If you are waiting to turn your Steaks, you are too late they will be shoe leather
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Cops find 'stolen' £80k Land Rover, Rolex watches and £5,000 cash in farm raid
A total of 43 vehicles were seized, including a Land Rover Defender and tools believed to have been stolen from Rochdale Council.
Stone56
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Correct no egg plants but plenty of courgettes and gherkins runner beans have been a no go through lack of rain the plum tomes will all be canned the chillies will be air dryed the peppers will be char grilled and preserved in oil
That really doesn't sound like fun,We are now on a regime of (supposedly 1 day on 1 day off) yes they turn it off at 8am then they may turn it on for the next due day but it takes all day to fill all the lines so its not till late afternoon we get pressure. We got pressure at 3pm yesterday (we heard the air being pushed at 11am), so I filled the sink and did some washing up while M had a shower, then I had 1 after I finished doing the manly washing up. It was a dribble again at 11pm when we went to bed, me thinks the guys that turn the valves don't have watches, or don't want to get up early
We don't waste water, don't have a garden to water or worry that the grass is crunchy yellow. We also spent a good few months (before we were mains connected) collecting water from a spring to fill loos and supply showers, so we understand how much is needed and also how easy it is wasted.
We have a huge choice as to dig a well, lots around here are drying as the water table lowers
Need to bend a few welding rods and go divining to see
Whenever we dug an ole more than 2m +/- there was water from the ground, maybe I should go out and dig an ole
But..... I only take the wash n go to the hot tub, then rinse in the pool,
When I stink to much
J
Best wishes with getting it sorted.
(Neighbour just told me that "they" have found water at 5 metres so he will be having a well soon.)
Clattery big storm last night.
It switched the power off so often that we decided it wasn't worth trying to stay up.
Also, after every time I put the power back on the alarm would go off, and for some reason not respond to the remote, despite the little light coming on, so I had to go and turn it off at the keypad thing.
Out to a brocante in a bit. I won't be taking any money!
It switched the power off so often that we decided it wasn't worth trying to stay up.
Also, after every time I put the power back on the alarm would go off, and for some reason not respond to the remote, despite the little light coming on, so I had to go and turn it off at the keypad thing.
Out to a brocante in a bit. I won't be taking any money!
Stone56
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the squirrel must be mighty thirsty
WhiskyLassie
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Morning, lovely long walk and now at the coast.
Stone56
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Temperature has increased over here cut some of the meadow this morning but started to melt at 12 so under shade now with a ice cold beer bbq later 36 at the moment need some rain or are winter crops will be dead plus the mountain hears have found are carrots time to get the snears out 
The important thing is not finding water but being able to find water in sufficient quantity to give a reliable supply all year round. In my experience they did not seem able to do this until they got down to it, then you are told that they need to go deeper and deeper and your bill goes higher and higher! Perhaps things are different in France or even they have better ways of estimating the volume available - remember that others may be 'sinking' into the same water either now or in the future.
It's a great way of getting a supply if all goes to plan.
He did say that if they went any deeper, to where they knew there was water also, what they had just found could simply end up flowing into the source or water table below it.
I wish he would get himself organised to trap roof rainwater run off like we do.
We could/do catch at least 188k litres of water a year, but only retain a minor amount in our tank. So even if he only get's half that, and I am being conservative as the nearest place I could get figures for is 340 metres below us, he could easily save a load. He doesn't want it for drinking or other houselhold use, just for watering.
I now have a wasps nest to deal with. The wasps are huge. Choice beteeen "frelons asiatiques" or "Frelons d'europe".
In my opinion they are more likely to be the former as their entrance hole is smaller.
Just to give an idea of scale though it is growing like mad, this was built in just two days.
And this is what it looks like up close.
Their colouring is also definitely more like the "frelon asiatique".
I deffo want it to be them for two reasons.
Firstly they devastate bees, secondly they all go to kip at night so although they are more vicious there is more chance of catching the lot of them.
W being allergic to wasp stings will not be part of the mission.
In my opinion they are more likely to be the former as their entrance hole is smaller.
Just to give an idea of scale though it is growing like mad, this was built in just two days.
And this is what it looks like up close.
Their colouring is also definitely more like the "frelon asiatique".
I deffo want it to be them for two reasons.
Firstly they devastate bees, secondly they all go to kip at night so although they are more vicious there is more chance of catching the lot of them.
W being allergic to wasp stings will not be part of the mission.
saxavordian
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I am abashed to admit that the expensive(?) dashcam I bought myself (from her) for Xmas & B'day still isn't fitted.
I want to fit it soon and on looking at the destructions it says hide it mostly behind your rear-view mirror so it does not obstruct your view of the road ahead. This is complicated by the rear-view/cabin-view camera on the RH side of the unit.
putting it mostly behind the mirror means you can't get at it easily, but I see why they suggest that.
Where'd y'all fit yours?
I want to fit it soon and on looking at the destructions it says hide it mostly behind your rear-view mirror so it does not obstruct your view of the road ahead. This is complicated by the rear-view/cabin-view camera on the RH side of the unit.
putting it mostly behind the mirror means you can't get at it easily, but I see why they suggest that.
Where'd y'all fit yours?
Behind the mirror but to the left, but then we don't have rear/cabin view! Just try a few places until you re happy with it. The one in the Disco sits below the mirror but you get used to where it is and it doesn't seem to obstruct the view.I am abashed to admit that the expensive(?) dashcam I bought myself (from her) for Xmas & B'day still isn't fitted.
I want to fit it soon and on looking at the destructions it says hide it mostly behind your rear-view mirror so it does not obstruct your view of the road ahead. This is complicated by the rear-view/cabin-view camera on the RH side of the unit.
putting it mostly behind the mirror means you can't get at it easily, but I see why they suggest that.
Where'd y'all fit yours?
