Mundane News

[Mike_P]

Ebike booked into Chevin, just under a month rather than 6 weeks. Need to get a new handlebar controller. Winstanlys who were cheapest have sold out. JE James £10 more. They seem to have £10 off a £100 spend but everything else so far I looked for that I need/might need is not stocked.

 

[Titan yer tummy]

@Titan yer tummy

I think you were talking about the lack of progress on the new bridge on the Riverlink way. I just read that they'd discovered a water main while sorting out an abutment. So, Lewisham Council can't do anything until Thames Water give them permission to continue.

Oh dear oh dear. Hardly likely to be a priority for the water company.

Could be years before it reopens.

Oh woa woa and thrice woa in words of the much missed Lurcio.

But thx for the update. Most helpful.

 

[Mike_P]

Been a heavy downpour so that saves on watering the garden
Two pairs of mitts as my decade old ones are getting a bit pass it and a grease gun, totalling with £25, off got £10 off with the ebike controller.

 

[johnnyb47]

I set off from work this evening.The sun was out and it pleasantly warm.I was in two minds to drop the roof on the car and enjoy the weather but I'm glad I didn't.
About ten miles down the road the sky turned really dark and when I got to the next village it looked like a monsoon had hit the place.I was behind a petrol tanker and could see the run off water slowly creeping across the road as we climbed up it.The water then turned a very murky colour and noticed the sewer covers had blown all along the pavement.
I will leave it to your imagination of what I could see coming down the road by now and it wasn't very nice.
The stench of it was overwhelming inside the car.
I only gave it a good wash and polish yesterday ☹️ and it's now parked up covered in human effluent.
I hope we get some decent rain tonight just to wash it down.

 

[biggs682]

A journey across to Numpton went ok
I decanted 40 litres from one water butt to our spare one as looking at tonight's weather forecast it should refill easily enough.