, but I will insist on using full gloss oil based.

Regard to All

Stewart

 

 

[tigerburnie]

Afternoon all, we have a dull and drizzly sort of day, so I thought I'd go trout fishing on the local burn, as soon as I stepped in the water the rain got heavier and the wind got stronger, so that's my excuse for not catching anything lol

[NGT6 1315]

Cheers all. Migraine stopped me in my tracks this morning, so not a lot to report for today.

 

Best wishes to everyone, especially the ailing...

[AndyID]

The torrential rain yesterday did stop eventually but not before the volume of water was so great that the creeks were running across the road. The culverts could not handle the flow. That's the first time I've seen that and we've been here for 24 years.

[Dave Hunt]

2 hours ago, roundhouse said:

I will be putting in a light colour plain flooring in the shed but that still won’t guarantee finding such items.

 

I painted the floor in my workshop light grey in the fond hope that it would make finding 'ping offs' much easier to find - some hope! Even brass nuts, which you would think would stand out, assume a level of camouflage that any military tactician could only dream of. Hence I  put carpet offcuts on some of it just to make things bit quieter when I zoom round on my office chair and it doesn't seem to be any worse - I think that the lower coefficient of restitution (posh phraseology or what?) means that the pinged bits travel less far when dropped on the carpet than they tend to on the concrete. Well, that's my theory anyway.

 

Dave