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The Last Unwrecked Market Town?

13th May 2025 Godfrey Bloom 2572 Comments

Excuse the provocative title, I know there are a few others left but let me flesh out my view, I have been fortunate to have travelled much of the world on business which has meant [more…]

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The Tale of my Old Dumper, Part Four

6th December 2023 Going Postal 2210 Comments

Perhaps it’s worth mentioning the tool I use for cutting sheet and plate steel, a standard 4.5 inch angle grinder. ½ inch thickness can be dealt with quite easily and if you mark the job [more…]

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The Tale of my Old Dumper, Part Three

29th November 2023 Going Postal 2302 Comments

The next component that I needed was a so-called ‘’spool valve’’ with is basically a device with a hand operated lever that ports the hydraulic oil to either end of the hydraulic rams according to [more…]

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The Tale of my Old Dumper, Part Two

22nd November 2023 Going Postal 2039 Comments

This  dumper, one of the first types to hit the scene has no hydraulic system and the skip is basically unloaded by pulling a big lever which releases a hook and the entire skip rolls [more…]

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The Tale of my Old Dumper, Part One

15th November 2023 Going Postal 2738 Comments

The beginning This story starts roughly six years ago when we moved to Cumbria having purchased a small farm cottage with adjoining derelict barn which we planned to convert to domestic accommodation. Firstly a warning, [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred And Forty One

1st May 2022 Going Postal 3146 Comments

Monday Good morning people, I am delighted it’s another bank holiday as it’s another nice peaceful day in Downing Street. Not quite so warm in London this morning but it is still very pleasant with [more…]

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Postcard From Borrowdale

29th June 2020 Colin Cross 2027 Comments

It seems an age now since I wrote about the 40 things we were going to do to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary. To give you some idea, in 8 weeks we’ll have been married [more…]

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Postcard From Cumbria; Silloth and Abbeytown

13th February 2020 Colin Cross 3482 Comments

Mention Cumbria to most people and they generally think “Lake District”. This isn’t always the case, mention Cumbria to a paid up member of the Urban “wokerati” and all you’ll get in response is a [more…]

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In Praise of Mono-Culturalism

27th November 2019 Colin Cross 2037 Comments

What is “monoculturalism”? Take a trip around the internet and you’ll find out that monoculturalism is defined as “the cultivation of a single crop in a given area”. That’s all well and good and the [more…]

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