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The
Village Chronicle
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The
Village Chronicle
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A lot of people know that Anne and Peter Rothery probably
now have the most hi-tech carport in Cyprus, complete with
an en suite telecommunications centre.
While supervising a concrete pour during construction, Doros
dropped (or rather plopped) his mobile phone. He urgently
asked Peter to phone its number in order to locate it, but
unfortunately liquid concrete is not a good conductor of radio
waves, and all Peter got was CYTA asking him to leave a message.
When asked what message he wanted to leave, Doros' answer
was apparently unprintable!
At least the village now possesses a genuine Time Capsule!
In addition to their new garage, gouged out of the hillside
just below Castle Rugg, the Rotherys have also installed an
electric hoist to take heavy stuff up to their house. This
is of course of great
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interest
to those of us proto-geriatrics further up the hill who have
been muttering for some time about Stannah stairlifts!
The picture above shows the trolley at the top of the slope,
sporting four large plastic buckets. These are for the shopping
in plastic bags, and also fire logs. The buckets are easily
removed to leave a platform 70cm square, for boxes, crates,
gas cylinders and suitcases.
Peter says the total weight of the trolley and payload will
not exceed 150 kilos, and the winch has a maximum safe working
load of 500 kilos. Both trolley and winch housing are made
of stainless steel and plastic. The winch operates from the
domestic 240 volt supply.
Apparently, comment has been made about the amount of steel
used in the foundation work. Yet this was no more than the
Planning Authority's requirements to meet the earthquake
hazard for this area - Richter Scale force 9!!
- Anne and Peter
would like to thank all those who live on a higher plane
for their forbearance to the road blockages caused during
their building work.
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Bottom
end of the ramp (30ft long at 47 degrees), alongside the new
carport. The ramp is made of 4mm galvanised sheet fastened
to 5cm galvanised angle, and the whole is rawbolted
to the concrete, using neoprene washers to allow for adjustment
if necessary. So now you know!
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