Big Bells Small Church

When we were in Tideswell, Cathedral of the Peak, the bing bong goes all night.  Stoney Middleton St Martin's is quite small, it still bing bongs all night...

Monsal Trail - East Bound

We went back to Hassop, Monsal Trail on the second day, we went into Bakewell, which is very near Hassop.

We walked around some shops, and I finally find something I wanted to buy from the Ginger Butcher, they are less competitive than Chatsworth.  The ladies in the Ginger Butcher were talking about how busy it would be for the Easter weekend, and where to avoid.

The car pack were jammed pack by the time we got back to Hassop.  We just went back to base and started packing.

Monsal Trail - West Bound

This time we brought our little folding bikes to the Hassop, Monsal Trail.  Between my two folding bikes, I bought the single gear bike, it is "smaller and lighter".  And the trail is supposedly "flat".

Unlike an adult bike, we wheels are just too small to get any speed.  Sarah was distracted by her wild flower counting, and I made a wrong turn half a mile from Blackwell into a dead end old track, so I didn't quite reach Blackwell, which was only 200 metres away.

The trail was quite busy already, and full of characters.

Maybe next time I would take a geared bike.

Fackham Hall

We were meaning to watch Fackham Hall in the cinema, but we didn't manage to go to a showing.  We finally watched it with the free Rakutan voucher.  Funny, funnier than Mother's Pride I think.

Derbyshire Oat Cake

We had some lunch at the Chatwsorth Farm Shop, their Derbyshire oat cake were very reasonably price.  Most things are reasonable prices.  I did refrain from getting a ham hock this time.

Plug-in Battery

With all the latest knee jerk reactions, people are thinking the low installation costs options.  I have double checked my understanding, looking up available products.

First of all, the regulations called for their own disconnect, ie it should not be plugged in.

Then I did all the maths.  For the balcony solar, which I won't need, one would have to be very lucky to get a payback within 5 years, even with South facing balcony.  The only saving grace is that micro inverter and solar panel should be good for 25 years.

Not taking into the fact if electricity price is decoupled from gas, electricity price could be a lot lower, hence increasing the payback.

I am more interested in battery, but a small, AC coupled battery has a bad round trip loss, taking depth of discharge into account, it is hardly any buffer.  And in the best case scenario, I could get payback in 3 years, by then, the battery is half dead. I just generated another piece of rubbish...

Also not taking into account of the price is decoupled, that would easily make the payback longer than it's life.

Let's stick with my original plan, in 7-10 years time, when the string inverter packs in, get a hybrid inverter with a battery then.  Hopefully by then the sodium battery technology is matured and cheap.

Danby Vanished

I was just checking on Danby, and realised someone put a personalised plate on her.  I wouldn't able to check on her elderly health from now on.