Today I shall be Mainly...

[Julie in Norfolk]

Hello all from a very blustery Norfolk, the wind is driving the rain but I'm hopeful! I'm hopeful that it will bring all the leaves down from the sycamore previously mentioned somewhere. I think we have a couple of days of this weather, some gentler than others, fingers crossed!

[Stanley]

You sound to be having it rougher than us Julie, I hope it soon improves. We actually have some sun, it's dry and the wind hasn't got serious yet. I have just converted two red onions and two savoy Cabbage into a lovely veggie extension of savoury cabbage. It is quite superb!

[Stanley]

I shall be in the shed early doors working on the last leg of my crankshafts. Later I could very easily cook buttered swede as an extender for my veggies. No temptation to walk as we are promised a cold wet day.

[Stanley]

I've been looking for this cut for a while..... The last roughing cut on the last leg of the last shaft.... The trial of my patience is almost over. The work is too hot for accurate finishing but that's no problem, I would be leaving that until tomorrow anyway. The pressing matter now is breakfast.

[Sue]

Morning

It was an ok day yesterday, though very chilly around teatime when I walked with Lucy up to the bus stop.we had a good hour and she became very proficient on her machine. Her next session will be 13 November when we are back from France. My trip to the dentist was Ok. I have a nagging problem but the dentist can find no reason for it and suggests the use of a particular type pf toothpaste. He will review the problem when we have our annual check up in about 6 weeks. Yesterday I also developed a cold so today I have a nagging headache thought the sore throat seems to have subsided a little.

Its Friday so its art followed by lunch out. Its cold and damp, have a good day all

[Stanley]

Hard luck on another cold Sue! I suspect today will be cold and damp here in Barlick but perversely with a bit more sun than you as seems to have been the case yesterday as well. I'm washing, cooking buttered swede and perhaps putting my pork belly in the slow cooker although now I think about it that will do tomorrow..... Keep warm Love and look after that cold!

[PanBiker]

Taking the cat to the vet for her check up, early lunch, then a 1 hour gym session followed by tea and biscuits and a natter for gym members, home and then bake the sourdough loaf that has been arguing with itself on a slow rise in the fridge overnight.

I had to deal with a dead mouse in the back living room which the cat caught sometime during the night. She was pretty proud of her conquest and is a first for her.

[Stanley]

I think I shall attend to my pork belly and get it in the slow cooker with onions, oranges and spices before I go in the shed for a victory lap as I finish and rough polish the last of the four crankshafts....
I shall take a view for later, looks a bit to windy and cold for me..... In days gone by a sunny day with a cold wind would have been seen as bracing, now it's just bloody cold!!
Later at 05:25. My pork belly is in the slow cooker starting its ultimate journey. I am finishing my coffee before going into the shed...

[Stanley]

Here we are, pure masochism. Four shafts for Stuart No. 9 engines, chopped out of solid and needing only finish turning to suit their own engines. That's five shafts in stock, I doubt if I will build another five engines! Now I can give them a polish and put them on the kitchen table for eye candy. In the shed I am looking at a massive clean-up and then unboxing the next set of castings which is sat here in the kitchen waiting for me... But you know what I want now.....

[Sue]

Morning

Sunny day forecast today. It was odd yesterday, really heavy rain and flooded roads in Todmorden and lovely sunshine in Rochdale.

My cold is not too bad but the medication made me sleepy so I had a lie down when we got back from lunch whilst Bob vacuumed. Then we both packed for France.

Bob is in Derby for an engineers meeting all day today. I will change the bedding and do the washing and what little ironing there is this morning. Then clean the bathrooms. Lucy is coming this afternoon as other wise I won’t see her till mid November. She is keen to get on with her patchwork cushion cover. Bob won’t be back until about 7 and then I will do a chicken stir fry for tea. Have a good day all

[Sue]

I had to deal with a dead mouse in the back living room which the cat caught sometime during the night. She was pretty proud of her conquest and is a first for her.

Oh I remember those little presents when we had cats. The worst was the dead frog that wasn’t dead and leapt round the dining room just as I was going out to work. I had to leave it till I came home as I couldn’t catch it and the cat was having fun chasing it around…..

[Wendyf]

My silver Panda is home from the Noyna Garage with an agreement that the oil sensor warning light, which has been an issue since we bought it, can be safety ignored. It is computer related and there is no problem at all with the engine. Andrew has done his best to discover the problem and wants me to pop back to the garage after a couple of months so he can check that it's still showing the same fault. What a nice bloke he is. Big thanks to Kev for the recommendation!
I've got a tree surgeon coming this morning to quote for cutting a very overgrown, but beautiful, hedge. The water treatment engineers came last week to service the filter system and the heating engineers are coming on Monday to service the oil boiler. I'm getting a grip!

[Big Kev]

Good to hear that Andrew got you sorted, I would highly recommend Noyna Garage, they certainly know their stuff. They've certainly saved me unnecessary work on cars in the past and have a solution for most things.

[Sue]

My silver Panda is home from the Noyna Garage with an agreement that the oil sensor warning light, which has been an issue since we bought it, can be safety ignored. It is computer related and there is no problem at all with the engine. Andrew has done his best to discover the problem and wants me to pop back to the garage after a couple of months so he can check that it's still showing the same fault. What a nice bloke he is. Big thanks to Kev for the recommendation!
I've got a tree surgeon coming this morning to quote for cutting a very overgrown, but beautiful, hedge. The water treatment engineers came last week to service the filter system and the heating engineers are coming on Monday to service the oil boiler. I'm getting a grip!

You certainly do seem to be getting a grip. Hope the hedge trimming is not too expensive. Our tree cutting in France made the bank balance scream

[Stanley]

You're doing well Wendy! You'll shortly be the go-to person to ask for reliable, honest help with problems outside our own capabilities.... Good to see!
Morning Sue.... Busy day as usual, I hope all goes to plan and you manage to leave Lucy with enough skills to keep her going until she gets her Guru back again!