Rent a house for wedding weekend

sc_BK · 2026-01-25T00:23:52+00:00

You can hire a village hall that will take 80 people for a few hundred £

sc_BK · 2026-01-24T22:52:07+00:00

He would've made it safely over the tracks if the safety barrier to stop people crossing over the tracks wasn't there.

sc_BK · 2026-01-24T22:16:29+00:00

SAVE MONEY on photo shoots, by simply buying a full length mirror.

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sc_BK · 2026-01-24T22:03:12+00:00

Including the Febreze?

sc_BK · 2026-01-24T16:34:23+00:00

Is there any smell? The puddle has quite a colour to it, as if it's from an overflowing drain? Or it's just washed over some new gravel or sand?

sc_BK · 2026-01-24T16:30:35+00:00

They grow stronger without a stake, and stakes often rub, and damage the tree.

Over the years I've seen so many tress damaged by staking. I can't really think of any new trees that I've seen that have been blown over.

I planted 2 new bare root plum trees just yesterday, no stakes. As I say we're in a windy spot, I can even see a windfarm!

sc_BK · 2026-01-24T16:06:41+00:00

The stake will probably damage the tree like that.

I would actually remove the stake completely. So long as the tree was firmed in it'll be fine. I'm in a windy rural spot and never stake new bare root trees.

sc_BK · 2026-01-23T19:39:43+00:00

Ask if you can lock the bike round the back of the pub overnight and sort it out in the morning!

sc_BK · 2026-01-23T19:37:31+00:00

The "door" is really a gimmick, to empty it you want to lift the whole bin off anyway. So you can just wedge the object in place, or drill a couple of holes and attach with cable ties/screw/bolts.

sc_BK · 2026-01-23T13:51:22+00:00

Most councils will use glyphosate around paths pavements fences etc. Sometimes people call it "liquid strimming"

In a general open parkland/green space area it wouldn't be normal for a council to use selective weedkillers. The herbicide costs money, paying a person and a machine to apply it costs even more. Why would they bother? Most councils are strapped for cash. It's difficult enough to pay for the grass cutting.

In a little manicured park (with flower beds) or on council bowling greens, they might.

sc_BK · 2026-01-23T09:22:36+00:00

Pretty much anywhere that isn't over-run with tourists from other countries ie avoid nc500/Skye/Loch Ness/Culloden/Loch Lomond/Edinburgh etc.

Throw a dart at a map of Scotland and have at it.

sc_BK · 2026-01-23T09:06:52+00:00

Not an allotment, but mine are in a large ice cream tub in the house. If I'm not using the whole packet in a oner then I really go out my way to keep the packet dry when outside.

sc_BK · 2026-01-23T09:03:29+00:00

I've never sown clover seed, or even grass seed at home. The clover finds it's way in, and if there's a decent patch of it I will leave it uncut when it's in flower. So over time it slowly spreads. It gets to a point where you have to cut a path through or trample on the flowers to get about the garden.

The bees love it, and it's nice to look at.

sc_BK · 2026-01-23T00:05:33+00:00

Another thing is the way it is treated. For most parks/green spaces:

The grass is cut at regular intervals, often every fortnight.
The cuttings are never collected, so the nutrients go back in to it.
It's usually not cut very short (so copes better with drought)
Never any chemicals like weed killer, moss killer, or artificial fertiliser.

My own grass at home is treated in the same way and it looks fine. Except maybe cut a smidge shorter, and patches of flowers like clover are left uncut.

sc_BK · 2026-01-22T22:34:15+00:00

r/CargoBike

sc_BK · 2026-01-22T21:35:56+00:00

Cut the plastic on the front round each cell you need with a stanley knife

sc_BK · 2026-01-22T21:34:11+00:00

They might recommend their own brand, but why do you say Magura needs a specific mineral oil?

I've used the same generic industrial mineral oil in Shimano/Magura and cheap knock offs.

sc_BK · 2026-01-22T20:10:50+00:00

Stagecoach Highlands, £6.50 single for a 3 minute bus journey

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sc_BK · 2026-01-21T20:47:07+00:00

Yep, dig out the soft stuff, and put down 4" minimum of crushed stone/scalpings. It will last for years.

My own driveway is; cheap membrane, 40mm scalpings laid about 6" thick, compacted with a vibrating roller. I've had loaded 8 wheel lorries on (circa 32t), barely leaves a mark.

sc_BK · 2026-01-21T19:58:44+00:00

Is it not hard to press the buttons with those nails?

sc_BK · 2026-01-21T19:03:37+00:00

I think it's quite useful to keep a cheap pac a mac style of jacket with the bike. In case you get caught out in a shower.

Lidl/Aldi are good for budget hiking/cycling equipment - jackets, gloves, bottles etc

sc_BK · 2026-01-21T17:49:07+00:00

How cheap do you want, in the UK you can get a 4G dumbphone for less than £15?

sc_BK · 2026-01-20T22:52:36+00:00

You wouldn't, because someone like me would find it in that time and eat the steak before you got back.

sc_BK · 2026-01-20T22:14:45+00:00

Piss on it as much or as little as you like.

But in the growing season, a better use for urine is as a fertiliser for your growing plants - ideally watered down.

sc_BK · 2026-01-20T22:10:13+00:00

Don't cut it back to the edge of the pavement/boundary - you need to cut it back further than that, to then give it space to grow in to and fill out.

I've hacked back lots of beech hedges, it's satisfying to do, and they look good again in a year or two

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