COLD DARK ROOM

[JoesMum]

Old playground joke that works better spoken than written

Q: How do you get two whales in a mini?

A: Along the M4 and over the Severn Bridge

Just crossed the bridge... paid the toll (£6.70! ) ... ironically you pay to get into Wales, but it's free to leave

 

[JoesMum]

First postcards from just over the border in Newport at the Transporter Bridge built in 1880 and restored to working condition.

I am terrified of heights. Not sure how JoesDad persuaded me to go over the top.



As I didn't look down I didn't realise how awful the walkway was until I got the other side!

 

[Lyn W]

Croeso i Gymru Linda!
I used to live in Newport and still have a house there. I used to love going over the Transporter Bridge. haven't been there for a few years when I took a group of children over it and we were invited into the control room to see it working.
It was opened in 1906 by Lord Tredegar (Tredegar House in Newport near M4 Junction 28 is owned by National Trust now and open to the public) This design for a crossing to the Orb steel works was chosen so that tall ships could still use the river.
The Transporter Bridge was closed in the 80s when I believe one of the steel cables snapped while it was in use (so someone who was supposedly on it at the time told me but I can't remember.)
It was repaired, painted, floodlit and re opened about 1996.
Only one of about 6 or 7 in the world still in use (for just 6 months of the year now) and some of the old film 'Tiger Bay' was filmed on and around it.
Enjoy your trip Linda!

 

[Lyn W]

Back to reports
TTFN

 

[johnandjade]

brake time. my dads is a mission!! im going to do wet work inside and the rest tomorrow. had to knock back another job today! just about to tare into paint on mates car .

who ya gonna call???

 

[johnandjade]

all paint defects removed

 

[johnandjade]

polished up, wax applied just waiting for it to cure. had to deley my other job till tomorrow, i'm in the zone lol

 

[Lyn W]

polished up, wax applied just waiting for it to cure. had to deley my other job till tomorrow, i'm in the zone lol

John is a perfectionist and very focused. He always completes tasks to the best of his ability which is reflected in his results......
Oops sorry, John - still in report writing mode!!!

An excellent job as usual!!!
Your customers are very lucky to have you!!

 

[Yvonne G]

brake time. my dads is a mission!! im going to do wet work inside and the rest tomorrow. had to knock back another job today! just about to tare into paint on mates car .

who ya gonna call??? View attachment 206717

Certainly not Ghostbusters!

 

[johnandjade]

i got a boo boo! malked (headbutted) the wall putting my stuff away

i got a bit lightheaded

just going on 2200, still around an hrs work on that job, not even touched my dads! and got another job, so thats 3 tomorrow!

 

[johnandjade]

Certainly not Ghostbusters!

dust busters

 

[johnandjade]

ta da... (jazz hands)




i'm aiming for £150+ for this type of job, around 7hrs work

 

[JoesMum]

i got a boo boo! malked (headbutted) the wall putting my stuff away View attachment 206754

i got a bit lightheaded View attachment 206755

just going on 2200, still around an hrs work on that job, not even touched my dads! and got another job, so thats 3 tomorrow!

Ouchee!!!

 

[JoesMum]

Evening all.

Our second stop for the day was at the National Coal Museum in Blarnavon where you can go down a, now disused, coal mine - free!

Brilliant tour led by a retired miner; really enjoyed it

 

[JoesMum]

I left the mine with a classic Welsh Male Voice choir tune stuck in my head - it still is

Afterwards we went up on the Brecon Beacons. My phone battery went flat so no pictures, sorry.

Tomorrow we'll be back in England for Hereford and the Wye Valley. Both JoesDad and I have separate childhood memories of this area. In my case: my Dad leading scout kayaking courses, my Mum setting fire to a tent and Leeds United winning the FA cup final (I was a runner between a car radio and the river with score updates )

 

[johnandjade]

Ouchee!!!

can't do any damage up there

 

[johnandjade]

found a use for the clamps from the bulbs!!!

 

[johnandjade]

nos da from me, until tomorrow friends

 

[JoesMum]

found a use for the clamps from the bulbs!!! View attachment 206765View attachment 206766

Teehee!

 

[JoesMum]

Good morning all