Mundane News

[oldwheels]

This makes sense; humanure was hot property in many countries until comparatively recently, in fact cities in (I think ) China used to auction the rights to take the stuff away. Mind you, composting it is apparently a wise move before sticking it on fields.

Tomatoes in those days tasted better as well but really more to do with variety. Now they are grown for quantity and not taste and in my youth they did not have the hard centres they have now.

 

[Reynard]

The "Big Houses" on country estates used to have a large tank into which all the toilets emptied. The contents were used for mainly tomatoes in greenhouses.This would have been before septic tanks and my father was an apprentice then journeyman gardener on several such estates in the Scottish Borders and gave me this information.

I just didn't want anyone to think I'd piddled in the watering can...

 

[Reynard]

Aaaaaaaaanyhoooo, time to feed the cats (they're staring at me) and then it will be time to feed me.

 

[tyred]

after two and a half days with no phone or interweb... I'm back!

Did you go back to the middle ages?

 

[tyred]

I finally got access to my B&B. One of those basically unmanned ones where they text you the access code but for some reason the text never sent to my phone. As there was nobody to stop me, the Brompton is now in my bedroom!

Had a nice dinner but trying to work out why I opted for a pint of dishwater Tennent's Lager.

 

[MontyVeda]

Did you go back to the middle ages?

felt more like the middle 80s

 

[Reynard]

The cats have eaten their dinner - Felix AGAIL with salmon & courgette. Shortly, I shall be throwing some items into the George Foreman grilly thing.

Green wheelie bin is outside the gate waiting for collection in the morning. Not bothering with the black bag - it's been three weeks since I last put one out, and there's hardly anything in the new one.

 

[Speicher]

Carpet man did great job with the carpet and vinyl.So as soon as he left ,off i went to daughters cottage and tidied the garden she leaves this weekend,see what i did there, clever or what.So the garden looks 100 times better than it did when she moved in.

So now It's ready for some new borders.

 

[biggs682]

4 tomato plants ready to be planted

 

[oldwheels]

Aaaaaaaaanyhoooo, time to feed the cats (they're staring at me) and then it will be time to feed me.

I finally got access to my B&B. One of those basically unmanned ones where they text you the access code but for some reason the text never sent to my phone. As there was nobody to stop me, the Brompton is now in my bedroom!

Had a nice dinner but trying to work out why I opted for a pint of dishwater Tennent's Lager.

One of the accursed AirB&B? Universally despised by locals in tourist parts of Scotland.

 

[tyred]

One of the accursed AirB&B? Universally despised by locals in tourist parts of Scotland.

Quite possibly. It was the cheapest that showed up on booking.com when I planned the trip. Cheapest isn't always best. It is clean and well presented to be fair but it would have been nice to have dealt with a human.

 

[Reynard]

Lovely supper of homemade mushroom burgers topped with cheddar cheese, potato salad with New York-style dressing (I used capers rather than gherkins), plus a salad of lettuce, cucumber, tomato and fresh basil from the garden.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I finally got access to my B&B. One of those basically unmanned ones where they text you the access code but for some reason the text never sent to my phone. As there was nobody to stop me, the Brompton is now in my bedroom!

Had a nice dinner but trying to work out why I opted for a pint of dishwater Tennent's Lager.

Glasgow hotel

before our jaunt to Edinburgh

 

[Reynard]

Here's one for you @DCLane - I think this is much more your if you fancy a punt.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363882158660?hash=item54b9111a44:g:01UAAOSwxQlismZP&LH_ItemCondition=4

Seller's feedback is a bit iffy, but then there's always someone throwing a wobbly somewhere.

 

[DCLane]

Thanks @Reynard - a bit 'flashy' for me, but added to my watch list.

I'm currently in an attic room in a large Irish farmhouse B&B in rural Ireland. We've the whole three rooms, and it's lovely, but didn't have a house sign and has the air of a semi-abandoned mansion about it.