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  2. Lawn tractor

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    After a great deal of physical effort that’s just about knackered me I’ve extracted the lawn tractor which had sunk into the mire yesterday. It’s a heavy piece of kit with a 25hp Kawasaki v-twin. I tried to haul it out with the quad bike, which I had to recommission after being laid, up but it wouldn’t budge it. I put the big heavy farm jack under the rear and lifted it up sufficiently to put rubber mats under the rear wheels. After a bit of forward and reversing it popped out only to sink in again after a couple of metres so I had to repeat the procedure. My Apple Watch congratulated me on my effort! I’m just relaxing with tea and cake at the moment. I don’t open the beer until 5.30 under my self imposed licensing laws. This is the first time I’ve done any serious exertion since last Autumn so I’m going to be a bit stiff tomorrow morning. My next job is to mow the grass again, a little shorter this time, cut up a big fallen willow branch with a chainsaw and then the greenhouses need clearing and preparing. I did manage a circuit of the field on the quad to examine the lake which fortunately is receding rapidly.

  3. Fish and Chip Shops

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    I’d never heard of George’s before but investigation shows they’re a nationwide organisation with lots of shops. They’re probably a franchiser so the quality may vary from shop to shop. My chip shop journeys start at a 10 mile round trip and I don’t think chips, like a fine French wine, necessarily travel well. Tonight it’s one of the nation’s favourite dishes, the traditional British Chicken Tikka Masala. It’s a posh one from Waitrose though, none of yer foreign muck! 

  4. Fish and Chip Shops

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    15 minutes ago, Beekay said:

    That's what I was trying to tell yuz Phil. McCaines 1.5k bag of Home chips ( not fries ) and Youngs battered fish. There's a variety of mushy peas available, usually all under 0.50p. I get mine from Aldi or Tesco, although we've started using a newly opened Home Bargains. ( they do Harry Ramsden mushy peas).

    I liked Harry Ramsden's in Nottingham. I met Brian Blessed in their once! Sorry to see it close.

  6. Fish and Chip Shops

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    We always have a ‘full English’ in a Sunday morning. It’s a sort of religious experience. We have one Indian meal a week, just so we can experience how the poor wretches in far away lands have to suffer. We have a traditional roast on a Sunday. We had more disgusting foreign food last night, chilli con-carne. I secretly enjoy a burger and chips. It’s not always fine dining in this household! I’m never buying chip shop chips again. A total rip off!

  7. How's your day?

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    I haven't used a push mower in years Barrie but I do have an scythe and was taught how to use it properly by an old gnarled countryman. I'm not up to scything an acre and half at my advanced age though.

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  8. How's your day?

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    I managed to finish all the grass cutting today but on the last lap at the back of the orchard the lawn tractor bogged down in the mud. Rocking it back and forth only dug it in deeper. The plan for tomorrow is to lift the rear up with the farm jack, supported on a plank, and slide some large rubber pads under the wheels. It’s not the first time I had this problem but I feel a bit silly for pushing my luck near the swampy bits. Something to look forward to I suppose. :angry:

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  14. How's your day?

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    I’ve made a start on the grass cutting. It’s still very wet but it was getting much too long. There’s still a lot more to do but it’s in areas that have been ponded so I’ll give it a couple more weeks otherwise the tractor will sink in and make muddy ruts. In the 62 years we’ve lived in this area I’ve never seen so much water. There’s still a lake at the bottom end of the field.

  18. What are you listening to now ??

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    I’m not sure who’s running Bates now. The old man is long gone. His son Phil used to work for Geoff Simpson the electrician in Arnold. He later worked for me as extrusion manager for a couple of years but went back on the road as a contract electrician. I last saw him at a funeral about 20 years ago and he was working with his brother installing kitchens. He must be retired by now. He did know about 105E engines though as he spotted a gasket in my office from a Caterham 7 I was working on.

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  21. What are you listening to now ??

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    36 minutes ago, benjamin1945 said:

    This is what i was trying to add to my post ref Liverpool....

    I’ve been on a ferry across the Mersey well before that song was written. I think it was the Royal Daffodil. We went to visit one of my dad’s old workmates who lived in a prefab in Speke. It must have been in the ‘50’s. My girlfriend was at college in Liverpool and I used to go up there some weekends in my Healey Sprite. That was when Liverpool was the place to be. I later knew Alan Sytner who used to own the Cavern Club. He opened the Nottingham BMW dealership with his brother Frank on Mapperley top. I’ve been driven by Frank who was a racing driver. Even being driven through Nottingham by him was scary!

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