For some nights now I've been aware of a kind of plastic scratching noise in
the middle of the night, seemingly coming from the eaves, but audible in my
bedroom.
There seems to be no signs of rat or mouse infestation anywhere, and as far
as I am aware no squirrels are around here either.
So I have a feeling it may be roosting birds, but obviously I'm not going
to get sighted help at 3am in the morning. I suspect somebody has installed
one of those floodlights nearby, and its waking up the birds when it comes
on.
Brian

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Brian Gaff wrote:

> For some nights now I've been aware of a kind of plastic scratching noise in
> the middle of the night, seemingly coming from the eaves, but audible in my
> bedroom.
> There seems to be no signs of rat or mouse infestation anywhere, and as far
> as I am aware no squirrels are around here either.
> So I have a feeling it may be roosting birds

whenever I've been aware of such noises, and worried it may be rodents,
it has turned out to be bird(s) can you leave a loft-hatch open to see
of they'll come down ... then again, getting a panicing bird our of the
house is hard enough when you can see the blighter.

On 21/01/2023 11:01, Brian Gaff wrote:
> For some nights now I've been aware of a kind of plastic scratching noise in
> the middle of the night, seemingly coming from the eaves, but audible in my
> bedroom.
> There seems to be no signs of rat or mouse infestation anywhere, and as far
> as I am aware no squirrels are around here either.
> So I have a feeling it may be roosting birds, but obviously I'm not going
> to get sighted help at 3am in the morning. I suspect somebody has installed
> one of those floodlights nearby, and its waking up the birds when it comes
> on.
> Brian
>

Bats? (Not bats).

Tone

On 21/01/2023 11:01, Brian Gaff wrote:
> For some nights now I've been aware of a kind of plastic scratching noise in
> the middle of the night, seemingly coming from the eaves, but audible in my
> bedroom.
> There seems to be no signs of rat or mouse infestation anywhere, and as far
> as I am aware no squirrels are around here either.
> So I have a feeling it may be roosting birds, but obviously I'm not going
> to get sighted help at 3am in the morning. I suspect somebody has installed
> one of those floodlights nearby, and its waking up the birds when it comes
> on.
> Brian
>
You won't get elp at 3am in the afternoon either.

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On 21/01/2023 13:38, Tease'n'Seize wrote:
> Brian Gaff wrote:
>
>> For some nights now I've been aware of a kind of plastic scratching
>> noise in
>> the middle of the night, seemingly coming from the eaves, but audible
>> in my
>> bedroom.
>>   There seems to be no signs of rat or mouse infestation anywhere, and
>> as far
>> as I am aware no squirrels are around here either.
>>   So I have a feeling it may be roosting birds
>
> whenever I've been aware of such noises, and worried it may be rodents,
> it has turned out to be bird(s) can you leave a loft-hatch open to see
> of they'll come down ... then again, getting a panicing bird our of the
> house is hard enough when you can see the blighter.

A few of years ago I had a jackdaw fall down the chimney. It only took a
minuet with the fromt door open and it was gorn.

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RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote in
news:tqh55a$2m1cp$1@dont-email.me:

> On 21/01/2023 13:38, Tease'n'Seize wrote:
>> Brian Gaff wrote:
>>
>>> For some nights now I've been aware of a kind of plastic scratching
>>> noise in
>>> the middle of the night, seemingly coming from the eaves, but
>>> audible in my
>>> bedroom.
>>>   There seems to be no signs of rat or mouse infestation anywhere,
>>> and as far
>>> as I am aware no squirrels are around here either.
>>>   So I have a feeling it may be roosting birds
>>
>> whenever I've been aware of such noises, and worried it may be
>> rodents, it has turned out to be bird(s) can you leave a loft-hatch
>> open to see of they'll come down ... then again, getting a panicing
>> bird our of the house is hard enough when you can see the blighter.
>
> A few of years ago I had a jackdaw fall down the chimney. It only took
> a minuet with the fromt door open and it was gorn.

We had a small owl down the chimbly. It panicked and flew around hitting
the walls until I managed to get it out of the front door. The owl was
sooty (not Sooty) and the walls had recently been whitewashed. We had a
beautiful imprint of an owl on one wall for years.

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There is a loft hatch, During the winter its taped up to stop howling wind
syndrome as the roof has no lining, ie there are little gaps between the
tiles. I have a plastic gutter and sophet, and I think that is the place the
sound is from. Not really the weather to get somebody into the loft and up a
ladder at the moment!
You can of course hear the creaking of the gutter when sun gets on it. Never
had that with the cast iron gutters, but then a falling cast iron gutter
can kill you.
Brian

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"Tease'n'Seize" <tease-and-seize@invalid> wrote in message
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> Brian Gaff wrote:
>
>> For some nights now I've been aware of a kind of plastic scratching noise
>> in
>> the middle of the night, seemingly coming from the eaves, but audible in
>> my
>> bedroom.
>> There seems to be no signs of rat or mouse infestation anywhere, and as
>> far
>> as I am aware no squirrels are around here either.
>> So I have a feeling it may be roosting birds
>
> whenever I've been aware of such noises, and worried it may be rodents, it
> has turned out to be bird(s) can you leave a loft-hatch open to see of
> they'll come down ... then again, getting a panicing bird our of the house
> is hard enough when you can see the blighter.

Actually there are bats, as one caught me on the arm a few years ago.Not
sure who was the most surprised. I thought bats all hung upside down, and
its not easy to do that up there, or in the loft for that matter. Most of
the bats are living near the local streams and rivers, but one supposes
roam far and wide at night, but in this weather, I wonder what they eat?

Brian

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"Tone" <tone@email.com> wrote in message
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> On 21/01/2023 11:01, Brian Gaff wrote:
>> For some nights now I've been aware of a kind of plastic scratching noise
>> in
>> the middle of the night, seemingly coming from the eaves, but audible in
>> my
>> bedroom.
>> There seems to be no signs of rat or mouse infestation anywhere, and as
>> far
>> as I am aware no squirrels are around here either.
>> So I have a feeling it may be roosting birds, but obviously I'm not
>> going
>> to get sighted help at 3am in the morning. I suspect somebody has
>> installed
>> one of those floodlights nearby, and its waking up the birds when it
>> comes
>> on.
>> Brian
>>
>
> Bats? (Not bats).
>
> Tone

You must live in a different universe.

Maybe you are inside the arctic circle.
Brian

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"RustyHinge" <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On 21/01/2023 11:01, Brian Gaff wrote:
>> For some nights now I've been aware of a kind of plastic scratching noise
>> in
>> the middle of the night, seemingly coming from the eaves, but audible in
>> my
>> bedroom.
>> There seems to be no signs of rat or mouse infestation anywhere, and as
>> far
>> as I am aware no squirrels are around here either.
>> So I have a feeling it may be roosting birds, but obviously I'm not
>> going
>> to get sighted help at 3am in the morning. I suspect somebody has
>> installed
>> one of those floodlights nearby, and its waking up the birds when it
>> comes
>> on.
>> Brian
>>
> You won't get elp at 3am in the afternoon either.
>
>
> --
> Rusty Hinge
> To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the
> BOFH.

On 22/01/2023 13:11, Brian Gaff wrote:
> There is a loft hatch, During the winter its taped up to stop howling wind
> syndrome as the roof has no lining, ie there are little gaps between the
> tiles. I have a plastic gutter and sophet, and I think that is the place the
> sound is from. Not really the weather to get somebody into the loft and up a
> ladder at the moment!
> You can of course hear the creaking of the gutter when sun gets on it. Never
> had that with the cast iron gutters, but then a falling cast iron gutter
> can kill you.

So can a plastic one if it falls lenghthwise.

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On 22/01/2023 18:44, RustyHinge wrote:
> On 22/01/2023 13:11, Brian Gaff wrote:
>> There is a loft hatch, During the winter its taped up to stop howling
>> wind
>> syndrome as the roof has no lining, ie there are little gaps between the
>> tiles. I have a plastic gutter and sophet, and I think that is the
>> place the
>> sound is from. Not really the weather to get somebody into the loft
>> and up a
>> ladder at the moment!
>> You can of course hear the creaking of the gutter when sun gets on it.
>> Never
>> had that with the cast iron gutters, but then a  falling cast iron gutter
>> can kill you.
>
> So can a plastic one if it falls lenghthwise.
>

You'd be gutted.

Tone

On 22/01/2023 18:44, RustyHinge wrote:
> On 22/01/2023 13:11, Brian Gaff wrote:
>> There is a loft hatch, During the winter its taped up to stop howling
>> wind
>> syndrome as the roof has no lining, ie there are little gaps between the
>> tiles. I have a plastic gutter and sophet, and I think that is the
>> place the
>> sound is from. Not really the weather to get somebody into the loft
>> and up a
>> ladder at the moment!
>> You can of course hear the creaking of the gutter when sun gets on it.
>> Never
>> had that with the cast iron gutters, but then a  falling cast iron gutter
>> can kill you.
>
> So can a plastic one if it falls lenghthwise.

Or if it's filled with ice.

On 23/01/2023 01:18, Mike Fleming wrote:
> On 22/01/2023 18:44, RustyHinge wrote:
>> On 22/01/2023 13:11, Brian Gaff wrote:
>>> There is a loft hatch, During the winter its taped up to stop howling
>>> wind
>>> syndrome as the roof has no lining, ie there are little gaps between the
>>> tiles. I have a plastic gutter and sophet, and I think that is the
>>> place the
>>> sound is from. Not really the weather to get somebody into the loft
>>> and up a
>>> ladder at the moment!
>>> You can of course hear the creaking of the gutter when sun gets on
>>> it. Never
>>> had that with the cast iron gutters, but then a  falling cast iron
>>> gutter
>>> can kill you.
>>
>> So can a plastic one if it falls lenghthwise.
>
> Or if it's filled with ice.

Headline: Global Warming Saves Gutter Snipe!!!

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There's a streetlight just outside. At night you can see bats hoovering up
the insects it attracts. There are bat boxes in the woods behing our house.

On 2023-01-22, Brian Gaff <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually there are bats, as one caught me on the arm a few years ago.Not
> sure who was the most surprised. I thought bats all hung upside down, and
> its not easy to do that up there, or in the loft for that matter. Most of
> the bats are living near the local streams and rivers, but one supposes
> roam far and wide at night, but in this weather, I wonder what they eat?

On 24/01/2023 21:10, Bernard Peek wrote:
> There's a streetlight just outside. At night you can see bats hoovering up
> the insects it attracts. There are bat boxes in the woods behing our house.
>
>
> On 2023-01-22, Brian Gaff <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Actually there are bats, as one caught me on the arm a few years ago.Not
>> sure who was the most surprised. I thought bats all hung upside down, and
>> its not easy to do that up there, or in the loft for that matter. Most of
>> the bats are living near the local streams and rivers, but one supposes
>> roam far and wide at night, but in this weather, I wonder what they eat?
>

The collapsed Greywell Tunnel at the end of the supposedly still
navigable length of the Basingstoke Canal is now a bat roost.

We used to go on 'bat walks' at dusk to see them swarming out of the
tunnel. An amazing sight!

The water in the tunnel is fed by aquifers. During restoration days we
used to drink it. It was filtered, cold and pure. But I wouldn't want to
drink it now, not with all that bat guano in it!

Better to have a pint or three in The Fox & Goose pub above the tunnel
entrance!

(Also a very good free campsite. Or it was.)

Tone

On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 01:04:50 +0000
Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:

> On 24/01/2023 21:10, Bernard Peek wrote:
> > There's a streetlight just outside. At night you can see bats hoovering up
> > the insects it attracts. There are bat boxes in the woods behing our house.
> >
> >
> > On 2023-01-22, Brian Gaff <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Actually there are bats, as one caught me on the arm a few years ago.Not
> >> sure who was the most surprised. I thought bats all hung upside down, and
> >> its not easy to do that up there, or in the loft for that matter. Most of
> >> the bats are living near the local streams and rivers, but one supposes
> >> roam far and wide at night, but in this weather, I wonder what they eat?
> >
>
> The collapsed Greywell Tunnel at the end of the supposedly still
> navigable length of the Basingstoke Canal is now a bat roost.
>
> We used to go on 'bat walks' at dusk to see them swarming out of the
> tunnel. An amazing sight!
>
> The water in the tunnel is fed by aquifers. During restoration days we
> used to drink it. It was filtered, cold and pure. But I wouldn't want to
> drink it now, not with all that bat guano in it!
>
> Better to have a pint or three in The Fox & Goose pub above the tunnel
> entrance!
>
> (Also a very good free campsite. Or it was.)
>

seems to be OK as at May 2021 (camping price unspecified):

https://whatpub.com/pubs/HAN/096/fox-goose-greywell

Doom. feh.

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On 25/01/2023 10:53, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 01:04:50 +0000
> Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
>
>> On 24/01/2023 21:10, Bernard Peek wrote:
>>> There's a streetlight just outside. At night you can see bats hoovering up
>>> the insects it attracts. There are bat boxes in the woods behing our house.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2023-01-22, Brian Gaff <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Actually there are bats, as one caught me on the arm a few years ago.Not
>>>> sure who was the most surprised. I thought bats all hung upside down, and
>>>> its not easy to do that up there, or in the loft for that matter. Most of
>>>> the bats are living near the local streams and rivers, but one supposes
>>>> roam far and wide at night, but in this weather, I wonder what they eat?
>>>
>>
>> The collapsed Greywell Tunnel at the end of the supposedly still
>> navigable length of the Basingstoke Canal is now a bat roost.
>>
>> We used to go on 'bat walks' at dusk to see them swarming out of the
>> tunnel. An amazing sight!
>>
>> The water in the tunnel is fed by aquifers. During restoration days we
>> used to drink it. It was filtered, cold and pure. But I wouldn't want to
>> drink it now, not with all that bat guano in it!
>>
>> Better to have a pint or three in The Fox & Goose pub above the tunnel
>> entrance!
>>
>> (Also a very good free campsite. Or it was.)
>>
>
> seems to be OK as at May 2021 (camping price unspecified):
>
> https://whatpub.com/pubs/HAN/096/fox-goose-greywell
>
> Doom. feh.
>
>

Am I unique in actually liking Doom Bar?

Tone

On 2023-01-25, Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
> On 25/01/2023 10:53, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
>> On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 01:04:50 +0000
>> Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
>>

re: Scratchings in the night:

After looking at some horror films, and soft porn, I recommend the
following.

Open Attic trapdoor, discovering that bulb does not work.

Ask, "Is there anything there?."

There is a former corn mill near Sallins, Co Kildare, that has been
declared a bat sanctuary.

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Where is our money gone, Dude?

In article <tqr3pe$l2i3$1@dont-email.me>, tone@email.com says...
>
> On 25/01/2023 10:53, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
> > On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 01:04:50 +0000
> > Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 24/01/2023 21:10, Bernard Peek wrote:
> >>> There's a streetlight just outside. At night you can see bats hoovering up
> >>> the insects it attracts. There are bat boxes in the woods behing our house.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 2023-01-22, Brian Gaff <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> Actually there are bats, as one caught me on the arm a few years ago.Not
> >>>> sure who was the most surprised. I thought bats all hung upside down, and
> >>>> its not easy to do that up there, or in the loft for that matter. Most of
> >>>> the bats are living near the local streams and rivers, but one supposes
> >>>> roam far and wide at night, but in this weather, I wonder what they eat?
> >>>
> >>
> >> The collapsed Greywell Tunnel at the end of the supposedly still
> >> navigable length of the Basingstoke Canal is now a bat roost.
> >>
> >> We used to go on 'bat walks' at dusk to see them swarming out of the
> >> tunnel. An amazing sight!
> >>
> >> The water in the tunnel is fed by aquifers. During restoration days we
> >> used to drink it. It was filtered, cold and pure. But I wouldn't want to
> >> drink it now, not with all that bat guano in it!
> >>
> >> Better to have a pint or three in The Fox & Goose pub above the tunnel
> >> entrance!
> >>
> >> (Also a very good free campsite. Or it was.)
> >>
> >
> > seems to be OK as at May 2021 (camping price unspecified):
> >
> > https://whatpub.com/pubs/HAN/096/fox-goose-greywell
> >
> > Doom. feh.
> >
> >
>
> Am I unique in actually liking Doom Bar?
>
> Tone

No you aren't. In my top 3/4 ales.
It must be a 'seller' as 2 out of 3 gastropubs I frequent have it either
on tap or in bottles. Like most ales I expect the bottle version to be
stronger (ABV) the the draught version.

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On 25/01/2023 11:48, Jim the Geordie wrote:
> In article <tqr3pe$l2i3$1@dont-email.me>, tone@email.com says...
>>
>> On 25/01/2023 10:53, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
>>>
>>> seems to be OK as at May 2021 (camping price unspecified):
>>>
>>> https://whatpub.com/pubs/HAN/096/fox-goose-greywell
>>>
>>> Doom. feh.
>>
>> Am I unique in actually liking Doom Bar?
>>
>> Tone
>
> No you aren't. In my top 3/4 ales.
> It must be a 'seller' as 2 out of 3 gastropubs I frequent have it either
> on tap or in bottles. Like most ales I expect the bottle version to be
> stronger (ABV) the the draught version.

I'm not keen on it, though other members of my family do. It's one of
the default real ales because it hasn't got any defining characteristic.
I'll drink it if there's no decent pale ales on.

On 25/01/2023 11:28, Tone wrote:
> On 25/01/2023 10:53, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
>> On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 01:04:50 +0000
>> Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 24/01/2023 21:10, Bernard Peek wrote:
>>>> There's a streetlight just outside. At night you can see bats
>>>> hoovering up
>>>> the insects it attracts. There are bat boxes in the woods behing our
>>>> house.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2023-01-22, Brian Gaff <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Actually there are bats, as one caught me on the arm a few years
>>>>> ago.Not
>>>>> sure who was the most surprised. I thought bats all hung upside
>>>>> down, and
>>>>> its not easy to do that up there, or in the loft for that matter.
>>>>> Most of
>>>>> the bats are  living near the local streams and rivers, but one
>>>>> supposes
>>>>> roam far and wide at night, but in this weather, I wonder what they
>>>>> eat?
>>>>
>>>
>>> The collapsed Greywell Tunnel at the end of the supposedly still
>>> navigable length of the Basingstoke Canal is now a bat roost.
>>>
>>> We used to go on 'bat walks' at dusk to see them swarming out of the
>>> tunnel. An amazing sight!
>>>
>>> The water in the tunnel is fed by aquifers. During restoration days we
>>> used to drink it. It was filtered, cold and pure. But I wouldn't want to
>>> drink it now, not with all that bat guano in it!
>>>
>>> Better to have a pint or three in The Fox & Goose pub above the tunnel
>>> entrance!
>>>
>>> (Also a very good free campsite. Or it was.)
>>>
>>
>> seems to be OK as at May 2021 (camping price unspecified):
>>
>> https://whatpub.com/pubs/HAN/096/fox-goose-greywell
>>
>> Doom. feh.
>>
>>
>
> Am I unique in actually liking Doom Bar?

No. I used to sup it quite regulaly in the Edith Cavell in that Norwich.

I've tasted a lot worser

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On 25-Jan-23 12:29, RustyHinge wrote:
> On 25/01/2023 11:28, Tone wrote:
>> On 25/01/2023 10:53, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
>>> On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 01:04:50 +0000
>>> Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 24/01/2023 21:10, Bernard Peek wrote:
>>>>> There's a streetlight just outside. At night you can see bats
>>>>> hoovering up
>>>>> the insects it attracts. There are bat boxes in the woods behing
>>>>> our house.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2023-01-22, Brian Gaff <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Actually there are bats, as one caught me on the arm a few years
>>>>>> ago.Not
>>>>>> sure who was the most surprised. I thought bats all hung upside
>>>>>> down, and
>>>>>> its not easy to do that up there, or in the loft for that matter.
>>>>>> Most of
>>>>>> the bats are  living near the local streams and rivers, but one
>>>>>> supposes
>>>>>> roam far and wide at night, but in this weather, I wonder what
>>>>>> they eat?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The collapsed Greywell Tunnel at the end of the supposedly still
>>>> navigable length of the Basingstoke Canal is now a bat roost.
>>>>
>>>> We used to go on 'bat walks' at dusk to see them swarming out of the
>>>> tunnel. An amazing sight!
>>>>
>>>> The water in the tunnel is fed by aquifers. During restoration days we
>>>> used to drink it. It was filtered, cold and pure. But I wouldn't
>>>> want to
>>>> drink it now, not with all that bat guano in it!
>>>>
>>>> Better to have a pint or three in The Fox & Goose pub above the tunnel
>>>> entrance!
>>>>
>>>> (Also a very good free campsite. Or it was.)
>>>>
>>>
>>> seems to be OK as at May 2021 (camping price unspecified):
>>>
>>> https://whatpub.com/pubs/HAN/096/fox-goose-greywell
>>>
>>> Doom. feh.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Am I unique in actually liking Doom Bar?
>
> No. I used to sup it quite regulaly in the Edith Cavell in that Norwich.
>
> I've tasted a lot worser
>
That sums it up for me. It's often the best of a limited set of choices.

--
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On 25/01/2023 11:28, Tone wrote:
> On 25/01/2023 10:53, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
>> On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 01:04:50 +0000
>> Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 24/01/2023 21:10, Bernard Peek wrote:
>>>> There's a streetlight just outside. At night you can see bats
>>>> hoovering up
>>>> the insects it attracts. There are bat boxes in the woods behing our
>>>> house.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2023-01-22, Brian Gaff <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Actually there are bats, as one caught me on the arm a few years
>>>>> ago.Not
>>>>> sure who was the most surprised. I thought bats all hung upside
>>>>> down, and
>>>>> its not easy to do that up there, or in the loft for that matter.
>>>>> Most of
>>>>> the bats are  living near the local streams and rivers, but one
>>>>> supposes
>>>>> roam far and wide at night, but in this weather, I wonder what they
>>>>> eat?
>>>>
>>>
>>> The collapsed Greywell Tunnel at the end of the supposedly still
>>> navigable length of the Basingstoke Canal is now a bat roost.
>>>
>>> We used to go on 'bat walks' at dusk to see them swarming out of the
>>> tunnel. An amazing sight!
>>>
>>> The water in the tunnel is fed by aquifers. During restoration days we
>>> used to drink it. It was filtered, cold and pure. But I wouldn't want to
>>> drink it now, not with all that bat guano in it!
>>>
>>> Better to have a pint or three in The Fox & Goose pub above the tunnel
>>> entrance!
>>>
>>> (Also a very good free campsite. Or it was.)
>>>
>>
>> seems to be OK as at May 2021 (camping price unspecified):
>>
>> https://whatpub.com/pubs/HAN/096/fox-goose-greywell
>>
>> Doom. feh.
>>
>>
>
> Am I unique in actually liking Doom Bar?
>
> Tone
Nope, great ale tho I prefer Butcombe Original.

On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 21:33:15 +0000
Geoff Ellis <astraweb@geoff-ellis.co.uk> wrote:

> On 25/01/2023 11:28, Tone wrote:
> > On 25/01/2023 10:53, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
> >> On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 01:04:50 +0000
> >> Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 24/01/2023 21:10, Bernard Peek wrote:
> >>>> There's a streetlight just outside. At night you can see bats
> >>>> hoovering up
> >>>> the insects it attracts. There are bat boxes in the woods behing our
> >>>> house.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 2023-01-22, Brian Gaff <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>> Actually there are bats, as one caught me on the arm a few years
> >>>>> ago.Not
> >>>>> sure who was the most surprised. I thought bats all hung upside
> >>>>> down, and
> >>>>> its not easy to do that up there, or in the loft for that matter.
> >>>>> Most of
> >>>>> the bats are  living near the local streams and rivers, but one
> >>>>> supposes
> >>>>> roam far and wide at night, but in this weather, I wonder what they
> >>>>> eat?
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> The collapsed Greywell Tunnel at the end of the supposedly still
> >>> navigable length of the Basingstoke Canal is now a bat roost.
> >>>
> >>> We used to go on 'bat walks' at dusk to see them swarming out of the
> >>> tunnel. An amazing sight!
> >>>
> >>> The water in the tunnel is fed by aquifers. During restoration days we
> >>> used to drink it. It was filtered, cold and pure. But I wouldn't want to
> >>> drink it now, not with all that bat guano in it!
> >>>
> >>> Better to have a pint or three in The Fox & Goose pub above the tunnel
> >>> entrance!
> >>>
> >>> (Also a very good free campsite. Or it was.)
> >>>
> >>
> >> seems to be OK as at May 2021 (camping price unspecified):
> >>
> >> https://whatpub.com/pubs/HAN/096/fox-goose-greywell
> >>
> >> Doom. feh.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Am I unique in actually liking Doom Bar?
> >
> > Tone
> Nope, great ale tho I prefer Butcombe Original.

eh? To me they're not comparable beers.

--
Bah, and indeed Humbug.

RustyHinge wrote:

> Tone wrote:
>
>> Am I unique in actually liking Doom Bar?
>
> No. I used to sup it quite regulaly in the Edith Cavell in that Norwich.

An 'oss pissole that serves beer? No wait, that's in Peterbore rather
than Norwich, innit ...