The All New Megathread

[TamSV]

Bloody hell Gary. I was last on here a couple of weeks ago so catching up on this thread’s been a right emotional rollercoaster!

Haven’t felt like this since the 5000 post DangerousDave is dead/DangerousDave isn’t real/DangerousDave isn’t dead after all/DangerousDave isn’t in the special forces he works for Network Rail/DangerousDave is a ****, now we know he’s alive let’s kill him thread.


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[Adam Ef]

Originally Posted by DarrenSV650S

I've been working all lockdown on sites with people from all over, including people travelling up from England. I'll actually be a lot safer (in terms of covid spreading) out on my bike where the only times I'll interact is at petrol stations. And even then I'll have gloves on to fill up, pay contactless and have my face covered. Bollox to missing out on another year of riding. I'm just not doing it this year

Same here. I've had to work the whole way through. We've done three times the amount of work that we usually do in a year. More contact with people than ever before from a work point of view. My personal life is fairly solitary normally anyway.

[garynortheast]

Originally Posted by TamSV

Bloody hell Gary. I was last on here a couple of weeks ago so catching up on this thread’s been a right emotional rollercoaster!

It's been a pretty turbulent twelve months Tam. I suspect it will carry on like that until around October unfortunately.

[Sir Trev]

Happy Daffodil Day to Gary and all others in the land of dragons, mythology and wonderful scenery.

DYDD GŴYL DEWI SANT HAPUS

[Luckypants]

Diolch Sir Trev

[garynortheast]

Diolch Trev.

[garynortheast]

Well this is getting pretty desperate now. I am four weeks away from becoming homeless, and am having no success in finding anywhere affordable to live. Spoke with the housing folks at Powys CC yesterday and they are dealing with an avalanche of homlessness. They can offer me only BandB accommodation, so no pets, nowhere for vehicles. Work with Moto Junkies is due to start at the end of next month and I urgently need to be in somewhere by then.
This is all making me very, very anxious. Not sleeping properly now. I gave up trying after 3 hours tonight and got up again.
Really fed up with all this sh!te now.

[Seeker]

This may be a stupid, impractical idea but could you rent a caravan or motorhome as a temporary measure?

[garynortheast]

Originally Posted by Seeker

This may be a stupid, impractical idea but could you rent a caravan or motorhome as a temporary measure?

No it's not a stupid idea at all Seeker. It is very hard to get permission for siting a residential caravan around here, and most of the sites are holiday caravans, where all the caravans are actually owned by people already.

Since posting this, and doing a post on fb, I've been given a couple of leads to follow up, and a canicross runner friend has offered me temporary accommodation at her house too. I'll see where these go.

I can tell you that Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs has never felt more relevant.

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by garynortheast

No it's not a stupid idea at all Seeker. It is very hard to get permission for siting a residential caravan around here, and most of the sites are holiday caravans, where all the caravans are actually owned by people already.

Since posting this, and doing a post on fb, I've been given a couple of leads to follow up, and a canicross runner friend has offered me temporary accommodation at her house too. I'll see where these go.

I can tell you that Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs has never felt more relevant.

I went through all of those options, caravans, campervan, tents, it really is a horrible situation to find yourself in. I can't believe your landlord can kick you out during this pandemic, but I guess they can?

It's a **** storm, I hope your possibilities work out.