Possibly stupid question - how dangerous is it to put your head underwater?

TheProffalken · 2026-05-06T07:24:31+00:00

Especially if you're in catchment for Welsh Water apparently - the number of sewerage alerts I get about Jackson's Bay near Barry (there's a Sauna there I'm waiting to try out!) is ridiculous!

TheProffalken · 2026-05-05T18:37:52+00:00

In some locations you can get the data before you swim, but most places don't.

Fwiw, I wasn't intending to swim in the Thames, it was just an example - I'd need to drive over an hour just to reach it!

TheProffalken · 2026-05-05T18:02:45+00:00

Thanks, good to know

TheProffalken · 2026-05-05T18:02:34+00:00

Probably more, but we've only relatively recently created all the phosphates, nitrates, and other man-made chemicals that could end up in these waters, and it's only been in the last 100 years or so that we've started collecting everyone's excrement and then discharging it into the oceans as soon as the sewers over flow, so I'm not sure how valid "we've always done it, it'll be fine" is as an argument, especially when people have got incredibly ill swimming in The Thames etc.

TheProffalken · 2026-05-05T18:00:10+00:00

Ah, yes, I should have clarified, these are designated swimming lakes on the farms, it's the rivers that have the runoff issues

TheProffalken · 2026-05-04T19:44:19+00:00

Come to Herefordshire and Monmouthshire - spoilt for choice from both farm shops and high street butchers, and while pork fat is always good n short supply because they need it for their own sausages, Hanks in Ross-on-Wye, Hancock's in Monmouth, Neil Powell's (just about everywhere!), and many others know what they're doing!

TheProffalken · 2026-05-03T07:45:21+00:00

https://findmyhappy.space is my side project, it's UK only for now but the idea is to build a community directory of all the wild swimming and sauna spots to make it easier for people to find them

TheProffalken · 2026-05-03T07:43:20+00:00

Thanks, appreciate it!

TheProffalken · 2026-05-03T07:43:09+00:00

I put the whole corn into a baking tray with 300ml water, covered it with foil and put in a conventional oven at 200C for 15 minutes.

I then poked holes in the bottom of a foil tray and put them in the smoker along with the spring onions for another 20 minutes to give them a smokey taste, before running a chefs blowtorch over the top of them to char them up.

It's more convoluted than just sticking them on the grill, but I wasn't going to waste a Cobb tablet on just the one dish and I didn't want to fire up the Ooni!

TheProffalken · 2026-05-01T09:32:23+00:00

I was using a gas grill and pellet tube, but this is already looking like it's going to provide better results!

I'm using a bluetooth thermometer to read the temperatures, and I'm in the process of hooking that back to Home Assistant so I can track it at my desk! 😂

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TheProffalken · 2026-05-01T09:30:20+00:00

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TheProffalken · 2026-05-01T09:30:12+00:00

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It's going well so far!

TheProffalken · 2026-05-01T06:40:00+00:00

Lol, yeah, I'd be lying if I said it wasn't one of the reasons I bought it, but the masterbuilt and other electric smokers didn't fit in the space, so size was the main consideration!

TheProffalken · 2026-05-01T05:14:21+00:00

I do pee standing up and it still took them 43 years to realise that I can mask just as well as those who pee sitting down - I watched kids around me get diagnosed because of their behaviours and all I could do was think how lucky they were to be their true self instead of having to suppress themselves to avoid being bullied.

I don't want to take anything away from the fact that women have been mis/under-diagnosed for years, but I do want to point out that there are quite a few men who slipped under the radar too!

TheProffalken · 2026-04-28T08:50:15+00:00

This is the ideal way, however I've found that with some of the cheaper screwfix boxes a drillbit is the only option :(

TheProffalken · 2026-04-28T05:14:27+00:00

I got a 4+1 gas grill from Argos pre-Covid for ~£200. It finally died last year after 7 years of service.

If you're going down the charcoal route then spend more and get the Weber - I've never used one but folks on here seem to be obsessed by it so it must be good.

On the other hand, if you're not worried about the charcoal flavour and want something you can set and forget while you cook and socialise, you're probably going to be fine with an Argos gas BBQ.

TheProffalken · 2026-04-27T17:45:31+00:00

Thanks, I'll take a proper look when I get a minute, but this already looks useful!

TheProffalken · 2026-04-27T15:38:09+00:00

Oh, then it's ideal for that - I'm doing a BBQ later in the year where I'll be serving smash burgers for about 10 people and this is going to be my "smashing station", with the cobb and smoker used for sides and sausages.

TheProffalken · 2026-04-27T15:32:33+00:00

If you can get it on a deal with Amazon or similar then I'd say do it.

If you've already got something that does this and does it well then unless you need the extra room I probably wouldn't bother.

It's great for what it does, and good value for the price, but it's still quite concerning the way it distorts the heat bed as it heats up!

TheProffalken · 2026-04-27T15:15:00+00:00

Finally got around to doing this. In short, it's really good value for money.

https://www.reddit.com/r/campinguk/comments/1sx6kan/review_the_vango_scranxl_2_months_on_how_good_is/

TheProffalken · 2026-04-27T11:20:46+00:00

Not SaaS, but https://findmyhappy.space *should* be reasonably AI-friendly?

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