The Chill Out Zone

[stevestrat]

Originally Posted by AndyN01

Oh my.....

He looks like a proper tool.

And then there's that enormous weapon he's brandishing

That's just ma squirrel gun! Ah has a big gun fur real huntin.

[RPWC]

Originally Posted by reworht

Changed my mind - it's not a 'tad on the cold side' - it's flippin' freezin' - down to a biting Easterly wind coming in off the North Sea

Yer not wrong there it was blasted freezing this morning.

Originally Posted by WillyHeckaslike

Ours came yesterday and it is another massive grab - up 4.8% on last year. Last year was also a big hike.

Are you charged separately for the garden refuse bin to be emptied? We are here but I have not signed up for the service so don't use the brown bin supplied.

Our bill came this week, band A property 1400 quid a year
We got the garden bin emptied free at first, then they decided to start charging £20 a year for the privilege so we didn’t bother subscribing to that. Then it disappeared all of a sudden and the neighbour said the council came and took it back. I believe the price has increased now to £30 a year.
The council in Newcastle don’t make it easy to dispose of waste, after the first lockdown ended they went to a number plate system, odd number date for odd number registration and vice versa for even numbers. They stopped vans and trailers using the household skip sites even if you are a permit holder, this means I can’t use the van to take dirty stuff to the tip I have to put a tarpaulin in the boot of the car to take dirty stuff, and they wonder why there is so much fly tipping.

[RPWC]

Originally Posted by Georgies Dad

We pay £48 per year for our brown bin its emptied fortnightly

Our Council Tax bill came yesterday,its gone up £14 a month

Hells teeth I thought Newcastle council was a rip off.

[stevestrat]

Originally Posted by Georgies Dad

We pay £48 per year for our brown bin its emptied fortnightly

Our Council Tax bill came yesterday,its gone up £14 a month

Council tax is frozen up here, no additional charge for the brown bin but it became a monthly collection during lockdown. Suspect it'll remain that.

[trikey]

Originally Posted by RPWC

Hells teeth I thought Newcastle council was a rip off.

Same here, our council tax up by £6 per year and the garden bin costs £55

[trikey]

Just back from a nice (chilly) Walk by the riverside, Meg wasn’t keen on the ‘white swimming pigeon’ it hissed, she barked, and that carried on for a while...

[stevestrat]

Originally Posted by trikey

Just back from a nice (chilly) Walk by the riverside, Meg wasn’t keen on the ‘white swimming pigeon’ it hissed, she barked, and that carried on for a while...

Suzy once jumped off a low jetty into Windermere trying to catch a duck! Thankfully she was on the lead.

Post incident!

[FLYING BANANA]

Massive storm down here with horizontal rain and gale force winds.

Had a nice piece of steak for dinner.

Just having a wee malt to round off the evening.

[Lancpudn]

Evening all, We've got similar Bob It's hammering it down here but no strong winds though.

No joy on the pigeon front, Just moved the cat box & sealed the hole up for the night, I haven't heard it moving or flapping it's wings since this morning My eyes & nose are smarting with the soot



I'm catching up on some subscribed youtube vids & having a cold bottle of Henry's Cider

[stevestrat]

Bleedin' cold here and supposed to be wet later. No real wind but in theory its going to build around lunchtime tomorrow.