Entries by ALB1970

Just not cricket

Lincoln was picked for Middlewich U11s away at Weston against Nantwich and by all accounts the U11s had done quite well so far this season but tonight if it could go wrong it did…more than once! In these situations you have manage young minds and make sure they do not lose heart because even the […]

52 10 & 3

They say a photo tells 1000 words, well the one below should at least tell you that the 10 year old and the 3 year old were both laying down exhausted because the 52 year old had wore them out?

Miss constitutional

The bathroom wall has been back to brick for weeks now and today we had arranged for Dale to come and plaster it and the bathroom ceiling so once I’d taken Billy I made sure everyone had used the bathroom and was just about to go myself and he turned. Now, I’m afraid I can’t […]

Platinum Jubilee

HRH Queen Elizabeth II today celebrates 70 years on the throne, she is already the longest serving monarch this country has ever had and as times have changed in the last 70 years I think she will forever remain the longest. This will be the last platinum jubilee not just in our lifetime but ever […]

The Zoo, TMS & Woodworking.

Jamie and the kids went to the zoo today as half term draws to an end, she is such a great mum wanting to to do the best she can for them even if one of them makes it really hard to be, unless the world revolves correctly around her. Lincoln on the other hand […]

Nope, I can’t get past it?

I didn’t want it to take the wind out of my sails but it has, the flex in the plywood I have used for the floor is bugging me and I can’t get past it even though its apparent on the edges between the joists I can se some of it at the joins too. […]

Under spec’s the floor

Spent all day on getting the floor of the shed finished and it went well I got the moisture barrier done and added the plywood top but found that there was some flex in the plywood so will have to upgrade the floor before erecting the walls but it shouldn’t stop me I have enough […]

Bank Holiday DIY

With a load of raw materials to work on, a four day weekend and good weather forecast I am looking forward to spending the next few days indulging myself with a bit of shed building. I managed to make a start on the floor this afternoon and get a couple of sheets of insulation fitted […]

I’ve had a delivery…

A lazy kind of day partly because I was tired, it was raining and also I couldn’t do a great deal because I was waiting for my next delivery of wood to arrive. I took Reagan to horse riding at 9am and called at Screwfix on the way home but arrived back with no sign […]

Home safe & sound

The forecast said rain for this morning and rain it did, it was lovely first thing when I took Billy to the river for a walk before anyone else was awake but spots of rain began around 7:30 and continued until we had the tent and everything else in the car. Breakfast was Maccies on […]