Memsahib and self spent Saturday carting derelict drainage pipes, broken up in situ cast concrete slabs, waste cullet to the cowp. Returned via the town with supplies, free firewood, free ballast and some free compost produced by the Council.
Forfar steak bridies, followed by rhubarb tarts and ginger pop to wash down. Tasty!
Ascended the roof with ladders to check the chimmney after a 'hot' chimmney fire last midweek
Revealed one very clean, white flue, but a chimmney pot looking more like a river creek bed in Victoria OZ
very cracked and very unstable
Set too with a lump hammer and bolster to remove the pot, whilst watching the warm up practise for the A85 TT race season!!
Loons!! From the 'Grandstand'. Stack now ready to accept new pot, cowl refitted to keep rain out in the interim and cleaned the gutters for good measure. Daughter, Jooles and boyfriend Barni turned up for a blether and tea cakes. Finally, took them home @ 21:00hrs, then down to the chipper for fish wi' mushy peas and Iron Bru and a single chips for supper. Parrrrrp!
Sunday, got the tatties sorted out for chitting, cancelled cutting the hedge due to nesting greenfinch and blackbirds, beaten this time.
Made real progress with the MZ, sorted the bars, tank, foot pegs and gear change.Started the old bopper up and it ran lovely, engaged first gear, lovely, no neutral!!!
Clutch plates stuck after standing idle!
No kickstart to try and free them off and I don't want to burn out the starter motor. Next job drain oil, coolant, remove water pump, clutch cover and dismantle clutch!!!!!
Bikes!
Abandoned the workshop and went and watched Baldrick and Phil play in the mud, with multicoloured Mick.
Sad, EH?
Even write it up on here.
Toodle pip, Bill.
