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Silly Car wrote: Sun Apr 19, 2026 1:35 pm

Sunny wrote: Sun Apr 19, 2026 1:11 pm

Silly Car wrote: Sun Apr 19, 2026 11:50 am

I’m heading to the Lake District to spend a week building one of these:

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https://www.fyneboatkits.co.uk/kits/kay ... ter-sport/

At Fyne Boats near Kendal.

I decided I’d rather ‘do a thing’ than sit by a pool, wander around a city, etc.

Nice! Great minds...

In a similar but different way I have next week off and am doing a week-long timber framing course

https://www.oakheath.co.uk/courses

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Epic! That looks fabulous. I foresee a timber built workshop for the hapless one at some point on your horizon.

Heh - we already built him one (a quadruple garage to be precise!), but from a quick-garden kit - I was very impressed with it to be fair.

We'll see how well this goes as to what gets built as a result - I, of course, have great plans, but my optimism may get a dose of reality

Drilled 2x 100mm holes in limestone slabs for the pool steps - what a bastard to drill through!

Just had a rummage through the garage for unused shit to sell on ebay, so far have found a set of 4 alloy wheels and 1 of the 6 pushbikes in there!

Been painting a garden wallbitsquiffy standing to do the topbits

Went to Scotland for the weekend. Girvan, Balloch and Glasgow. My liver hurts...

I had to google Dragon Soop.

Is it the 'new' Buckfast in Scotchland?

KungFooBob wrote: Sun Apr 19, 2026 8:15 pm I had to google Dragon Soop.

Is it the 'new' Buckfast in Scotchland?

They sell it down south too, it's like 8% Monster Energy drink. Looney juice.

KungFooBob wrote: Sun Apr 19, 2026 8:15 pm I had to google Dragon Soop.

Is it the 'new' Buckfast in Scotchland?

Vile stuff. Only ever had a mouth full and that was enough for me.

Chilly dog walk.

Learnt how to, and then made by a hand an oak pegged mortice and tenon joint

Tomorrow we get let loose on the power tools and actual frame creation

Tonight after work I have mostly fitted a bog and a sink.

Sort of.

The bottle waste for the sink didn't fit and the tap pipes are two inches too short.

Waiting for the silicone on the bog to go off before I go christen it.

That’s quite nice.

Got new neighbours in the rental next door. They moved in last week and we introduced ourselves over the fence. That’s the only time we’ve seen them.

A couple and their kids originally from Sri Lanka but lived in London. A bit of a difference moving up to a small Scottish town.

Anyway the bell went tonight and it was the husband and one of his kids with a bowl of chicken and potato balls deep fried. Presumably a Sri Lankan dish. Absolutely fabulous.

So I guess we’ve passed the good neighbour test. Now we need to give them something back.

Scotsrich wrote: Mon Apr 20, 2026 9:20 pm Got new neighbours in the rental next door. They moved in last week and we introduced ourselves over the fence. That’s the only time we’ve seen them.

A couple and their kids originally from Sri Lanka but lived in London. A bit of a difference moving up to a small Scottish town.

Anyway the bell went tonight and it was the husband and one of his kids with a bowl of chicken and potato balls deep fried. Presumably a Sri Lankan dish. Absolutely fabulous.

So I guess we’ve passed the good neighbour test. Now we need to give them something back.

They will love the mutton pies, lorne sausage and deep fried Mars bars ...

Felix wrote: Sun Apr 19, 2026 10:54 pm Vile stuff. Only ever had a mouth full and that was enough for me.

That was my experience with Red Bull, can't understand how they didn't go bankrupt the first week.

Sunny wrote: Mon Apr 20, 2026 7:44 pm Learnt how to, and then made by a hand an oak pegged mortice and tenon joint

Tomorrow we get let loose on the power tools and actual frame creation

Tapered peg & a slightly offset hole in the tenon to pull it tight?

I do have the best brother!! I just received another red cross parcel.

He's horrified at the meals, so last time I got salt and pepper grinders - today



I'm actually more excited at the fudge than the sauces, but definitely not complaining


AND - met another English here, not only English, she's from a 3 valleys resort and we sort of know each other on FB

Sooo - pretty sure we'll get to chat a bit on quiet days, and she offered that, if any of her friends are coming to visit, she'll ask them to meet my friend so I can get a bag of books from her !!


Finding out that it's probably going to take much longer than I thought to get out sucked, but the balance is meeting nice people and having hte best brother!!

Is that your tart's handbag I can see in the background?

gremlin wrote: Tue Apr 21, 2026 11:58 am Is that your tart's handbag I can see in the background?

It is indeed!!! Bought in a supermarket in the uk for the simple reason that it said TART !!!

And this afternoon I got a goody bag from a fellow spazzy sports person and then got to go in the pool for the pool therapy


It is so good. I still can't put weight on the bad leg, but I can move it so much easier, further, higher!!! And they let me do some shoulder exercises too - although I might have done a bit much of that Never was that good at knowing when to stop, and it's been a while since I've done those exercises - they feel so easy in the water and I forget that they aren't!!

Just got to get through tonights terrible meal (putting of starting it as I have to spend too long picking out the chickpeas ) and hopefully I'll sleep really well !!!

Bought 14 steaks for breakfast for $34, so that's me sorted for the week altho I already has ham & eggs this morning, so two steaks for lunch today.

About to start the first of 4 loads of laundry.

Puppy school tonight..