Thursday 24 July 2014

Still glorious weather in the UK...

Pea viner's in action.
Three of em in the field behind us.
 I think we can safely say that this year we have had a summer, since we've arrived back in the UK some five weeks ago we've only had about three not so good days the rest have been lurvely.  Today is about twenty six degrees although a bit on the humid side, we can get used to it.

Tipping in the truck.
Friday evening got off to a good start, we had been invited to the deputy police and crime commissioners house, oh all right Paul, Nicci and Katy's house, for one of Paul's superb home made "bubs" (We used to call Indians from cowboys and Indians, Indibubs in our childhood, thus Indian food has been further abbreviated to "bubs").  Excellent fodder and banter young man look forward to your reciprocal visit to the "pikeys" domicile.  When we arrived back home we found I had smashed off a water pipe in the caravan and flooded us out again, well almost as the water got into the electrics and tripped out the pump otherwise we would have had tons of water all over because I have a self filling water tank from the mains.  So I had all that to fix at midnight before we could go to bed.  Just not fit to be left in charge of going into cupboards me!

On Saturday we had the Pea viners arrive in a field adjacent to our paddock.  We were expecting them but usually it's at around four in the morning, this was mid afternoon.

Paths all power washed and garden tidy
Fascinating things to watch as the three machines tore into the field at a great rate of knots.  An hour later they were leaving, job done.  They discharged their shelled peas into a tractor and trailer which then backed down to the road.

The trailer remained horizontal to the ground and lifted vertically up to the awaiting lorry on the road side.  Only then did it tip it's load into the wagon all ready to be zoomed off the the factory and frozen within an hour.  Mr. Birdseye will be happy with this lot methinks.

Still looks the same after £1000 spent on her.
 Tuesday was a big day for the car, bless her, she had to have a new air conditioning condenser fitted, a new rear wheel bearing a new screen washer pump and a service and MOT.  I'd already given her four new boots ready for going back to Greece with and also the Insurance was due. Phuweey, looks like the wallet's gonna get a hammering here I thought.  The tyres were £200, service, aircon, MOT etc. £700 and the insurance £150.  It was going to be £132 for the insurance but we had to increase the mileage again with not leaving her in the garage for most of the year.  Oh well I suppose that's the price you pay, if you wanna keep driving you gotta keep paying.

They wanted tree fellers and there was only the two of us!
In the meantime, work on the house is almost complete apart from the decorating itself.  Hopefully my mate Lenny should be starting on that at some point next week.  I've pressure washed all the drive and paths as well as the walls which still had muck from the flood showing in various places.  The garden is all trimmed and pruned, looking good and ready for the new tenants moving in around the 20th of next month.  I really do hope they keep it in the cracking state that it's in when they move in.  I don't think they should have any excuse.

 Today we are surrounded by a cacophony of sound, in another field adjacent to our paddock they are removing some large ash trees.  Stacking the trunks and very large branches in a trailer to be removed for processing and the rest is going through a huge industrial grade shredder for composting or mulch.  Elsewhere the combined harvesters are out in force getting the rape seed and very soon the wheat and barley also.  There is also the noise of corn dryers in the distance too, who said something about the peace and tranquillity of the countryside.

Just a quick mention of our bestest ever pals, Allen and Jean, visiting on Sunday.  We had a great day just talking and catching up with a little lubricant and food thrown in.  Before we knew it twelve hours had passed and I still don't think I mentioned......

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