It’s grim up north.

So this is it. The last trip of stuff from the old house into the new one.
Utter chaos as everything was just dumped through the door in any remaining space. But, it was done.

























This was the 25th July 2021. I don’t know of that was the day we actually completed, but it was within a couple of days if not, as I collected something big and heavy out of the garden I couldn’t move by myself which the new owner helped with, and that was on the 29th.
That was this-


I now understand what all the ‘heavy plant crossing’ signs are all about, two of us nearly died dragging it into the van on a sack Barrow with ramps, so the engine crane was very much needed to get it off again!

That’s not really the end of the southern story as I still had my workshop, which a lot of stuff from the house we weren’t keeping had gone to whilst I sold it all off. The Inlaws still lived nearby so I could stop there whilst I now did the second half, the workshop sort-out/downsize/relocation.
In comparison moving a few vanloads of stuff from the house was a walk in the park!

Also, I no longer had use of the sprinter as the new owner of the house needed it back to do some works/changes he wanted to do, so I was back in smaller vehicles for a while.

Just had a good catch-up read - very enjoyable as always.

Those old Crittal windows, when en-masse like that, always remind me of the old Bomber & Fighter Command control towers.
Nice, but need secondary glazing to keep the heat in!

Nice to see so many well made objects in your life rather than all this modern throwaway tat. I spy a mid-90s Lava Dome, are any of the other bikes Konas?

Remember dogs have owners, cats have staff. Cats are large employers so need respect.

Being a northerner that doesn’t concern me 😉😂

Tbh I’ve spent most of my working life outpace so I don’t really feel the cold, if I canstay out of the wind and rain anyway. It’s a bit of a blessing really, saves me a fortune in heating!

Bikes and especially Konas is a whole other aspect worthy of a thread on its own. I’ve had Proably 25 Konas alone in the last few years. Double that by the time you add in all the other retro bikes- gt, Marin, orange, etc.
at the minute I still have 4 or 5 Konas, a couple of orange p7s, a GT Karakoram and a Klein pulse pro laying round that are in the retro xc type bike category.
I’m more into the original slalom/hardcore hardtail type bikes these days, as that’s what I moved onto later on. I’ve currently got a couple of trailstars, a couple of Azonic DS-1s, a Jack flash, a Gack speed demon, heavy tools dual, Curtis mx24, specialized p3, 24seven darkangel….
And Proably a dozen more I’ve bought to break.

But yeah I have a few bikes 🤣

Not wrong there. I've been known to work outside stripped to the waist in five degrees celcius. Wife thinks I'm mad.

I am off a similar affliction! Bikes take up less room...

A kiwi that owns shoes? I'm calling BS there! Had my olds over visiting last week and walked past a school in Whakatāne, dad was abhorred that there was a full on game of rugby being played by the kids without a pair of shoes to be seen between them. I think I've just become desensitised to it.