roland elsdon

There are hundreds in the drained pound below marston doles. Cruise over summit exit lock sans fenders.

If the water tank freezes you take the cans to the pub to fill them. your choice water beer or porter. We had 6 alcoholic weeks outside the general idiot in uxbridge in 1985 like this. Dirty broke and alcoholic. Had to shower at work at the hospital.

We have drill holes under the fridge through to the bilge, and each side on the boat. in our camper ( in australia) we have air gap above fridge 12 v computer fan and void space between van and fridge . Fridge in van is 17 years old and not coping too well any more but the computer fan makes a huge difference. i know this because the first failed putting the fridge on constantly. Replacing it reduced run time, depending on ambient of course.

Had the plusnet man trying to troubleshoot the dead internet at the ex hovel. 4 th visit. He was trying to ring base. Zilch . Asked him what network ee ‘the best!’ Ah i said out the door 600 metres up the 20% slope and pray. Or use my tesco mobile. He said ‘no its ok wifi callings enabled ill use that’ Tense silence before Dr S said ’and the reason you are here today is?’

My father in law owned a fair old length of a canal in surrey including 3 bridges. It was being restored right near him. We used to talk about restoration, he joined the society, he granted access. We dreamed of mooring on his land. ( 1990) He died in 2007. Its still derelict. Hmrc ended up with the estate. Theres an industrial park on the farm. Building canals was fast restoring them not so

I used to boat as fast as possible when it was frozen. sounds counter intuitive i know but it used to lift the bow out . I also reckon it moved the ice further in front of the boat so the hits to the boat were less forceful. Talking of snowflakes it snowed last night 20 kms from here. Its december, its a week to the longest day. Im supposed to do 2 summers a year. Global warming ?

Yep that was a bad year. On our trip back from little venice following Colonel, the cross straps froze, and snapped at alperton. Got the boats in at cowley in the dark. One of the local ijits complained we were moored in the winding hole .( pitch black and ab out -6).

A tesla owning friend assures me everyone else dies of carbon monoxide poisoning running engines till the drift covers the tailpipe. meanwhile the tesla owner stays warm and toasty. When the snow clears he attempts to move.The car does a control alt delete flat battery. He then freezes to death. But he has outlived everyone else. ( he only mentioned the first bit)

Thats coz the owners ‘thought ahead ‘and plugged a fan heater into the 240 socket.

Belle portable on Thaxted worked well but needed furnacite to stay in overnight. Lovely enamelled version. Unfortunately cracks meant it was broken up on removal

My belle portable as above had a cut steel sheet to go against that open vent, to reduce airflow. It aslo had a chimney damper in the flu above the smoke box. you cant see the chimney damper in that picture

Thermal runaway is when there is a shrill whistle from the kettle on the fire, then the ecofan takes off from the range and flies through the window, sinking into the canal. ( doesnt matter ‘they dont work’ - see short previous thread for reference) Then the central heating boils sending plumes of superheated antifreeze into the airing cupboard, containing your white work shirts. Shortly after the fire goes out, as the grate collapses into the ash pan, and the dog steals the duvet because the snow is now coming in through the broken window. When you arise the fire is a distorted wreck caused by overheating, you get up go outside and discover the paint on the roof is destroyed by the incandescent lava from the volcanic output of the stove. You fire up the diesel central heating only to discover that allowing someone illiterate to ‘fill your water tank mr’ was not the best idea, while you were wrestling with the nappies that some helpful person had put down the sani station. You crawl to the canal bridge knee deep in mud to discover that someone from extinction rebellion have borrowed the air from your car tyres. Shouting to the heavens ‘its a hybrid’ fails to impress the god of your choice as to your green credentials. Tyres remain flat. Green potential of your vehicle extending to no pump to save weight. The AA are on strike because everyone is using their car to get to work coz of the rail strike. A fairly normal day then. Dont let your stove run away its bad.

Lets flog the slum in northamptonshire and buy a place in warm victoria. What could go wrong after all its summer

Doesnt the terrorgraph hide behind a paywall? Surely if you cant afford to heat your home you would get rid of the discretionary spend on the right wing garbage it spouts, rather than turning down your heating.

First pub we went to when pubs re opened after covid restrictions lifted. it was interesting!! You shouted your order into the bar and it was delivered into the garden via a one way system. Mind you we were hand sanitising after every lock at that point. I was doing a bike race ( national championship time trial up the road that was odd as well. Spoke to no one numbers left in envelope on the grass very strange.

At university one of my flat mates put ablanket on his ford anglia for the same reason. The resulting fire destroyed the car the next morning when he forgot to remove it.

Not on that stove. A couple of mm is enough to keep it in all night. We burn 8 hr briquettes. With any more than a mm or so of air they become 4 hr. With bottom damper open they can be gone in 90 mins. We fought this stove long and hard until we started using briquette. It would go out or burn away most of the time.

Camped in a free site overlooking lake and nature reserve in our aged vw van. Has shower hot water fridge or when on mains microwave toaster kettle and split system aircon. Compared to boat ‘luxury’ Next door pulls up , sides slide out, self levelling jacks come down, tv arial goes up satellite dish folds up. Trailer unlocks itself and tilts and he runs the car off. Electric awning comes out. Car parked under. I watch bemused. Later i put the bike back on the rack, after our 80 kms ride. He comes out for a chat. He asks about the van , its17 years old and we have had it 15.. He keeps asking why we haven't replaced it, rude enough to suggest we cant afford to ! cant get that it suits us. No tv ,no surround sound etc. I sit and watch the amazing birds as the sun sets. I can hear the sounds of gun fire on the surround sound, and then the flecking generator fires itself up Fortunately the mozzies are biting so to bed and read my analogue book.