Early Risers.

[grandadbob]

Plants have been plonked and a few weeds have been pulled. That's my chores for the day done.

Heading for The Shed.

[Hroth]

7 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

But can you remember why you put it there?

 

The important thing is remembering what its FOR....

 

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Not a bad night last night. Woke up once but no idea of what the time was but I went straight back to sleep again. The lurgy is still hanging on but only the odd cough or sneeze. I might venture out to do some of the G word as the fresh air does me the power of good.

[PupCam]

Morning

 

1 hour ago, DaveF said:

I may go down the the Quayside to see what the D Day event is like, first I have to think where I want to park.  I should be able to find somewhere only a few minutes walk away.  At one time I would have walked there and back but the distance seems to have increased in the last few years.

 

Aren't you just a teeny weeny bit early for that or was that all part of the overall D Day subterfuge; "We are starting the invasion by invading the North East coast (of the UK) on June 1st"?

 

Speaking of which.  I note that a shed load of Dakotas were at Old Warden last weekend on their way to North Weald ready for the 80th anniversary commemorations

 

ION

 

Yet more grasses have been separated from their drying root balls and stuffed in the garden waste wheelie bin.  I was thinking of shoving the lot in the back of Monty and taking it down the tip and then I remembered that we had to shell out an additional £55 this year for ~18 wheelie bin collections so stuff it, they can collect it an put it in Timmy the Truck!

 

I'm tempted to go for a ride as both the bikes and I have almost forgotten what a ride is like.   Great weather for the time of year .....

 

TTFN

 

 

 

[DaveF]

27 minutes ago, PupCam said:

Morning

 

 

Aren't you just a teeny weeny bit early for that or was that all part of the overall D Day subterfuge; "We are starting the invasion by invading the North East coast (of the UK) on June 1st"?

 

 

It was a long way for the ships to travel from Northumberland to the D Day beaches so they set out a few days early.....  More seriously a Saturday is better to attract people.

 

I've been to see it, there may be a few photos later.

 

David

[Tony_S]

1 hour ago, DaveF said:

It was a long way for the ships to travel from Northumberland to the D Day beaches

Dad went from near Southampton and said that he was glad that it wasn’t further. Their landing craft(tank) developed a fault but the captain said they might as well carry on to Normandy anyway. 

[tigerburnie]

As part of the ongoing diet, Just had a salad lunch, on completion I said just what the doctor ordered, to which my wife replied "yes but not what the husband would have".........................................she's not wrong lol

[Erichill16]

3 hours ago, PupCam said:

 

 

Speaking of which.  I note that a shed load of Dakotas were at Old Warden last weekend on their way to North Weald ready for the 80th anniversary commemorations

 

 

Related to this story?

Arrrrrgh BBC link wont paste but the gist is Grant  Shapps is looking for something due to lack of Atlas A400s

[jjb1970]

There was something in the news a few days ago with Mr Shapps claiming the fact that we don't have enough A400 transports to do the commemorative parachute drop proves we have to spend more on defence. I think the operative word is defence. If the RAF doesn't have enough transports to fulfil its obligations then I think it would indeed indicate we need more of them. However, staging commemorative airshow type stuff isn't really an essential defence requirement. As an aside, has he been questioned why the government offloaded all of the RAF C130Js (still a current and capable aircraft) if we're short of airlift capacity?

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Haven't ventured out into the garden yet, too busy with the housework yet, just put the washing machine on so bettergetamoveon.

[polybear]

Bear here....

 

Been working on Harry the Honda today, which is now out of the sh*d once more.  New battery fitted (easier said than done - the +ve lead was a real pig to do) then all lights etc. checked & working; that's the first Tick.

Then the plugs were removed and the engine spun over (with the ignition off) to get the oil nicely pumped around the engine for the first time in 29(?) years.  Another Tick.

 

Post- din dins and the fuel tap and tank were fitted and some fuel put in.  Another Tick.

 

Then it was time for some noise....

 

It took a while for the fuel to get thru' for the first time (always does) and refill the carbs.  Once that had happened then Harry started 😀....

 

But.....

Harry was running like a pig - very lumpy and obviously misfiring.  Turdycurses.  It didn't improve with time so Bear decided to investigate further.  I discovered that No. 4 Carb float bowl wasn't filling with fuel.  Piggin' Turdycurses.

Then after a bit more running No. 3 float bowl started misbehaving as well - no fuel.  Rattin' Piggin' Turdycurses.

At this point Harry decided to become a right 'sterd to start, and when it does it's as lumpy as Hippo Poo and cuts out at the slightest excuse.  Bluddy Rattin' Piggin' Turdycurses.  And just when things were goin' so nicely too.

 

Bear has decided that sulkin' is in order, along with a ponder.  I'll do a bit more fiddlin' tomorrow but I very much suspect that the bank of four CV Carbs may well need to be removed and stripped for examination and cleaning.  Bluddy Bluddy Rattin' Piggin' Turdycurses.

As to whether or not A Bear can be Ar5ed to do that or not remains to be seen (at the moment I've a distinct feeling of "I just can't be F. bothered - life's too short") - Harry will be advertised as needing "Recommisioning" anyway so I may well try my luck "as is" first; if I don't get any bites (and at a sensible price) then I can always progress to Plan 2.

 

BG

[DaveF]

I had a pleasant time at the D Day event this morning.  I went just after it started so parking was very easy with just a short stroll to the Quayside.  There was a big stage with various bands and singers performing,  I particularly enjoyed the "Shanty Choir" who are associated with the local "tall ship" project.  There was also a good brass band with singers.  I had a walk round the stands, all the armed forces were represented with a lot of cadets enjoying themselves.  Then there were the stalls for local voluntary groups and another set for local food producers selling their wares.    The Battery people were there in their replica uniforms with their old jeeps and cars along with the cosatguard and RNLI.  It was all quite old fashioned and enjoyable, more like the town carnival of old.  It was getting much busier by the time I left.

 

On the way back to the car I went into the old Harbour Commissioners' offices which now houses a Heritage Collection about the harbour and the coal export trade.  It is run by the "tall ship" people. On the way home I treated myself to the local baker's "Kornish" pasty for lunch, it just fits on a dinner plate, along with an apple slice for pudding.

 

A few photos are below.

 

I've given the greenhouse a tidy and trimmed some plants, scanned some more photos and finally finished the church things - which took a while as the printer didn't want to print on both sides of the paper.

 

Austin 7 and Morris 8

 

Jeeps at the Quayside

 

Digging for Victory

 

Real Army Landrover

 

Messing about on the river - the town's two lifeboats.  At the top of the embankment is the railway siding for alumina imports,  the other side of it is the sea.

 

David

Edited June 1 by DaveF

[Hroth]

Just got back in from my first summer jaunt!

 

Visited Little Moreton Hall near Congleton in Cheshire.  Apart from the Hall, which can give lessons to the wonky pub in terms of bendiness, the most interesting thing about this NT property is that they don't have an NT gifte shoppe.  instead, its all second hand books...

 

I came away with a book on things that run on parallel strips of metal. 🙃

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Moreton_Hall

 

Edited June 1 by Hroth
Link to wikipedia page

[polybear]

Harry the Honda Lives!!  😁

 

Three hours later and I thought I'd sort the shed a little and make some room on the workbench (not easy....) just in case I decided to fight with a bank of CV Carbs tomorrow.  Then I decided to see if Harry would start, not expecting it to....

 

 

All I can guess is there was some poo in Carbs 3 & 4 that has either been shifted or dissolved by the fuel - it seems to idle happily and rev cleanly too.

 

 

A Happy Bear (so far....)

Of course it could all got to ratsh1t over the next few days......

[Tony_S]

4 minutes ago, polybear said:

seems to idle happily and rev cleanly too.

That is amazing. 

[Gwiwer]

20 minutes ago, Hroth said:

 

I came away with a book on things that run on parallel strips of metal. 🙃

Excellent. 
 

Meanwhile in Basingstoke my own book along similar lines (pun intended) was soft-launched at a meeting of like-minded souls. Within an hour around 15% of the run was sold. 
 

[BoD]

Buggerit as they say.

 

I was doing my volunteering stint at the model railway at National Trust Ormesby Hall and had taken some photographs that I had promised to someone.  On the way out I dropped my camera and broke the screen. Fortunately it wasn’t one of my ‘big’ cameras but it was a LUMIX job with a very decent Leica lens on it.  It was an excellent ‘pocket camera’ and I’ve had it a good few years now so it doesn’t owe me anything,  Still annoying though.

[Gwiwer]

I think the local bus driver might have left an old deer behind this morning 🤣

 

[Erichill16]

1 hour ago, polybear said:

 

Of course it could all got to ratsh1t over the next few days......

Well you’d better get it sold pretty damn quick!

[Erichill16]

If this doesn’t   put hairs on my chest(or make me visit the smallest room in the house) nothing will!

Edited June 1 by Erichill16

[BoD]

7 minutes ago, Erichill16 said:

If this doesn’t   put hairs on my chest(or make me visit the smallest room in the house) nothing will!

I Would drink that pretty quickly.

Hovis , or is it Syd, looks pretty determined.

[PhilJ W]

Hello again from Estuary-Land. Just finished dinner, beef stroganoff and very nice it was too, dessert was a few fresh raspberries. Now to get on with Farcebook, be back later.

[Coombe Barton]

... discovering that plastic boxes in which hundreds, if not thousands, of small parts have been stored have become brittle and have given up the ghost. An afternoon of swearing followed by sorting and renewing. Tomorrow more of the same. ...

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2024/06/01/covid-spring-boosters-cynical-money-distribution-age-related-plastic-fatigue/

[Erichill16]

41 minutes ago, BoD said:

I Would drink that pretty quickly.

Hovis , or is it Syd, looks pretty determined.

Thats actually Syd. You can tell by the white patch on his chest. They’re both in the bad books. Syd pinched a slice of cake this afternoon at fil’s and Hovis has just been on the table at tea time finishing off the left overs. 
 

 

Edited June 1 by Erichill16

[New Haven Neil]

Another day of folk whizzing about the rock on very fast motorcycles, ending with the sidecar race being won by two local Manx lads - there'll be some beer drunk tonight!  119.8 mph lap, not quite a record but close, and going some on a 600cc outfit. Trapped at 158mph.

 

Tomorrow the weather looks a bit iffy, so not really going to be a great day by the look of it.

 

@polybear Harry's looking good, when you fail to sell it just put a stamp on and post him over here, I'll look after him.  Seriously, he's actually too big and heavy for us now, otherwise we would be having a monetary discussion.  I had a CB900FZ back in the day (eeoow, 1978!), his big brother.