A lucky escape @Busy-Lizzie just as well you were there. Car is in garage today for servicing and MOT, at least the tyres will be OK. Off to Dorset tomorrow, our friend from Norfolk, have rented a flat for a week and invited us to join them for a few days. One of their daughters has moved down there so we will be catching up with her too.
It's dreadful outside. Strong, gusty, swirling wind, heavy downpours with short dry spells and none too warm. So far I have started a poolish for a loaf of bread, put black beans on to simmer for veggie burgers this evening and a tomato, orange and ginger soup is on the go for lunch.
Bags of bird seed have been measured for adding a dose of diatomaceous earth for both chooks and wild birds. Now to work on re-sizing a block to make a cushion pad cover for our bathroom trunk. Definitely a staying in day except for a quick check on chooks and seedlings in the polytunnel.
Good luck with the water board @Dovefromabove. Have a good day everyone.
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"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Your weather sounds just like what we had yesterday @Obelixx ... today we have blue sky, white fluffy clouds and a gentle breeze ... hope it spreads across to you soon.
I'm back from the farm shop and butcher and everything's been put away. No word from AW yet ... the noise seems a little less bad now ... and the water pressure seems a little less ... I wonder if someone's done something somewhere ... we shall see ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Well ... a very nice man has been here ... he arrived just as I posted the above .... full of apologies ... he turned taps on and off, fiddled with the meter and the stopcock under the sink .... now we have no water at all ... he doesn't quite know why, except that the new meter itself was full of grit and he thinks that has probably caused a problem ... but he's not clear why we have no water at all now ... but he's sending for an emergency plumber who should be here within four hours ... apparently I'm as high up the priority scale as I can go ...
While he was here I had two texts from AW asking me to rate my experience of having a new meter fitted ............ I've not replied ... yet ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Afternoon all, Hope it all gets sorted soon @Busy-Lizzie and that you recover from your scare. Hope AW get their finger out @Dovefromabove, don't know how you would manage to play the 70 card when we all know you are only 27 I have been out in the garden and deadheaded a few daffodils and pulled a few weeds but just haven't got the energy to do much so I've retired to the sofa with a cuppa. It's quite nice out there, the sun is out and the wind has dropped.
It seems to be sorted 🤞 The problem was caused by grit in the system and a stopcock that we knew nothing of being turned almost off, coupled with a 'worn barrel' in the kitchen tap .
The plumber found the other stop-cock behind the sink where you could only see it if you performed the sort contortions that 27 year olds don't often do from choice any more ... the stop-cock was almost closed for some reason ... now the system has been flushed through ... the water pressure is amazing, and the noises have gone as long as the tap isn't turned on totally fully ... but we will have to replace the tap before too long. But I can put the stuff back in the cupboard and life Chez Dove can return to normal ... or normal for Norfolk anway ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Yes @punkdoc ... and I worked with the doctor who is reputed (or at least claimed) to have given rise to it ... apparently it was first used by a paediatrician who, when asked by a colleague what a certain child's parents were like replied 'normal ... well, normal for Norfolk.' Of course, by the time I was working in that field its use by medics, was very rightly frowned on.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'm pleased your plumbing problem has been solved @Dovefromabove Well, we've had rain, snow, hail, sun this afternoon- it's rather wintry! Hooray for David Gilmour (a genius, IMO) and his band. He and Pink Floyd are one of my most favourite bands ever. Small gestures like this gladdens the heart.
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Car is in garage today for servicing and MOT, at least the tyres will be OK.
Off to Dorset tomorrow, our friend from Norfolk, have rented a flat for a week and invited us to join them for a few days. One of their daughters has moved down there so we will be catching up with her too.
Bags of bird seed have been measured for adding a dose of diatomaceous earth for both chooks and wild birds. Now to work on re-sizing a block to make a cushion pad cover for our bathroom trunk. Definitely a staying in day except for a quick check on chooks and seedlings in the polytunnel.
Good luck with the water board @Dovefromabove. Have a good day everyone.
I'm back from the farm shop and butcher and everything's been put away. No word from AW yet ... the noise seems a little less bad now ... and the water pressure seems a little less ... I wonder if someone's done something somewhere ... we shall see ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
While he was here I had two texts from AW asking me to rate my experience of having a new meter fitted ............ I've not replied ... yet ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have been out in the garden and deadheaded a few daffodils and pulled a few weeds but just haven't got the energy to do much so I've retired to the sofa with a cuppa. It's quite nice out there, the sun is out and the wind has dropped.
The plumber found the other stop-cock behind the sink where you could only see it if you performed the sort contortions that 27 year olds don't often do from choice any more ... the stop-cock was almost closed for some reason ... now the system has been flushed through ... the water pressure is amazing, and the noises have gone as long as the tap isn't turned on totally fully ... but we will have to replace the tap before too long. But I can put the stuff back in the cupboard and life Chez Dove can return to normal ... or normal for Norfolk anway ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Well, we've had rain, snow, hail, sun this afternoon- it's rather wintry!
Hooray for David Gilmour (a genius, IMO) and his band. He and Pink Floyd are one of my most favourite bands ever.
Small gestures like this gladdens the heart.
Howling gale here, Storm Diego. Leccy gone off, no Internet, but have mobile phone.