The Retirement Thread

[Binky]

I like seeing the oilseed rape but I don’t think people who suffer from hay fever like it much?

Probably not but I love the sight of it. We get lots of fields of it around here and when the sun is on it and it's in full bloom the colour is stunning.
This is my favourite time of the year. Fortunately I don't suffer from hay fever.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Kev.
We are going to build a hedgehog house.
With your experience can you recommend a size and shape etc.
Also, now you've used the camera for a while would you recommend the same or something difference.

Hi Dave, with regards to the hedgehog house I would get in touch with the local hedgehog rescue people, or look online for the

Kev.
We are going to build a hedgehog house.
With your experience can you recommend a size and shape etc.
Also, now you've used the camera for a while would you recommend the same or something difference.

Hi Dave, good man, there's endless fascination watching the wildlife in your garden. I got my hedgehog houses pre built from a lady in Portland ( Dorset ). There may well be a local hedgehog charity that can offer advice, but there are several online guides to building your own. The feeding station is a large plastic storage crate with a lid, again there's some really excellent online guides as to dimensions etc. It's trial and error with the feeding station entrance, you build a sort of dogleg ( I used house bricks) to stop the cats pinching the food). Dry cat food is ideal for hedgehogs, don't give them milk as it's not good for them.
Cameras, I have Eufy wireless ones, inexpensive, don't need a subscription, 2K resolution and excellent battery life.
I will PM you later with details of the models I have and benefits/ drawbacks as I don't want to clog up the thread.

 

[Paulus]

Interesting, after reading about the Jacobite line in Scotland. Apparently they need to comply with new legislation about central locking on the carriages and that can`t be achieved unless there is a diesel unit supplying power at the rear. This makes it unviable. So just wondering about the steam train you are going on ? I guess in all the years that the Jacobite (Harry Potter) has been running on normal opening and closing of the doors there has`nt been an issue.

Edit Just a thought, but why don`t they use batteries that then can be recharged at either end of the route ? It would be better than using solar panels on the heritage carriages (TIC). There has to be ways around not usIng a diesel unit ?

There are carriages that are basically a generator carriage that supplies power to the train when steam hauled.
I would of thought that converting carriages that are 50/60/70 years old that have no provision for electrical door locking would be prohibitively expensive.

 

[mistyoptic]

Reviewed the camera footage from Sunday’s ride and reported the close pass we experienced

 

[Dave7]

Hi Dave, with regards to the hedgehog house I would get in touch with the local hedgehog rescue people, or look online for the

Hi Dave, good man, there's endless fascination watching the wildlife in your garden. I got my hedgehog houses pre built from a lady in Portland ( Dorset ). There may well be a local hedgehog charity that can offer advice, but there are several online guides to building your own. The feeding station is a large plastic storage crate with a lid, again there's some really excellent online guides as to dimensions etc. It's trial and error with the feeding station entrance, you build a sort of dogleg ( I used house bricks) to stop the cats pinching the food). Dry cat food is ideal for hedgehogs, don't give them milk as it's not good for them.
Cameras, I have Eufy wireless ones, inexpensive, don't need a subscription, 2K resolution and excellent battery life.
I will PM you later with details of the models I have and benefits/ drawbacks as I don't want to clog up the thread.

Thanks Kev. I have already been on line and seen some designs. There are some inexpensive ones made of decent wood but my SiL has got it into his mind that wants to make one.
There is a brook running directly behind my garden and the bank on my side which is overgrown with brambles and bushes is full of life eg there are foxholes, lots of birds and I know there are hedgehogs as my neighbour is visited every night.
The bottom of the fence is concrete slabs so we are going to cut an inverted 'V' into it.

 

[Dave7]

Back from my walk. 2.4 miles. It was bl**dy freezing with that wind. I needed a hat really.

 

[BoldonLad]

I won't be able to hear you properly for a while as I've deployed some ear-drops & stuffed cotton wool in, too.. Sorry.. 🙇

Has it improved things? 😂

 

[Shearwater Missile]

There are carriages that are basically a generator carriage that supplies power to the train when steam hauled.
I would of thought that converting carriages that are 50/60/70 years old that have no provision for electrical door locking would be prohibitively expensive.

That is why I think the Jacobite is struggling. I think that it all comes down to health and safety.

 

[PeteXXX]

Has it improved things? 😂

Pardon? 🤔

 

[Tenkaykev]

Thanks Kev. I have already been on line and seen some designs. There are some inexpensive ones made of decent wood but my SiL has got it into his mind that wants to make one.
There is a brook running directly behind my garden and the bank on my side which is overgrown with brambles and bushes is full of life eg there are foxholes, lots of birds and I know there are hedgehogs as my neighbour is visited every night.
The bottom of the fence is concrete slabs so we are going to cut an inverted 'V' into it.

PM sent. Hedgehogs are pretty good climbers, I did however use a housebrick as a step to lend a hand...

 

[numbnuts]

Afternoon, I've not posted.......the main reason I have nothing to post,
things may improve tomorrow.