Thought for the day :"Life begins at 40 – but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times"
We are slowly being isolated as more of North wales goes into Lock-down. Ceredigion remains one of the few places where there are no additional restrictions, though in truth it makes little difference here.
Instead we have had a very stormy night and most of the day - though the sun has just peeped out.
My roof section on the machinery shed had sadly lifted - we shall be needing the waterproof tape that I ordered a month ago from Wish and should arrive by urgent courier on the 9-11 October!
However, the work done on the gutters has paid off and all seem to be functioning properly now.
There does not seem to have been a lot of maintenance on the premises recently.
Susie is being productive - with another 5 gallons of Ffynon Blanc in the fermentation vat, and her jam net thingie finally arrived so she is currently making up a batch of Crab Apple Jelly, while seeing if the first batch of Ffynon Blanc can be improved by a quick filter to get rid of the haze. Does not seem to be having much effect - but the taste is great so I have little worry about it.
Due to the weather I have taken advantage of the opportunity to sit at the computer and try to get some of the paperwork done. Chat with Octopus over the Economy 7 tariffs. Seems that unless you have those storage heaters or an electric car to charge - there is little value in the cheaper overnight electricity, as the day time rate is higher. Seems I can save just over a penny a KW hour overall by reading both meters as single price - though I can monitor for a couple of months. Still unconvinced as to whether we will need some electric heating to augment the wood fires. We shall see as the winter gets colder.
While I was at it - today was the last day for a special offer on Amuse, the company that put the CD onto Spotify, iTunes and Amazon. Was $19.99 for a year instead of 7.99 a month. Offer ending today. With thoughts of the winter nights ahead - it is quite likely that I could release the Shut-Down serenades onto CD over the next few months and get a little return for my trouble. Works out at £16.30 so seemed like a good deal if I cancel by 30th September next year.
Also filed the annual returns and company accounts for the Crimson Moon Limited Company. Registered as a dormant company, but we still have to pay the annual £13 fee for Companies House and a set of zero accounts.
In world news - it seems that Trump and Biden failed to have a civilized discussion in their first meeting on TV for the election in November. Trump still rabbiting on about the fraudulent mail-in ballots election results, speaking to his followers as Biden attempted to speak to the Country. Apparently it was a farce with the moderator unable to keep order. Trump criticises Biden for wearing a mask in a Pandemic and Biden calls him a clown.
In Ffynnon Wen news - the river is higher than ever ..
Go a bit of a shock this morning when I was roused from bed to the call "Your cement and sand has arrived!!" It was meant to have been delivered tomorrow, giving me today to empty the trailer and move it to the front of the building to leave plenty of room for dropping the ballast bags...
In fairness the driver managed to get the bags far further into the drive than I expected, but I may be barrowing a lot of weight to get the car in to move the trailer.
Still - takes the pressure off emptying the trailer now...
So I will leave you with an image of the berries by the garage ...
Cheers!
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