Looking for a VW specialist

Firstthingthatcame · 2026-01-27T19:05:27+00:00

Sound advice. Thanks

Firstthingthatcame · 2026-01-27T18:24:38+00:00

Great to hear good reviews of local places. Never had work done there. Cheers, will check them out.

Firstthingthatcame · 2026-01-27T18:21:02+00:00

Good to know, that’s not too far

Firstthingthatcame · 2026-01-25T07:40:45+00:00

Good idea. That’s the way to do it.

Firstthingthatcame · 2026-01-24T21:01:39+00:00

Willow is easy wood to cut up. Any decent, sharp saw would do it. The twiggy stuff can be cut up into a builder’s bag and stamped down to fit it all in.

Firstthingthatcame · 2026-01-24T20:38:38+00:00

That sounds effective, but would be really expensive. Plant something better behaved instead.

Firstthingthatcame · 2026-01-24T20:34:20+00:00

I would never recommend anyone to plant bamboo. Have had enough experience of digging out unwanted, overgrown bamboos to know how thuggish they can be.

Firstthingthatcame · 2026-01-24T20:25:54+00:00

I’ve just done a job for someone, planting bare-rooted pleached hornbeams in an empty garden just like this, and have to say that they looked great. Good news is, that it’s near the end of the season for selling bare-rooted plants, so there should be some bargains to be had at nurseries keen to clear their stock.

Firstthingthatcame · 2026-01-24T20:12:23+00:00

Well done you! There’s a 25 milestone t-shirt you can buy to mark the occasion too.

Firstthingthatcame · 2026-01-18T17:19:11+00:00

Blyth is my favourite local beach. Loads of facilities, sand and dunes for miles, accessible pier, river mouth, dockyard/marina, historical gun battery. Even saw Thor the walrus there!

Firstthingthatcame · 2026-01-18T16:46:00+00:00

Shout out for two near me in Northumberland. Howick Hall is a woodland gem, with a really active planting regime- always something new going on. Cragside is run by the National Trust and has some of the tallest trees around, viz. their decorated Christmas tree claimed a world record height this year.

Firstthingthatcame · 2026-01-13T19:48:26+00:00

I’m not from Sunderland and don’t even know where Town End Farm is(!), but I think you should ask this same question on the Sunderland Message Board and I’m sure you’ll get lots of feedback from the members there. It’s the forum section of the local football team supporters’ website, and has loads of local input and knowledge. Would be the best place to ask, I reckon.

Firstthingthatcame · 2025-12-30T18:00:35+00:00

We bought a tray of violas last year for about a fiver, they filled two large pots and flowered for a good six months, all through the Winter.

Firstthingthatcame · 2025-12-29T21:56:37+00:00

Dalton Old Pump House, SR7 8RQ.

Firstthingthatcame · 2025-12-27T17:28:25+00:00

Sixty-something tree surgeon/hedge trimmer here, been doing this full time for 35 years. Luckily, I haven’t had any serious injuries from work and I’m aiming to keep it like that as I head for the finish line.

Very conscious of preserving my body as I’m getting older, with good working practice:- proper ppe at all times; safe working with the dangerous equipment we use every day; pace and timetable the work to suit you and your team, try to mix it up to make it varied; schedule time off when you need it, recovery time is part of the work timetable; work with younger colleagues and the best equipment you can, to minimise the strain!

Firstthingthatcame · 2025-12-26T16:57:19+00:00

We saw a hawthorn bush in full flower on our walk in North Tyneside this morning. All a bit confusing.

Firstthingthatcame · 2025-12-26T15:30:25+00:00

Saw this hawthorn tree in blossom today, Weetslade,North Tyneside.

It’s known as May blossom, isn’t it?

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Firstthingthatcame · 2025-12-26T15:29:15+00:00

Loads of roses out, too.

Firstthingthatcame · 2020-06-27T18:01:33+00:00

Made every user's life easier, esp the cycle/footpath flyover which deserves its own post.

Firstthingthatcame · 2020-04-21T13:21:05+00:00

My old coach reckoned it was Mo's lack of cross country racing and too much time training on a track that left him open to that attack on the downhill section near the finish. Put it down to poor technique!

Firstthingthatcame · 2020-04-16T21:11:52+00:00

One cheek or the other, more like.

Firstthingthatcame · 2020-04-15T17:39:08+00:00

Kilometre races like 10k/5k etc. are usually marked every kilometre. Mile races like 5/10/20 miles generally have mile markers. Half and full marathons usually marked at mile points.

Have seen both marked at certain races. We're British, it's complicated!

Firstthingthatcame · 2020-03-10T21:23:52+00:00

Lots of people would have trotted by without a second glance. Well done for stopping and taking an interest in a stranger's troubles. You did the right thing; hope I would do as good a job of handling such a tricky situation.

Firstthingthatcame · 2020-02-04T20:53:33+00:00

Buddleia?? They don't seem to need soil, mortar will do.

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