I discovered that this is a left hand wrench...

They manage to reduce all the problems in the world to a level that we can all understand. The goose can be a bit stand offish, she doesn't go in for friendly conversation.

I suspect that machine is a bit before blenders and electrickery.

It doesn't matter what language you speak, wheat starts as a seed and grows upwards until it turns gold and then it is cut. Reason this place is familiar is because Nicole has been very kind to me. I owe her.

Some good stuff. Should I have bought the water from butter squeezer and the clockwork rotisserie?

Did it fall or was it pushed? The GIs were not the only folk liberating stuff!

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Apparently they made metric ones for export and Imperial for the domestic market...

The trains were pointed out to me by some friends, the price was such that I didn't even think about haggling. The wrench just had a heavyweight quality look about it, it will certainly get used.

The chickens might be glad to know that I didn't buy the rotisserie.

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Knowing that it might is the first part of making sure that it won't!

I wouldn't risk it with stainless steel. Snow shovelling? Haven't done that since leaving England. Maybe this winter...

My channel is best described as an 'eclectic mix', not just model railways.

@@harryfaber Sweet .... Thats cool!!!

They are simple, buy a small bag of onion sets, push them base first into some well turned soil, let the onion do it's own thing.

@@harryfaber Thanks Harry.i I had to give my allotment up some time ago as I couldn’t manage it on my own plus it was two bus rides away and I can’t do buses anymore (silly spine fragility) In my funny tiny back garden, I only have pots and a raised bed so the onion sets aren’t happy! I am thinking of growing some spring onions though 🤔 I did have some luck with those 😊

Gutters are not always the best place for nests.

There are days when subcontracting feels like a good idea!

It is a delightful model.

The world needs to stop for tea from time to time.

I haven't planted any yet, but the big growers have a special breed that arrive ready stuffed and without the giblets. I think that they are a special variety, featherless, but in a plastic bag. Now, as part of your training to become English, you need to search for Fanny Craddock preparing a turkey for Christmas.

@@harryfaber I watched Fanny...I did ok until she started stabbing the goose with a fork. I couldn't concentrate on anything but her eyebrows...

@@shedbythetracks She was compulsory viewing for all British children, that may explain a lot...

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A lovely addition.

Yes, all in all.

We are indeed blessed.

The power of prayer!

They don't bring me mice, they eat them! It was a lovely surprise.

Ah! Thank you! It is about the same age as me, but in better condition.

They grow every day, and get braver.

They have also managed to find the one bit of gutter that is hung wrongly and the water doesn't get to the nest.

They seem to manage quite well without interference.

And cat litter seeds....

Probably, depends what their mother teaches them she never has been, very feral person.

They add some movement to the wood pile!

Four, I think, the other one was probably hiding, a neighbour's dog had been barking.

We all need friends.

In 40 years time, there might be a different use for the boards...

I have always been allergic to hunger!

Ah, slugs need to be 'managed'! So do the horrible 'carrot fly', white flies that will infest the carrots around the base of the leaves. All sent to try us.

These peaches are a little furrier than the others.

Soon, just now that is their mum's problem.

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They do bring us a lot of joy.

Yes, but not as much as for December, they struggle to find work in July.

@@harryfaber ce sont des intermittents du spectacle 😂😂

I think it is the cheese, goat cheese makes you fall over.... Scales for models is a subject I get annoyed about, it is almost as if model companies want to sell us more than one 2CV, one in 1:87th for HO railways, one in 1:72nd for OO railways, one in 1:76th to go with our tanks...... as child, it annoyed me that Airfix tanks were 1:76th but Airfix aircraft were 1:72nd. Their cars were 1:43rd. I haven't sacked the special effects team, I took them out and shot them. The next film will be way better....

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Don't tell the vicar, I was squashed in the back with a dame.... GIs in the 1940's must have all been pretty skinny for two of 'em to fit with all their gear.

Always a pleasure. My French must be getting better, someone asked me if I was an American! Maybe they just wanted some gum, chocolate or a pair of nylons.

It was an interesting experience. there were no Jeeps in this battle, but plenty arrived in France and all around the world to take men to war. I have 'memories' of travelling the roads around Ypres, where my grandfather marched into battle and thankfully out of battle. Yep. Strange feelings. For this battle, the Frenchmen were very local, and their families still live here. A brother of one of the deceased was with us today.

Not bad at all, and the promised rain didn't happen.

Happy Birthday!

@@harryfaber Thanks.

The Kangoo is a bit quicker than the T. That and my middle names are Emerson Fitipaldi.

I hand dug the small plots for this, the exercise did me good. Machine digging is ok, but I like to get in and remove all the roots first. Forks and spades for this job. I took a surplus courgette to a neighbour, who is 90+. She was on some steps cleaning her windows.

That will be the first job of the day.

Barter is not a bad way of going on.

These won't survive long enough to be pickled, truth be told, this is only a couple of month's worth, they get used in everything from cheese sandwiches (raw) through hot dogs, shallow fried and then in all sorts of dishes.