sunday i can stare for a thousand years

sungod

'ning

cold with added gloomy

ride, coffee and cake, laze, something involving the creation of crispy prosciutto, bubbly

lincolndave

Morning, cold, dry, cycling early, the car wants washing but that can wait, Paris-Nice later
Have a good day

thistle_

'Ning
Breakfast
Zwift
Pilates
Radio experiments

tlw1

Hounds / decorating / summer bike riding / decorating / cider

seanoconn

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MattFalle

Ciao

bright but fresh. heading into work for phys test prior to shenanigans with shenanigani. should be all ok but, tbh, not feeling the love.

then hopefully selling a frame to someone and considering a replacement.....

pinno

seanoconn said:

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Get kids up
Love them?
(Dunno what you're doing with the Aubergine)
Look for your keys again
Go for a ride
Watch TV
Go shopping
Cook? Make a bomb?
Play footie or watch footie
Wreck the shed, set alight to it and chuck it in the neighbours garden
Write a report on the above
More TV
Sleep

pinno

There's this bright thing in the sky...

I'm going to look at it for a while.

seanoconn

pinno said:

seanoconn said:

👩🏻‍🦰
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🚴🏻‍♂️
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Get kids up
Love them?
(Dunno what you're doing with the Aubergine)
Look for your keys again
Go for a ride
Watch TV
Go shopping
Cook? Make a bomb?
Play footie or watch footie
Wreck the shed, set alight to it and chuck it in the neighbours garden
Write a report on the above
More TV
Sleep

Bloody good effort Pinno

Although you may need glasses, assuming you though the egg in a frying pan was a Magnifying glass.

Wheelspinner

Bit of a slack day, mainly because it was a rather fine one and was a shame to spoil it with too much effort.

Even the bike ride was lazy, just bumbled along for a couple of hours this afternoon.

Stevo_666

seanoconn said:

pinno said:

seanoconn said:

👩🏻‍🦰
🤗
🍆
🍳
🚴🏻‍♂️
📺
🛒
🍲
⚽️
🔨
🫖
📺
😴

Get kids up
Love them?
(Dunno what you're doing with the Aubergine)
Look for your keys again
Go for a ride
Watch TV
Go shopping
Cook? Make a bomb?
Play footie or watch footie
Wreck the shed, set alight to it and chuck it in the neighbours garden
Write a report on the above
More TV
Sleep

Bloody good effort Pinno

Although you may need glasses, assuming you though the egg in a frying pan was a Magnifying glass.

I thought the first three were before you got out of bed?

Anyhow usual weekend routine, hounds are stuffing their faces after a good run around in the woods. My turn to feed next...but first a big hot mug of tea.

MattFalle

all done.

i now hurt but you know, its a good kinda hurt.

seanoconn

Stevo_666 said:

seanoconn said:

pinno said:

seanoconn said:

👩🏻‍🦰
🤗
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🍳
🚴🏻‍♂️
📺
🛒
🍲
⚽️
🔨
🫖
📺
😴

Get kids up
Love them?
(Dunno what you're doing with the Aubergine)
Look for your keys again
Go for a ride
Watch TV
Go shopping
Cook? Make a bomb?
Play footie or watch footie
Wreck the shed, set alight to it and chuck it in the neighbours garden
Write a report on the above
More TV
Sleep

Bloody good effort Pinno

Although you may need glasses, assuming you though the egg in a frying pan was a Magnifying glass.

I thought the first three were before you got out of bed?

Anyhow usual weekend routine, hounds are stuffing their faces after a good run around in the woods. My turn to feed next...but first a big hot mug of tea.

👍😃🍆

veronese68

Afternoon folks,
Traditional slow start was enjoyed. Walked to the old dear's but couldn't go in as she's isolating. Had a coffee sitting in the garden. Not such a quagmire down by Beverly Brook, very nice in the sunshine too

The bit I crossed on the way home isn't quite as picturesque

orraloon

The Conifer War is over. I won. Brought back in and down to manageable levels. Very ugly haircut though. But plan is to grow some more pretty climbers up and through, hide the bare wood. Only multiple tip runs to complete.

K'nackered now. Fettled my new replacement wheel, all set up and good to go. But no way was I riding today.

Shot of caffeine then a catch up on the Paris Nice feels like a good plan.

pinno

orraloon said:

But plan is to grow some more pretty climbers up and through, hide the bare wood.

Nah, set them all alight replace with Beech. Beautiful beech with some Purple Beech chucked in here and there.

https://www.hedgesdirect.co.uk/acatalog/beech-hedging-fagus-sylvatica.html

thistle_

Went for a walk after lunch. Was rubbish as you can see from the photo:

tlw1

Turns out when the wife said the paint for the snug is in there, she meant the larder rather than the utility room, apparently the paint in there is for the utility room........ I prefer the blue/grey to the french grey she wanted in there anyway 😂

Bike ride was an Italian job 😎

orraloon

Oh aye. I like the beeches and the Hornbeam. Not my hedge though. Daughter's place. On a 90s build estate. Some previous owners had gone full leylandii across bottom and 1/2 way up both sides, and let them go.... Got her to agree to drop both sides, the south side one immediately upping the sunlight quota. But she wanted to keep some screening across bottom for privacy. Me? I'd have felled the lot and replaced with some small interesting trees suitable for suburban domestic gardens rather than forest monsters. Which would have been a damn sight easier dropping them than up the ladders taking out the top 2 metres of tangled bastardism and the 6-8 ft of leader overhanging the neighbours.

darkhairedlord

Managed a bike ride. Cleared up some broken glass in road. Fitted some open paves on the treader. Gnocchi for lunch. Marmite on wholemeal muffins for tea. Kids off to bed early 😴

pinno

orraloon said:

Oh aye. I like the beeches and the Hornbeam. Not my hedge though. Daughter's place. On a 90s build estate. Some previous owners had gone full leylandii across bottom and 1/2 way up both sides, and let them go.... Got her to agree to drop both sides, the south side one immediately upping the sunlight quota. But she wanted to keep some screening across bottom for privacy. Me? I'd have felled the lot and replaced with some small interesting trees suitable for suburban domestic gardens rather than forest monsters. Which would have been a damn sight easier dropping them than up the ladders taking out the top 2 metres of tangled bastardism and the 6-8 ft of leader overhanging the neighbours.

But the mess of the Leylandii when you hack a good bit off them. Takes a while before the tops green up. In fact, I saw one hedge locally that never really recovered but they did take too much off and then eventually, they pulled it up and planted Privet.
The only good thing about Leylandii is it's good for nesting birds.

orraloon

Yeah, bomb site. Still green on the front and a smidge on the back but hey 'tis the other side and if neighbours don't like then grow your own 😊

Well aware of how leylandii and the like don't regen the green, unlike yews etc. Seen some horrorshows where clearly people didn't realise.

Upside is there's a totally rampant Passionflower all over and through, cracking climber lovely flowers and bonus fruits, total barsteward to disentangle, so that will now take over. Plus prob put in a Vitus coignetiae or similar to up the colour wall.

orraloon

Ps surprisingly found only 2 very old nests throughout, pigeons by the messy look, did expect to see more. And why the heat was on to do the destruction ahead of nesting season.

elbowloh

orraloon said:

Ps surprisingly found only 2 very old nests throughout, pigeons by the messy look, did expect to see more. And why the heat was on to do the destruction ahead of nesting season.

It's nesting season now...

tlw1

elbowloh said:

orraloon said:

Ps surprisingly found only 2 very old nests throughout, pigeons by the messy look, did expect to see more. And why the heat was on to do the destruction ahead of nesting season.

It's nesting season now...

I know, the buggers wings block up the hedge trimmers air filter

orraloon

elbowloh said:

orraloon said:

Ps surprisingly found only 2 very old nests throughout, pigeons by the messy look, did expect to see more. And why the heat was on to do the destruction ahead of nesting season.

It's nesting season now...

Offusshully "nesting season" starts 1st March but... caveat caveat caveat. The onus is on the operative to assess the situation and take appropriate measures to avoid disturbance of nesting birds. Given we've had approx 2 days of sunshine and overnight temps continue to be sub zero there ain't much mating action let alone nesting going on. Es permitado to e.g. fell a tree at any time of the year subject to assessing risk of disturbance: no nesting birds, no worries; nesting birds, stop do not proceed, go immediately to Home. (Got some tickets 'n' quals see)

darkhairedlord

pinno said:

orraloon said:

Oh aye. I like the beeches and the Hornbeam. Not my hedge though. Daughter's place. On a 90s build estate. Some previous owners had gone full leylandii across bottom and 1/2 way up both sides, and let them go.... Got her to agree to drop both sides, the south side one immediately upping the sunlight quota. But she wanted to keep some screening across bottom for privacy. Me? I'd have felled the lot and replaced with some small interesting trees suitable for suburban domestic gardens rather than forest monsters. Which would have been a damn sight easier dropping them than up the ladders taking out the top 2 metres of tangled bastardism and the 6-8 ft of leader overhanging the neighbours.

But the mess of the Leylandii when you hack a good bit off them. Takes a while before the tops green up. In fact, I saw one hedge locally that never really recovered but they did take too much off and then eventually, they pulled it up and planted Privet.
The only good thing about Leylandii is it's good for nesting birds.

we "had" row of leylandii at the back of our house when we moved in. They got out of hand so a day of chainsaw and large axe soon put paid to that problem. We now have pear trees that earn their keep.

elbowloh

orraloon said:

elbowloh said:

orraloon said:

Ps surprisingly found only 2 very old nests throughout, pigeons by the messy look, did expect to see more. And why the heat was on to do the destruction ahead of nesting season.

It's nesting season now...

Offusshully "nesting season" starts 1st March but... caveat caveat caveat. The onus is on the operative to assess the situation and take appropriate measures to avoid disturbance of nesting birds. Given we've had approx 2 days of sunshine and overnight temps continue to be sub zero there ain't much mating action let alone nesting going on. Es permitado to e.g. fell a tree at any time of the year subject to assessing risk of disturbance: no nesting birds, no worries; nesting birds, stop do not proceed, go immediately to Home. (Got some tickets 'n' quals see)

Yeah me too. Part of my role was compliance and assurance on civils sites.

step83

Evening. Hard day in the saddle decided to try some climbs. Turns out Shapenhoe Clappers are horrible, very steep and long. Probably didn't help I was on fat tyres but meh. 50 miles done.
Manky weather forecast next week which looks great. Can we have spring please? I'd like some nice weather.

thistle_

orraloon said:

elbowloh said:

orraloon said:

Ps surprisingly found only 2 very old nests throughout, pigeons by the messy look, did expect to see more. And why the heat was on to do the destruction ahead of nesting season.

It's nesting season now...

Offusshully "nesting season" starts 1st March but... caveat caveat caveat. The onus is on the operative to assess the situation and take appropriate measures to avoid disturbance of nesting birds. Given we've had approx 2 days of sunshine and overnight temps continue to be sub zero there ain't much mating action let alone nesting going on. Es permitado to e.g. fell a tree at any time of the year subject to assessing risk of disturbance: no nesting birds, no worries; nesting birds, stop do not proceed, go immediately to Home. (Got some tickets 'n' quals see)

Can't cut bushes in nesting season, can't do any more work.
You can if someone qualified supervises.
Not paying for that, tree huggers putting us in delay.
🙄

The council/farmers ripping the hedges to bits around here and leaving the debris all over the road don't seem too bothered about it though.

pinno

orraloon said:

Yeah, bomb site. Still green on the front and a smidge on the back but hey 'tis the other side and if neighbours don't like then grow your own 😊

Well aware of how leylandii and the like don't regen the green, unlike yews etc. Seen some horrorshows where clearly people didn't realise.

Upside is there's a totally rampant Passionflower all over and through, cracking climber lovely flowers and bonus fruits, total barsteward to disentangle, so that will now take over. Plus prob put in a Vitus coignetiae or similar to up the colour wall.

Plant a couple of Clematis montana rubens in amongst it.