Mundane News

[oldwheels]

Frosty start this morning and a light covering of snow. Glad I am not travelling today as reports on local road conditions are not good. Other areas seem to be bad also and Glencoe has blue lights visible but the person reporting this was not near enough to see any reason for them.
This is my first chance to sit down today as still unpacking but all the foodstuff has been dealt with.
Now I have to get my various medications sorted out and reorder which is done by phone tho' I prefer to have some sort of record as things sometimes get missed out or are not available at short notice. The pharmacy are usually quite good at keeping me informed if things will take longer than normal.
So far I seem to have escaped infection as my latest LFT is ok. Ferries appear to he a hotspot as quite a few are delayed or cancelled due to crew members testing positive.

 

[tyred]

All the snow has just fallen off the roof and startled me.

 

[DCLane]

The weather here is alternating between throwing sleety snow down heavily and sunshine. Until I have to collect SWMBO's car from the garage, providing it passes the MOT (which it should since it has only failed on rear brake pads - the joys of https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk/ ), then I'm going nowhere.

However, I am attempting to be creative in the module I'm supposed to be writing materials for that's running at the end of this month. Like SWMBO's car, I'm failing at this.

 

[tyred]

The snow seems to have turned to torrential rain so looks like no walk today.

I see I've worn away the rubbers on my crutches. I must get new ones somewhere. I suppose most users don't go for three mile walks.

 

[Reynard]

Chilly, breezy and occasionally sunny here chez Casa Reynard.

I overslept this morning. Ooops. Anyway, I have squared away a fair bit of writing, or rather, I have been revising what I banged out yesterday. Stuff usually takes several goings over before it's anywhere near remotely presentable. It's like playing "Just A Minute" looking for repetition, deviation and hesitation...

Anyways, it is almost time for luncheon.

 

[tyred]

I'm thinking about making a new toilet roll holder

 

[Reynard]

I'm thinking about making a new toilet roll holder View attachment 625353

I really rather like that!

Racing car suspension components could be repurposed that way as well.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Morning ride of 2.5 hours. It was 2C and wary of ice, so picked gritted lanes and / or roads which catch the sun. Here’s a photo riding along with this guy who kept pace. Ice early on, but glinting in sun, so easily avoided.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I'm thinking about making a new toilet roll holder View attachment 625353

I think your bottom bracket has gone.

 

[biggs682]

Chilly walk around the block.
A hot pastie soon walmed me up

 

[oldwheels]

Today’s good news from Calmac is that MV Clansman has berthed at Coll and is now on passage to Tiree. Don’t know which island the coffin was heading for yesterday but the funeral can now go ahead.

Bad news is that the passenger lift for mobility impaired passengers on MV Isle of Mull has broken down again.
When I used it yesterday a crew member had to accompany me in case it stuck. The lift is designed for buildings which do not move around. Boats tend to swing from side to side and pitch fore and aft which the mechanism cannot cope with. You would imagine such a problem could be dealt with but the crew member said his employers were too mean to pay more for such refinements.

 

[rockyroller]

Didn't last long, didn't even settle. This morning there was the occasional puddle with ice and in one particular place the big puddles had iced over. Temperature in the mid 30s, blue sky.

aww, well here's some for you!

 

[DCLane]

SWMBO's car appears to have passed it's MOT, according to https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk/ and I've got three weeks' worth of seminars and online discussions written on top of yesterday's two. Might even get a fourth done shortly ... which will get me half-way. Then I've the lectures to do. Plus the assessments. It'll be a long weekend ...

 

[Reynard]

Had a lovely lunch. Two slices of wholemeal toast, one with the last of the little brie with truffle (I still have another one of those in the fridge mind, as they're lovely and so I bought two), one with the penultimate slice of the spiced ham, plus a tangerine, a conference pear and the obligatory two

I shared the ham with the girls though.

 

[Reynard]

After this morning's Freddie Mercury-based shenanigans on here, I have checked my wardrobe.

No clothes are reported missing.