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    We are indeed, Barry

    Just need to sort out the plants and herb garden.

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    We’re staying in Drymen near Loch Lomond, had sister-in-law’s wedding in Glasgow yesterday, weather was surprisingly good - but expectations met today as it has chucked it down and continues to do so, 16c. Tomorrow a little better according to the forecast so going to do some fishing with Will, no doubt the girls will find some shops and a tea room!
    Alex

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    Grass looks great, Marco, hoping mine will have had a bit of a watering for when we get back.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alex_UK View Post
    We’re staying in Drymen near Loch Lomond, had sister-in-law’s wedding in Glasgow yesterday, weather was surprisingly good - but expectations met today as it has chucked it down and continues to do so, 16c. Tomorrow a little better according to the forecast so going to do some fishing with Will, no doubt the girls will find some shops and a tea room!
    Drymen, nice one - know it well

    One of our favourite haunts was the Buchanan Arms Hotel (on the Main Street), which used to serve superb food in the classic French/Italian style: https://www.hotelsone.com/drymen-hot...yAAEgJUHvD_BwE

    It also had a nice quaint bar, perfect for pre-dinner drinks, whilst you perused the menu!

    Marco.
    Main System

    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

    Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.

    Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp, fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.

    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

    Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Drymen, nice one - know it well

    One of our favourite haunts was the Buchanan Arms Hotel (on the Main Street), which used to serve superb food in the classic French/Italian style: https://www.hotelsone.com/drymen-hot...yAAEgJUHvD_BwE

    It also had a nice quaint bar, perfect for pre-dinner drinks, whilst you perused the menu!

    Marco.
    We are literally next door to the Buchanan Arms, but going to the Clachan Inn for dinner this evening - https://www.clachaninndrymen.co.uk/ - looks nice, and good reviews. We went into Glasgow again today to see sister-in-law and did an escape room, the next couple of days just us now and enjoying the Loch Lomond area. [emoji846]


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    Lol - thought you might be somewhere near... Know The Clachan; you'll enjoy it there

    Marco.
    Main System

    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

    Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.

    Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp, fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.

    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

    Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.

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    Still haven't had enough rain here. The front lawn has yet to recover.
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    16C now, will reach 23C later today. No rain forecast, so the lawns have only partially recovered.
    Barry

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    Rained overnight, and showers forecast for all day with a bit of thunder chucked in. Back to normal bank holiday weather then.
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    After another dowsing this afternoon and a cut, the lawn now looks like this:



    Marco.
    That's quite an expanse of lawn, what kind of mower have you got? I'd want a sit-on mower for that. Nicely done though, you can do ours if you want What are those structures for, and why have they got whippets sat on top of them? I thought that would be more of a Yorkshire thing.
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

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    Speakers: KEF Reference 3, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables

    T'other system:
    Echo Dot, Arcam A75 integrated, Monitor Audio R852 MD speakers
    A/V:
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