dave.vitesse Posted March 31, 2018 Report Share Posted March 31, 2018 When it going to stop raining. I don't know whether to buy an Amphicar or an Ark. Two local events are a washout, I feel sorry for the organisers. Who's the Minister for drought, he/she is failing to deliver. Soggy Dave Qu1ckn1ck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted March 31, 2018 Report Share Posted March 31, 2018 Dave Tomorrow is supposed to be the last dry day for a week I have it earmarked for a GT6 out the garage day. Could be worse, my daughter and family have gone to Scotland for a week, it's snowing. Doug dave.vitesse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Twitchen Posted March 31, 2018 Report Share Posted March 31, 2018 Dave, ignore the Ark and buy a beer instead. Us boat owners are also moaning as it is either too windy to get the cover off, or more to the point back on, to get on with the must do list before relaunching or it is slashing with rain! dave.vitesse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted March 31, 2018 Report Share Posted March 31, 2018 Wet and depressed from luton Brittany wasnt much better But the roads lacked pot holes and traffic lights Smooth and easy roundabouts everywhere There again not many people either 5 mins back in the uk and bang crash whallop , traffic jams traffic lights every 50 yds Grrrr !,, Someones taking the tax and the pee Grumpy and wet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted March 31, 2018 Report Share Posted March 31, 2018 Never mind, I have a dead chicken in the fridge, 2 packs of Aunty Bessies, assorted roastable vegetables, 6 bottles of beer, a bottle of red and a bottle and a half of Grouse. Should see me through Easter. Forget the rain. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gully Posted March 31, 2018 Report Share Posted March 31, 2018 Trouble with rain stopped play days is that you feel obliged to do something indoors. I've spent the day helping my Dad fit a new kitchen sink which he bought from a company that went bust 10 years ago - he's been finding excuses not to fit it ever since! Absolute pig of a job, with the new clamps / retaining clips a pathetic plastic imitation of the 20+ year old ones on the sink we removed. Not to mention seized stopcocks and imperial/metric waste pipe challenges. At this rate I'll be looking forward to tomorrow's egg hunt! Gully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted April 1, 2018 Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 Anyone fance a trip to Doug's for dinner ??? Just to help empty his fridge .....amd some tots of grouse Even the cats got crossed legs Altough its looking a little better today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted April 1, 2018 Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 13 hours ago, Pete Lewis said: Wet and depressed from luton Brittany wasnt much better But the roads lacked pot holes and traffic lights Smooth and easy roundabouts everywhere There again not many people either 5 mins back in the uk and bang crash whallop , traffic jams traffic lights every 50 yds Grrrr !,, Someones taking the tax and the pee Grumpy and wet You should have come here to Normandy, it never rains during the day, traffic lights are so rare they are a local attraction and everyone stops to look at them change colour, there are more roundabouts in fun fairs than on roads. Brittany doesn't have local wine but does have whisky, we don't have either but have calvados Oh, we have better cheese. Clearly no rivalry between Bretons and Normans. The lack of people is due to the fact they are either in a bar having an "apero" before lunch or having lunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AidanT Posted April 1, 2018 Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 13 hours ago, Pete Lewis said: Wet and depressed from luton Brittany wasnt much better But the roads lacked pot holes and traffic lights Smooth and easy roundabouts everywhere There again not many people either 5 mins back in the uk and bang crash whallop , traffic jams traffic lights every 50 yds Grrrr !,, Someones taking the tax and the pee Grumpy and wet Pete did you not find that most villages in France now have speed humps? Not like our awful ones but ones that are two meters across? They seemed to be everywhere when we went to France along with electric car charge points We are so so far behind in that respect Aidan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted April 1, 2018 Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 ah yes there were humps, some enormous ones but designed with less impact on the springs it seemed Kerne artisan cidre quite sweet fizzy served in a cup odd but pleasant enough got fed up with blasted crepes ,, crepes everywhere crepe and more crepe rain there is just as wet as here went plymouth to roscoff overnight and the WC still sucks everthing out the cabin hang on to your smalls . Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AidanT Posted April 1, 2018 Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Pete Lewis said: went plymouth to roscoff overnigh That's quite a drive from Luton! As you know I'm further north from you so we go from Southampton over to France must be a similar distance for you to Plymouth Aidan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted April 1, 2018 Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Pete Lewis said: ah yes there were humps, some enormous ones but designed with less impact on the springs it seemed Kerne artisan cidre quite sweet fizzy served in a cup odd but pleasant enough got fed up with blasted crepes ,, crepes everywhere crepe and more crepe rain there is just as wet as here went plymouth to roscoff overnight and the WC still sucks everthing out the cabin hang on to your smalls . Pete The speed bumps are called "plateaux" the reason they are so long is so that a school bus wheelbase fits on the top. The maximum slope up and down is subject to EU norms, although I know of a couple locally that clearly are steeper. They are cropping up everywhere to slow traffic down and have to be within a 50 kph zone AND have warning panels plus speed restriction of 30kph. I know this because I am on my village council and we are "buying" a couple. The Bretons do drink their cidre out of cups, why I don't know maybe because it dissolves glass . We Normans drink our calvados out of glasses, we are more civilised, or add it to coffee. OR, better still, have it as a "trou Normand" that is to say a shot between main courses during a meal to clear the palate. As for crêpes everywhere, yes I agree. THEN they follow it with a galette - which is just a crêpe made with different flour and sweet fillings rather than savoury. Mind you in defence of the Bretons, here it can be - tarte Normand or tarte Tatin as dessert in lots of tourist places. (Apple tart) I'm lucky the village bistro does great quality food 4 courses, coffee and 1/4 litre of wine or cidre for 13€50. I can't swear that it is traditional French every day as it is run by a Belgian and Danish couple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted April 1, 2018 Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 2 hours ago, Pete Lewis said: and the WC still sucks everthing out the cabin hang on to your smalls Too much information! db Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted April 2, 2018 Report Share Posted April 2, 2018 Just back from Copenhagen, it was lovely to see warm rain again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68vitesse Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 Officially now a wet winter, had my garage extended and pit dug in 2000 pit has always been dry as a bone. Just spend an hour or so with a pump, wet and dry vacuum cleaner and sponge and bucket get about an inch of water out of it. Garage is pitch roof and single storey so can not have a lift, would never have noticed if I did not needed to change manifold gasket. Regards Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 AN INCH???? (Horrified Monty-Python -type exclamation!!) I used to paddle about mine in a plastic liner like Gollum on a raft, there could be three feet of water at times in that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AidanT Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 You need a sump pump ! They were readily available in Quebec and around 40 CAD They were in most cellars around Montreal and automatically switched on with a float switch Unfortunately you don't seem to be able to get them here Grrrr Aidan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 I bought a 12-volt water pump which ran off a car battery, and it had to perform for up to an hour before the plastic liner grounded on the bottom again. The liner was an old plastic tub and was too short by about two feet, so I'd float myself backwards or forwards under the car to whatever bit needed attention. It would fill up again overnight and the entire process would require repeating every time it was needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 Bilge pump from a boat sounds aplan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 House long sold, so not my problem any more....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Twitchen Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 2 hours ago, Pete Lewis said: Bilge pump from a boat sounds aplan Spot on Pete. These are readily available from any (decent) chandlers and are not that expensive but obviously run off 12v; an automatic one will clearly cost more.Only thing you may have to watch is the height (depth of the pit) to which you want the pump to clear the water. A simpler alternative is a manual bilge pump that still shifts a fair amount with little effort. www.force4.co.uk/force-4-budget-manual-bilge-pump-fixed-handle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 All aboard the Skylark ........ mayday mayday Get pumping you lot I like the vision of Colin in his hmmmm .......coracle Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 Raining AGAIN! I've got to get my clutch slave off and sorted and the flexible pipe on before I can get my tunnel on. East Berks night tomorrow and the GT6 is gonna be there! 2 hours ago, Pete Lewis said: I like the vision of Colin in his hmmmm .......coracle Coracles? Nope, can't make anything rude out of that. db Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Twitchen Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 2 hours ago, Pete Lewis said: All aboard the Skylark ........ mayday mayday Get pumping you lot Nothing more efficient than a matelot with a bucket on a small boat that's leaking; and there's no such thing as an atheist in a similar situation when the weather gets really bad (not on a ferry) eg in the Greenland-Iceland Gap. Dick (lamp swinging Peter H?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 bucket sounds a good idea, saves leaning over the side and puking in the wind Doug keep warm fishermans jersey and long johns to the rescue could be a drafty drive with the tunnel on the back seat Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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