Update
May 4, 2009
An update from Skinidin. We’ve been maneuvering through some pretty nasty weather over the past days so Skye Spring is not fully there - yet.
Anyway, that did not keep us from making progress at Holmisdale. The back wall of the annex is now complete (all brick work done) so this week we’ll start to finish off the roof. Finally, as I’m getting tired of the rain pouring through the un-slated part of the roof. The heavy showers of late keep on turning the inside into a full featured swimming pool. Very annoying!
Our latest acquisition - a ‘93 Mitsubishi Pajero - had problems over the weekend. Saturday, after helping Claire with the change over, I wanted to go to Holmisdale only to find it dead. Battery completely drained. I was 99.9% sure I did not leave any lights or other electrics on. Anyway, as I did not have any urgent business with it over the weekend I decided to leave it until today. And today Raymond helped out with a battery pack. But in vain… dead as door nail!!
Off to Kenny’s Garage to borrow jump leads and see whether I could jump start it with our VW Golf. No success either. Batteries totally dead! I phoned Kenny and asked them to help out. They managed to get it going and while at it the mechanic found a loose plug dangling near the alternator. Apparently a chain of events occurred. The alternator was unplugged. This stopped the battery from charging, eventually draining the battery completely. While at Kenny’s a quick test showed that, although the alternator was now charging, the battery was well past its prime and hardly charged at all. Kenny fitted a new battery and M2 Motors where we bought the Pajero is picking up the bill. Great!
Another exciting thing worth mentioning: as we have a huge amount of landscaping and excavating work to do in the upcoming months, we decided to buy a digger / dumper combination in stead of hiring them.
After some careful research we opted for a 7.5 tonne Hitachi excavator - a good general purpose machine - and a 5 tonne dumper truck. If all goes well the machines will be delivered next week from Lancashire where they are now. Raymond is a proficient and licensed operator, so he’ll be handling the big machines. Who knows, I might have a little go on them as well….
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You going into business in the construction industry or what??!!!
I’m all ready to build your dream home on Skye!!!
Well, you’re right. A few miserable days on Skye weather-wise. But just what we’ve always needed at such times, - an indoor swimming pool. Have always thought Glendale should have its very own. Am even willing to pay a small contribution, - if it is heated!!
It will be heated…. soon!!! But it will also be water tight by then…
Your new “toys” - they coming from Kettering area by any chance? Would be a minor miracle i guess but sitting parked outside a clients facility in an Industrial park today and a low loader passed me carrying 2 pieces of equipt which looked very very like those in your photographs……
They’re based in Lancashire…. is Kettering in Lancaahire?
i didnt read blog properly - durr…
no Kettering in Northamptonshire which is below Lancashire - so would have been a bit of a silly route - guess not yours then. Still, looked very like them - hope weather improves, hear its grotty…
Totally horrendous right now. Gales and rain. What a contrast compared to last year. BUT….. there’s a turn towards nice sunny weather expected coming Monday….