28th October 2021 - Llanelli for Dentists

Thought for the day :"I'm going to buy some velcro for my shoes instead of laces. Why knot?"

Up and out today - trip to Llanelli for the dentist.

Covid still taking its toil - have to wait outside until ready for the chair .. which was fine except I dropped Susie off for her appointment and went into town to get some silver fixed at Rob's jewelry repairs and called in on Gemma who had bought 41  - and somehow the phone did not vibrate when calling - so she was stuck outside the dentist and it started tipping down with rain - oops !

Still - should be out of casualty soon !!

Had my own - clean bill of health on the dents - so cleaned up and ready for a bleaching at the beginning of November - booked into return call for 29th November 11am to have the small front fillings removed and matched .

Called in with Chris and Vicky and Toby was excellent in his first new house. Also traveled alright to Llanelli and back without being ill today. Also mamanged to hold his bladder for a very long time ...

So nothing down on the homestead today - it was chucking it down with rain all day so would have been a quiet day if we had been at home.

No pictures except a couple of Puppy Pics..

GREEN ONE OCTOBER - DAY 28

Finally got a Danish one with video as well as sound

Cheers !

27th October 2021 - Completing the Ty Bach

Thought for the day :"I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island – but it was only an optical Aleutian"

PCR tests all prove negative so it appears that we escaped this time!!

After a few days of sitting on our backsides (comparatively) today was an activity day for a change.

Susie went out and fixed the toilet in place in the Ty Bach shed - with a few hiccoughs. But now it is fixed in place and power has been fed to it from the tavern. Also added an additional interior light as we now have power to the building.

Decided that it was muddy on the path - so put down some plastic frames and started filling with gravel.
Once again - that will be a job to be done over a few days as I have already dug the soakaway and the pipework into the ground.

Before pictures - this will be the soakaway - Toby is supervising of course..

and these are the pipes that will have to go underground..

as digging is tiring - a break every ten minutes to put some frames down 

And the passageway is ready to take the gravel 

So forgot to take a photo of the hole - so this is the soak-away after it has been filled with plastic and gravel and the top soil replaced ..  Honest !!

Pipework all dug into the ground and hidden from view.

And so it is time to start the gravel filling

As far as I got in one day ..

Still quite pleased with the progress..

So other than the pathway - all is done after a full day.

Susie made home made mozzarella cheese for salad this evening and home made soup for potato celery and leek from the garden. Delicious and very filling...

In other news - saw this and chuckled - from the Aberystwyth Tourist Board - or maybe the Rail service..

And so 

GREEN ONE OCTOBER DAY 27 - a Bony One 

Cheers !

26th October 2021 - I am all heart !!

Thought for the day :"I just bought a reversible jacket - I’m excited to see how it turns out!"

Trip to Carmarthen today 

First to get some PCR tests - it is day 8 after Torren was taken ill and Lateral flow tests have proved negative and no symptoms so this is the last stage ...

Also had my trip to Cardiology and once again I am so impressed by the NHS in this country. A lovely unit with exceptionally good timing - I saw no-one wait more than 5 minutes from the time they arrived to being seen. 

I was seen quickly by the Cardiology Registrar - had ECG and then Echo Cardiogram, and took a failry good bill of health - a small murmur in the aorta caused by a calcium(?) buildup which is fairly normal and will be looked at every two years - and may cause problem in 15 years ...

I can live with that - they are giving me a treadmill test to check also for an outside chance of Angina - so other than that no reason for shortness of breath yet.

Rained when we got home so no walk with the dogs today. Poor old Toby was sick in the car again. Hoping that he grows out of this. 

Decided to upgrade my Video edit suite with a special offer today - seemed too good an offer to deny so went for the download option. May have to restore the desktop to Windows 10 before doing that - it is getting very slow. 

But in the meantime - took a bit of drone footage for a Vollsanger update...

In other news...  

Boss Hogg !!!

Sorrell Booke, who played Boss Hogg on Dukes of Hazard went to Columbia and Yale, spoke 5 languages, and was a counterintelligence officer during the Korean War....

Didn't know that !!And Roscoe... Rosco was lead guitarist for Bobby Fleet and his Band with the Beat. Very talented police force in Hazard County.

A Day to change the profiles..

And so another day ...

Cheers !

25th October 2021 - Gutters Cleared

Thought for the day :"Veni, Vidi, Velcro. I came, I saw, I stuck around."

No Photos today ...

Took the dogs up the field and got caught in the rain again - not too heavy today - but they enjoyed it.

Cleared the gutters on the Tavern and tried to fix the leak on the gutter .

Clearing the leaves meant that the water flowed more freely - and that it leaked worse!!

May have to use the anti leak spray when it is dry !!

Other than that not a lot happening at the homestead today ..

Saw this photo from the seventies - seems like a toby shot 

And so to bed ...

But first - DAY 25 of GREEN ONE OCTOBER

The Spanish One

 

Cheers !

24th October 2021 - Wet Sundays

Thought for the day :"If you suck at playing the trumpet – that is probably why"

Got up this morning with great intentions - and then it rained !

Early start led to a lot of sitting and tea drinking.

Took the opportunity of a brief break in the weather to take the dogs up to the field - and the skies opened half way up the lane - but we persevered.

Toby really enjoys charging into the long grass - and especially when the grass is wet and cartwheeling into it is a favourite..  oh - and then rolling on his back !!!

Needless to say he was a little wet on return.

But the rest of the day was a non-starter - so no pictures today ..

But we do have a Green One October - this time the Solstice at the Cinema - with the troupe of guitar students .. was the evening that Amy Wadge topped the bill - well before she was rich and famous.

GREEN ONE OCTOBER - DAY 24 

Solstice at the Cinema 

Best do some more work on the Drone Video

Cheers !!

 

  

23rd October 2021 - Lighting the Ty Bach and more drones

Thought for the day :"A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion"

A bit of a mixed bag today.

Started a bit drizzly and wet but held off enough to take the dogs up to the field and run little Toby off his legs. Here he is asleep with his nose in a butter carton.

Susie retired to her greenhouse to clear it and prepare sowing for winter salads and other winter growing plants. Took the nectarine down to winter under glass.

I set up the lights for the tunnel, and then the lighting for the alleyway to the Ty Bach and round the back to where the urinal will be situated. Managed to get the lighting to reach into the Ty Bach and all seems to be working well. Sadly, forgot that I am going to have to get some power into the Ty Bach anyway to keep the fan working on the loo. Maybe that will push me to get the solar panel and leisure battery for the purpose.

The Tunnel

The Alley

The Ty Bach

In ASDA news - they refunded the cost of the whole dozen eggs almost immediately so happy with that as a solution..  I think it was an automated system to be honest !

And so, another Saturday. Still no symptoms. Lateral Flow was negative yesterday.

More drone footage from Peter ... Part 2

In Other News:
Today is the anniversary of the start of the war of Jenkin's Ear - from Llanelli 

On 23rd October 1739 the War of Jenkins' Ear Began

The War of Jenkins' Ear was a conflict between Great Britain and Spain that lasted from 1739 to 1748.

Robert Jenkins, from Llanelli, was captain of a British merchant ship, returning home from the West Indies when his ship was boarded by the Spanish on suspicion of smuggling.  The Spanish commander bound Jenkins to the mast and cut off one of his ears.  He then told him to tell his King, that he would get the same.

On his return, Jenkins exhibited his severed year in Parliament and this was the spark that ignited a simmering resentment towards the Spanish, who had reneged on an agreement for Britain to sell slaves in Spanish America

 After 1742, this war became part of the much larger, War of the Austrian Succession, in which most of the states in Europe became involved. In particular, France and Britain, who were fighting each other for control of the American and Asian Colonies.

And finally ...  
GREEN ONE OCTOBER - DAY 23

Portuguese

Cheers !

22nd October 2021 - No I didn't get much done !

Thought for the day :"I proof read a wizards scroll today – it was a spell check"

Puppy Pics - he is certainly growing 

Trip to Cwm Tydu today as we went to Brynhoffnant stores and Beulah to get some briquettes - the only coals that seem to stay in on lour kitchen burner..

Not enough space on the phone to take a video of the shenanigans on the beach - maybe next time.

Raining later so did not get out ..

Sadly - another peacock died today - second of our tweenies - no idea why - 

11 eaters in the pen - there were 12 but one was not able to stand sufficiently to be able to staty ion the warm ... 

Ordered a new tarp for over the peacock pen ...

The rest of the day I spent tidying up some shelves an looking or my bank cards

Not sure at all where they have been put since we arrived here.

Found one card for the joint account so have access to the Bank account.

And so we get to the end of another day 

Lateral Flow tests were clear today 

Nancy has proved positive .. so still not in the clear..

Fingers crossed - no symptoms yet ..

And so another GREEN ONE OCTOBER - DAY 22

Finally Demob happy ?? Listen carefully - I shall sing this only once .. Vollsanger ©2016 "here all week"

Cheers !