OneGuyFromBarlick

This isn't my image - it was emailed to me - as my own images are still waiting to be uploaded.


TiG - DouglasHorseTrams par StoneRoad2013, on Ipernity

The first horse is a Clydesdale ...

Was in Douglas for my b'day last year.
Had several rides on the Horse Tram along the prom.

The "Trammers" are either Clydesdales or Shires and pull the trams at a spanking trot.

Have a couple of photos somewhere ... "just a minute", I'll have a look ...

Wendyf wrote: ↑19 Aug 2018, 05:38 He's running to encourage that huge animal to trot and show her action to the judge.

Not to mention trying to keep up with a trotting horse !

Lovely animal.

Fishing net mangle ?

Actually, looks like rollers for bending sheet to a specific curve.

That is one of the Board of Trade waggons for a "Rocket Brigade" It carries all the kit to fire the lines to set up a breeches buoy rescue from a ship wrecked onto the shore, or very close. They were often man-hauled, but could be horse-drawn using traces / chains if not shafts. The Rocket Brigades ...

Far too wet and windy to glaze the new greenhouse ...

Last night's thunderstorm stopped me seeing the 'Blood Moon'. However, the rain had greatly reduced the watering requirements.

I have been building a new greenhouse ...

worm for checking / withdrawing all the remains of a previous firing of a smooth bore weapon (from cannon to pistol) before re-loading.

If you didn't, and the swabbing out didn't drown the waste 'bits', then the next load might fire prematurely.

It's 'OT, with a capital HO ... Tidy up in the greenhouse (bit of bandage for the tomato plants) Clip off some dead leaves etc off the roses - the out-of-season transplanted ones, which will need watering tonight. Having had one lay-out in the sun, decided to sort out a set of steps and flagstones t...

Having had a few days in the TLC of Wales (visiting my father, now 99 1/4 yrs old) and attending the Hunslet 125 gala (Blanche & Linda are 125 yrs old so they had a party, inviting lots of other Hunslet locomotives, even a couple of diesels came). Great fun ! Now I'm back, with a pile of laundry and...

Getting this one in early - it is for tomorrow.

I'm attending a gala "Hunslet 125" on the Ffestiniog Railway.
Celebrating 125th birthdays for "Blanche" and "Linda" - the organisers claim to have cornered the market in quarry class Hunslets ... I'll let you know how many attended next week.

Tower of Refuge, Douglas, Isle of Man.

Erected by order of Sir William Hillary in 1832, after several shipwrecks

That's a carriage key - used to open / lock "budget locks" on railway carriages.

Budget locks can be used on any number of types of locker doors, eg in boats or tool boxes in workshops ...

We've just had a week away - staying near Norwich. Today has been spent in two ways a) doing multiple loads of washing (towels and sheets from the caravan so extra to the normal numbers) and b) out in the garden catching up on some things - planting out, weeding and cutting the grass ... tonight I h...

No images yet - but I'm about to arrange the arrival of a 3ft gauge carriage for restoration, it is not from mainland Britain !

Cut the grass (still not up to calling it a lawn) My advise is to keep the area of grass to a minimum. There is probably about five times the work goes into a lawn as into a border. I know people who have resorted to artificial grass rather than spend endless hours keeping grass tidy. I've certainl...

Currently; major gardening efforts have been taking place. Have just built - and filled - the new small, secondary greenhouse. Cut the grass (still not up to calling it a lawn) Planted out a boatload of pretties ! Workwise - attempting to organise the arrival of a new restoration project ... whilst ...

hank of spun cotton

Just a random remark about those cutters.

My paternal grandfather, just after WW1, was employed as a vertical borer (ie cylinders) at Hunslet Engine Company in Leeds.
Subsequently, my father was an apprentice at Hunslets and after he moved to near Bristol, he worked in the toolroom ...

When it has warmed / dried up a bit ...

Finishing off building the new secondary greenhouse. The instructions leave something to be desired.

Then I can get some things planted. You know, Tomatoes, courgettes etc.

Will probably cut the grass this afternoon.

Working in the garden today (and most of the weekend !) But having a side trip to another garden centre this morning for additional bedding plants, speciality potting / seed compost and a bulk supply of normal stuff - probably with a cup of coffee - and some inspiration. Hopefully, some nice sun to ...

Wrecked Puffer,
so not the Vital Spark !

That steamer is, I think, actually a Puffer.
However, I'm looking at the building, maybe something to do with communications ...

Surely, that's the frozen treacle bricks production line ?

I've used ours a few times ... sometimes the nuts and bolts have needed serious persuading ! usually because they are rusted into the timber.