30m! That’s a pretty long washing line … you must have several clothes props to stop that sagging too low 😃
we have two of the 15 m ones fixed about 3m apart on the back wall of the house and they both hook on a ring on a sturdy post some 12+m away (which is part of a trellised ‘nook’ for honeysuckle etc. next to ‘the wilderness’ so it is an integral part of the garden … not a post for a washing line).
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thank you for your help everyone. I do need to replace the line so I will try to improve the look. The 2 ends are not resiteable without major alterations, a concreted in pole, trellis with climbers and garden tap are involved, and yes a prop is essential. Mostly and not by me if I can help it @Woodgreen
When I were a lass in the 60s we had the usual rope washing line strung between the house and a tree. My mum was no 2 in the Manchester Oncology and Epidemiology unit in Manchester. One day, she heard a conversation between her boss's secretary (Judith Chalmers' mum) and hers discussing a woman they both knew and describing her disparagingly as the kind of woman who left her washing line up all week.
My mum found this hilarious but I noticed that that week her line came down.
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)."
which can be put away when not needed.My OH does our hanging too - any day of the week I do a wash and it isn't raining - but we have a whirly gig thingy
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)."
I'd want a whirly gig put away too but our line can't easily be dismantled, or rather reinstalling is the hard bit, I haven't the strength, it's connected to a steel leader for tensioning. So grey or black will be searched for.
I had to laugh at @Obelixx's story of her mum I hate having a whirly, but there's no other easy option here now that I've extended the house. No problem if you have a big enough space to keep it from view.
What really annoys me is the neighbours who not only don't fold their whirly down or cover it, but also leave the pegs on.... That should be a hefty fine or imprisonment
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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we have two of the 15 m ones fixed about 3m apart on the back wall of the house and they both hook on a ring on a sturdy post some 12+m away (which is part of a trellised ‘nook’ for honeysuckle etc. next to ‘the wilderness’ so it is an integral part of the garden … not a post for a washing line).
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I can't imagine that amount of laundry......
I hope it's all non-iron, @Tack
Mostly and not by me if I can help it @Woodgreen
My mum found this hilarious but I noticed that that week her line came down.
I hate having a whirly, but there's no other easy option here now that I've extended the house. No problem if you have a big enough space to keep it from view.
What really annoys me is the neighbours who not only don't fold their whirly down or cover it, but also leave the pegs on....
That should be a hefty fine or imprisonment
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...