Early Risers.

[Coombe Barton]

AFAIK there were two bits of modern Cornwall in Devon.

First was the parish of Werrington and one other north of Launceston which were part of Devon until 1074 when the boundary was a moved back. According to Michael Wood this started in 1086 as one of the assessors for Devon owned land in both Devon and Cornwall, and you had to pay tax by county. A convenient bit of border movement meant that the two parishes were in Devon for nearly 900 years.

See this page and wander round the map to see the boundary
https://www.xyzmaps.com/traditional-cornwall-county-map

The second originated in Saxon times (705AD) when Maker and Rame (?) were given to Sherborne Abbey, and remained non-Cornish control until 1844.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maker,_Cornwall

 

 

Edited June 27, 2021 by Coombe Barton
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[grandadbob]

44 minutes ago, polybear said:

 

Or even worse, Buildings Control

 

 

Already done.  My mate Russ next door's semi is the one attached and he had "concerns."  As he works for the local council it only took a quick call to get his mate from Building Control to visit.  Apparently so far everything is being done as it should be.

[leopardml2341]

15 minutes ago, Danemouth said:

All this talk of sport with tennis, cricket and kick-ball. Am I the only man in the UK who doesn't give a s0d for any of it

 

Nope, same here.

[The Stationmaster]

Morning all,

 

Occasional showery rain - so far, heavier falls are 'promised' for later plus a dash of thunder & lightning for this evening.   But the garden needs it and the weeds are thriving so it must be doing some good.  Hopefully it will not unduly damage the lavender which was extremely popular with the bees yesterday, especially bumble bees who seem inordinately fond of it althougha couple of worker bees were also observed.

 

The first photos shows the lavender on the gravel area - 100% self-seeded and the roots have got through the geotex to the abysmall ground  below (which includes a lot of builder's rubbish), the others on the opposite side of the drive seen in the second view and the one up against the gate pier were planted out.  All of it is carefully cut back after seeding, as are the ones in the back garden, which duly encourages growth the following year.   The plants on the gravel area have been allowed to flourish because it breaks up what can get to be a very hot spot in the morning sun.

 

As far as sport is concerned virtually all of it is an area of total disinterest for me although I do occasionally watch rowing and F1 (although that isn't what it used to be)

 

No real plans for today as the ground floor  vacuum was duly cleaned yesterday (my booked task) while the offspring will today be doing the upstairs - their booked task.  i believe we will be having an indoor barbecue this evening which should also mean cold sausages for tomorrow morning, yippee.

 

Have a good day everybody and stay safe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[PupCam]

37 minutes ago, Danemouth said:

All this talk of sport with tennis, cricket and kick-ball. Am I the only man in the UK who doesn't give a s0d for any of it

No

 

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. A few twinges from Arthur Itis this morning but the Nurofen has sent him packing. The hay fever seems to be starting up a bit, by this time mine is usually tailing off. Depends on what type of pollen your allergic too. @The Stationmaster The reason the restaurant was closed early yesterday might be because they couldn't get the staff. Will have to find something to do this evening as I'm not a fan of kick-ball which is solid on the Beeb from 4.30.

[jamie92208]

Good afternon.  It was meant to be a quiet Sunday morning reading the latest Modern Railways. However the best laid plans did go awry.  The lights in the passageway rely on a latching relay to switch then on and off with 5 pushbottons near doorways.  The relay stuck and the lights wouldn't turn off. Fortunately I had a spare new relay in the shed, bought when the one for the hall lights went a year ago.  Out came the ladders and tools and I set off for the loft with a head torch after turning off the correct breaker.  An hour later the new relay was installed and the lights are working again.  I also discovered during the testing process why the hall lights don't work.  That job is for another day.  

 

As I finished some friends arrived with nibbles from the market. Some sort of flattenned spring rolls with prawns in.  Very nice after  a few minutes in the oven to accompany a muggacoffee.  Modern Railways and the shed await.

 

Jamie

Edited June 27, 2021 by jamie92208

[PhilJ W]

I've found an alternative to the kick-ball, British touring car championships on ITV3.

[Pacific231G]

1 hour ago, Coombe Barton said:

AFAIK there were two bits of modern Cornwall in Devon.

First was the parish of Werrington and one other north of Launceston which were part of Devon until 1074 when the boundary was a moved back. According to Michael Wood this started in 1086 as one of the assessors for Devon owned land in both Devon and Cornwall, and you had to pay tax by county. A convenient bit of border movement meant that the two parishes were in Devon for nearly 900 years.

See this page and wander round the map to see the boundary
https://www.xyzmaps.com/traditional-cornwall-county-map

The second originated in Saxon times (705AD) when Maker and Rame (?) were given to Sherborne Abbey, and remained non-Cornish control until 1844.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maker,_Cornwall

 

 

So. would someone born in Monmouthshire during the period when it was pinched by the English now be Welsh or English? I have heard that making Monmouthshire part of England (though Wales as a whole had already been annexed) was the first phase of a dastardly sixteenth century plan to attach one Welsh county to England every generation or so thus gradually removing the very idea of Wales. I think "North Britain", immortalised in the North British Railway and the Locomotive company, was a similar notion of the Victorians to  homogenise Great Britain and probably Ireland too.   

[Gwiwer]

Lunch included Jalapeño sauce and raw onions. Who knew? Makes your eyes water so much you forget about hay fever briefly. 
 

 

[BSW01]

Good morning everyone

 

It's a dull day here in England's northwest. Up late again this morning, so straight outside to do some work in the garden. 

 

I've already trimmed the 2 topiary box and the box hedge in the back garden, the wheelbarrow is now full and needs emptying, which I'll do once I've finished my muggertea. 

 

I'm another who doesn't watch the football, tennis etc. 

 

Stay safe, stay sane, enjoy whatever you have planned for the day, back later.

 

Brian 

[New Haven Neil]

1 hour ago, Danemouth said:

All this talk of sport with tennis, cricket and kick-ball. Am I the only man in the UK who doesn't give a s0d for any of it

 

Here I am a Welshman with no time for Rugby

 

Dave

 

 

Other than I'm not in the UK, I'm with you!  If it hasn't got engines in it, I'm not interested.

[New Haven Neil]

Still 21c but the sun has his hat on and it feels most pleasant.  Domestic tasks still to the fore unfortunately. 

[Gwiwer]

1 minute ago, New Haven Neil said:

 

 

Other than I'm not in the UK, I'm with you!  If it hasn't got engines in it, I'm not interested.

Personally I can sometimes get involved, albeit very passively, with spectator sport. 
 

As in I can watch snooker or golf on tv when my brain is in neutral.  

There was egg-chasing up the road yesterday which gave rise to some carrots on the road by late evening. The Wombletown Ball-bouncing championship starts tomorrow if the storms hold off.
 

That may mean a few more folk through the House of Fun and some of the older school-children dressed for bouncy-sphere collection rather than in school uniform. We shall see. 
 

 

 

[Barry O]

Drove to Elland. My umpire colleague was there but no one else.

 

I managed to find the managers mobile number."game cancelled on Thursday..due to covid...email sent"  email not sent to me.

 

Drove home and it started to rain..Pah!

 

I would remind the non sport lovers of my school motto "mens sana in corporate sano"    a healthy mind and a healthy body.

Time for lunch.

 

Baz 

[Coombe Barton]

My School motto

Dat Deus Incrementum

Officially God gives growth

Unofficially For Chrissake give us a rise.

 

 

 

Edited June 27, 2021 by Coombe Barton

[Joseph_Pestell]

34 minutes ago, Pacific231G said:

So. would someone born in Monmouthshire during the period when it was pinched by the English now be Welsh or English? I have heard that making Monmouthshire part of England (though Wales as a whole had already been annexed) was the first phase of a dastardly sixteenth century plan to attach one Welsh county to England every generation or so thus gradually removing the very idea of Wales. I think "North Britain", immortalised in the North British Railway and the Locomotive company, was a similar notion of the Victorians to  homogenise Great Britain and probably Ireland too.   

 

Depending upon what you understand by "being part of England", Monmouthshire was only liberated when it became Gwent in 1974 (Local Govt Act 1972).

 

I was born in 1957 in Glamorgan. Had I been born in Monmouthshire, I think that I would still consider myself to be Welsh.

[tigerburnie]

Seems my 19 times Great Grandad was Owain Glendower, but funnily enough I don't feel that Welsh....................................

[polybear]

37 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said:

My School motto

Dat Deus Incrementum

Officially God gives growth

Unofficially For Chrissake give us a rise.

 

 

 

 

Bear's School Motto:

 

pedicabo id ipsum praesidium

 

Or "Bvgger That For A Game Of Soldiers"

 

 

[chrisf]

2 hours ago, Danemouth said:

All this talk of sport with tennis, cricket and kick-ball. Am I the only man in the UK who doesn't give a s0d for any of it

No, Sir, you are not!  We be of one blood, ye and I.

 

Chris

[Gwiwer]

3 minutes ago, polybear said:

 

Bear's School Motto:

 

pedicabo id ipsum praesidium

 

Or "Bvgger That For A Game Of Soldiers"

 

 

 

At my age I am considering a new motto:

 

Surgo ergo urinam  "I rise therefore I pee"  

 

On the other hand there is always the Pig-Latin "Nil carborundum illegitemi" which as many of us know is alleged to mean "Don't let the bar-stewards get you down".  Except it doesn't.  

 

So far as my schoolboy Latin was concerned I never quite saw the reason to learn translations for "The Gauls have ridden to Rome but Caesar's soldiers already knew all the women".  If we were going to learn something useful why not "Domine dirige nos - virtute et industria" ?   

 

And now it's "De cubiculum ad culinam" in search of muggercoffy the third.   

 

 

 

 

[AndrewC]

3 hours ago, polybear said:

Bear saw this contraption in use whilst wandering around Changwon, South Korea back in January 2019; I've never seen one in use in the UK before - I wonder if the removals guys have them over here?

 

 

I’ve seen similar in Belgium that are mounted on a flat bed truck for removals and heavy goods deliveries. 

[TheQ]

Afternoon Awl,

It's whoo mid all day, now with added heat as the sun came out.

 

Slabs moved, well a dozen of them, then back said no more, probably about the same to go again.

 

Fendering finished and a little touching up of the hull done. I'm not 100% happy with the paint it's not sticking as it should, I don't understand what's wrong,  the paint below is not anything special. What's on will have to do for now. But research will be needed before the next repaint.

 

Ben took me for his walk,. I saw 11 red deer in a field munching on the farmers crops, unfortunately as we were up wind of them they didn't hand around long..

 

The barley fields around us were green yesterday. Today they are yellow mostly..

 

[Danemouth]

18 minutes ago, chrisf said:

No, Sir, you are not!  We be of one blood, ye and I.

 

Chris

 

Well folks I am amazed that so many support my total lack of support or even liking for sporting activities especially when played by overpaid prima-donas.

 

However if you would like to join me in drinking large amounts of Port and Penderyn (not in the same glass I hasten to add) well I am game

 

Dave

[Danemouth]

My school motto, added just before I left was "Veritas praevalebit" - "Truth will prevail"

 

As Happy Hippo, BR2975 and NHY581 are all Kairdiff boys as well as a few others it was Fitzalan Technical High School for Boys which I left on 5th February 1965.

 

Dave

 

Who celebrates his Ruby Wedding with SWMBO today

Edited June 27, 2021 by Danemouth
My spelling is getting even worse!