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welcome to those long winter days…
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Sunday, October 25th, 2009Mr Taxman!
Saturday, October 24th, 2009I’m so happy this morning, I’ve just been informed by “the companies accountants” we are due a corporation tax refund!
Okay so it’s only £13.89p, but it’s a refund!
Rainbow over village
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Taken one evening last week, when I return from work. I didn’t find the crock of gold either!
Still here…
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009not gone into hibernation just yet, just a little busy at work…
oh, and the Parish Council have complained about our Holly Tree overhanging the pavement!
The Tour of Britain Race 2009 comes to Pocklington
Saturday, September 12th, 2009Stage 1 of the 2009 Tour of Britain race passed through our local market town of Pocklington this afternoon, so I went along to record it. Stage 1 of the 2009 Tour of Britain started from Scunthorpe and finished in York. I had to move whilst video-ing otherwise, I would have been hit by a cyclist!
Must have been a nice day out for the policemen on motorbikes, I counted 40+ supporting the event!
I didn’t spot any “fat bottomed girls” in the race either!
Rainwater Harvesting
Saturday, August 1st, 2009There’s only one drainpipe that drains the water off the roof ofg the house at the front when it rains, and because we don’t have any drains, it just soaks away. I’ve had a few issues with the flatpack water butts from Rainmate, they leaked, but after some recplacement internal liners they sent me, and I’ve eventually replaced and installed them, I’ve now completed my rainwater harvesting project, I use alot of mains water in the fish house already, so it’s good to use rainwater in the garden.
Three Rainmate Water Butts
It was raining alot when I took these pictures, so you can see the flow of water running into the water butt. I have three water butts linked together, so when the first one fills, it overflows into the next and so on. Each water butt holds 200 litres of water, and with the recent rain we’ve been having in Yorkshire only takes minutes to fill all three water butts. There’s also an overflow, so when all three are filled, the water flows back to drain, (soak away) eventually I’ll connect this to some soakaway housepipe and embed it in the border under the hedgerow.
Three Rainmate Water Butts connected with Eheim aquarium tubing!
Virgin balloon passes the front garden
Thursday, July 16th, 2009Lindsey spots the Virgin balloon passing the front of the garden/house from the lounge. So here’s a quick and dirty video clip.
and I didn’t get to watch Dragon’s Den last night after all!
Check out the other Balloon related posts.
Congratulations to Chris and Hannah on the birth of their baby boy
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
Congratulations to Chris and Hannah
Congratulations to Chris and Hannah on the birth of their baby boy. Born at 19.49, weighing 8lb 2oz.
Now how about calling him Andy, after his Uncle!
Goodbye Michael!
Friday, June 26th, 2009to my generation, our Elvis!
World Wild Parrot Fund
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
World Wild Parrot Fund
I found this scan of a caricature of me, lying around on an old computer, I’m decommissioning, and will be scrapped. A friend scribbled this on a post-it note in the 80’s. The joke was I used to wear a purple and green feather earing! (I still have them!). Anyone see the resemblance?
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