I decided that new glass was too expensive and second hand glass wasn’t much cheaper. Whereas entire second hand green houses are quite cheap by comparison. So we picked up an 8ft x 8ft green house from a place near Weymouth. I was worried that the glass wasn’t going to be right and having not checked this could have been a rather sorry story. But 2 hours of taking down and another hour loading it all onto the land rover and then after a careful drive home, I was pleasently surprised to find the glass an exact match. Even though this other green house was a far higher quality item, the aluminium profiles are far superior. Much more ridged. I was able to complete our green house, bar one pane that requires cutting, and for that I will need a glass cutter /scorer thing. Dad said he’s never had any […]
We visited the Tank Museum in Bovington on Monday. It was great, though I had it in my mind that it was all about tanks, hulking great machines with tracks that are super capable off road and technologically advanced and so on. I was really looking forward to have a good look at some large bits of machinery. It had skipped my mind that they’re actually machines for killing people. So perhaps taking our 4 year old daughter wasn’t as great an idea as I had previously imagined. Of cause the museum is ordered from the first world war onwards through the various conflicts right to todays latest and greatest waste of human life. Gladly Abigail didn’t seem to realise the significance of the machines. I was impressed by the tank cut into two halves, it was cool to see.
I did my second volunteering day at The Kingcombe Centre on Monday. I had great fun doing odd jobs about the place. Stop a door from jamming on the frame. Put up 10 “Please close the gate” signs. Weave more hazel branches into posts for the compost area. Dismantle a tree guard and recover the timber. Build a couple of shelves in the workshop. Add some lower bars to two gates to stop the sheep escaping. Mow around the garden area where I had previously mowed and also the paths. Trim some over grown plants off the path. Move chippings back up the access drive way to the overflow car park. They had a few sheep turning up to help turn an area into a meadow. This meant I had to jump to the sorting the gates promptly. This was unforeseen, but the fella who’s sheep they were said that […]
WSP UK allows/encourages it’s employees to take two days a year to carry out volunteering activates for local charities. I chose to take my two days to work for Dorset Wildlife Trust at The Kingcombe Centre. I did some grass cutting and then a little light DIY work during my day there. I really enjoyed being outside and doing some real work. I should have taken some more after pictures, I got plenty of before photos.
On my way to do my volunteering day at the Kingcombe Center, I thought I would take a more direct route that might be fun. The lane was very scratchy from the beginning to over half way. I will not be doing this one very often, although the bottom most part of the lane was fun and pretty clear. I had to cut back a few branches to get through easily. I may return one evening and do some more significant clearing.
We went to Chickerell Steam and Vintage Show at the weekend. I really enjoyed it. I think we all had fun actually.
We managed to see about 70 World War Two vehicles come through Dorchester. I only took a few photos. I could easily have spent all afternoon there looking at them. The tracked vehicles made a fair mess of the tarmac/asphalt on the corner. There were bits of broken up road surface in the road and new pot holes. Pretty impressive to see and there was a really nice atmosphere there.
I spent a few hours clearing the undergrowth and the rubbish /cuttings and soil from the drainage ditch that runs along the back edge of the garage building last weekend. I did not get a before photo, but it was very full of stuff. I now need to do some digging at the far end to remove a lot of stone and soil from the ditch.
I happened to be up the Church tower yesterday, setting up for the teddy bear zip line. I took a few pictures I though might be worth sharing. If you look really closely at the hill, Castle Hill that is, you can just about make out the Jubilee Beacon pile of fire material (Bottom right photo).
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