At the ancient festival of Imbolc the sun sets directly over the somewhat over-priced Texaco petrol station:
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It's not widely known, but these things are positioned as points in a sophisticated astronomical computer, marking the important festivals of the Celtic year. At the summer solstice the rising sun shines through the gap between pump no. 4 and the canopy and strikes the door of the gents urinal, marking the turning of the pagan year.
 
.... that I have been doing some (very limited) tidying in the workshop and cleaning and oiling the lathe.
Where all the years of oil and tarnish were baked/dried on a spray of WD40 and a rub with a scourer has restored everything to almost like new. :)
Thinking of what new and exciting project I can undertake with such a lovely machine. :)
Ooh I have an idea
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In other news, Met Office data now includes January 2024, so we can see the full scale of the unfolding climate emergency in Wales:
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At this rate we'll be able to poach eggs in the formerly frigid waters of Llyn Tegid before the decade is out. Not.
 
At the ancient festival of Imbolc the sun sets directly over the somewhat over-priced Texaco petrol station:
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It's not widely known, but these things are positioned as points in a sophisticated astronomical computer, marking the important festivals of the Celtic year. At the summer solstice the rising sun shines through the gap between pump no. 4 and the canopy and strikes the door of the gents urinal, marking the turning of the pagan year.

They stay open very late do they 7pm :rolleyes: Oh an therses a duck stuck behind the fence...........
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