Early Risers.

[TheQ]

History for me at school started with Waterloo,  and finished soon after the moon landing,  which was only 6 years before my higher level finals.  I seem to remember vast amounts on Bismarck and the Unification of Germany. 

 

Afternoon awl, 

Out of 300 screws, there are 4 left,  , the roof eaves rebuild is completed as far as timber,  and construction work.  I completed the main section by 13:00 then stopped for a cider,  that led into an eyelid inspection,  at 14:30 work recommenced,  when I boxed in the last end,  quite a lot of repairs were needed on this, the most exposed corner.

 Tomorrow waterproofing,  since this will involve flashing tape and bitumen the hot weather forecast should make it nice and sticky. 

 

Excuse me while I go order more screws

 

 

 

[simontaylor484]

Yes my favourite was the Carboniferous period it got me through A level Geology. It does help that i live on the junction between the exposed and concealed parts of the Yorkshire Coal field

[Ian Abel]

BIN day... those have been duly attended!

 

Enjoyable dinner with Jemma last night, lovely steak preparation and sides including halved brussels sprouts pan fried in bacon fat - YUM!

 

Nothing else to report, slowly improving in my general mobility...

 

Another lovely day here 15 first thing, 26 for the high, low humidity, most pleasing

 

Carry on

[The Stationmaster]

Afternoon all,.

 

Lunch has been eaten  (just as well when posting at this time of day ) and dinner will be along in an hour or so and this evening consists of pizza so I'm led to believe.  it was raining first thing this morning but now we are back to the more normal - and unusual for the time of year, it being the holiday season for many  - sweltering heat.    higher temperatures are promised for us over teh weekend so no doun bt the plague of grockles will descend upon the town once again - no worry as far as I'm concerned as we're well used to it and know what & where to avoid at this time of year.   However the Regattas have no doubt been a big loss for some local traders, at least one of whom has unfortunately closed down,  while the lack of the 'Ladies Regatta' will have been a disappointment for those who realise that term 'Amazon'  embraces far more than some online sales concern.   I often wonder quite how the USA manages to breed, in considerable numbers, a succession of young females all well over 6 feet tall?   Maybe some of their colleges have a minimum height requirement for females as well as males.

 

However the sunny weather is apparently doing some good for loadings on our branch line and as yet there have been no reports of fires started by portable barbecues (which are officially banned from much of the publicly accessible areas near the river) or of bats exploding/catching fire or idiots managing to get themselves drowned in the river.  So not entirely a normal because although teh drown ings are a rarity the other things aren't quite so uncommon.

 

Enjoy the rest of yoir day everybody and stay safe.

[tigerburnie]

Glorious sunny day here today, useless for fishing, one very small trout that was returned to grow a bit.

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. The day seems to be disappearing fast, where has it gone? Nothing much done today except keeping out of the sun and it will be even more so tomorrow. I will have to venture out to Tess Coes tomorrow for a few bits and pieces and to stock up on food. One thing I want to get is some clip on sunglasses, not to look cool but the optician advised me that it would be a good idea to wear them in bright sunlight. This is because I have mild cataracts. I've had them for at least ten years and they have remained the same so its just a case of making sure that they don't get any worse and one of the ways to do that is to avoid bright sunlight. Thats it for now, be back later.

[Coombe Barton]

.. and history lessons.

 

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2020/08/06/postcards-from-the-periphery-2020-12/

[simontaylor484]

There is no air here at all of seem s opened curtains and Windows even on middle floor to try and get some airflow through the house using convection just watching a 66 in its way back from delivering biomass to Drax PS 

 

 

[jamie92208]

It's rather warm down here. 33 at the moment and no wind at all.  However we did christen the pool and will certainly make use of it tomorrow. The seaweed twirlers are promising 36 to 38 in the afternoon. 

 

Simon I'm interested as to where you live, having lived at Rothwell, Woodleford then Gildersome from 74 to 2018.  Coal outcropped in Gildersome and they found narrow seams sometimes when digging house foundations within 1/4 of a mile of our house. 

 

Giggleswick, where I grew up was very interesting,  geologically as the Craven Fault ran very close to our house andcwe looked across a U shaped glaciated Ribble valley as the view from the back of the house.

 

As to history, we had, British, European and American from roughly 1850 to 1914 but had an inspiring teacher who gave me a love for the subject.

 

Jamie

Edited August 6, 2020 by jamie92208

[Erichill16]

23 hours ago, simontaylor484 said:

Just before bed i have been having a couple of minutes watching bats flying about in the light from the street lighting fascinating creatures to watch.

We have some roosting(?) in the soffits of our house. It’s interesting watching and counting them when they come out at dusk. 
 

[Coombe Barton]

Just heard that my ex Head of Department who retired about six years ago has stage 4 cancer of the stomach and duodenum. He’ll be having the same treatment as Sandy, almost. Trying to find words to add to the general message to him that’s being sent. Not succeeding.

[Gwiwer]

Thoughts with John.

 

It is a warm night.  New Neighbours are as yet unaware of the extent to which their conversation travels around the block with the windows wide open.  Muggertee was had outside in the twilight during which few minutes I learned rather more than I needed to know.  Specifically about their contraceptive habits or lack thereof.  

 

There is now the much-needed shower and the imminent arrival in Bedfordshire.  I may need the fan on tonight which is a rare event.  

 

Sleep as well as your circumstances allow. 

[simontaylor484]

20 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

It's rather warm down here. 33 at the moment and no wind at all.  However we did christen the pool and will certainly make use of it tomorrow. The seaweed twirlers are promising 36 to 38 in the afternoon. 

 

Simon I'm interested as to where you live, having lived at Rothwell, Woodleford then Gildersome from 74 to 2018.  Coal outcropped in Gildersome and they found narrow seams sometimes when digging house foundations within 1/4 of a mile of our house. 

 

Giggleswick, where I grew up was very interesting,  geologically as the Craven Fault ran very close to our house andcwe looked across a U shaped glaciated Ribble valley as the view from the back of the house.

 

As to history, we had, British, European and American from roughly 1850 to 1914 but had an inspiring teacher who gave me a love for the subject.

 

Jamie

I live in Pontefract, yes in winter months i can see the Haribo factory roof through the bare trees. 

The coal seams generally outcrop to the West of us (exposed coalfield) and dive deeper to the West the former Selby pits they are generally covered with Limestone formed by the remains of the Zechstien Sea that covered the area after the coal.measures were laid downn . We are in a valley here formed between the high ground where the Castle stands the land drops away and then rises again towards Castleford. We are in a slightly smaller valley  formed by the Wakefield to Goole line running as an embankment at the bottom of our street

[tigerburnie]

G'night all

[Barry O]

Goodnight all!

[Erichill16]

Evening All, 

Getting a bit late for a ramble so I will bid you all a good night.

Robert

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Arthur Itis is playing up again, no sign of rain so it must be the humidity. A good application of the Voltarol gel should sort it out.

[laurenceb]

Night awl

[Tony_S]

Evening all.

I  haven’t done much today. I watched the cricket. I did for the second day again wonder what did the England team have for lunch. It seemed to affect their play!
I did prime and put a first coat of paint on my Corvette slot car.  White was the most popular colour followed by black for the 1969 model,so I sprayed it white.

Our shopping arrived a little earlier than expected but this wasn’t a problem, as we weren’t out anywhere . The neighbour(builder)  over the road has got all the bits for my chimney pot and cowl installation. I don’t think any birds will be getting past that.
We watched the opera streamed from New York this evening. It was a 1995 recording. It wasn’t a story I was in any way familiar with so it was guess who gets to die in the last scene. 
It could be quite warm here tomorrow and the weather forecast suggests really warm Friday night too.

Tony

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

Well I’ve not done a great deal today as I was on door answering service. So I spent most of the morning on the computer in the office doing some drawings etc. The package finally arrived around 3:30 this afternoon, so I didn’t get any work done in regard to fitting the underfloor insulation, but it’s cut ready for when I make a start next week. 

 

Goodnight all 

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[Dave Hunt]

Spent most of this morning giving the large willow in our front garden a haircut as the fronds were getting below head height. They are now reasonably above head height and my arms have just about stopped aching. I was also elected head bird bath cleaner and it is now a light stone colour with the bottom visible through nice clear water rather than being a sort of overall greenish sludge colour. I did consider putting a notice on it to the pigeons telling them that it is for drinking from and not cra**ing in but a lot of them are this year's brood so probably haven't learned to read yet. 

 

This evening I saw a hedgehog on our patio. It's the first time I've seen one for a few years so I was quite chuffed and will now resurrect the hedgehog house I made in case we get regular visits again; it fell into disrepair after a couple of years without any sign of having been visited.

 

I knew that I'd put some weight on since the WuFlu kicked in but was appalled at the awful truth shown by stepping on the scales yesterday so I'm back on the low carb routine. It was a bit of a wrench watching Jill and Dad tucking into their chips this evening while my plate was French fry free but the bacon and eggs I've promised myself for brunch tomorrow will make up for that I'm sure.

 

Have a good, quiet and peaceful night everyone unless you are in the antipodes when I wish you g'day.

 

Dave

[The Stationmaster]

G'night all

[skipepsi]

G'night yawl. Me in H0 mode.

[J. S. Bach]

GoodnightowlfromthePiedmont.