Druidic Dabblings and General Twaddle !!

[V8Druid]

It’s known as a ‘Mast’ year. Everything has fruited like crazy everywhere this year!

yep - apple and plum trees were mental - plums were impressive last year, but surpassed themselves this year ... hawthorns're all RED and huge quantity of sloes too - lorra blackberries but very small

 

[pettsy]

Our garden is being covered by the bastard things from next doors tree

 

[V8Druid]

Our garden is being covered by the bastard things from next doors tree

acorns, apples, plums, or sloes ...... they're all a PITA when on the floor

 

[V8Druid]

well as you saw above, this lot arrived this morning ...... ...................................................................................................... and then had to sort it all

cattle grid replacement materials ............................................................................................................................................................ and some 'stock' for me

amazing how quickly 20/25 ft lengths of material 'disappear' when yerz knocking summat out
this pee-ed me off .......... 'sposed to be two in the bag ... some tosser at 'head office' in Llanelli, where all the profiling gets done, can't bloody count - or read !!

only one in the bag and as i've got to machine them I really do not want to set up for one, then have to do it all again when #2 arrives

aaaaand then it was grass time again ....
the puff balls had to have it

and a quick five runs down the side of the drive -- the Dane can wait 'til the end of the week when it's dried out a LOT more --
don't want a repeat of the last episode, having to drag it out backwards on the particularly steep bit

looks like Ex Stock's truck took a detour across the grass in parts .. lucky he didn't sink his steering axle, so assume that's half his doubles .... they usually send their seven an' a half up here, but no - sent an 18 tonner this morning - takes a bit of turning around with a 25 ft bed.
Driver rang me when he turned off the A465 for directions and as I'm trying to talk him in I'm thinking WTF is he???? and why the hell is he having to double shunt on two bends as he's talking to me .. as the conversation went on I realised he's obviously using non-commercial sat nav and is coming up Penbidwal lane I only drive it when I have to - in the car FFS!!
when he tells me he's just passed Wood farm, I think - oh no he isn't - he's just gone past our turn so tell him to back up - 'til I ask him if it's on the left or the right -- " on the left " he's come up the lane !!!
" keep coming, to the T junction, turn around there and come back in 50 yds and you'll see our drive in front of you - you'll never make the left turn from where you are, into our drive "
5 min.s later and he's on me patch
" you want to get them to buy you a commercial sat nav Russsel ... can't believe you made it up that lane!!!!! "
" Why? is there an easier route ?? "

sent him back down the way he should have come and bet he had an easier trip back down to the 465
he deffo won't make that mistake again

might go down Penbidwal tomorrow and see how much of the banks he demolished

 

[V8Druid]

Horsey girls msgd me last night - " had I seen the fence? they'd put some cones there " ???????????
didn't quite grasp WTF they were on about ................ 'til this morning when I went to Aber. to take the girls to school

there's a 3 ft drop into a stream there and 'Russel', Ex Stock's driver, has no excuses for hitting that .. the 8 wheelers delivering planings never do or anyone else for that matter -- looks like he had it on the way out. -- summat else to do

 

[Stroppymonkey]

yep - apple and plum trees were mental - plums were impressive last year, but surpassed themselves this year ... hawthorns're all RED and huge quantity of sloes too - lorra blackberries but very small

Blackberries best here in August. Never touch them in October. I was always told that you shouldn't pick blackberries in October as the Devil has spat on them! (Just googled it, its okay he only spits on them on the 11th October )