David's blog

It has been a nice day today weather wise, not that good in relation to other things, I am having trouble getting removing a tinny sound from a string on a guitar I bought the other day,  I didn't pay much for the guitar so I guess you get what you pay for. Every now and then today also, someone, well I say someone, its the neighbour, comes to the front of the house and helps herself to some stone that is there, which is the rubble from the shed that has been pulled down, I guess she is one of those people who collects things likes to put things which no one else wants to use I guess.  There are apparently some bricks in the rubble which are worth about a pound each, if you were wanting to buy them from a reclamation yard. They don't make these kind of bricks anymore, probably for a reason, but I guess you need to fix an old building and want the same look these bricks might come in handy, they are like new really the ones that I have here but have been there for about a hundre

A old garden shed , which has been in the garden of this property is coming down today, I am sure its been here for over a hundred years, but the weather has finally got to it and its a bit unsafe, its sad though that it has to come down, its been a familiar view for me from many vantage points in the village, but today its no more.  They have given me this metal thing in its place, its ugly but its out of the way. The lady next door has taken a shine to some of the stuff off the old shed, the bricks the timber and the like.  I guess she is one of these people who like to recycle things, not let them go, whereas I am terrible for throwing things out. There are some big slate slabs on the floor of this shed, I think I will keep those, they will not look out of place in the garden, I can put pots on them,  there is a water supply there too, which I want to keep, there used to be an old outside toilet there.

it seems like there is life still left in summer, it is a beautiful day today.  Well today is the day after i went to the pub and sang a few songs with some friends, which was good fun. I looked at the facebook today and saw that I might have upset a couple of people because I was asking why a page did not have any Welsh on it, as the organisation involved is suppose to be bilingual, some people got shirty about it, I just put this down to them being tired, and therefore being petty, as one does when one is tired, they are trying to organise a beer festival, well have organised it and its going ahead this weekend, but they will not have any success if they are spending time being petty and stupid, they are better off putting all their energy into getting the festival going and pulling together to do this. I am a bit glad now really that i am going away for few months away from this petty small mindedness that can exist in a small village, its quite sad really.  If there are people comi

I have been doing a bit more painting this morning, putting some gloss on a door to the other bedroom, I am finding it a really messy job, the gloss is not non drip, so it drops everywhere, and then it runs down the door when I painted it, I am starting to wish I hadn't started this now.  At least I have finished the bedroom, well except for a few bits where the paint has  come away again.   I have noticed in the last couple of days some dark patches on the walls which have been freshly painted, its like damp I think, rising damp maybe but its quite high up too, I don't know if its because of all the paint that I am using therefore putting a lot moisture in the house, i have put on dehumidifier but that costs money,  There is someone coming here to sort the rendering out soon, I will ask them about it, there is always something with this dump.  I am not sure why stay or why I pay the rent for this place. I bought a guitar yesterday, it is a bit smaller than the ordenary type, o

I did some more painting today, seem to be getting more paint on the floor than the walls.  After I did some painting, I went on this walk which I suggested that the group I belong to did, it was from Dolwyddelan to Ty Hyll , it said on the information about the walk that it was 4 miles long, but someone counted it today and found out it was 5 miles long.  It rained most of the way round, not really torrential rain just fine rain, which was a shame for the people as they couldn't see the views. I have said that I will go to this jamming session tonight at the Grapes in Maentworog, but my guitar is not back, well its not fixed, apparently it can't be adjusted, which, strange, as the last guitar shop I took it to, said that they had adjusted it, so I have no idea what is going on, there is some problem with the truss rod , which one shop said it had adjusted and one says its not possible to do such a thing, so I am a bit confused, it can't be adjusted, then the thing is use