Druidic Dabblings and General Twaddle !!

[V8Druid]

sounds like you went up and over the rock at symonds yat.thru mile end ,clements end ,and across to speech house ?

well where ever we went it added 20+ miles to my 50 mile round trip .... car was minging this morning

and that was the clean side
took me two goes with the pressure washer with a dose of TFR in between, to get it looking more 'normal', once the sun'd come round on me patch and 'aired' it a bit ... spent a bit of the waiting time sorting through some more pix for the other thread (that appears to be popular ATM) .. so next instalment shortly

been a lovely day with some great views first thing ....

could see it down there last night in the moonlight - looked eerie
dropped Pam down the village to go walking with some of her mates and got these from the top on the way back

was still there at noon
Evri guy arrived as I was finishing, .. with a piece for a Karcher pressure washer, belonging to Pam's mate, that I'd been volunteered to repair. ..
hadn't drained it properly at some time and the frost'd had the pressure head - p*ssing water out
clever pump, much like a hydraulic piston pump and was amazed I could actually get the part (genuine no less - loads of ying tong available). So carefully pulled that to bits (been in there before ) - 's like an exploding box of Zebedee's - so needs careful dismantling - some of 'em are tiny
new bit looked vaguely sort of the same -

numbers matched -

a lot didn't, but it went together ok

and after wrestling all the Zebedees back where they all belonged and dogging it all down with the four 12.9 x 8mm SHCS - fighting the case back around it all and cursing the six T15 Torx, buried in 4" deep holes, holding it all together, gave it a go and much to my relief and pleasure it pumped like a demon and didn't p*ss water anymore .... reeeesult

next on the bench that I'd been 'volunteered' to look at, for the same mate, was some fancy coal effect pseudo log burner looking fan heater ... it all worked, 'cept the twinkly lighty bit didn't give the glow .... er - so - it gives you heat .. but she wanted the twinkly bit .....
hubby had already 'persuaded' the back off (must have fought hard to get the damned thing off - hadn't removed the bulk of what was retaining it)
New bulbs supplied but wasn't having it ..
got the meter out and according to me/how I read it ..
needed 24v blubs ..
not the 240v supplied ..
has a lo-volt stepper circuit, complete with dimmer ..

well it did ..'s now working fine with the 240v,s supplied after a bit of a re-wire plenty of earths in there so should be idiot proof.
all done and awaiting collection, by the time the sun'd 'disappeared over the yard arm' and it'd gone decidedly bloody chilly.
Sod it - time to be indoors and light the fire

 

[V8Druid]

Druid, it’s a long time since I was down the lanes around there (30+ yrs) but I think if at Dixon you had hung a left and headed in to Monmouth you could have gone down the high st and up over the mouth of the tunnels. I think if you then head out toward Micheltroy you can cut across the river somewhere (Redbrook?) and get on the Tintern road. Follow the road along side the river back up to where you wanted to be.

Like I say, a long time ago and my travels by FS1E didn’t always get me where I expected them to but that’s a whole nother story…….

Correct Rob ... had to do something similar, back in October heading for Tintern and they'd got the Wye valley road shut for resurfacing ... took to the lanes to get up to St Briavels, then back down the valley side to hit Bigsweir bridge to cross in the opposite direction ... I used to frequent that area most weekends/Sunday evenings, going to a mate's to meet up for a 'pint'. Know knew that bit reasonably well
deepest forest was another matter ......... looooooooooooooong time since I used to venture up there, but do get up there occasionally with Russ, in his Liebherr, these days.
was just a PITA having to detour with a fixed time slot to achieve

 

[bobthebuilder]

Correct Rob ... had to do something similar, back in October heading for Tintern and they'd got the Wye valley road shut for resurfacing ... took to the lanes to get up to St Briavels, then back down the valley side to hit Bigsweir bridge to cross in the opposite direction ... I used to frequent that area most weekends/Sunday evenings, going to a mate's to meet up for a 'pint'. Know knew that bit reasonably well
deepest forest was another matter ......... looooooooooooooong time since I used to venture up there, but do get up there occasionally with Russ, in his Liebherr, these days.
was just a PITA having to detour with a fixed time slot to achieve

just remember that when in that there forrest, all roads lead to parkend

 

[V8Druid]

visitor yesterday ... cheeky little sod, right outside the window ................................................................................................ and this morning

had to slide into town this morning, get some med.s for Pam ... getting sorted to head out and there's a " Gra, think the kitchen sink drain is blocked " (had a 'fatberg' some time ago that I created a 'tool' to deal with - some may remember)
so stuck 4 gallons of boiling water down it and left it soak with a. n. other litre of some sort of 'draino' for good measure, with a promise of dealing with it when I got back - was gurgling nicely when I left

got home, put me work rags on and went and found 'the gear' ... dropped Excalibur in the chamber to retain the worst of it (fortunately) .. made sure the gulley was over flowing .. stuffed 'the tool' in

gave it some water pressure from the hose to completely fill it and then gave it 150PSI .... that cleared it

the boiling water/draino combi had obviously softened it up a bit and it stood no chance against a bolas of water with 150psi behind it ..... like a cork out of a bottle, Pam said .. glad I parked Excalibur - and Pam was leaning on it
next came the really pleasant job of extracting it ..

as much hair as fat

didn't need to ban her from washing her hair in the sink, under the mixer tap, in future ..
had already said it wasn't gonna happen going forward
" Bloody good job "

in fairness the drainage/foul plumbing here is abysmal/utter shite .. virtually zero fall and I regularly flush it out and the two chambers, to avoid these sorts of issues ..
but 'the hair' really does not help !!!!

this un should be good for a n other 12+ months anyway ....
maybe longer without any hair in the equation ?

'The Tool' was " worth its weight " anyway and has been 'put away', 'til its next outing
just looked and it was 30-8-23 it got created

Like I always say (especially to Pam, when a new one appears) " you can never have enough tools "

 

[Jimoz]

You on mains sewer up there?

 

[Lancs Lad]

You on mains sewer up there?

His neighbours WC ceiling looks interesting

 

[V8Druid]

You on mains sewer up there?

nah Jim ... we'm 3 miles from the nearest line in Pandy and that has constant problems - very poor fall to the local sewage treatment plant (non-existent and a 6" pipe ), which is now so overburdened it just can not cope ... so many new builds the last 15 years .. every app. WW/DC object to on the grounds of zero capacity, but the planners just over-rule them (call of the brown envelope).
it gets jetted almost weekly. Llanvihangel village is a good 80 ft above Pandy, so has a good head, but that simply pushes the issues down stream, 'til it blocks and the backs up .. an upgrade has been on the agenda for 20+ years - will never happen - cost is just too great, the way everything gets done these days.
wouldn't take a lot of doing, from the bottom of the elevated area to the works .. the existing route is all in greenfield - drop a 15" pipe in along side to the plant, do a change over and simply leave, or even utilise the old line

 

[V8Druid]

His neighbours WC ceiling looks interesting

if only

 

[Lancs Lad]

if only

Relatives in NZ said after the earthquake the silt/sand forced it's way into the sewers ...the quickest way to clear it was to blow from the road back...they capped off most of the bogs etc but I think they missed a few with spectacular results

 

[Steve]

You on mains sewer up there?

Fortunately the 150 psi of air works a treat otherwise he would be using propane

 

[Jimoz]

nah Jim ... we'm 3 miles from the nearest line in Pandy and that has constant problems - very poor fall to the local sewage treatment plant (non-existent and a 6" pipe ), which is now so overburdened it just can not cope ... so many new builds the last 15 years .. every app. WW/DC object to on the grounds of zero capacity, but the planners just over-rule them (call of the brown envelope).
it gets jetted almost weekly. Llanvihangel village is a good 80 ft above Pandy, so has a good head, but that simply pushes the issues down stream, 'til it blocks and the backs up .. an upgrade has been on the agenda for 20+ years - will never happen - cost is just too great, the way everything gets done these days.
wouldn't take a lot of doing, from the bottom of the elevated area to the works .. the existing route is all in greenfield - drop a 15" pipe in along side to the plant, do a change over and simply leave, or even utilise the old line

Suppose it's what come first the chicken or the egg. They're not going to put in massive sewer for small amount of houses, unless they're victorians! But if they approve and build the houses now they've got the council tax payments/cil/s106 funds to improve the infrastructure

 

[V8Druid]

Fortunately the 150 psi of air works a treat otherwise he would be using propane

330ml water bottle with perfect O2/DA mix, decanted into it - oxy bomb - would fit nicely in the bung hole ... bit of wire wool across two bared wires, in the bottle, through a hole in the lid, then a board over the gully to stand on, 'fore showing it a PP3 --- BOOM!
would do the trick - and some

 

[V8Druid]

Suppose it's what come first the chicken or the egg. They're not going to put in massive sewer for small amount of houses, unless they're victorians! But if they approve and build the houses now they've got the council tax payments/cil/s106 funds to improve the infrastructure

doesn't work like that though Jim - 106s all go toward affordable (that they can't find SL buyers for), CILs never filter down the chain and council tax all goes to HMRC for re-distribution to LAs .. WW/DC don't get to see it ... not only is the line itself grossly overloaded, so too is the plant ... probably pushing 100 houses been built onto the system in the last 20 years .. can think of 10 in the last two, all of which WW/DC strongly objected to at consultation stage ... still got rubber stamped with zero provisos.
was a site in Aber - know the guy who developed it very well - had a condition placed on his approval that the houses were not to be sold or occupied until an upgrade for that end of the town had been carried out - in circa 5 years time - 8 built, sold, occupied in 12 months, with absolutely no enforcement of the conditions whatsoever - had sewage issues from week 1 and although WW/DC had strongly objected, insisting on the conditionality of the grant - they had to deal with the aftermath (sh1t-storm)

 

[TiltyShaun]

The water authorities still get an add on to the connection charge towards “infrastructure” and dont spend that money where it is always required!!

 

[Canal Navvy]

330ml water bottle with perfect O2/DA mix, decanted into it - oxy bomb - would fit nicely in the bung hole ... bit of wire wool across two bared wires, in the bottle, through a hole in the lid, then a board over the gully to stand on, 'fore showing it a PP3 --- BOOM!
would do the trick - and some

We are of the age when the making of bombs was the norm for those of an active mind. Oxy/Acetylene welding mix filled balloon was the only one I regret (only because I lit it at arms length and the right ear didn't like it). .......... the whole bin bag filled with inflated balloons was properly entertaining...... we were lucky to get away with it though due to the JET research labs being on the other side of the security fence

 

[V8Druid]

We are of the age when the making of bombs was the norm for those of an active mind. Oxy/Acetylene welding mix filled balloon was the only one I regret (only because I lit it at arms length and the right ear didn't like it). .......... the whole bin bag filled with inflated balloons was properly entertaining...... we were lucky to get away with it though due to the JET research labs being on the other side of the security fence

my guys were banned from making 'em any bigger than a crisp bag, in the shop .... we had a lot of big windows ... that the bloody kids took delight in bricking, fairly often - replaced with 5mm polycarb as and when

 

[Stock]

330ml water bottle with perfect O2/DA mix, decanted into it - oxy bomb - would fit nicely in the bung hole ... bit of wire wool across two bared wires, in the bottle, through a hole in the lid, then a board over the gully to stand on, 'fore showing it a PP3 --- BOOM!
would do the trick - and some

Careful watch the demarcation line..............................

 

[V8Druid]

Think I got more than I'd've liked at the funeral Tuesday ....
been RAF since Saturday afternoon ...
Horrendous constant dry cough, but no congestion with it - breathing fine ...
absolutely BANGING head and real tender scalp, sweats, shivers and mega shakes ...
can't hold a drink sometimes ..
and a temp. that's up/down like a yoyo .....
smell and taste ok though .....
body feels like it's been trampled in a stampede - totally wrecked ...
IMHDO - - some new covid strain 'praps ??

 

[CPS]

Think I got more than I'd've liked at the funeral Tuesday ....
been RAF since Saturday afternoon ...
Horrendous constant dry cough, but no congestion with it - breathing fine ...
absolutely BANGING head and real tender scalp, sweats, shivers and mega shakes ...
can't hold a drink sometimes ..
and a temp. that's up/down like a yoyo .....
smell and taste ok though .....
body feels like it's been trampled in a stampede - totally wrecked ...
IMHDO - - some new covid strain 'praps ??

Had that before Christmas..... fecked for about 3 weeks

 

[V8Druid]

Had that before Christmas..... fecked for about 3 weeks

ferk ... can't stand this for another two weeks .. got sh*t to do , kids to look after (already had to cancel 'em this week) ..... and Vicki's car for MOT ... 's fine'cept the one rear seat belt has locked up - got one, but ****ed if i can see how all the boot liner panels come out to get at it (estate)