Swifts normally return to the same nest site, so you are quite lucky to have these returnees
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Swifts normally return to the same nest site, so you are quite lucky to have these returnees
We don't get Swifts or Swallows here.
Because it's in porch by front door they don't come back every year, they must think the disturbance is too much but I'm happy when they do. And any mess is easily cleaned as it's all stone and open anyway. We have several nest boxes on house and garage.
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
Morning been busy in the kitchen made five chilli meals for the freezer
and I haven't even had breakfast as yet so it will be brunch, fried egg on toast, black pudding, mushrooms and bubble and squeak.
and I haven't even had breakfast as yet so it will be brunch, fried egg on toast, black pudding, mushrooms and bubble and squeak.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
And half term has ended and the world belongs to us people of leisure once again.
I have given that a like but I'll take a bit back for the black pudding.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
I moved from Garmin to Wahoo about 6 years ago and have been very pleased to date. My eight year old Garmin vivoactive HR eventually gave up the ghost a few weeks ago. The touch screen stopped responding. I've no complaints about that. My smart watch/fitness tracker needs are very simple and I set myself a budget of £150, which was far more than I really wanted to spend. Which? rated the Xiaomi Smart Band Pro 9 as "the best we have ever tested." Quite a glowing review. The watch is £62 and I decided it had to be worth a punt. I'm delighted. It does everything I need and about 429 other things!! Easy to use, smart looking, very responsive, comfortable and a lot of set up from the app. More setup from the app would be good but I can't complain at this price. My one gripe would be the lack of a decent manual but this seems to be a feature of Chinese/Japanese products - see my previous rants about Shimano. In common with Shimano di2 I had to use YouTube to find a good "how to" video.
Accuracy is very good. I've compared a medical grade BP/HR monitor, Wahoo chest strap and the watch. The strap and monitor are 100% while the watch is 1 or 2 beats out. That's more than acceptable. The vivoactive was usually 10 or 15 beats out. On walking and cycling the GPS tracking on a 75 mile ride my Wahoo and Xiaomi were within 0.11 miles and 19 feet of each other. The last thing I have to check is battery life for cycling. Currently it looks like about 22 hours for GPS tracking. As I only want it as backup on major events like the Fred Witton or Ride London that's more than adequate.
Highly recommended and I'll look at their phones the next time I need one. #2SP is waking, I had best go!!
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Just been checking on the NHS "app" thingy for some test results
Just shows how people just don;t listen in consultations
comment on the report from the Dietician abotu my sessions about my Coeliac Disease
she says that it is good that my wife cooks a lot from scratch and has done a lot of research online
which is news to me as I do all the cooking
unless her son is ill and round here for some reason when she suddenly goes into "Mummy mode"
that has happened once since we met
Strange how Society's indoctrination shows in the smallest things and the dietician wrote that in spite of the fact that I do the cooking came up several times
but that was what she wrote
People are weird
Just shows how people just don;t listen in consultations
comment on the report from the Dietician abotu my sessions about my Coeliac Disease
she says that it is good that my wife cooks a lot from scratch and has done a lot of research online
which is news to me as I do all the cooking
unless her son is ill and round here for some reason when she suddenly goes into "Mummy mode"
that has happened once since we met
Strange how Society's indoctrination shows in the smallest things and the dietician wrote that in spite of the fact that I do the cooking came up several times
but that was what she wrote
People are weird
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
I note, like most, if not all of us, you have a decision maker 😂
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
Done walking, I now have a ginger ale ..... Hic.....I think it's non alcoholic 
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Waiting for a delivery.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Lawn mowed - didn;t get much grass off it but I have read that it is best to do it anyway and mowing encourages the grass to grow and messes up the weeds
The front - which is drier - is still a brown mess with bare patches from the flagging
A bloke comes round and sprays some "stuff" on it several times a year
but I might lob some miracle grow over it by way of encouragement
but apparently I can;t do that for a few days
The front - which is drier - is still a brown mess with bare patches from the flagging
A bloke comes round and sprays some "stuff" on it several times a year
but I might lob some miracle grow over it by way of encouragement
but apparently I can;t do that for a few days
classic33
Leg End Member
Best time is just before it rains, due tonight.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Delivery received. A 20 litre drum of oil. That's the next 3 services sorted for the van so don't need to worry again until 2028.
