What have you done today thread?
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It’s now so sunny I haven’t got a lie what I’m writing. I know TLDR heavy rain today!
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Excuse me! I’ve upped it to €1.30 a litre carton today! Tonight should be epic!weeksy wrote: ↑Tue Aug 16, 2022 2:23 pmThat cheap wine seems to be working a treat !Taipan wrote: ↑Tue Aug 16, 2022 2:19 pm Went to the market to suddenly realise thetevsss a dream eloping panic as the skies darkened. Market traders dismantling thief tstsllls and packing away as the lightening was spiking its way to the floor a few miles away.
We got back to the camper ad the storm hit town snd it was biblical!! Winds turning to gale force ripping branches from trees. Then Ice and hail like golf balls! I was fearing a demsnesu finish to my camper snd broken windows etc but I got the last spacer under a bridge.
we sat there for around 20 minutes snd the streets and roads turned to raging rivers . The noise was horrendous and the the traffic just stopped trying to drive and the drivers just seem to accept their fate!
Finally it relented snd we moved on. Still the ditches overflowed and there was ice everywhere. Took nearly 2 hours to get on site as the access road was flooded and being pumped out. Suns out now znd dvergyfhing is drying snd being swept up. I suspect in a few hours time there will be no trace of it. Camper seems unmasked do I’m somewhat relived about that!!
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Where was this?Taipan wrote: ↑Tue Aug 16, 2022 2:19 pm Was it! Went to the market to suddenly realise theres a developing panic as the skies darkened. Market traders dismantling thier stalls and packing away as the lightening was spiking its way to the floor a few miles away.
We got back to the camper as the storm hit town and it was biblical!! Winds turning to gale force ripping branches from trees. Then Ice and hail like golf balls! I was fearing a bobbled finish to my campers paintwork snd broken windows etc but I got the last spacer under a bridge.
we sat there for around 20 minutes snd the streets and roads turned to raging rivers . The noise was horrendous and the the traffic just stopped trying to drive and the drivers just seem to accept their fate!
Finally it relented snd we moved on. Still the ditches overflowed and there was ice everywhere. Took nearly 2 hours to get on site as the access road was flooded and being pumped out. Suns out now and everything is drying snd being swept up. I suspect in a few hours time there will be no trace of it. Camper seems unmarked so we’re somewhat relived about that!!
Sound like the kind of thing that wrecked my van and damaged 25k+ houses in June
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Tarragona, Spain. Wasn’t even forecast from what we can gather?Demannu wrote: ↑Tue Aug 16, 2022 5:46 pmWhere was this?Taipan wrote: ↑Tue Aug 16, 2022 2:19 pm Was it! Went to the market to suddenly realise theres a developing panic as the skies darkened. Market traders dismantling thier stalls and packing away as the lightening was spiking its way to the floor a few miles away.
We got back to the camper as the storm hit town and it was biblical!! Winds turning to gale force ripping branches from trees. Then Ice and hail like golf balls! I was fearing a bobbled finish to my campers paintwork snd broken windows etc but I got the last spacer under a bridge.
we sat there for around 20 minutes snd the streets and roads turned to raging rivers . The noise was horrendous and the the traffic just stopped trying to drive and the drivers just seem to accept their fate!
Finally it relented snd we moved on. Still the ditches overflowed and there was ice everywhere. Took nearly 2 hours to get on site as the access road was flooded and being pumped out. Suns out now and everything is drying snd being swept up. I suspect in a few hours time there will be no trace of it. Camper seems unmarked so we’re somewhat relived about that!!
Sound like the kind of thing that wrecked my van and damaged 25k+ houses in June
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Good luck! As long as you've got kettle, milk, tea bags etc to hand to keep the removal team happy you'll be
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Cheers - Wife had packed thoseCount Steer wrote: ↑Wed Aug 17, 2022 10:43 amGood luck! As long as you've got kettle, milk, tea bags etc to hand to keep the removal team happy you'll be
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Well it's going to shit - bank has lost the funds transfer, so we can't complete on our purchase however sale has so we are currently homeless!
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Hope you remembered the biscuits! Our movers sent us off to the village shop when we arrived here. 'Wot? No biscuits?!' (They were absolutely brilliant though, nothing was either a problem or too much trouble....so I bunged them some beer money at the end. ).v8-powered wrote: ↑Wed Aug 17, 2022 10:44 amCheers - Wife had packed thoseCount Steer wrote: ↑Wed Aug 17, 2022 10:43 amGood luck! As long as you've got kettle, milk, tea bags etc to hand to keep the removal team happy you'll be
Today I have been to the dentist for a 6 monthly and swum 1km. (But not at the same time).
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Woah! Missed this.v8-powered wrote: ↑Wed Aug 17, 2022 3:47 pm Well it's going to shit - bank has lost the funds transfer, so we can't complete on our purchase however sale has so we are currently homeless!
We had a 'park up outside the new place with the removers for an hour' because things got stuck somewhere in the system but it did get sorted. The 'mover-outers' just said 'Meh, it'll happen, here's the keys. Get in there!' Which was cool.
Hope they've got you sorted too.
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Stressful.v8-powered wrote: ↑Wed Aug 17, 2022 3:47 pm Well it's going to shit - bank has lost the funds transfer, so we can't complete on our purchase however sale has so we are currently homeless!
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I left the catsit house and came home.
Had the best ride up the mountain on the monster so far - not fastest, just the best so far
Awesome physio session - more positive than any previous ones since getting back from rehab
Chatted with a mate and his friend about summer mountain biking holidays. My mate has a chalet company here and wants to do more in the summer, the friend has a mountain biking youtube channel and they have organised their first joint chalet biking holidays this summer! I'm being asked transport and logistics Q's!! Need to do some research LOL
Had the best ride up the mountain on the monster so far - not fastest, just the best so far
Awesome physio session - more positive than any previous ones since getting back from rehab
Chatted with a mate and his friend about summer mountain biking holidays. My mate has a chalet company here and wants to do more in the summer, the friend has a mountain biking youtube channel and they have organised their first joint chalet biking holidays this summer! I'm being asked transport and logistics Q's!! Need to do some research LOL
Life is for living. Buy the shoes. Eat the cake. Ride the bikes. Just, ride the bikes!!
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Hope they've found itv8-powered wrote: ↑Wed Aug 17, 2022 3:47 pm Well it's going to shit - bank has lost the funds transfer, so we can't complete on our purchase however sale has so we are currently homeless!
Life is for living. Buy the shoes. Eat the cake. Ride the bikes. Just, ride the bikes!!
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Just a touch - missus was having a meltdown, completed at 16.50! Removals guys not long left, had to bung them a few quid to stay on.Skub wrote: ↑Wed Aug 17, 2022 4:08 pmStressful.v8-powered wrote: ↑Wed Aug 17, 2022 3:47 pm Well it's going to shit - bank has lost the funds transfer, so we can't complete on our purchase however sale has so we are currently homeless!
Whether they found it I'm not sure? Think they ended up resending and then find their missing funds tomorrow!Noggin wrote: ↑Wed Aug 17, 2022 6:04 pmHope they've found itv8-powered wrote: ↑Wed Aug 17, 2022 3:47 pm Well it's going to shit - bank has lost the funds transfer, so we can't complete on our purchase however sale has so we are currently homeless!
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I'll bet it was stressful! Lots of stories around of house funds going adrift usually involving hacked solicitors systems (or someone bent/compromised on the inside) and sending out dodgy bank details and funds getting hoovered up by crims. It's one thing losing a few bob on an iffy eBay purchase but when a few 100k or more's involved you'd expect systems to be absolutely solid.
Still, you're in and it looks like the bank's problem.
Still, you're in and it looks like the bank's problem.
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Yep, all good now - built the bed, sent missus out for pizza, had a quick swim and now necking a few bottles of redCount Steer wrote: ↑Wed Aug 17, 2022 9:11 pm I'll bet it was stressful! Lots of stories around of house funds going adrift usually involving hacked solicitors systems (or someone bent/compromised on the inside) and sending out dodgy bank details and funds getting hoovered up by crims. It's one thing losing a few bob on an iffy eBay purchase but when a few 100k or more's involved you'd expect systems to be absolutely solid.
Still, you're in and it looks like the bank's problem.
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Had the old solar system taken out and a new one installed. The house is already off grid, the new system means I can lose the gas bottle hot water system and go electric, and I can run air con/heating for a bit more temperature control summer and winter.
The non eco bit is that I'll still have bottled gas for cooking and will need to use the log burner sometimes in the winter.
The non eco bit is that I'll still have bottled gas for cooking and will need to use the log burner sometimes in the winter.
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This is the place in Spain? How’s it working out for you so far?Pirahna wrote: ↑Thu Aug 18, 2022 6:48 pm Had the old solar system taken out and a new one installed. The house is already off grid, the new system means I can lose the gas bottle hot water system and go electric, and I can run air con/heating for a bit more temperature control summer and winter.
The non eco bit is that I'll still have bottled gas for cooking and will need to use the log burner sometimes in the winter.