It being the school holidays, I have the pleasure of the company of two grandsons for a couple of days a week. Recently, they persuaded to make them a machete each. It may seem a little reckless to arm a 6 year old and a 4 year old with a machete, … [Continue reading]
I Don’t Like it … It’s Too Quiet …
30/10/2020 by / 3 Comments
The title is an old western (film) cliche from when that genre existed. A few seconds later the unfortunate actor would be hit by an arrow between the shoulder blades and sink to the ground. I had that "too quiet" feeling about a month ago when I … [Continue reading]
Under the Pump
05/10/2020 by / 2 Comments
A few days ago I started the ram pump and went away expecting it to to fill up the depleted tanks over a couple of days. By the time I realised that it had stopped working, the top tank which supplies Maple Cottage was perilously low just a couple … [Continue reading]
PV Trivia
21/08/2020 by / 1 Comment
I feel a bit like Tom Bombadil from Lord of the Rings. Storms, disruptions, crises, plagues and depressions have swept by leaving me quite untroubled in my little enclave. Nothing disrupted Tom's daily joy in the beauty and bounty of nature and … [Continue reading]
A Smaller World
04/08/2020 by / Leave a Comment
It has long been an accepted saying that the world is getting smaller. And so it has seemed, as the speed of transport has increased so much and the ease of getting visas has been relaxed with the rise of international tourism and the promise of … [Continue reading]
C-19 BGO’s Finally Admitted
30/06/2020 by / 1 Comment
For those of you who blank out with acronym overload as I do quite often, a BGO is a Blinding Glimpse of the Obvious. Today the director-general of WHO (World Health Organisation) admitted we hadn't seen the worst of C-19 yet. There is worse to … [Continue reading]
A Spot of Bother
05/06/2020 by / 1 Comment
The hydro system is pretty well self-governing, and I don't get down to the turbine/generator bit very often. I have a couple of indicator light bulbs to let me know what the power is and and where it is going that I can check at a glance as I walk … [Continue reading]
Bridge Over Calm Waters
29/04/2020 by / 4 Comments
When you're weary, feeling small, when tears are in you're eyes, you will know you have had enough of social isolation. I haven't seen or heard any human activity for about a week now. Not a soul, not a sound, not even a faint rumble from a jet … [Continue reading]