I set off this morning at quarter to six to pick up a velux flashing kit I’d bought on eBay and head over to Liverpool to collect a scaffolding tower I’d bought. The forecast for this afternoon and evening is awful, including wind gusts of up to 48mph, so I decided to come to the land and at least be here to watch it all blow away. Here is the story so far, in bad things and good things. <\/p>\n
Bad Thing: the weather in Liverpool, from which direction it was headed here, was ghastly. Buffeting, sudden wind gusts made driving a high-sided vehicle with a trailer quite exciting. <\/p>\n
Good Thing: I got a great deal on just the flashing kit I needed, and a good deal on the right amount of scaffolding. And all the people involved were really helpful and nice. <\/p>\n
Bad Thing: on arrival at the land, I got stuck on the really sharp bend with the trailer. And you know, in all the time, all summer, that I’ve been driving up and down that lane, I swear I’ve met anyone coming the other way about twice. Well, there were three of them this time. <\/p>\n
Good Thing: among them were a very helpful couple from the house on the corner (whose names I don’t know yet) who very calmly got out and helped direct me to get unstuck. <\/p>\n
Bad Thing: another guy honked his horn and gave me a cutting look (though at that point I’d delayed him by about a minute.)<\/p>\n
Good Thing: the last one was a sweet, elderly lady from down the road who waited patiently and then shot me an enormous grin and thumbs up as she went past. <\/p>\n
Bad Thing: here I am in the marquee, having now closed the zips that had worked their way open and re-pegged the pegs that had worked their way out, but in the gusts, I do wonder whether the whole thing is going to blow down on top of me. <\/p>\n
Good Thing: the super-tarp over the straw building seems almost entirely unperturbed and the straw is bone dry. <\/p>\n
Best thing: the milk I accidentally left in the “fridge ” (the shady side of the marquee) two days ago has not gone off and I can therefore have a cup of tea. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I set off this morning at quarter to six to pick up a velux flashing kit I’d bought on eBay and head over to Liverpool to collect a scaffolding tower I’d bought. The forecast for this afternoon and evening is … Continue reading