Yawn... Wakey Wakey...!!! #3

Good morning everyone,

Well the groundworkers have been on site for three day,three of which they have been standing around scratching thier heads and digging out small trenches across the plot,only to find that the original builders had already put down the footings{footprint} of the four bed house that they were planning on building on the plot so all the trenches have now been filled in and the machinery removed off site for the time being while the millionaire builder decides what course of action he wants to take next as he is hoping to squash two houses onto a site that is only big enough for one house,but with all those deep footings it looks like he will have to some how smash his way through the cement and remove them before he can put in his own footings,which is going to cost time and money:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::hehe:

At least for the time being the house will stop shaking and I will be able to enjoy the sunlight in my kitchen and dining room:D before it is lost forever by the shadow of one of the houses:(

Hope you all have a good day and here are a couple of photos of what we have to live with at the moment:p{or did}:D and this is how close they have been working...

 

Good morning everyone.

Its going to be another nice day here, and the rain is supposed to start after lunch, and last all weekend.

Great picture Steve!!

 

Yes Shiney, correct bridge :gnthb: (but known locally as Broughton Bridge), in the second photo below you can see my Village just up the hill behind the bridge.

Downstream side



View from upstream



200yards upstream of the bridge



This van was washed 3 miles downstream from Cockermouth and went underneath 2 bridges. White Van man trying to find a new route..:hehe:

They have done an excellent clean up job, the river bank was strewn with tons of debris, once this van has been removed...there should be no real signs of the river ever flooding...except for the farmers fields strewn with boulders.

Weekend is just about upon us now, have a great one everybody!!

Steve...

 

Evening everyone,

Popping in to say hi, its raining here and melting our snow!!

It looks so yucky out there now, but its getting rid of that damn white stuff and lord knows we have enough of it!!

Have a great night everyone (or who is still up, since its 12:06am)........or should i say Good Morning!!

 

Good morning Shiney and everyone,

I'm up early this morning as I couldn't sleep and because my sciatica has kicked off again find it uncomfortable sleeping in a lumpy bed:o

We are just starting to do some decorating in the house so will have to catch up with you all as and when i can because as well as that work I really need to be down in the greenhouse sowing seeds plus sorting out the garden and allotment as best as I can and Mr Kandy does whatever he can when he gets in from work,although he is going to be busy with the painting etc:D

Shiney,sorry to hear about the fighting with Monty and Oscar,we have the same problem here I suspect as I went out in the garden the other week and there was large quantities of white cat fur on the grass so I think one of ours had been in a scarp with one of the local toms:pI think you might find that it is a territorial thing now we are at that time of the year when the toms hormones start to kick in.Perhaps Monty needs sorting out at the vets then it might calm him down a bit but then again our Willow has been done and at times he makes strange calls and chases poor Poppy all over the house and then they end up having a scrap:D

Hope you all have a great weekend in all that you do

 

Good morning everybody!

Shiney that couscous sounds delicious! I think we should have a tasters section where we can all sample your cooking

A cold one here this morning - rained a little overnight but now fine - I should enthuse myself to rugging up warm and getting out in the garden but still have this chesty cold hanging on and it's not nice :( Had a lovely evening out with my 18 yr old last night at his rugby dinner for school - their annual awards night for the boys leaving that year, and was given a lovely big bunch of flowers for my doing all their refreshments this year. Nice to be thanked by the boys themselves

Think we might head to Hadlow College this afternoon - take the boys there for the lambing day - maybe have some lemsip and see how I feel.

Great pictures of the bridge Steve - must be nice to know you have access to it again and cutting off all the extra travel time you've had to put up with.

Kandy is all the machinery gone now, or do you have to sit and look at it until they decide what they are going to do with it? We've had people building walls etc. up the hill - but of course can't get any of the equipment/materials in their driveways - so have had piles of tar chippings he was using for his driveway, bricks, mini diggers etc. at a wider part of our one car wide road.....will be nice when it's over and we can clear our road of building materials!

Well everybody have a great day - and a wonderful wekeend!

 

Good morning everyone,

Its overcast and raining here.

Have some errands to do later and off to the grocery store as well.