Mundane News

[PeteXXX]

I'm up. Dog's out in the garden tiddling. Tea's brewing. It's Black Bin Day today.

 

[Shearwater Missile]

A very relaxed day has been had - if you exclude the 2 1/4 hours of bike riding that is. Nice little run out to Stowmarket in the sunshine and a bit more of a side wind than expected, then another couple of hours sat with cold beers and a bit of reading before catching the train home.

Other than sorting out the downloads of the books onto the older Kindles, I've done nothing at all this evening and plan on keeping it that way apart from making the evening's hot chocolate in about an hour's time.

That side wind we always get. I have never known a place to get more side winds except when they are head winds on the bike ! We have an enclosed rear garden but it is nearly always windy in it.

 

[biggs682]

Looks like it has rained overnight
Time for a ride

 

[tom73]

Looking a bit wet and overcast sort of morning , breakfast has been had along with another .

 

[biggs682]

Pre work ride has been travelled only 6 miles around town to drop off the soft plastic recycling.
Cloudy cover and damp underfoot but not cold.
First cuppa brewing

 

[Illaveago]

@Illaveago can we have some photos of your locomotive please? Fellow railway modeller here. Mine are Lego.

I posted some pictures on page 13720.

 

[Illaveago]

Look at the dirt on those wheels!
Is the motor mounted vertically by any chance.

Consider dropping some oil onto the felt pads. They dry up and have been known to stop the shafts running in them. Acting almost as a glue. That worm gear is nice and shiny though.

Thanks. You should have seen it before I cleaned it up.
The driving wheels were bright orange and the whole motor was full of what looked like instant mash powder. I had to dig it out to free up the motor shaft and clear the windings. I brushed rust removing gel on the wheels and then scraped them clean. I didn't know if the windings had survived. I have put oil on the felt pads but they have dried out again.

 

[Illaveago]

Morning.
I have just brought our garden waste bin in. It is grey and damp out but it's not raining.
I will be resting today to conserve energy for taking my wife to Swindon to have some laser treatment on her eye.

 

[Illaveago]

Last night after successfully testing my electric motor I thought it would help if I cleaned up the wheels by using an electric powered brass wire wheel. The wheels cleaned up nicely so I thought I would see what effect it had. It stopped working! I must have dislodged something. I'll have another look.

 

[biggs682]

First cuppa went down well

 

[Illaveago]

Close up pictures of the motor and the interior of the tractor unit. Places set for a meal. Looks quite posh!

 

[Illaveago]

Yesterday included a walk in COVID injection.
Was booked online, but no confirmation.
Turned up, was not on list, but the kind and attractive lady said "she's do me anyway"

Last night, as always, I reacted. Hot sticky, tossy turny night. Then big sleep, woke at 0930.

Beautiful sunny day and the gas men have run out of road to dig up. Moved into various people's gardens in their search for escaping gas.

Wasn't "The Big Sleep." A Raymond Chandler novel?

 

[Gwylan]

Wasn't "The Big Sleep." A Raymond Chandler novel?

Yes, but people tended not to wake up

 

[Jenkins]

Good morning from an overcast, breezy but dry Suffolk - no sign of the forecast rain overnight. Coffee has been had after a very good night's sleep to the extent that I woke up, saw that the clock was showing about half past seven, rolled over for another half hour's kip and came round at just gone nine!.

Coffee has been had ahead of a very quiet day. There's only a little bit of shopping to be done for travel snacks for Thursday and then the bedding needs changing. I think I may go down to mid weight duvet warmth as it's finally started to warm up a bit at night.

 

[Jenkins]

That side wind we always get. I have never known a place to get more side winds except when they are head winds on the bike ! We have an enclosed rear garden but it is nearly always windy in it.

It didn't help that I was coming in from the south via Wattisham so had the open countryside and no real shelter Mind you I get the same if coming in from the other direction using the back road from Needham Market, so tend to wait until there's an easterly or south easterly wind before heading your way.