Denbigh Cider makes you mental

Hwyl Euros, welcome to my ramblings !!! :) one of my friends, Euros up in North Wales has invited me to a sampling of his finest cider, Denbigh 7 (makes you mental) pre beta release leading up to the Denbigh beer festival, which I attended a few years back now, basically you turn up at the event (sober) where it's being held, buy some beer tokens and partake of the brewed offerings and leave slightly under the weather (drunk) after several hours...obviously passing a kebab house or two.... I have to admit I have NEVER fancied a kebab after partaking in beeriness activities, but let it not be me to judge others in this matter, now cider is renowned for removing ones ability to walk the quickest and in some cases your eyesight, and if Euros has had a hand in producing this marvel of intoxication then I should imagine NASA are queueing up to purchase thousands of gallons to power the next space shuttle in their attempt to jump on the green band wagon.......behold the space shuttle the first cider powered take off !!! ;¬)

anyway I digress the last time I attended the Denbigh beer festival we all ended up at some persons house who was kind (stupid) enough to let us all in as we "band y gegin" wandered around the streets aimlessly, and I mean aimlessly..... and on waking up it looked as if somebody had taken the roof off the house, removed the first floor, then tipped us all in the front room.... it looked like a game of twister which had gone horribly wrong....we had a fantastic time (I think....) and I hope to repeat it at some point :)..... never have I laughed so much in one night....

and as they say .......once in a while does you no harm ;¬) ..... all things in moderation :)

I actually don't like the feeling of being drunk, but occasionally my safety valve blows a gasket, which usually involves Euros saying "HAVE ANOTHER!!!" or the 2nd littlest at our house and his fascination for the toggle on the winebox.... you turn your head away and your glass is full.......and the well lets just say the rest is history.... :)

It's official.... it's summer time !!!!!!!

and I've woken up to a brilliantly sunny day :¬) ....I hope you remembered to put your clocks forward and hour ? and thinking about it, it will need to be summertime to dry out the carpet in the laundry room, the flood has subsided thankfully .....

so today it's just a matter of throwing a grenade in the various rooms to tidy them up before my better half returns from Liverpool sometime today and it's job done ;¬)

then tomorrow it's back to the grindstone after 10 days off.... it's been brilliant having this time off, I haven't had a proper holiday in what seems ages, it was nice to relax and spend time with the family

You know I mentioned that the house hasn't burned down ?

Well that's probably because we had a flood of mini biblical proportions, not sent down by God this time but the washing machine, I've tracked the fault down already on the damn thing and fixed it whilst paddling in the small swimming pool that was the laundry room.... Thank goodness for Vileda super mops is all I can say....

Now you washing machine savvy people (women) will think "pah a man, he didn't close the door properly....did he" ... alas no, our washing machine is man proof, you cannot start the washing machine unless the door is engaged and watertight.... so what could have caused this several gallons of water to gush forth like it did ?

This little deluge was down to the washing powder drawer being left to coagulate into a small orange sized ball of gelatinous goo, which once given enough lubrication slumped off the washing powder drawer into the water feed tube which eventually empties into the washing machine drum, on inspection the tube narrows.....need I say more ? the lump of washing powder jammed itself tightly in the tube whilst the washing machine was entirely content that the door was shut and "man proof" turned on the taps to fill itself....the rest they say is history...albeit wet history

now not being the keeper/guardian of the washing machine I can firmly put this one in the hands of the aforementioned washing machine keeper...... although to be fair, it was a flood waiting to happen, you don't really check the drawer of your washing machine very often do you ?

Might I suggest you do in future ???? ;¬)

ps/ the carpet has come up lovely .....

pps/ the fix included cutting a 1 metre long piece of TV coax and ramming that down the tube below the draw until a loud glug was heard, followed by the water level dropping rapidly.... so confident am I that it's fixed, I've put it on again and so far .....it's keeping the water inside itself

ppps/ I've found the miracle cure for oily grime embedded behind fingernails that won't shift even with a scrubbing brush..... it's called a washing machine flood !!!! :¬)