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Great photo Mrs B, nothing better than wildlife in your garden Rog

They were big mate and the front of the barge seemed a long way off, set the engine speed to 2100rpm and away you go, I fitted hydraulic steering to the tugs the originals having chains, quadrants and pulleys Rog

Brown water navy Phil, No after doing a service or repair on these tugs/barges I used to take them out on test, so might as well go all the way to Long Eaton dig and load up with upto 90 tons of raw material then go back to the processing plant at Attenborough loaded, a quick check on the jobs I'd done before handing it over to the operator, good fun but wouldn't want to do it all day Rog

I operated this 52 foot dumb barge and tug with 90 ton of sand and gravel on board as well as a dozen or so school kids who visited the site from Attenborough to Long Eaton dig and back Rog

Been like that for over twenty years that I know to, apparently the guy who bought it was refused planning permission to modernise it, or knock it down and start again The farmyard I put the photo's on is not abandoned it is a fully working farm Rog

Just an example of what he's hung onto Vauxhall Firenza Bedford TK Rog

I think all farmers are the same Phil, can't bare to part with owt, the farmyard where I go shooting has a few barns full of old stuff even horse tack from when his grandfather used to do the farming, old head collars,reins all sorts of stuff to hitch a workhorse to an implement, Scythes hanging on the wall, horse hames, series two Landy in the openside barn, unbelievable amount of stuff, even a Bedford TK lorry Rog

A Barford roller of 1920's vintage ,,Chain driven off a Petter engine, in a mates yard down the village Rog

What about Lincolnshire Limo, perfect for taking the kids out of a Sunday afternoon Rog

Talking of Chasesides, not a dozer but a loader, this poor old girl is in a garden the other end of the village Rog

It is here Phil, just not there, cold wind today though but it's bright enough, perhaps the "cloud seeders" haven't been out yet Rog

One of my vintage cycles at the side of a JD Rog

It was Phil, thought it fit in well with some other items of oneupmanship Rog

If we are on the subject of tractors (sort of) my mates JD at the end of the close Rog

What a wet morning, brightened up a bit now, well I've been reading through the pages of the local (to me) web site, someone complaining about kids down the next village shouting and carrying on, I replied "Sooner hear that than be deaf) well talk about opening the floodgates of abusive answers I received, what is it with people who only see bad in young people and are hell bent on condemning their every action, comments from "bad parenting" to "feral kids", well they got a few proper Nottingham answers from me and it seems to have made the problem worse, you got to laugh aint you

Nice to see Radford Red has at least reacted to post (Margie's) even though he hasn't posted yet himself, come on RR used to love reading your posts and enjoying your take on life Rog

Just get on a hosting site (I use post image) don't cost anything, download your picture to whatever site you chose, right click on the icon for "posting to forums" then left click when you back on whatever post you on nottstalgia, I'm sure someone will be along with a better description than I just wrote but just play about with it you'll soon get the hang of it Rog

Well hopefully you will post some pictures, out of all your globe trotting adventures I don't think you've posted one photo yet Lizzie, please share your experiences with you nottstalgia family I'm sure they'll be much appreciated Rog

You mean this one isn't real? Rog

Whale burgers on sale at Greggs Rog

BK, looking at what comes out of the other end of the dirty little b£$%^ds I 's rather be a veggie, CT thats the one, quite a bit going on in Newark this weekend Rog

Fine morning in Newark, busy market with plenty of stalls which is always nice to see, a strange thing on the market was this giant ironically next to the fresh fish van . sommat to do with save the whales I think unless we had one hell of a storm last night it got washed up from Skegness, Lovely walk in the sunshine around the castle garden before the clouds took over Mrs P among the tulips Shed time now so catch you all later Rog

Might give them a try Mrs B, thanks for the info Rog

Good frost again this morning at 05.45 but cleared away nicely by 07.15, off to Newark in a bit so catch you all later have a great day everyone Rog

Anyroad to get back on topic, today I went to the nearest petrol station (Hykeham A46) to fuel up the car, had a coffee when I got back then decided to wash the car, something therapeutic about washing the car, ran out of car shampoo so had to use next best thing which was Radox Bath Soak, I now have a very relaxed car, the monthly local magazines were delivered to me when I was doing the car and looking at the local weather forecast for tomorrow (I usually deliver the mags on a Saturday) it said heavy rain/showers so decided to deliver them today, 45 copies the other end of the village 40 min