14th February 2022 - And back to normalcy...

Thought for the day :"When you clean out your vacuum cleaner you become a vacuum cleaner"

A few more pictures form the weekend..

So everyone has moved back to their homes and the house is once more quiet.

Had a bit of trouble getting the trailer back in as the turning circle and wheel length is so different form the Qashqai -and we had to unhitch and push it in and then adjust back and forth. 
But we are thinking that it may have done its job and perhaps it is time to think about selling it on 

But that is for another day

And in other news - Dame Cressida Dick has resigned and the Met is without a leader (cynics may say that there is no change there!) 

there are some good suggestions out there - my favourite is this one from my Friend Roger Morgan the Barber Surgeon of Morgan Mansions ...   Gene Hunt!

"So the new commissioner for the Metropolitan Police has been announced.
Commissioner Hunt has stated that regular public consultations will be held on a daily basis in the Rose and Crown Lambeth. Written questions may be submitted in biro on a beer mat.
The arrest procedure will be simplified by throwing the guilty b@stard across the bonnet of the car and informing him that "you're nicked, my son".
All guilty 'individuals' will be presumed guilty until proven not quite so guilty but still guilty nevertheless.
Equal rights, human rights, inclusivity......... don't make him laugh.
Right, let's get on with it, no time to waste, thieving criminal '*#%astards' to nick.
Anyone got a fag.....
Fire up the Quattro !"

And breathe!!

 

Cheers !

 

13th February 2022 - Crimson Moon Staff Training

Thought for the day :"Fremen have studied how to walk without rhythm – the results are staggering"

Crimson Moon Training

Cheers 

12th February 2022 - Just a thought and a Beer Garden

Thought for the day :"I Love putting on warm underwear fresh out of the dryer. Plus it is fun looking around the laundromat to see who they belong to"

Just a thought ..  Moonie Weekend

Cheers !

 

11th February 2022 - just a thought

Thought for the day :"Seems it possible to live on Mars. I tried it for two months but only put on 4 stone."

Crimson Moonies 

'nuff said

10th February 2022 - Towards a Tavern - Ready for Moonies

Thought for the day :"I was told that I have the body of a Greek god. Sadly this was spoiled by telling me that they had remembered that Buddha wasn’t Greek."

Yay!!  Landie is back and it seems that it was a dirty fuel problem.

Apparently the fuel filter was clogged so badly that it was a miracle that any fuel was getting through at all!

Worked it out and it makes some sort of sense.. The Vehicle had been laid up for three years and not on the road.

There is no doubt in my mind that a new fuel filter would have been fitted by Paul, but it only had £5 of diesel in it when he was rebuilding the engine and getting it all working.

When we bought - I put in £20 to get us up to Rhydlewis.

When it was getting low I filled up to the top.

Probably the fuel tank was full of crud that did not budge until the tank was full and being jiggled around - because - let's be fair - we get a little jiggled int he vehicle now!

So 100 miles later and the fuel has been well mixed and is just solid muck trying to go through the carburettor...

So a flush out - throw the old diesel, £30 of new diesel - and we seem to be back to working properly!!!

Was short of time so decided to move the box trailer up to Trefor and Carrie as they have agreed to have it for the weekend ..  Was pleased that I was able to reverse with no corrections - first time I have tried with the Landrover....

And so the forefront is clear and an option to take photos of the current set up - including the installation of the piggies...

Towards a Tavern..

In other news...

 got an email response form the Tractive people this evening - re the tracker for Thena - stating that they accept that they could not do the proper job with the network available here. 

And delighted to say that they unprompted cancelled the subscription and refunded the money to paypal  without a bleat...

So now will have to get the tracker back to amazon - should be simple enough under the circumstances...   Have until March to send back and luckily I kept the packaging.

Sad really as when it was working it would have been perfect for what we wanted.

Will look at some other types in case some can work in this area...

Watch this space...

In other news...

Susie booked an apartment and flights for a trip to Crete in September. Will be accompanied by Rob and Allie..  Found a new place - just opposite to Eliza where we have stayed before but which has gone stupidly expensive.   Cabbana - This looks nice as well - no swimming pool - we will have to find other bathing options but it is still near to Bunnie...

And so we are ready for guests tomorrow ..   Looking forward to it

Cheers !

9th February 2022 - Towards a Tavern

Thought for the day :"You know that thing in your head that stops you saying things that you may regret… How do I get one of those?"

Up early and took the Landrover to the garage. Not back yet, but apparently the fuel was filthy - they asked me if I was using cooking oil or something. We have not - but afterwards it struck us that the landie had been off the road for almost three years and I only half filled her to get her from Llanelli to here. Then I filled her right up at Brynhoffnant. It is quite possible that there was a lot of sludge int he tank and that filling it up has stirred it all up and turned it into soup. Fingers crossed that they can swill it out and I can fill up with fresh diesel.

We shall see.

But as a result I had to walk back form the garage - and Susie had to go the the Butchers to get Lamb for the Cawl and some veg so she had a long walk as well But as a result the dogs did not get a walk..

But I finished clearing the logs from the Beer Garden and cleared all the work bench surfaces and hoovered out the tavern and sorted the machine shed.  A good day all in all.

Video too large for direct loading so will put onto youtube first...

Played with the tracker and managed to get it working a little. Put it onto the wifi restriction but that did not allow me to watch her LIVE as she did not go far enough. Took the restriction off again and cannot put it back on yet. Susie phoned EE top complain about the coverage and it seems to have improved as a result.    We shall see how it goes...

Susie cleared the springs today and cleared some of the wood from the paddock. I may have to go down with the chain saw again! Still a lot to do down there.  Still we will be able to discuss the platform when we have the Moonies here.

We are making a little progress! 

Cheers !

8th February 2022 - Bluebells Growing and Logging

Thought for the day :"By replacing your morning coffee with herbal tea you can remove 87% of the happiness left in your life"

An early morning for no real reason. But Toby was irritating with a stone he had found to chew on so I got up to let Susie have a bit of a lie in and headed off to let the chicks out...

Played with the Tracker but seems that it does not work properly in Live mode - probably as there is a poor mobile phone network. Sadly the company only works on chat line customer service  so a few messages and they wanted a data upload of the situation.. did that - awaiting further action - but think that it will be a non starter. Hoping we can get our £150 back. Should do - it is Amazon and Paypal

So - early walk with the dogs and we came back via the Bluebell Glade - but the Daffs and Blues are growing fast ...

  

But got my act together and attacked the pile of wood - bringing the log splitter out into the yard...

It may not look like much, but those logs were pretty heavy ..  but are going down in number 

One more day to finish if keep enough energy...

That is a pile of wood !!

Tomorrow we will see if we can get the Landie fixed (hopefully)

In other news - the tracker has not been very successful - seems it is unable to link to our weak mobile phone network and therefore it is not able to work in the "Live " Mode

End of the day and still in the same situation - will try again tomorrow ..

Cheers !