Between 265 & 485 SQ/FT My new garage in Wales

[Jacko264]

Well done it’s nice when you get a pass
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[Zebedeewesty]

Not finding a spot of rust underneath it was a surprise for the MOT guy.

Lucy doesn't look that much bigger that Holly unless she is sitting down.

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Bought some cheap red reflectors off Temu to fill the holes in the bumper's rubber trim where the old reversing sensors were.

Got a cheeky little LPG badge too.

Steering wheel cover was supposed to be for the motorhome but its slightly too small to fit and not slip off. Not a fan of it on the bug so might see if its possible to sew it together.

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Decided to go clean shaven for the last day of my 40's.

 

[Jacko264]

Does that mean it’s the BIG 50 tomorrow I had to put three cakes on to get that many
candles
Happy birthday mate

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Yep, 50 today.
Horrible wet day too meaning i was already on my second change of clothes at 11am. Dogs weren't bothered about the rain though.

 

[Jacko264]

Happy birthday again

snap about dog walking we went out in the sun and came home wet
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[zanyad]

Yep, 50 today.

Happy birthday!

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Think I've run out of space now. Still some on the back window though.

 

[Zebedeewesty]

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Received this in the post yesterday. No idea who its from though.

Should look like this when assembled. Just need to work out where it will fit on my layout.

 

[Jacko264]

It must be from the Birthday fairy

 

[Zebedeewesty]

It must be from the Birthday fairy

Turns out its from one of my mates from uni. Only found out after i got a message asking if a parcel had arrived. As usual Amazon didn't include the note (that you could select to add).

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Wet and miserable morning in Pembrokeshire again.
Lucy watching two Canadian geese.

 

[Jacko264]

very hot today for May the car said 31 deg when we got moving it dropped to 30 that’s in Hull
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[Zebedeewesty]

very hot today for May the car said 31 deg when we got moving it dropped to 30 that’s in Hull
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Wow, it only got to 16c yesterday afternoon here. Today has started off with mist but i'm assured it will burn off later on.

 

[Jacko264]

Thunder storm last night
but not as hot today 19 -20 deg

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Temperature only really started to rise at around 3 this afternoon. It was a bit chilly this morning.

Had an unusual visitor to the bird feeder today.

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Finished the scalescenes island platform building.

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Hot morning for a change. 20c (68f) at 9am, 23c (73f) at 10:30am. Dogs didn't appreciate the heat, though atleast theres water to paddle in and drink.

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Although not to everyone's taste, I like the cheap steering wheel cover off Temu. I sewed it together as it kept slipping off.

 

[Zebedeewesty]

It was 22c (71.6f) before 8am this morning. Luckily theres a fair bit of shade on the tracks through the woods.

 

[zanyad]

Nice shirt!

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Warm morning again, though there was a bit of a breeze up in the quarry.

Nice place for a paddle though.

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Made a start on the Metcalfe service station i got given for my birthday. Decided to modify it a little adding a partially closed roller shutter door.

I'm going to build it as a what if Cartune (a UK VW tuning firm) that closed in the 1970s had continued into the late 1980s/early 1990s.

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Stuck a mk1 golf gti and a T2 panel van in the showroom to check for size.

Made a start on the workshop area at the rear and the parts store above.

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Not as warm this morning. We had thunderstorms from 3pm yesterday all the way until dark. Cleared the muggy air nicely but annoying as it kept tripping the electricity.

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Nearly finished the Metcalfe service station. Just a few little details still to add. The wall and roof cappings, the stairs up to the parts department and the pumps and canopy.

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Just the pumps left to add and a mount to make for the price totem.

 

[DAustin]

Just the pumps left to add and a mount to make for the price totem.

Not sure what time period your station is in but in the 60s and early 70s gas in the states gas was around 30 cents a US gallon. The cheapest I ever paid was 17.9 cents per gallon in the around 1970 on a trip to Detroit during a gas war. My friends and I would throw change into the ashtray of my car and by the end of the week I would use it to buy gas. We would drive to the station and tell them we needed whatever the amount of change was, 63 cents, 74 cents, and maybe if I was lucky a dollar are more.

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Not sure what time period your station is in but in the 60s and early 70s gas in the states gas was around 30 cents a US gallon. The cheapest I ever paid was 17.9 cents per gallon in the around 1970 on a trip to Detroit during a gas war. My friends and I would throw change into the ashtray of my car and by the end of the week I would use it to buy gas. We would drive to the station and tell them we needed whatever the amount of change was, 63 cents, 74 cents, and maybe if I was lucky a dollar are more.

Fuel price on the totem is from 1988.
When i got my first car in 1994 when i was at college i was paying 50p a litre ($1.89 US gallon). It used to cost me just over £15 to fill the tank. Its now £1.579 (just under $6 a US gallon).

 

[DAustin]

When I ran out of gas in a 61 Beetle, I had in the late 60s, I didn't know the reserve was left open, it cost me around $2.25 to fill it all the way up. Almost two hours pay pumping gas at the Sinclair gas station I was working part time at. The good old days.

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Got the trio of tiny ickle fuel pumps made. I might make another couple of diesel ones and put them off to one side for trucks.

Made a strip of paving with mounts for the price totem. I wonder how long it took for the VW T2 owner to realise the filler was on the other side of his van?


The fields across the road have now all been mown instead of being knee deep.

Its starting to warm up again after a fairly cool morning.

 

[Zebedeewesty]

This piccy from 11 years ago showed up on my Facebook memories. Tara and my dad both sadly gone now.

 

[captain14]

Don’t forget the free standing pump and hose to fill your tyres.


Is kerosene used as a fuel for space heaters and lights?

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Don’t forget the free standing pump and hose to fill your tyres.


Is kerosene used as a fuel for space heaters and lights?

This is our local garage. Pumps for diesel and unleaded with one for kerosene i assume in the corner with a hose for tyres on the fence to the right.

Most garages don't have the kerosene pump, though some rural ones will have a red diesel pump (for agricultural use off road only).
Theres sometimes a separate diesel pump mounted away from the main forecourt (usually not under the canopy) for heavy goods vehicles and if you're really lucky an LPG pump with its big storage tank in the corner of the yard.

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Pottering around the woods.




I've never seen so many Painted lady butterflies in one place. There must have been nearly a hundred flying around.


A lot of large dragon flies too plus loads of tiny baby ones, though they were too fast to photo.

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Had a bit of a drive out disguised as dropping some ebay parcels off at the post office.

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Back to misty drizzly weather again. You just can't get used to the weather as it changes every 3 or 4 days.

 

[Zebedeewesty]

Just did a tip run and ended up soaked to the skin unloading the full caravelle.
The price of LPG has also gone up for the first time in 4 years. Now at £1.059 per litre. Still 50p/l cheaper than unleaded though.