- JCB edges in from lane with new pole swung over kitchen roof
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A tight squeeze!
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alan refail
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Busy day here on Monday. Scottish Power are renewing many poles in the area - a nine month job. Whereas the original poles were erected by hand, nowadays it's all big machinery. Monday it was our turn - a big JCB edging in with the pole, the "small" digger squeezing through the gate into our field.
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- Digger edges into field with a centimetre to spare on either side!
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- New pole finally lowered into its hole
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Cred air o bob deg a glywi, a thi a gei rywfaint bach o wir (hen ddihareb Gymraeg)
Believe one tenth of what you hear, and you will get some little truth (old Welsh proverb)
Believe one tenth of what you hear, and you will get some little truth (old Welsh proverb)
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FelixLeiter
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Scottsh Power? In Wales?
It looks like that digger has poached that field up good and proper. They did this round my way a few years ago and the digger operator didn't bother sorting the subsoil from the topsoil when he back-filled. It's still a mess.
It looks like that digger has poached that field up good and proper. They did this round my way a few years ago and the digger operator didn't bother sorting the subsoil from the topsoil when he back-filled. It's still a mess.
Allotment, but little achieved.
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alan refail
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FelixLeiter wrote:Scottsh Power? In Wales?
Scottish Power took over Manweb (English) and the pole crew are all Irish (and b****y fine drivers at that!). Actually there is little mess all told, just round the pole and that's perched on the rocky river bank, so will soon recover
Cred air o bob deg a glywi, a thi a gei rywfaint bach o wir (hen ddihareb Gymraeg)
Believe one tenth of what you hear, and you will get some little truth (old Welsh proverb)
Believe one tenth of what you hear, and you will get some little truth (old Welsh proverb)
Hi Alan,
You do realize that OH will now know that you have enough land/room for him to pitch his tent
Regards
Arnie
You do realize that OH will now know that you have enough land/room for him to pitch his tent
Regards
Arnie
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Reminds me of when they did one in the neighbours' garden. Turned out almost like that series of pictures in an Irish dock.
First they got bogged down - luckily it was near the road so they could try and pull it out with a tractor.
That failed so they brought up reinforcements.
When they finally pulled it out they left quite a mess in the garden and the hedge.
First they got bogged down - luckily it was near the road so they could try and pull it out with a tractor.
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That failed so they brought up reinforcements.
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When they finally pulled it out they left quite a mess in the garden and the hedge.
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