Bonus & Wendy's Big Adventure . . . .

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

WOOHOO!!!

[Mntboy]

We've finally had the first part of our planning permission application approved! :-)

 

We now have permission to connect to the municipal fresh water and waste water systems in the street. I'll get digging tonight after dark . . . . . . ;-)

Awesome! Just remember a headlight is your new best friend along with a flask of coffee!

 

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[MTBeer]

We've finally had the first part of our planning permission application approved! :-)

 

We now have permission to connect to the municipal fresh water and waste water systems in the street. I'll get digging tonight after dark . . . . . .  ;-)

what were you using until now?

[Bonus]

what were you using until now?

We're staying in a rented apartment in Ainsa until the house in Guaso is ready enough for us to move into it. Looks like it's going to be a little while yet but the apartment is nice enough so no worries :-)

[Bonus]

Today we visited the council offices to chase up our outstanding planning permission application . . . .  and we were given a letter of "points that need addressing before the application can be passed" . . . . dated 16th APRIL!

 

We should have been given it 7 weeks ago!

 

We've passed it on to our architect, who promptly rang the council office and demanded to know "what they were playing at". So, now the architect can modify the drawings to suit the local area guidelines and then they can be re-submitted.

 

Finally some progress, but not impressed with a council office where everyone thought that "someone else had done it"

 

:-)

[Gen]

Today we visited the council offices to chase up our outstanding planning permission application . . . . and we were given a letter of "points that need addressing before the application can be passed" . . . . dated 16th APRIL!

 

We should have been given it 7 weeks ago!

 

We've passed it on to our architect, who promptly rang the council office and demanded to know "what they were playing at". So, now the architect can modify the drawings to suit the local area guidelines and then they can be re-submitted.

 

Finally some progress, but not impressed with a council office where everyone thought that "someone else had done it"

 

:-)

So councils all over are useless.

 

BUT

 

I MUST CONFESS very few threads get me as excited as this one. . Every time I see a new entry here I wonder what you have been up to and how green I will be when I read it.

[Bonus]

One of the things I'm really enjoying here, and missed badly when I was in SA for the last 8 years or so . . . . riding in daylight late on a warm summer evening! :-)

 

 

In SA in summer we were getting up and out on the bikes by 6am. Much after 9 or 10am it was just too hot to still be out riding. It was a way of life I got used to and enjoyed . . .  but I always missed going out for a ride at 7 or 8pm at night and getting home 2 hours later and it was still light.

 

The middle of the day here can be very hot - hence the idea of a post lunch "Siesta", which is a tradition we've adopted with much enthusiasm! But the evenings are fantastic. Hit the trails any time after 7pm at this time of year and you can enjoy a lovely warm ride, the evening views across the mountains & valleys etc and still get home in daylight. No lights, no arm warmers, and riding until 10pm! What more could I ask for . ..  ?

 

:-)

[Popit]

Why does the word Jealous spring to mind ????

 

Nothing to do with the cold , dark Highveld mornings and evenings .....

[Gen]

Why does the word Jealous spring to mind ????

 

Nothing to do with the cold , dark Highveld mornings and evenings .....

A comforting thought is that he too will have winter.[emoji23] [emoji23] Edited June 10, 2016 by Gen

[Bonus]

A comforting thought is that he too will have winter.[emoji23] [emoji23]

 

Yeah . . . . . . Skiing, Sledging, Snow boarding or even bit of Winter Enduro . . then home for a hot glass of Apple Pie-Spiced Cider or Hot Buttered Rum before a bowl of Wendys Farmhouse vegetable soup followed by a plate of lovely thick Irish stew with crusty bread.

 

It's gonna be really ***, I know . . .

 

lol

Edited June 10, 2016 by Bonus

[hboli4]

Now you are just being mean 

[Bonus]

 

:-)

[Gen]

 

:-)

Evil man [emoji22]

[Mntboy]

Yeah . . . . . . Skiing, Sledging, Snow boarding or even bit of Winter Enduro . . then home for a hot glass of Apple Pie-Spiced Cider or Hot Buttered Rum before a bowl of Wendys Farmhouse vegetable soup followed by a plate of lovely thick Irish stew with crusty bread.

 

It's gonna be really ***, I know . . .

 

lol

The foodie in me is green with envy! I hope you have a solidly icy winter so that you might have to add some Gluwhein to the mix!

 

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[Bonus]

An old school friend of mine from my Witbank High School days (back on my first 8 year stay in SA) has come to visit :-)

 

He and his wife, who live in the UK now and tour around France for two weeks every year,  have stopped by at a local campsite with his Camper Van (a mode of transport we will be discouraging once our B&B is up and running!!) so today we will take them out and show them some sights.

 

Will be nice to catch up :-)

[Popit]

Yeah . . . . . . Skiing, Sledging, Snow boarding or even bit of Winter Enduro . . then home for a hot glass of Apple Pie-Spiced Cider or Hot Buttered Rum before a bowl of Wendys Farmhouse vegetable soup followed by a plate of lovely thick Irish stew with crusty bread.

 

It's gonna be really ***, I know . . .

 

lol

Bonus ,

I have never met you , but with a reply like that I am really starting to dislike you ....

 ....

 

Just kidding of course

 

You sure will have a lot more options than us in winter .....

 

But for now enjoy the summer , and we will try enjoy the winter .... brrrrr!!