Well the up of this week have been the arrival of my bike trailer. With a little bit of DIY I had it put together in less than 10 minutes and have used it several times. To my eye it is excellent. It is stable and quiet and not too obtrusive when attached to the bike. When disconnected the connecting arm seams long - it has to go over the wheel. On Monday we cycled into Livingston, I then had to disconnect the trailer to go into the shopping centre. The trailer is smaller than a pram but my 12 year old daughter was "pure dead affronted" as it is so big. In fact by the time we had our shopping in it was full, so I think a good compromise. Cycling up hill with the added weight and friction requires a rethinking of gears but you soon get used to it, so overall a success.
We also popped up to the allotment yesterday to try and finish off the shed base. While there we picked a few blackcurrants and gooseberries -the first crops not bad for four months in. We also collected some elderflowers to make batch two of the elderflower fizz.
Saturday was a cloudy but dry day so we got the trailer tent reproofed. It took four of us 3 -4 hours to do, but once done had over 24 hours of dry weather to cure so hopefully we should be OK. It is going to rain today so I'll be able to check.
Saturday also saw our greenhouse dismantled. It wasn't a difficult job, the emptying of it and reallocation of plants was more tricky and we now have plants all over and have given many away. So the greenhouse is packaged and waiting for uplift and we have a big space!
And finally, my daughter finished primary school on Friday so we went out for dinner. The discussion turned to our website and my husband is looking at a transport page - most of our CO2 comes from our transport - and my daughter is going to look into writing a teen blog. So watch this space.
I have added this month's solar PV production figures, down on last month but this month has been less sunny. However, production is closer to equal between the two systems.
We also popped up to the allotment yesterday to try and finish off the shed base. While there we picked a few blackcurrants and gooseberries -the first crops not bad for four months in. We also collected some elderflowers to make batch two of the elderflower fizz.
Saturday was a cloudy but dry day so we got the trailer tent reproofed. It took four of us 3 -4 hours to do, but once done had over 24 hours of dry weather to cure so hopefully we should be OK. It is going to rain today so I'll be able to check.
Saturday also saw our greenhouse dismantled. It wasn't a difficult job, the emptying of it and reallocation of plants was more tricky and we now have plants all over and have given many away. So the greenhouse is packaged and waiting for uplift and we have a big space!
And finally, my daughter finished primary school on Friday so we went out for dinner. The discussion turned to our website and my husband is looking at a transport page - most of our CO2 comes from our transport - and my daughter is going to look into writing a teen blog. So watch this space.
I have added this month's solar PV production figures, down on last month but this month has been less sunny. However, production is closer to equal between the two systems.
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