Another Step Along the Garden Way

2nd December 201526th November 2015 by Chris

OK, so I have almost completed the new fence and gateway. It has to be painted but the
filler I am using is taking a long time to set and I can’t paint over that until it is firm.

The timber is treated to inhibit rot but that also tends to cause some distortions in planks; it is also rough timber so finishing is an important task.

This is the progression from first digging out the old hedge last Friday, gate installed Saturday and all tidied to this stage this morning.

The hedge was 7ft high the day before so it was helpful to cut it down to a manageably size before removing roots with spade and pick axe.
From the driveway at the front …

And from the
back garden . . .

Next step was to erect and fix posts in place.

Everything depends upon these being right. Holes dug and filled with PostCrete got this done

Gatewayfromfront1

Lots of sawing – I used a hand saw.

I have good electric tools but I decided that the varying timbers and lengths would be just as easy hand cut – and good for building muscle in my arms and shoulders = lot’s of aches!!

So here is where I am now –

That long horizontal bar beneath the new gate marks the underside of the decking that will fit into this corner and run back alongside the house.

Now for lunch.

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Ecology : Electric Vehicles : Political notes and more

October 2015

Oslo, Norway’s capital, like most of the Scandinavian country’s cities and towns, boasts bus-lane access for electric vehicles (EVs), recharging stations aplenty, privileged parking, and toll-free travel for electric cars. The initiative began in the 1990s as an effort to cut pollution, congestion, and noise in urban centres; now its primary rationale is combating climate change. Today, Norway has the highest per capita number of all-electric [battery only] cars in the world: more than 100,000 in a country of 5.2 million people. Last year, EVs constituted nearly 40% of the nation’s newly registered passenger cars. Norway is the clear electric vehicle pacesetter in Europe, which now has about 500,000 electric vehicles.

And the Norwegian experiment shows every sign of accelerating. Earlier this year, Norway opened the world’s largest fast-charging station, which can charge up to 28 vehicles in about half an hour.

Hackney Council has installed the first publicly accessible on-street rapid charging posts for electrical vehicles in London, so increasing the charging options of EV users in the capital.
The three units, which are supplied by APT Technologies a leading innovator in EV charging solutions, are the very latest Tri-Rapid Chargers and are located in Shoreditch, Dalston and Hackney Central.

China leads the world in EV usage, with about 600,000 all-electric vehicles on its roads and an ambitious plan to deploy 5m EVs by 2020.

Wind power generates 140% of Denmark's electricity demand http://bit.ly/1IOI0jV
Unusually high winds allowed Denmark to meet all of its electricity needs – with plenty to spare for Germany, Norway and Sweden too

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