OneGuyFromBarlick

Well, I wont be building our new storage shed this afternoon! Just had an interesting conversation with the dispatcher for the delivery, the crew have reported that they cant get up the "steep hill" (the stone setts off Skipton Road) in their wagon, which apparently is of such proportions ...

Going to the gym late morning then accepting delivery of our new yard storage shed, out for delivery after 2pm. I will have it to build but it only needs a screwdriver.

Something we have never seen before in our front garden, a hedgehog. I was just drawing the curtains as it was coming dark when I noticed it rummaging in the foliage. Cat was in the garden and very interested, she had a sniff but thought better of it. It wandered off under the pear tree. When I fenc...

I heard one of the news readers use SNAFU the other day.

I have said it before one beloved executive order by Trump could sort this. It's the ultimate get out of jail free card.

Sawing my pent shed roof in half and stripping the rubber roofing sheet of it. Done one skip run this morning to shift the majority of the shed to the skip. I cancelled my gym session for this morning, too much to do and I am a getting a workout with all the shed shifting tasks.

Sally painted the wall this afternoon so that end is now ready for the new storage. I moved on to inspecting my fishing tackle, had it all out and cleaned where necessary. My aluminium bank sticks had a bit of corrosion so I have given them all a going over with wire wool. On the tackle side I think...

Warm enough working in our sun trap back yard.

I have jet washed the wall and two flags width back towards the yard. It wasn't bad at all under the old shed. I have given it a scrub with the deck brush and bleach which is doing it's stuff for a bit while I have a brew. I will swill that off shortly then jet wash my fishing box. It's a Shakespear...

Congratulations Sue and Bob, it's our 50th in December.

I suppose I should really put our back yard refresh and shed replacement in here rather than What Attracted. I have dropped the rest of the pent shed and I have the whole thing in the car apart from the roof. I will have to cut that in half as is one large sheet of board. I replaced that a few years...

Keter is now 80% owned by a British consortium. My replacement storage comes on Friday. I am about 75% into dismantling our old pent shed. It's all in the car ready for a skip run on Thursday when they open. Ideally I need to do the last bit tomorrow so I can jet wash the wall behind and get a refre...

You put that one up last Friday Kev.

The one we chose is a Keter storage chest as well Kev.

Retail woes and triumphs. We are reorganising our back yard, painting the yard walls as we clear and work our way round. Our pent shed is dropping in bits, its a wooden job and has done about 15 years or so. We have decide to replace it with a plastic resin type and found one that will do the job at...

Louise finished in 3h.56.02m

Not a bad time at all for a first marathon run, well done Louise.

First outing will be at the Silentnight Michael Hartley Memorial Football match early in May at Victory Park. The event proceeds are for Bosom Friends and we will be running a Tombola on the day as well as available for information on the group. Today of course we are tracking our London Marathon Ru...

Indeed Cathy.

Just a bit of a learning curve Stanley. The detector will work fine on its default settings, they cover all ground types and are optimised for each of the different strata's. I have just had a small upgrade delivered, its mechanical and a high impact moulded plastic brace for the shaft to coil hinge...

I went on to Minelabs website to download the full manual for my new bit of kit (62 pages). Most tech stuff now only come with a "getting started" guide. I printed that out double sided A4 and have shoved it in one of those binders with the plastic inserts for each sheet. While I was on th...

I think a necessary aid to understanding what is going on is the realisation that Israel is driving the course of events.... The actions in Gaza, West Bank, Lebanon and Iraq are all about Israel extending its territorial boundaries. Once you accept that it all makes sense. Netanyahu is not concerne...

I put my original detector up on Ebay and it sold the day after and is now on its way to Berkshire.

I have upgraded my tech in metal detecting. I found a really good deal with a reasonably local dealer. It was in their Ebay Shop and advertised as only used a few times. It had a really good "buy it now price" which I accepted. It was delivered yesterday and it is a quantum leap in technol...

Google Maps the last time the car was down there July 2023:

Dough is mixed an arguing with itself on the side, just finishing a quick brew then off to Silsden to pick Sally up.