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Great photo. We've had a pair of adults and a couple of broods of 'hatches in the garden this year. Lovely birds to see and hear about the place.

12g buckshot is still used a fair bit in PSG and can still be bought on a SGC (or FAC).

Apart from slugs, what else would be FAC only in a 12g?

They wouldnt be listed as they are not listed on a SGC. I'm just wondering if you would have problems buying with your FAC if it's not conditioned correctly. Do you have it condition for PSG, live quarry or clays?

It can dependant on what model 10/22 it is. Mine, with a target barrel, will shoot all sorts of subsonic without problems and is as accurate as a bolt action. I've seen others that are fussy and less accurate and some poorly made new rifles.

As has been said you don't need either. A FAC will cover you anyway, there's plenty of people who shoot practical shotgun and only own a FAC and show that when buying shotgun carts. They then hold shotgun carts without a SGC. You may get the odd problem in some shops.

Do you mean the catkins are bigger than normal? There's loads of young catkins round here on the hazel but I wouldn't expect them to open until spring. It has been a funny year though, quite a few of our apple trees produced a flush of flowers in late summer.

I was just looking at them but they use the Three network and not EE. Just thought it was worth mentioning as we can't get any reception on Three but EE is ok. https://www.idmobile.co.uk/help-and-advice/coverage

I think the article should mention that component parts can be hard to get hold of which causes problems if you need to follow a recipe exactly. I'll second the request for small bore loading tips, especially steel / TSS in a .410 where there's no European wad available (that I know of) and the US wads have not been in stock for ages.

There may be other benefits of downsizing, such as reduced council tax, insurance etc but the many older people don't want to move. This might be a helpful guide for your friend: https://www.which.co.uk/money/pensions-and-retirement/you-re-retired/what-is-equity-release-aWHbh3k7xmWk

There's a couple using Viht powders on page 20 here: http://www.gualandi.it/en/tables.html I've not tried them but they may be of help?

They still claim they are a "wholly owned subsidiary of BT Group" (See https://www.openreach.com/about/our-company ). I don't know all the ins an outs but have previously found getting your phone and internet direct from another BT company can help with resolving problems. Having said that you may be able to go direct to Openreach, worth the OP trying that.

Most lines are owned and operated by Openreach, which is owned by BT. You're meant to raise problems with your provider, e.g. Sky, and they can test your line and report any problems to Openreach. Sadly, some providers arent good at this, I've sorted a problem for someone where the provider tested their line and declared everything is fine. I checked the property and the phone line was cut in half so I managed to go direct to Openreach to fix the problem.

Looks like an aquilegia (Columbine) of some sort. Self seeds everywhere.

As a bee keeper I would advise against putting honey or comb out for things as honey bees are likely to be attracted to it and this can lead to diseases being spread. The honey bees will mostly go home by dusk and I would advise binning whats left.

A lot of people I know use a 2nd hand violin case, fits the barrel and bit that pokes out the back quite well.

I also had problems with the plas wads following through the target, getting close to 12 holes for six shots at 10m, I now use two 20g nitro cards under the slug and the last comp didn't have any extra holes. I did notice others shooting factory loads also had wads separating and going through the target so a common problem.

I can't help with data but have a few questions as someone else who loads the Lee 7/8 slugs. With regards to Bullseye I don't see any load data shotguns and would be curious to know why before using it. Many other similar powders are used for both pistol and shotgun. I use Viht N320 with plastic wads and a roll crimp with mine. Interesting to see your red dot load as I've N310 handy and the lead shot data is very similar to red dot. Do you have any issues with fibre wads and the undersized Lee slug? I find a suitable plastic wad works very well so not tried fibre.

Another vote for socks, I picked up a load from JSRamsbottom, currently £3.19 each. They easily go on shotguns and with a bit of care over scoped rifles. I also live in the wet west and I'm not sure just heat alone will solve your problem as it's currently rather warm for the time of year just very damp and humid.

Plenty of hornets around here still, I always thought they would carry on going to the first frosts. It's also been a very warm autumn which will keep them active. The other thing it could be is a queen wasp looking for a place to hibernate. It's hard to know the size as there's no standard size for a honey bee. I'm another vote for not killing them, I'm not just a hornet hugger but people seem to stand more of a chance of getting stung but trying to kill things. Either open a window and encourage it out or use the glass and card method.

Writing slope?

I've tried the Lee and RCBS but much prefer "Imperial Redding Sizing Die Wax". Just a light smear with fingers and a little cotton bud for inside the neck and it works a treat. Expensive but my tin is hardly touched after sizing a few 1000 cases. Easy to wipe off with a cloth.

If it has any material that would be pruned this winter you could take cuttings or even try grafting some more. I've had some heavily damaged apple trees survive deer damage removing about half the bark so yours could be fine. It might be worth protecting the base of this one and the other one with chicken wire. As for variety, the original tree could have been a self sown one so one of a kind. I've got a couple of trees here I've grafted from unknown trees that have produced good apples in previous homes.

I think there's more than one tree in the pics. The first photo, the twig on the laptop, looks like a dogwood because of the flowers. Some of mine have green or brown stems, mostly new growth but also some grown in the shade. Most does have reddish stems though. The 2nd photo does look like alder, the third I would say dogwood again.

Your photo looks like common dogwood to me, Latin name Cornus sanguinea. It is quite variable and over the years cultivars have been bred that have more vivid stems and leaves, so the garden center stuff could be the same plant.