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Little Red Rooster - The Rolling Stones

Wedding Bells - Godley and Creme

Good morning everyone Well, the weather doesn’t know what to do at the moment. One minute the sun is shining, the next the sky is dark grey, as it is now as I’m typing. Anyway, today will see me complete the Sainsbury’s Grand Prix, with the possibility of a visit to Waitrose this afternoon as well. Oh the joy! Best get a move on, back later. Brian

Goodnight all

Good evening everyone The stored wood was retrieved from storage and then measurements were taken. Then cutting a schedule was drawn up to see how much more I need to buy. Other than that I’ve not done a great deal really. However, ION Whilst I was at the kitchen sink at dinner time, I noticed a dunnock with nesting material in its beak, repeatedly head into the hedge, so it looks as though they’ve decided to nest there. Then, later this afternoon, I noticed a blue tit in the garden, which seemed to be showing a bit of interest in one of the nest boxes too.

Lady Eleanor - Lindisfarne

Feeling Groovy (59th Bridge Street Song) - Simon and Garfunkle

Good morning everyone Boy was I lucky yesterday, we had a full day of sunshine and warm(ish) weather and I spent most of it in the garden. Today, we have rain, although to be honest, it’ stopped a few minutes ago, but it’s still very wet out there, so nowt will get done outside today. So, the plan is to get a few decent lengths of wood that are stored in the underfloor storage area and measure and mark ready for cutting up. These will eventually become the legs and support structure for the layout storage area and helix. Well, bettergetamoveon, back later. Brian

Good luck Dave, I hope all goes well.

Goodnight all

Good evening everyone Well, I’ve had quite a busy day in the garden. My first task was to assemble the mini greenhouse, so that I could put it in place. I then marked two spots on the wall, one either side and fitted two heavy duty eyes in the wall. These are for a bungee cord, which will (hopefully) prevent it from being carried away in heavy winds. I then put up two small bird boxes on the gable end wall, these are suitable for small birds such as blue tits etc. after dinner I planted 6 hellebores and then did a bit of weeding. I’d just packed up when Vickie said she was calling round in about 30 minutes. This just gave me enough time to get washed and changed. When she did turn up, she was with Ian, Ava, Evie and Max. So a very pleasant afternoon was spent chatting to them all. Ian hadn’t seen the cellar since it had been finished, so I took him down to have a look. He’s quite impressed by how big it looks now. The last time he was down there, was when he was finishing off the plastering for me.

Take Me I'm Yours - Squeeze

Half Moon Mansion - Dan Fogelberg

Good morning everyone A quick look in before I head out to the garden to get a few jobs done. I recently bought one of those small pop up greenhouses, so that's one job I want to do. Not only does it free up space in the cellar, it'll be useful too! I also want to put a few more plans as well. Back later. Brian

Goodnight all

Good morning everyone As has been the case now for a few weeks, it took ages for the ER pages to open, it only does this on this thread, all other threads open immediately! Anyway, back to today, we are shortly off to collect Vickie, Ava and Evie, before we head off for a drink and slice at a local cafe. After that, we’ll drop Vickie and Evie back home then Ava will come back to ours for the rest of the day. Back later. Brian

Goodnight all

Dream Of The Archer - Heart

Your Song - Elephant John

Man In The Mirror / Below The Surface - Dan Fogelberg

Year Of The Cat - Al Stewart

This Woman’s Work - Kate Bush

Good morning everyone I have planned a bit of a lazy day for today, but that doesn’t mean I sitting about doing nothing. So far, I’ve made the base for a dark chocolate and salted caramel cheesecake and retrieved the bin that I put out for collection last night. I didn’t have to wander far for it today, it was put back in almost the same place that I’d left it! This afternoon, I’ll be collecting Mike and Sarah from the airport. So in between, I’ll sit and work out how much timber I’ll need to buy for the support framework for the layout. As this will be a 2 tier system, lower being storage and upper being scenic, I’m going to use something a bit more substantial than normal. I’ve never worked in hot countries, but I did work in the furnace and forge departments of the steel works. The furnace working temperature was in the region of 1300C, so when the doors opened, boy did you know about it. In the summer, we were regularly given salt tablets to take, to supplement the losses of body salt due to the heat etc. Back later. Brian

Goodnight all

Tony, my first thought was that these were tree sparrows, but once I’d watched them for a while and the. checked my book of birds, that confirmed they weren’t tree sparrows, but dunnocks instead.