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We have the space for ground mounted solar, but when I looked the feed in tariffs were now next to nothing, so the panels might struggle to ever pay for themselves?

We're in the same boat sort of, we live in an old stone house with not much insulation but storage heaters (and a small stove in the lounge). We avoid using the heaters at all costs as you may aswell be chucking £10 notes on the fire. Haven't been able to come up with much of a plan so far. Just recently heard about a new scheme for "first time central heating" through the government : https://www.highland.gov.uk/info/1210/environment/829/energy_and_sustainability/2 But as per usual, not easy to get info on it, and in the end it turns out it's for low income households. Would be good to have a bigger stove running a couple of radiators and the hot water, but it would all have to be plumbed in from scratch. Did wonder about having a standalone air-to-air heat pump (ie air conditioner) but I think a decent one like a Mitsubishi Ecodan is £5-£10k?, which is a lot of money for a room heater

There was one in Aberdeenshire, burnt for 10 months. Not sure if it was woodchip/green waste/compost Compost fire to be extinguished after 10 months - letsrecycle.com WWW.LETSRECYCLE.COM Keenan Recycling claims that the fire smouldering since June 2012 at its Aberdeenshire composting plant will be...

I've never heard Mannol, but have used Oregon semi synthetic for years, and it's cheaper Oregon 2 Stroke Oil 5 Litres | Clark Forest : Chainsaw Accessories WWW.CLARKFOREST.COM Buy Oregon 2 Stroke Oil in 5 litre bottles for chainsaws, brushcutters etc with free UK delivery from Clark Forest.

It was nearly Dunkin' Donuts in the Moray Firth Teens airlifted to safety after drifting out to sea on inflatable doughnut | Press and Journal WWW.PRESSANDJOURNAL.CO.UK Two teens were airlifted to safety yesterday after drifting out to the sea on an inflatable pink doughnut.

A few days after I turned 16, I did a CBT and got out on the road on 2 wheels. by the time I did my driving test and got my first "car" (a transit) I had I think 3 years no claims.

I've always fancied one, they look good fun! Ffs Kevin, the steering's a bit light

Not sure if it's still in print, the BTCV do a useful reference book on fencing Fencing: A Practical Handbook by Agate, Elizabeth, British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (2001) Spiral-bound: Amazon.co.uk: Books WWW.AMAZON.CO.UK Buy Fencing: A Practical Handbook by Agate, Elizabeth, British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (2001) Spiral-bound by...

Disposable face masks, supporting the chinese economy, and destined for landfill (or the roadside verge)

Have you looked at doing colored builders bags (non vent) as standard from stock? Think I've seen some places doing black MCA Kingtsone do some nice looking green ones but the cost of delivery to the Highlands is the killer

SNP government at it again.... Government apology over wrong funfair advice WWW.BBC.CO.UK The economy secretary says it was "unfortunate and regrettable" that conflicting advice had been given out. "In a Facebook post, Alfred Codona said: "We find the decision to close our outdoor rides astounding, considering outdoor playgrounds are now open with no Covid-19 policies or procedures in place. "Additionally indoor restaurants, cinemas, shops, shopping centres, indoor and outdoor bars are now open all over Scotland. "And yet, our outdoor attraction with all the appropriate Covid-19 policies and procedures, inspected and approved, is instructed to close. The park opened on 15 July but six days later, after seeking clarity on the regulations, the attraction was told it was classed the same as a travelling funfair so had to close its rides." In my mind a theme park/amusement park would be a safer place than a pub!

Slow news day here (lack of covid) Large fallen tree grounds in middle of River Ness WWW.ROSS-SHIREJOURNAL.CO.UK WALKERS strolling along the river in the Highland capital have been greeted by a new sight for the past few days – a large...

Has he got any plans to build anything, he could mill the larch on site for his own use? Beams, cladding, posts etc

I don't follow the coronavirus news much, the last I heard they were saying that either didn't work, or wasn't reliable?

Overall payload might be higher, but with single rear wheels, usually the axle gross weight is lower, so you could still be overloaded. If you're in and around a big city the traction doesn't really matter. I have both a fwd and rwd, defiantly easier to spin the wheel on grass in the fwd, but to be fair it's tyres aren't up to much The tyres I have on the rwd (transit) are Maxxis "MA-W2", big chunky things, and they do well.

The courgettes in the poly tunnel are romping away, I think putting 2 plants into the half IBC raised bed was a bit optimistic! A couple of the old spinach (leef beet) plants are bolting and just about touching the roof of the tunnel.

Yes, but I think you're at the other end of the country?

Easy, just put a little note on the windscreen saying "Tax in post"

I caught a bit of a program on channel 5 about waste, they were at a yard that processes for recycling and landfill. Every week they look forward to one of the skips coming in from a courier company, apparently all the damaged parcels go in there (mixed in with general rubbish), and the lads in the site were bragging about finding Iphones etc!

The thing you might have to watch, the fiats, renaults, peugeots are usually single rear wheel, so you could be under 3.5t but over on the axle weight?

Interestingly, I was reading in a book there was a study in to bicycle helmets, and it found that there was no real benefit to wearing a helmet. The idea is, people wearing a helmet and those around them acted differently and took more risks. I wear a bicycle helmet, but that's cos I'm reckless I need to try and find out if a midge head net counts as a face covering.

I'd rather deal face to face, see the item before any money is parted, the distance just means 2 tanks of diesel and a weekend. I've bought equipment from over the border plenty of times, my digger was in North Wales, I was in Lancashire just last week and that's taking it back up to the Highlands.

Remember though you're buying the cells, 36v is double 18v. So the Husqvarna bli300 (36v 9.4ah) is nearly equivalent to 4 Makita 18v 5ah batteries, and the prices look fairly similar?

Another, slightly wacky idea, would be a tow behind topper or flail mower (with it's own engine), and then get something cheap to tow it with that you find comfy to sit on. An old site dumper, jeep or even a car? Price of scrap is low at the minute, I bet you could get an mot failure very cheap.