Early Risers.

[lightengine]

The flying ants are off tonight. There are several hundred gulls wheeling around overhead, vacuuming them up.

[JohnDMJ]

 

1 hour ago, NGT6 1315 said:

Cheers, folks. Long time no see again, but maybe it'll get a bit better for the next few weeks.

 

This is due to having got myself signed of sick for a bit following a pair of threatening incidents caused by aggro specimens of pre-pond life, which didn't harm me physically but left my nerves sufficiently maimed to warrant a bit of a timeout and post-incident counselling. I might elaborate a bit further on this in due course, but I hope you'll understand I intend to calm myself down a bit first thing.

 

Think you've already said more than enough for the understanding folk hereon!

 

Best wishes for a good recuperation.

[grandadbob]

BBQ not despatched again. Several irate phone calls later and they still couldn't find it and didn't know what had happened to it so they were told what to do with it and I've now had confirmation of the cancellation and a full refund. I will never use Robert Dyas again.

Looked online again and found the next one up in the range at out local Wyevale. When we went there the other day it wasn't out on display but a phone call confirmed they had one and it was reserved for me. When I got there 20 minutes later it was sitting by the checkout with a smiling cashier who arranged for a very helpful young man to assist a hobbling Bob to lift it into the car as it weighed 63kg. Got home and our next door neighbour's strapping 6'1" daughter (England Korfball player and part-time landscape gardener) helped me get it out of the car and inside.

Tomorrow comes the fun bit, putting it together. There seem to be 25 pages of destructions.  I will definitely RTFM.

The best part of all this saga is that it was on a special offer and was about £50 cheaper than the other one!

 

N.O.T. Sop!ssedoffnow.

[Kingzance]

Ah, the Be Kind To GDB message seems to have missed Robert Dyas but been received by Wyevale - a business that I have always found to be rather pricey. I do hope that the 63Kg package doesn't increase the issues relating to a certain knee. Do you have gas with the correct bottle fitting for your grand opening tomorrow? I do hope so!

 

The morning started with a rather successful trip to the wine seller with regal pretencions and some 15 bottles were taken on receipt of a decent amount of our pooled spondulacks. The Famous Five have today ventured around the south part of the island, followed the underground railway track, enjoyed a leisurely lunch at The Spyglass Inn, travelled The Military Road where an opportunity to go in the sea as earlier requested by one of the five was abruptly refused, been on a trip round the roundabout at the Needles Park before looking in on the remains of Totland Pier. Island Ice Creams were enjoyed at Yarmouth was followed by a direct run home to open the first of the many bottles of The Guv'nor. KZ had hoped to sneak in a bit of eyelid inspection but that has been banned by management so it will be another glass of wine then some local fromages! The northern coastline will be visited on another occasion.

 

A.B. Out2getp!ssed

[grandadbob]

Yep KZ plenty of gas here   and the right type of fitting. I agree that Wyevale can be pricey but sometimes, like now, they have surprised me.

[BoD]

Evening all

 

We have returned from or trip North of the Border. If you remember we were spending some time with a close, terminally ill relative.

 

I’m sure many of you will have experienced this but we found it very hard.  I have suffered sudden bereavements with the associated shock and grief.  We have sat as parents have faded and passed away but toward the end it was as if they were just sleeping.  However today I said  goodbye to someone, who, apart from the awful colour and morphine pump, were their normal bubbly selves, but giving us personal mementos by which to remember them. To say goodbye and leave, knowing that you won’t ever see them again was the saddest thing. 

 

Sorry to post this here but I just can’t get it out of my mind at the moment.

 

I may just raise a glass or two of uisge-beatha. 

[chrisf]

BoD, don't apologise.  You are among friends

 

[grandadbob]

As Chris says. I suspect that more than a few of us have been in this sad situation so can feel your pain.

[roundhouse]

8 hours ago, The Stationmaster said:

Morning all,

 

Two cars duly parked out in the road by 08.00 so start of the day ok.  I do however have to take our visitors to the station at c.12.00 so car No,3 will be deployed to occupy part of the space I vacate.  Hopefully departing passenger numbers won't be too great around midday and Real Time Trains has kindle kept me up to speed with the STP changes for today although the difference isn't too bad.   Yesterday's rumoured visit by the Red Arrows (which if anything would have been an overflight during a positioning move to Farnborough never really took place although two Hawks passed  a mile or two west of us and were turning in a Farnborough direction when they actually briefly came into view to the south.

 

Now LE's sign question.  Well it's obviously a WR sign which narrows the field.  So where were there buffets, licensed or otherwise, on an overbridge?   The only one that immediately comes to mind was in the rebuilt version of Banbury but there was a refreshment room of some kind on the upper level at Birmingham Snow Hill although as far as I can find out it appears to have gone in 1940 following bomb damage and there were refreshment rooms on the platforms in any case.  Alas I can't find any pictures from the right part of Banbury station from the era when that sign might have been there and I rarely passed through let alone visited that station back then.

 

I'm racking my ageing brain to try to think of any other WR station with a bridge or similar structure which would have had room for a buffet on it and I can't summon one up although somebody else might manage something?

 

Off to the station shortly and no doubt a visit to Tesco for the 'paper after that plus whatever shopping is required, but the food stocks are still holding up and no proper breakfast this morning ...  grr

 

Enjoy the rest of your day one and all.

Banbury was also my immediate thought

[New Haven Neil]

Home again.

 

Rather not be, really enjoyed our trips away this summer.

[JohnDMJ]

1 hour ago, grandadbob said:

BBQ not despatched again. Several irate phone calls later and they still couldn't find it and didn't know what had happened to it so they were told what to do with it and I've now had confirmation of the cancellation and a full refund. I will never use Robert Dyas again.

Looked online again and found the next one up in the range at out local Wyevale. When we went there the other day it wasn't out on display but a phone call confirmed they had one and it was reserved for me. When I got there 20 minutes later it was sitting by the checkout with a smiling cashier who arranged for a very helpful young man to assist a hobbling Bob to lift it into the car as it weighed 63kg. Got home and our next door neighbour's strapping 6'1" daughter (England Korfball player and part-time landscape gardener) helped me get it out of the car and inside.

Tomorrow comes the fun bit, putting it together. There seem to be 25 pages of destructions.  I will definitely RTFM.

The best part of all this saga is that it was on a special offer and was about £50 cheaper than the other one!

 

N.O.T. Sop!ssedoffnow.

 

RTFM and RTFM again! (and again, if necessary!) Then follow it step-by-step! (As it's be kind to GDB time, I'm not even mentioning the 'Caution' section!)

 

1 hour ago, Kingzance said:

Ah, the Be Kind To GDB message seems to have missed Robert Dyas but been received by Wyevale - a business that I have always found to be rather pricey. I do hope that the 63Kg package doesn't increase the issues relating to a certain knee. Do you have gas with the correct bottle fitting for your grand opening tomorrow? I do hope so!

 

The morning started with a rather successful trip to the wine seller with regal pretencions and some 15 bottles were taken on receipt of a decent amount of our pooled spondulacks. The Famous Five have today ventured around the south part of the island, followed the underground railway track, enjoyed a leisurely lunch at The Spyglass Inn, travelled The Military Road where an opportunity to go in the sea as earlier requested by one of the five was abruptly refused, been on a trip round the roundabout at the Needles Park before looking in on the remains of Totland Pier. Island Ice Creams were enjoyed at Yarmouth was followed by a direct run home to open the first of the many bottles of The Guv'nor. KZ had hoped to sneak in a bit of eyelid inspection but that has been banned by management so it will be another glass of wine then some local fromages! The northern coastline will be visited on another occasion.

 

A.B. Out2getp!ssed

 

Ventnor seafront and the Spyglass Inn. What memories! Used to love powering up the steep gradients from there (1 in 3 springs to mind) in a rear wheel drive car; wonder how front wheel drive copes?

 

Ah, the Military Road! A reasonably straight road where one can safely achieve a decent speed and, as my IAM observer (Class 1 police response driver) put it, if you're doing your observation correctly, you'll see the speed traps before they see you!

 

Seen the model railway at Fort Victoria near Yarmouth yet?

 

Planning to visit my old haunts of Shanklin and Sandown next Tuesday.

 

I recall the aforementioned Godshill cider, Burts (of Ventnor, not Newport) and latterly Goddards beers but am failing to come up with any cheeses. Given I moved from the Island in 1997, please advise.

[brianusa]

8 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said:

Home again.

 

Rather not be, really enjoyed our trips away this summer.

 

Used to feel that way, now I'm of the 'holidays are nice but glad to be home' thinking.

    Brian.

[NGT6 1315]

1 hour ago, grandadbob said:

As Chris says. I suspect that more than a few of us have been in this sad situation so can feel your pain.

 

Saying goodbye to my grandma back in 2003 had been the hardest thing I ever had to do. I still have this scene in front of my inner eye as if it had been yesterday...

[Coombe Barton]

Debs

 

Her recovery continues - no details but slow and steady. And looking more like Debs with a visit to the hairdresser.

 

Her mum had had to have an X-ray for a chest infection - more antibiotics and results next week. I'm supporting as best I can.

 

Two years ago this week she got married. She's posted pix that some may have seen. She's coping with an inner strength i don't think she knew she had.

[Barry O]

Too much gardening and not enough beer so..

 

Goodnight all!

Baz

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Most of the stall set up for tomorrow and the back is now making strong complaints so its a couple more Ibuphoren before going to bed. But I have to catch up with a few things before going to bed.

[Coombe Barton]

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2019/07/05/sandys-treatment-day-199/

[TheQ]

Evening awl,  as you'd expect,  just back from the MRC. 

what i'd planned was successful this week,  if slow as I was slightly struggling with the heat and humidity. This was I think due to the cold 've had for a few  days .

 

It was good our attending  numbers are back into double figures, sadly one members wife died this week,  though he did attend this evening. 

 

Coming back vast amounts of insects being chased occationally  by bats.  Also seen on the road,  a muntjac deer,  and a hare.. 

 

Good night awl.. 

[tigerburnie]

G'night all

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

Well the sun came out mid morning and stayed out bathing rest of the day in glorious sunshine. I’m glad I put my wetsuit outside this morning, as by the time I brought it in after tea, it was dry. 

 

This morning’s shopping trip was uneventful, despite my being accompanied and I was successful in obtaining a pastie for dinner too!

 

This afternoon we went to Costco to pick up a couple of items that were on offer, Sheila also bought a few magazines from there as they are heavily discounted compared to the usual retailers.

 

Once home, I made us both a muggertea/muggercoffee, once I’d finished my tea, I intended to read a railway magazine, but completed a bit of eyelid inspection instead. Where did that 60 minutes go?

 

After I’d brought my wetsuit in, I watered all the plants in pots in both the back and front gardens. But as the front catches the full force of the afternoon sun, I watered all the plants in the front as well. The evening was then rounded off with a nice bottle of red wine. 

 

Goodnight all 

[Kingzance]

2 hours ago, JohnDMJ said:

 

RTFM and RTFM again! (and again, if necessary!) Then follow it step-by-step! (As it's be kind to GDB time, I'm not even mentioning the 'Caution' section!)

 

 

Ventnor seafront and the Spyglass Inn. What memories! Used to love powering up the steep gradients from there (1 in 3 springs to mind) in a rear wheel drive car; wonder how front wheel drive copes?

 

Ah, the Military Road! A reasonably straight road where one can safely achieve a decent speed and, as my IAM observer (Class 1 police response driver) put it, if you're doing your observation correctly, you'll see the speed traps before they see you!

 

Seen the model railway at Fort Victoria near Yarmouth yet?

 

Planning to visit my old haunts of Shanklin and Sandown next Tuesday.

 

I recall the aforementioned Godshill cider, Burts (of Ventnor, not Newport) and latterly Goddards beers but am failing to come up with any cheeses. Given I moved from the Island in 1997, please advise.

If visiting Sandown and Shanklin, you will be near Queens Bower, home of the medal winning Isle of Wight Cheese Co.,  ring the bell and tell Rich that Tony sent you - we have just demolished much of what I bought yesterday so I suspect replenishments will be needed before we leave the island. Fort Victoria model Railway will sadly not be on the itinerary this visit but I can recommend Ale of Wight was on in the Spyglass today and slipped down a treat (as did The Guv’nor). Guests were highly impressed with IoW, say that they will be recommending it to others, probably much to the chagrin of Caulkheads as it will mean even more visitors!

Edited July 5, 2019 by Kingzance
Another typo!

[The Stationmaster]

G'night all.

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[AndyID]

SiL's nephew in California got married.

 

 

Looks like a few quid were spent.

[AndyID]

8 hours ago, lightengine said:

If you laugh only once this week, laugh at this.

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/17745148.hawks-are-used-to-stop-gulls-messing-on-beach/

 

You can look at this from many perspectives but one thing's for sure:

 

It's a load of guano.