2nd April 2026 - Final touches and new Banners

Thought for the day :"Have you noticed there are no stories about Dracula in The Sun or The Mirror!"

Wet (later)

Big part of the day was putting the new banners up as well as the red ones that were donated by Charlie and Spot 

First idea was to use the extending ladders to ascend the telegraph poles and put the rope through the steps. The plan worked until I climbed above the first level of ladder one.... Nope - heights are not fun for me these days ..

And so a trusty sock filled with stones on the end of a rope thrown into the air with dubious results most of the time was used to set the ropes over branches and onto those self same telegraph pole steps.

Lost one sock into a Hawthorne tree - fixed irrevocably into the barbs and no way is it coming down!!

Still they were socks that had so much sawdust ion them that Susie would not allow me to have them in the house and will not put them into the washing machine.  

But the new banners were excellently made by Susie with a great Viking design that I found for not much money on amazon.

Meanwhile - a trip to Mantle Brewery and they managed to give me enough cash for the float so I did not have to hunt for a bank or post office.

Tesco provided the rest of the stock required only forgot the lemons !!

Did nip into Tesco to get some ice that I forgot to order and there saw that the Cadbury Eggs were on special offer at £2.50 for 5 so bought enough for an Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday 

Also forgot to get batteries for the hand sanitiser in the ladies loo - so that is on order from Amazon this evening.

But - other than setting up the speakers and stage for the open mic and entertainment - we are ready to go.

 

Rather tired -but only four more days to get through !

Cheers

1st April 2026 - Chain Saw Massacre

Thought for the day :"Flour comes from a plant, sugar comes from a plant, and chocolate comes from a plant. So, basically a chocolate chip cookie is a salad."

Wet (later)

Chris has put me through my paces again 

This time we attacked the paddock and the beech hedge that has been sitting on the ground since we cut it from the hedge, and the bonfire has been getting bigger - but Chris is the Firestarter (twisted firestarter!)

Also the chain saw was out and decided to make a couple of benches and use one of the tree stumps as a table ...

Susie had a go at the springs in her HazMat ...

And at the end of the day - time for a Cwrw Teifi and a soft drink

Thursday tomorrow - but decided to use the Tesco Delivery to get everything for the Tavern at the weekend - gave me a £258 Tesco Bill - not sure what the driver will make of the size of the order!

Also decided to go on line ot order the euros for Susie for her Cretan trip and on line was a far better exchange rate - so in fact went with Tesco at the end of the day - should arrive on Tuesday - fingers crossed as she is off on Wednesday !!

Artemis launched today - and Turnip is threatening to leave NATO 

Was April 1st today - but there was very little that would surprise me as a FoolsDay joke with what is happening in the world at the moment.

Cheers