A pretty static day doing various things on the computer and in the kitchen, but nothing of note until I went to find a spare 'Can Of Worms' wormery which I bought over a year ago along with a Compostumbler (I think!) and has sat unused all that time.
Mark from BikeRescue had asked me if he could have some info about 'indoor composting' and I suggested a wormery, and said I had a spare one, which he was only too happy to make me an offer for. So I got some finished worm compost and quite a lot of mature worms and worm eggs, and loaded that up onto my bike trailer.
I had earlier sorted out a makeshift helmet mount for the little camera that Anna got me... I half wedged it behind the styling on my helmet, and tied it in with a pipe cleaner. So I switched it on before I left the house, and filmed my 14 minute journey down to the Bike Hub. I switched off there and installed the wormery, and one of the people there helped me take it upstairs. Mark wasn't there, but had left instructions for payment.
From here I cycled round to David's, as I was due to start work at 5. The plumber, Graham, was already working, investigating where the moisture in the cellar was coming from. Pauline, his other PA, was there too and we all had a bit of an explore, visiting the nearby cellar under the York Medical Society and dental practice, and popping into several shops on Stonegate to see if we could work out whether there was a cellar next door to David's cellar.
Graham will sort out the water from David's soil pipe, and I'll get the Council people along to deal with the incoming sewerage from the sewer that Graham showed me, which looked quite full, if not blocked. I'm pretty sure that the main problem is not a Yorkshire Water problem, however, they are coming on Thursday to listen for leaks.
David was very happy with what his team is doing. He didn't feel like going out for a coffee, but I suggested he had a walk with his walking frame. We walked along Stonegate to St Helen's Square, and to St Helen's Church where there was a book sale being sorted out. As usual, David knew some of the organisers.
We then went back and I prepared his tea. As he ate his, I had the salad and sandwich which Gill had prepared for me. I left at 7pm. I went straight down to The Seahorse for the last meeting of the World Naked Bike Ride organisers. There were a couple of older gents in the Parlour who were good for a bit of banter, then Tony and Hugh came and we had a very productive meeting dealing with the publicity, route... especially the problem junctions and re-grouping areas. I had two pints of cider. So much for trying to lose my cider-belly before the ride!
Home towards 11pm, and did another mammoth session on the laptop, messaging assorted folks with mainly YWNBR stuff.
Enjoyed the news of the volcanic ash cloud which I hope will stop flights, and was saddened to learn about mega-tornadoes which have killed people in the USA. Glad though that some people are asking whether it might possibly be connected to increased atmospheric temperatures.... they are slowly catching on, I think!
And, I downloaded the film from the helmet camera, and although it was noisy because of the high wind, it was a good film. I'll post one to facebook when it's less windy and noisy.
Mark from BikeRescue had asked me if he could have some info about 'indoor composting' and I suggested a wormery, and said I had a spare one, which he was only too happy to make me an offer for. So I got some finished worm compost and quite a lot of mature worms and worm eggs, and loaded that up onto my bike trailer.
I had earlier sorted out a makeshift helmet mount for the little camera that Anna got me... I half wedged it behind the styling on my helmet, and tied it in with a pipe cleaner. So I switched it on before I left the house, and filmed my 14 minute journey down to the Bike Hub. I switched off there and installed the wormery, and one of the people there helped me take it upstairs. Mark wasn't there, but had left instructions for payment.
From here I cycled round to David's, as I was due to start work at 5. The plumber, Graham, was already working, investigating where the moisture in the cellar was coming from. Pauline, his other PA, was there too and we all had a bit of an explore, visiting the nearby cellar under the York Medical Society and dental practice, and popping into several shops on Stonegate to see if we could work out whether there was a cellar next door to David's cellar.
Graham will sort out the water from David's soil pipe, and I'll get the Council people along to deal with the incoming sewerage from the sewer that Graham showed me, which looked quite full, if not blocked. I'm pretty sure that the main problem is not a Yorkshire Water problem, however, they are coming on Thursday to listen for leaks.
David was very happy with what his team is doing. He didn't feel like going out for a coffee, but I suggested he had a walk with his walking frame. We walked along Stonegate to St Helen's Square, and to St Helen's Church where there was a book sale being sorted out. As usual, David knew some of the organisers.
We then went back and I prepared his tea. As he ate his, I had the salad and sandwich which Gill had prepared for me. I left at 7pm. I went straight down to The Seahorse for the last meeting of the World Naked Bike Ride organisers. There were a couple of older gents in the Parlour who were good for a bit of banter, then Tony and Hugh came and we had a very productive meeting dealing with the publicity, route... especially the problem junctions and re-grouping areas. I had two pints of cider. So much for trying to lose my cider-belly before the ride!
Home towards 11pm, and did another mammoth session on the laptop, messaging assorted folks with mainly YWNBR stuff.
Enjoyed the news of the volcanic ash cloud which I hope will stop flights, and was saddened to learn about mega-tornadoes which have killed people in the USA. Glad though that some people are asking whether it might possibly be connected to increased atmospheric temperatures.... they are slowly catching on, I think!
And, I downloaded the film from the helmet camera, and although it was noisy because of the high wind, it was a good film. I'll post one to facebook when it's less windy and noisy.
