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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Biglad said:
    Bit of both @Fairygirl - pink and heavy :D
     :D 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • BigladBiglad Posts: 3,265
     :o 
    East Lancs
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I doubt it would be much use to you @philippasmith2...I've seen her knees.... :D
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774
    edited November 2020
    Lucky for all of you, none of you have "seen" my knees.  :#
    @Dovefromabove my left one was "done" in a tobogganing accident in the winter of '62-'63 and nearly 30 years of commuting by motorcycle hasn't helped any.
    AB Still learning

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Oh OK then :D  Hope sister gets a good posh one when the time comes.
    Aye - covered in glitter maybe  :D
    I just strap mine up in their braces and the b*ggers have to get on with it. When they eventually stop me hillwalking, I'll give them a ceremonial burning in a Viking stylee. 
    The braces that is - not the knees.
    Although.....
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Not going for new knees then @Fairygirl?   Give you a new lease of hill walking life?

    My "feature" beam has fallen - collapsed after all the recent rains have softened the soil.  Oh well, it can be recycled as a bed edger in the potager.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    I know this has been a difficult year for everyone and in the scheme of things I am fairly well off.  Well aware that I have a lovely supportive family, good neighbours (mostly), a garden and my health but I would really like a new shed!

    My 30 year old shed has been hanging on by a thread since the storms took all the roofing felt off 2 years ago and tipped it forward. Opening the door is a test of strength.

    My lovely family bought me a new shed for Christmas last year but with the storms in January/February, the struggle to find someone to lay the base and 8 months of house arrest it has taken this long to get a delivery date - 18 November.  Right in the middle of the new lockdown.

    I just want my shed!
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    @herbaceous - that must be so frustrating but surely as it's an outside delivery, they can still do it?
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    I am crossing my fingers @Lizzie27 as they would have had to take it into the back garden through the house. Wonderfully secure back garden for dogs and children, nightmare for anything big and/or heavy.

    I am negotiating at the moment as my neighbour has said they can deliver it through his garden.  It seems to have become much too important but I guess that's what happens when your world contracts and you know more about US elections than what is happening in your own village  :D   I do miss standing at the bus stop and (strangely) advising the tourists in Windsor......

    Who knew how a shed could become the focus of one's life   :'(

    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Mine have a different problem from my sis @Obelixx. Her knees are arthritic, and she's been struggling to walk any distance for a while. Mine aren't fixable by operations, so I'll just muddle on.... until I can't  ;)

    @herbaceous - we've been in lockdown here for several weeks, but I saw a neighbour getting a new shed put in just the other day, so perhaps it will be fine if the neighbour will allow access.
    Might just be a case of checking exactly what your regs are, as they may well be difficult from ours. Hopefully not, and you can have a shed to potter in before too long   :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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