11th November 2026 - More TAPS

Thought for the day :"Lately I have been getting fat, but to be fair I've had a lot on my plate recently."

Wet

so, still adulting 

Apparently these taps are almost impossible to fond the right ceramic cartridge unless you know exactly which tap it is - there are no markings on this one from the bathroom 

Took it all apart and put it back together with advice from Mark over the phone and bits from his van.

Used some Plumber's grease and it has stopped some of the drip - but not when the loo is flushed so not actually fixed.

recommendation is that the unit will cost about £20 and a new tap will be about £35

We shall see how things go ..

But here is the prof that I managed to get it apart and back together.

 

Cheers

10th November 2026 - Tap Dancing

Thought for the day :"Someone left some plasticine at my home yesterday. I don’t know what to make of it."

Wet

Wet today, but managed to dodge the showers to walk the dogs - but it was cold - first day to wear gloves on my trip out. Met up with the lady who walks her two small dogs on the lead - so put mine on the leads - of course tilly got excited and wriggled out - but came back on command and so looped the lead in again - and she spun off and we lost her name tag - so Amazon are sending my seventh dog tag.

In other news, Susie pulled out her boxes of paint equipment and sorted them out ready for a bit of painting.  Susie in a happy place - not her cold is effecting her less...   I seem to have escaped the lurgy, with a bit of a tickle cough and runny nose which we have put down to the Flu' jab.  

In other news, I am attempting to adult - and have managed to get the end off the tap... and now need to get the next bit of the tap off - luckily Mark is at the end of a whatsapp - even if he is too unwell too get to us.. Watch this space to see whether I get any further..

 

Meanwhile - in the garden the rain is gentle but pretty incessant.

While at the back, we still have an antirrhinum flowering .. on Meerkat Mountain 

Cheers

Dry November - DAY 10 completed 

Starting Weight - 16st 0lbs     101.6 Kg

Current Weight -  15st 5.5lbs  97.4Kg

9th November 2026 - Hyde Park Free Concerts and Lemons

Thought for the day :"Got sacked from the funeral parlour today. Apparently Cremation or Burial is the correct question - not Smoking or Non-Smoking"

Dry

A morning in Bridgend with John Benjamin Lloyd Court for he Order of Athelstan.

No work to do today - just an admin meeting - but took me away from the gardens

In other news - Tesco Lemons are pretty rubbish at the moment

In Other Other News

Today I found the with the wonders of Youtube  the Hyde Park Free Concert from September 1969

Edgar Broughton Band - one of my favourites of the time, Quintessence,  and also found why I liked Al Stewart so much as I had forgotten completely that I heard him in concert that day.

Later I listened to his "Love Chronicles" in the Music Shop at the corner of Edgware Road Traffic Lights in Llanelli - where you had a booth and could listen to the record ...

Inspired me to write the Love Chronicles of Mythodea many years later - but here is the original concert.  (Al Stewart is 2/3 through)   

Cheers 

Dry November - DAY 9 completed 

Starting Weight - 16st 0lbs    101.6 Kg

Current Weight -  15st 6lbs      97.9 Kg

8th November 2026 - A sunny November day

Thought for the day :"Did you know if all humans stood in a single line around the equator that most would drown"

Dry

Cheers 

Dry November - DAY 8 completed 

Starting Weight - 16st 0lbs    101.6 Kg

Current Weight -  15st 6lbs      97.9 Kg

7th November 2026 - AMD District Meeting

Thought for the day :"The older I get, the more often I walk into a room and forget why I'm there! I had to give up being a Burglar..."

Dry

AMD District Meeting 

No Pictures from the gardens today as I was in Pontyclun, playing the Organ for the District Meeting

Also had the picture from the Knight's Templar meeting yesterday 

Cheers 

Dry November - DAY 7 completed 

Starting Weight - 16st 0lbs    101.6 Kg

Current Weight -  15st 7lbs      98.4 Kg

6th November 2026 - Autumnal Colours and Giraldus Cambrensis KT

Thought for the day :"The Anagram Society is electing a new leader. I've cast my veto."

Wet

Walked the dogs after the rain stopped and the sun came out.

Beautiful time of year the leaves are changing 

Evening meeting of Knights Templar in Llanelli where the Grand Master Paul Clement presented a 50th Year Certificate in the Order of Knights Templar.  Photos to follow I hope.

Also a great installation by Brian Rees, of Adrian Thomas who stood in at short notice due to the illness of the Master Elect. 

Cheers 

Dry November - DAY 6 completed 

Starting Weight - 16st 0lbs    101.6 Kg

Current Weight -  15st 7lbs      98.4 Kg

5th November 2026 - Prepping for Winter Tasks with Chris

Thought for the day :"If I could choose to have dinner with anyone, dead or alive, I would definitely choose alive."

Dry

Susie not well with heavy cold so stayed in bed today with some honey and lemon .

Chris arrived and the plan was to get some pallets from Sarah and start using them for Fabio's walls and to start with the wood shed in the paddock ...

As usual there were a few items in the skip - in fact a 6m x 3m Marquee - similar to Nancy's that is on the drive - though we have no idea how many pieces are missing !!!  a lovely table on wheels and some more plastic Pallets which would be useful for waterproof bases..

Then we met up with Charlie (of Charlie and Spot) and they are moving out on the 24th November and he had some items that he was wanting to get rid of and a couple that I thought may be nice...

This was the corrugated sheets that will be used for roofing some areas - 

And by the time that we had gathered all of this and examined the Fabio developments - we only had time to hang out the tents to dry before storage before the day was done.

But happy with the day ....

Cheers 

Dry November - DAY 5 completed 

Starting Weight - 16st 0lbs    101.6 Kg

Current Weight -  15st 7lbs      98.4 Kg

4th November 2026 - Mid Terms

Thought for the day :" The army is very secretive. They will tell you that the lowest rank is private."

Dry 

Cat sent a few photos of the dogs that are worth keeping for posterity 

Took a rest from Fabio's Enclosure today 

Chris is with me tomorrow so will be busy then 

In other news.. Mid Terms are on today 

Mid Terms - and the Blue Tsunami for the Democrats - Trump seems to be accepting at the moment...  watch this space

Cheers

Dry November - DAY 4 completed 

Starting Weight - 16st 0lbs    101.6 Kg

Current Weight -  15st 9lbs      99.3 Kg