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'night all and nos da.

And I thought Tooth of Time, Oregon looked challenging. Nearer to home are the falls at Llangollen. Follow through to the end of the video and you see it from the canoeists perspective continuing through one of the arches of the road bridge. On the right is the Llangollen home of things that run on parallel bits of metal.

Many condolences @TheQ. Very sorry to hear that, especially being on your own at the time. Polly

' afternoon all from red dragon land. A lot of chuckinitdarn, this morning. Pine cone pundits are pronouncing dry and sunshine for this afternoon. They had better be right cos I have just put washing out despite there being some awfully dark clouds out there, a bit of sun now and again, though. A lot of short toot on the flute sessions today, mostly a mixture of playing* along with the video and having a bash for real. It seems to have done the job as I worked out the next lot of new twiddly bits...in the end...one of which was a 4-note slide - but I did it! Something new on my life-time's worth of musical-technicalities-not-been-able-to-do-before. Anyway, it made me feel chuffed, not at my playing, but at the sound of it that I can now enjoy. A bit of confidence regained. *Our flutes are in different keys, so I just play the fingering and do the tune in my head. ....awhile later. Sun out - and a bit of blue sky - but still a bit too wet to do any (proper) G word though I might pop out and dead head some thugs before they go to seed. As I am staring at a muganothingness, I think I shall go and make a mugasomethingness. Take care. Be good. Be hopeful. Polly

Agree. I watched this before I saw the canoe ride which made think that must have been fun!

Notalot to report, today, apart from a spot of the H word, Click n collect groceries, and a spot of toot on the flute. That is it then. ' night all and nos da

Not ever having heard of this place, I googled it!

I doubt it - the vehicle (posted on F***book, I see) looks like it resides in/near Bromborough on the English side of the border. One this side of the border would though.

The wording on the new car would be bilingual of course!

'evening all from red dragon land. 20mph speed limit, I can't say I have been any speedier myself, today. I did a bit of artwork and toot on the flute and that is about it. The new twiddly bits are now fitting in nicely on the end of the song so far and the next lot are already looking do-able. I did briefly think about how much there is to go but then thought better of it! One bit at a time...eh? No other news. So take care. Be good. Stay with it. Polly

I have received via wotzapp another comment on our new nationwide speed limit zones. I must admit, it did make me chuckle! New police cars for when 20mph comes in

Just a bit of dilly dallying today but more toots on the flute. I have got to the end of the first bar of line 4 and started on the second bar and merged the notes onto the end of the whole thing. And...tweaked a couple of twiddly bits in line 1 which were not quite right. I would say a good day overall. Notalot other than that. Just the usual day fillers.

Nearly 11.30pm as I start this. 🥱 I eventually got rid of some of that trepidation and got some mojo back as I played through a section of the video. The current group of twiddly bits needed a bit of tweaking and that made the next little bit easier to add. The next lot are a bit trickier but I have used some of them before so, fingers crossed,* it will all come together. * But not while I'm playing, of course! 🤣 11.40 and it is ' night all and nos da. Polly

Just dilly dallying <<don't mind me!>> ...putting off examining the next set of toot on the flute twiddly bits. Spiders, 3G 4G 5G, and such like or grasping new note combos, phrases, rhythms, fingerings...? Still, if I want to get to the end of the section... I had better set up the video and gerronwivit.

Toilet roll tube and sheet of scrap paper/card/other in our house.

It is carried up on all that hot air...

A quickie before I get lunch. This was forwarded to me earlier. Does that mean << Danger! Watch out! Snails crossing the road.>> ?

' night all and nos da.

' afternoon all from red dragon land. A day of showers and a good breeze. I tried some toot on the flute this morning and ended up beating myself up over it. Ah, well! Good days, bad days! It will pass. Another session later on will put me right. 🤞 The last of Jones' current instalments, in Fenland, were uploaded earlier this morning, so PA duties will not be required for a bit. Some clearing up to do now. <<sigh>> Take care. Be good. Take it easy! Polly

Agree on that though I did like winkles as a kid - or does that not count?

Hello all. Glad you could join us for a day out on the Fens. Day 4 - Fenland engines Monday 6 August 2023 Newmarket to Prickwillow Companions Tender, Southern42 Prickwillow Museum Open: Easter Saturday, April 8th-September 25th, 12.00 to 16.00 Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays Mondays. That's lucky! Not many attractions seem to be open on Mondays unless it is a bank holiday. We are halfway between Newmarket and Ely on the A142. We should arrive before the Museum opens. We arrive in plenty of time and take a look at Prickwillow Bridge which crosses the River Lark at the bend. We start with a look at the North side of the bridge and the boat moorings, not far from where the river flows into the Great Ouse, ahead. While we are there, a couple of boats come up river and tie alongside. On the South side of the bridge looking East. Looking at that boat...ummm...maybe a holiday in one? That is something to think about. Looking South from the Bridge, water flows from the pumping station into the River Lark. The pump house is on the right, in the background. The Storyboard of the Fens sets the scene before we enter the Museum. The buildings were originally the Engine Houses. The Museum is home to some of the diesel pumps, which replaced earlier steam engines, used in the Soham and Middle Fen drainage system. The largest is this Mirlees, Bickerton and Day blast injection diesel engine which operated from 1924 and carried on until its retirement in 1981, despite being superceded by the first electric unit in 1951. See it in action: We have an outdoor refreshment break adjacent to the current drainage system behind the fence. On the far left is a trench draining pump used in World War 2. Water coming into the pumping station. Today's pump house (right) has a diesel engine and two electric motors which drive a churn pump. Water from the Middle Fen and Mere farmland is pumped up into the River Lark. I thought you might like to see this map to see how it all fits together. A good day out but it is time to leave for Pontypool Road and get Ivor home after his makeover. He will be wanting to tell me all about it...ummm...no he won't. He will be missing the Choir and will be wanting to sing with them, again. I hope they have cleaned and polished his whistles thoroughly. Thanks for poop-pooping in. Take care. Till next time. Regards, Edwin

Yep. Crumble it is. Blackberry and apple and very nice, too. Two day's worth of servings to go! Getting the crop earlier this year seems to make a lot of difference to the taste and certainly outdoes the shop bought frozen ones I have been using. Bumbling along on the flute, today. A bit eratic, fidgety and restless. Not good for the twiddly bits, but at least I shall be aiming to get to the end of the first half of line 3 tomorrow. I am hoping that the 2nd half of the line will be easier. Hmmm! Probably not! I will have to add negative to the list of behaviours after that comment! Time for a mugacocoa and sleepybyes. So, night all and nos da. Polly

Just found out rowan berries are ok to eat when cooked. There seem to be a number of online recipes for rowan jelly but I doubt I will make that one. https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2017/08/foraging-in-august/ In the meantime, I have some blackberries to think about. My obvious choice is a crumble but I may think of something different for a change.

My first knowledge of the rowan tree (and laburnum) was growing up west of London where they were planted along the streets. I was not aware back then how poisonous they both were, not that I ever tempted to ingest anything from them so maybe I got a warning from someone. I just grew up believing you just did not eat them as in not the done thing. I picked some blackberries this evening - about half a pint's worth. I shall probably cook up something with them, tomorrow. To be honest, I am surprised everything is doing well, as plants were dying due to lack of rainfall earlier in the year followed by a hot spell. We are getting it now though - typical school summer holiday weather!

Oooh, Betty! https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=721866198189920