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Anybody know whether its possible to fit one of these combined tablet/radio/DVD/GPS nav units to a Fab 1 ? If so, what, where and how ? Cheers. Nick

As of the Easter Bank holiday weekend, ASKMID tells me that I'm still insured, but the PDF copy of the Certificate Of Insurance still hasn't tumed-up in the relevant section of my AA On-line account. To add insult to injury, the automatic renewal of my breakdown cover with AA has now gone tits - Got a renewal reminder plus new membership card in mid -February, automatic renewal was due on 13th March and my credit card account to which the annual membership fee is charged now shows that the amount was charged to it on the 18th and immediately re-credited the same day ?????? Phoned the credit card company and they said they had no reason to refuse payment and, on further investigation, stated that it was the AA who had credited the amount back to my account. Phoned AA with this spiel and they couldn't determine why this had happened. Only possible indicator of a potential source of trouble was that they didn't have the up-to-date number for my credit card (Same CC company, new card, different card number) on their system, only the previous one. Customer service lady couldn't understand why this wasn't showing on her system, if this was the cause of the withdrawl of the charge by the AA - as said CC company was happy to pay under the old number ! Needless-to-say before I rang-off, I got her to confirm that I still had breakdown cover. So that's another reminder entry in the diary to chase this. Have I just been unlucky or is the AA going down the tubes ? Nick

No, No, . . No, No, No, No . . No, No No No, . . No,No, . No No. . No. . . . . . . ah ! Surely no, Not a "Chinese premier's holiday", please. And just after I've just squeezed an extra 2Mb/sec out of my broadband connection by fitting CAT 5 on the run between the Home Hub 5 and the master socket. There's a slight variation on that round here. No input from other privatised former public utilities required. If the BT phones and broadband suffer a temporary transmissious interruptous at this QTH you can guarantee that within a couple of days a fulsome envelope from Beardie's marketing colleagues will slip seamlessly through the letterbox - bless 'em. They must have felled the equivalent of a small copse of trees doing unsolicited mailings to me over the last 6 years - regular as clockwork, once every three months. Either that or the whole IT system gets a double whammy from microwave radiations from certain minimally marked low altitude overflying aircraft <cough>. Its funny though, isn't it, that every written communication I get from the Water company is usually accompanied with a little written screed telling me how important it is that people in Third World countries have access to a supply of pure water . . . . and, often, this includes an invitation to the "Gap year" offspring of middle class families to assist in this endeavour by volunteering for a bit of VSO or similar. Whereas, over here . . . . . . . we are all incalculated, at least at the moment, with the Souithern Cross version of "You'll get what you're given". And what's more, I'm allergic to paper bags, am antipathetic to nasal accents and believe Harrogate is over-rated. Nick

Somebody turned-up from Affinity this morning and had a look at the SC enclosure. They may have even taken a water sample. The woman I spoke to yesterday told me that if there was no Chlorine in this sample then it was likely it was groundwater. Interesting, how in the space of four days, the water in the trench changed opacity from cloudy:- https://www.flickr.com/photos/narobs/25370488570/in/photostream/ (This picture was taken on the day that the trench was dug (9/3/2016)) TO CLEAR:- https://www.flickr.com/photos/narobs/25068467754/in/photostream/ (This picture taken on the afternoon of the day before (11/03/2016) they filled-in the trench (12/03/2016). Hopefully, on the way to getting this finally resolved this now. Nick

Last Thursday, got a phone call PM from a lady at Affinity claiming to be the CEO's PA. I gathered she had been tasked to determine whether I was satisfied with the work done so far. To which I said, broadly, yes but with a couple of reservations I was now happy with the water pressure and flow coming out the kitchen tap and the re-instalment of the groundworks excavation had been done to a good standard, but the water quality and the continued existence of a leak, after the completion of the last repair to the Communication pipe, was an issue still to be determined - witness the large of amount of water that accumulated in the trench following the repair and which was still there 3 days later. Its was agreed that I would send an e-mail detailing the issues I considered settled and closed and those I regarded as still open and what I considered needed to be done to close them - I attached photos (The same selection as posted on here), taken at various stages during the repair process to back all this up. I explained that In addition to further detection work that I thought would be necessary to verify (Or discount) the continued existence of a leak that I required a written assurance that the verbal advice I received from the Water Quality Team who sampled my kitchen supply ( Which occurred before the latest re-location of the external stop-valve) and who had declared it as safe, still stood. My E_mail response, to this effect, was sent the same evening. So today, PM I get a further phone call from the same lady. Having had the benefit of seeing the photos, she, unofficially stated (After acknowledging that she had no real technical expertise) that she thought that the amount of water left in the trench after the last repair was carried out was unusual and, I got the impression, that she thought it was a leak and that the local teams wouldn't do anything about it. What sort of organisation is this ? When I maintained that I still considered there was a leak at the site and that I still required written confirmation of water quality, if only in E-mail, she whinged about Affinity then having to dig the site up again, and tried to pass the issue off onto a "Supply manager", offering me a face-to-face meeting. Which I declined. Seemed to me I was getting the usual "Customer service" BS. Basically, my response was that post-repair testing was required. I'm told that all the test results are in and that I will be sent copies in due course, but, there is no explanation being offered-up as to where all the water in the trench outside my place came from. You'd have thought by this stage, two months in, that Affinity would have been in a position to provide an explanation. ! Seems to me, just from viewing the leak detection and repair videos on the net, that Affinity have only done half the job. Their water leak detection team came for two days before the latest repair was carried out , and, I'm told, installed data loggers (Could be either ultrasonic Transducers (Accelerometers) to measure water flow or just leak listening devices) on the water system at various points to determine where the leaks were (I couldn't determine what they really did, as they appeared to be sitting in the vans most of the time) And on the basis of this marked -up the location outside my house and another 20-30 meters up the road outside the church for excavation. As far as I know they found and did nothing at the Church excavation, which turned out to be a dry hole (So the data loggers were only 50% accurate ?) and simply replaced the Communication pipe in the other hole outside my place (Which the Water Detection Team Leader had advised me was probably unnecessary) and left the trench full of water, which stayed there until it was back-filled 4 days later. They haven't been back since. Surely, the methodology is wrong. The leak detectors should have come back as a matter of routine procedure after the repair, but before the trench was filled-in, to determine whether the repair had been successful and whilst here they could have taken the opportunity to determine where the hell all that near-tap purity water in the trench had come from. They didn't. I've subsequently learned from sources on the web that leak detection results using these data loggers are wrong on average 1 out of 5 times. And that good practice dictates that the data loggers should return after the repair is done, to confirm that it has been successful and that the leak has been addressed. I've also learned that whilst the first two stages of leak detection i.e."Localise" and "Locate" are done using data loggers that the third "Pinpoint" stage is usually done nowadays using road hydrophones which are trailled over a pipe run by a operative carrying the kit - per the You Tube videos. I don't recall seeing the Affinity guys doing the "Pinpoint" stage. Had they done so they might have actually found the leak, which I reckon is bracketed between the two previous excavations at the junction of between the unadopted service road (Tarmac on brick rubble - now lets guess, as amateur "Professionals", what would the passage of heavy trucks do to that ?) which runs down the side of my place and the public road - I advised the PA accordingly. Not only that, but the data logger methodology can be undermined by the fact that measurements (If they are using flow-rate data on the loggers) are inferential as regards leaks. In a system which seeks to detect leaks over a wide area, the possibility of systematic error through compensatory effects done a line will probably apply. What effect, for instance, would dirt ingested into pipework as a result of a leak have on the detector readings ? On the positive side, this amateur split-arse mechanic has just re-commissioned, in less than 3 weeks (Includes waiting for internet ordered parts to arrive) the table top dishwasher, after replacing both door hinges and neoprene bushes, both door seals, the plastic door fascia, the galvanised mild-steel undertray, the outside mild-steel shell and the plastic door frame. Tested and worked first-time. A - OK. With the stance that is currently being taken by Affinity i.e. that the CEO is unable or unwilling to order his chaps to go forth and fix it, I think the hot place will probably freeze over or there will be a great flood (Que Mr Crow, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfBckq9pTGM, ) before Affinity gets its arse in gear. Nick

Presumably the security bods across Europe had been running the resident Sunni inspired terrorists on a long lead pending the issue of a firm indication from the US and Russia that there were no further "Cold War" benefits, for them, to be had from the proxy conflict in Syria. The "Peace" agreement and the withdrawl of Russian forces was that indication, 3 weeks ago. Allowing a little further run of time for the Euro security people to firm up their lists of potential arrestees and their locations and you have last weeks arrests !. And then, a week later, the reprisals. The ISIL thing has the potential to run and run, like N.I. But I take it that Russians wouldn't have pulled out if they thought Assad was threatened by ISIL. That situation is only maintained as long as the coalition forces continue operations to "Box-up" ISIL in southern Syria/extremeties of Northern Iraq. So in effect, some clever sod in the Kremlin has managed to "Pin" coalition forces as a hostage to fortune of World Opinion. With the oil situation being what it is and Saudi intentions vis-a-vis fracking, there' no possibility they can be given a short-term "Nice warm feeling" to distract them. Hardtalk on BBC 24 were reporting an increase in activity in the Ukraine conflict. Guess from which side ? Aren't we all surprised ! Elementary military game theory, my dear Watson ? Nick

Yup ! In NW London, ordinary unleaded is something like 99p a litre, whereas V-power was £1.129 last week At the end of January it was £1.119. and as you say the difference at the peak round here was £00.06-00.07. With revenue from North-Sea PRT down to near nothing, George O isn't going to complain. Every little helps . . . . pay some poor ******s PIP. Meanwhile, . . . . . . . . in Kurdistan some funds will have to be found to foot the bill for "Lucky's" latest adventure:- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/11736632/Genel-names-Hayward-chairman-in-management-shuffle.html Nick

Is it the 15% undecided that will "Determine" the outcome, as in all matters electoral ! Project Fear will have a last minute hastener already lined-up for 'em. Perhaps it will be an oversized, bouncing, growling white femidom that comes knocking at the front door on Independence Referendum day ? Or perhaps something more subtle. I wonder how much "moral suasion" all those employees at the companies D & G have given their public utterances at(Sleeves of shirt rolled-up, tie tucked-in) are subject to ? How unfair is that sort of presentation ! Postscript Still trying to recover from the SFSPT:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf4zYoa8CHw Nick

Life before Brexit ?:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-BE8iicBkg If I squint, I can make believe the views out the front window are Port Merion and there's no similar effort required for the "Cosmopolitan feel". Much more discreet this week. No helicopters, just two while BM's (With blue and yellow markings) and the black uniformed 18-25 year olds to match waiting at the Lido when I pitched-up for my constitutional. The only requirement of the surveillance bill is that it legitimise, post-hoc, what's already occurring. Nick

I don't think this helps the situation . . https://www.flickr.com/photos/narobs/25834499225/in/dateposted-public/ (Taken about 25 minutes ago from the front door, when I was taking a home delivery !). 10 - tonner on the pavement (My home delivery came in a Sainsbury's van !), within 20 feet of the recent repair outside my property. Presumably he would have mounted the pavement outside my property to get there. Seems to be a regular feature of behaviour now. As you can see from the yellow lines, this road is part of a Parking Control Zone. These drivers or their companies don't mind, in the absence of intervention from the authorities, doing any amount of damage to the pavements or the infra structure, if you don't mind paying for it. Nick

Here we are Wednesday, a week after the latest repair work was done on the Communication pipe and I've still had no advice what the outcome is. No knock on the door, nothing. But I observed an Affinity van turning up yesterday PM and today, again AM. The occupant got out and lifted the external stop-valve, took-out the polystrenne bung in the top and took and looked down it - the guy had a tape measure with him. Again, no knock on door. I can only presume that two visits in two days means they are monitoring something in the external stop-valve enclosure - varying water level, perchance ? if it was just a check on the state of the hole/footpath re-instatement, then it would have just been one visit. When I get a few free nanoseconds free today, I'll have to take a look myself and give 'em a ring to find out what the fudge is going on. So, re-stating the situation again, as it was Friday last. Verbal advise to me was that there was no further leak. After the repair work was completed, the trench dug for the replacement of the communication pipe outside my property had CLEARWATER in it, varying in depth between 6 inches and 1 foot over a three foot run (Which went under the road, and could have gone further, but I couldn't see) and a sample taken from it by me tested @ 242 ppm TDS (Within limits of acceptability for drinlking water and bacteria free). The last smattering of rain we had round here was Wednesday last (Not enough to wet a dog's bowl), And, the other hole, dug at the direction of the Affinity Leak detection team, 30 metres up the road, which sits probably about 1.5 feet above the level of my property, was practically BONE DRY - no more than a cup of water in the bottom. Conclusion, unless water has spontaneously decided to flow uphill now, is that if my connection is secure and there is still accumulated water in the newly installed stop-valve enclosure, and as there was no observable leak in the hole dug outside the Church, then it would seem that there is a leak, of freshwater, in between the hole that was dug outside the church and the one dug outside my place. My less-than-educated guess is that the leak is near or under the road that serves the flats behind. This joins the public road at a location mid-way between the two holes dug by Affinity so far. And the other thing to remember, of course, is that just because a measured water level appears to stay static doesn't mean there is no leak. That proposition is based on flawed logic. There could be, at the same time, a quantity X flowing into the SC enclosure from a leak and the same quantity X draining away to lower levels. However, variations in pressure and flow-rate over the day due to varying consumer usuage would cause that level to vary over several days. Maybe that's what they are currently looking for ? The Americans don't seem to make such a meal of finding leaks:- Here we are Wednesday, a week after the latest repair work was done on the Communication pipe and I've still had no advice what the outcome is. No knock on the door, nothing. But I observed an Affinity van turning up yesterday PM and today, again AM. The occupant got out and lifted the external stop-valve, took-out the polystrenne bung in the top and took and looked down it - the guy had a tape measure with him. Again, no knock on door. I can only presume that two visits in two days means they are monitoring something in the external stop-valve enclosure - varying water level, perchance ? if it was just a check on the state of the hole/footpath re-instatement, then it would have just been one visit. When I get a few free nanoseconds free today, I'll have to take a look myself and give 'em a ring to find out what the fudge is going on. So, re-stating the situation again, as it was Friday last. Verbal advise to me was that there was no further leak. The trench dug for the replacement of the communication pipe outside my property had CLEARWATER in it, varying in depth between 6 inches and 1 foot over a three foot run (Which went under the road, and could have gone further, but I couldn't see) and a sample taken from it by me tested @ 242 ppm TDS (Within limits of acceptability for drinlking water and bacteria free. The last smattering of rain we had round here was Wednesday last (No enough to wet a dog's bowl), And, the other hole, dug at the direction of the Affinity Leak detection team, 30 metres up the road, which sits probably about 1.5 feet above the level of my property, was practically BONE DRY - no more than a cup of water in the bottom. Conclusion, unless water has spontaneously decided to flow uphill now, is that if my connection is secure and as there was no observable leak in the hole dug outside the Church, then it would seem that there is a leak, of freshwater, in between the hole that was dug outside the church and the one dug outside my place. My less-than-educated guess is that the leak is near or under the road that serves the flats behind. This joins the public road at a location mid-way between the two holes dug by Affinity so far. And the other thing to remember, of course, is that just because a measured water level appears to stay static doesn't mean there is no leak. That proposition is based on flawed logic. There could be, at the same time, a quantity X flowing into the SC enclosure from a leak and the same quantity X draining away to lower levels. However, variations in pressure and flow-rate over the day due to varying consumer usuage would cause that level to vary over several days. Maybe that's what they are currently looking for ? The Americans don't seem to make such a meal of finding leaks:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvTwPi0mX4s Sorry, about the obvious server software error on this post (Repitition of post). Nick

The silence says it all. It would appear that the BBC is, or has been manoeuvred into a position, where it appears to be a runaway train with grossly flawed judgement and pathetically weak management. Same for the Metrpolitan Police, TFL and the London Borough that sanctioned it. I presume, with the degree of sensitivity that they've demonstrated here, that they will have plans for doing the same at the Holocaust memorial in Israel, Arlington National Cemmetry, The Taj Mahal, or any other monument of national remembrance or celebration made available at economically competitive rates. Would anyone care to remind me what the national security state is at the moment, particularly with reference to the Whitehall and Northumberland Avenue area of London ? Nick

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03mlfk5 Looks like Mr Hall at the BBC is going to have to perform some further unpleasant duties. Nick

Oh God ! I can see I'm going to have to draw diagrams ! Here we go then. Once an individual is known to accept payment for expressing an opinion that is tailored for a particular organ of the media, then, surely all his utterances thereafter, whether supposedly penned by himself or reported by another are suspect, irrespective of content. And when he (Or she), at a later date, expresses another opinion, with may be slightly different or contrary (And its reported by the press) to an opinion that was voiced in another context previously, then surely, for any impartial observer, alarm bells which were set "At-the ready" regarding the utterances of this individual because of their prior commercial context, must now sound-off. IMHO, once they've accepted the sheckel for voicing an opinion, anything said thereafter in any other context is suspect. And if the comments reported in the press today about Mr David Laws recently published account of the Tory/Lib coalition years are to be believed, then basically politicians will do and say anything to stay in power or No. 10 - that was a real shocker for me. And, I'd say its fairly like that celebs will do anything for dosh, including playing the Glenda Slag card - the fictional Fleet Street journalist who is satirised in Private Eye by the blatant disingenuous, duplicitous and double-dealing opinions she writes in her fictional column - In each article, she opens the first paragraph by saying "Don't you luv x, y or z" and after enumerating a load of BS, them opens paragraph 2 by stating "Don't you hate x,yor z" followed by a similar list. And the only difference I can see between this fictional journalist and the one's who do it for real, especially the social commentary types, is that they usually wait a few weeks before expressing the contrary opinion in the assurance that the majority of the readers have attention spans of goldfish and memory to match. As regards the Sun newpaper and Lupert's organisation in particular, I have knowledge gained in a professional environment (Previously related on this forum) how the "White man can speak with forked tongue" . . . .On the front page headline it will say "Our brave boys in x, y or z" and in private commercial dealings out of public view the stance changes completely to "Your money or your life" - hypocrisy, A104. Why should JC be any different ? Nick

We're only simple people here. We think people are either black or white (Excuse the obvious racist reference), no shades of grey. Helps when you are making an argument. But, for those inhabitng the real World, how do we know when the likes of Jezzer is "Being his own man", or giving someone else's opinion for money or some other quid pro quo ? Does a flag pop-up ? Does his hair stand on -end ? Or does it only occur when he is writing in the Daily Swivel ? Or is it the much vaunted "Gut feeling" of the observer that determines this ? Guidance required. Nick

I was counting on his divine eminence Mark Zuckerberg issuing a Facebook decree and make it all go away. Nick

Of course they all do Malcolm. I bet Jezzer is just as sensitive about content as Boris is . . . . when comes to the career ambitions. No party hack "Ghost" writers there. Very unlikely that DC would have asked her-in-doors to rattle the co-religionist tamberine to see if there were any takers on the "Stay-in" issue. I'm convinced that "Unbusy" was his term and that selling out to Amazon to produce what appears to be a dumbed-down, low-grade, load-of-crap version of TG for the American market had nothing to with next week's pay check. Then, I woke up. Let's not be niave, please. Nick

Look what's popular in Germany at the moment:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Azg0fkGlvY Something else I learned, German's haven't got a phrase for "Sonny Boy". Nick

BUT, a great opportunity going begging here for one of our Entrez pruners. A new "A-blast" brand of clothing designed for Somerset residents exclusively (How "Special" does that make you feel ?), with an innovative tin-foil textured finish. It will be all the rage - at least for the half-life of uranium. Nick

The contractors Team 2 pitched-up at just before 11.00 and within 20 minutes, had re-made the footpath. Very efficient in that respect. But, unfortunately, that isn't the real issue. Its whether the trench should have been closed without investigating the source or cause of the apparent fresh water that accumulated in the trench following the work on the Communication pipe. Stating the bl''ding obvious(As usual), it just seems to me that once the Customer Service Protocol juggernaut is set in motion, nothing will stop it mid-stride, ' 'cause for those executing it at each stage, failure to complete action in a timely way risks a possible adverse annual assessment or worse - or if you are a contractor payments withheld. Is this this really the way things should go, a "We were only obeying orders" culture ? As far as I'm concerned, two out of three of the issues originally reported i.e. variable water pressure and low flow have been resolved and I have been verbally assured that the water issuing from the kitchen is fit for human consumption. It would be nice to have an e-mail confirming that. If there is still water in the external stop-valve enclosure, then as all areas south of the external stop-valve towards the communication pipe and the mains are Affinity's responsibility, then anything that subsequently occurs due to their oversight sits squarely with them. You can lead a horse to water, but cream buns are a different proposition. Being cynical and self-interested, here's hoping the rate of the undetected leak is great enough that there's never enough standing water in it such that bacteria level increases and gets re-ingested into the pipe as the Sheffield Uni model (See my earlier post) confirms. Nick

What ? Impossible (In a French accent). As well as skanky quality electronic goods ? Deuxieme impossible ! When I think back to the '60's, there was a succession of Labour Chancellor's having to go cap-in-hand to get loans from the IMF "Gnomes of Zurich" because the ol' Balance of Payments (Visibles) was a bit out of kilter and the boys in the City of London were reported as having sleepless nights (Before the age of therapists) "Worrying" about the Trade Deficit (That, of course, didn't stop them speculating against the pound, when the inclination so took 'em - no need to ask a Social Worker where Lupert gets it from !) . And nowadays, the City of London is so well rowed-in to the Davos inspired International Trade bonus-go-round that eyelids don't even get a flicker when considering an enduring Trade deficit 10 times the level of the 1960's. Nick

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35788379 Big Insurance companies anticipating George's possible action and trying to recover the lost revenue before the implementation ? Nick

You were right. I'm now in "Smoke and a pancake" territory. Contractor pitched-up "Early Bird" before 08:00 and filled in the trench. I'm not sure whether they pumped-out the accumulated water before back-filling. That leaves the footpath remedial work still to be done. Needless to say the Customer Service lady who phoned to "Update Me" at 10:45 yesterday, although I did previously advise her colleague that I would be at the hospital AM, didn't get through to me PM. But, I already had a "Heads-Up" yesterday on the contractor's activities when speaking to one of the workers at the time I took water sample (PM)- I was told that they were supposed to fill in the hole yesterday, but a job at Chalfont had delayed them. I take it from their actions, that they are content that there is no further significant leakage, despite the water that accumulated in the trench, post replacement of the communication pipe. That's despite the fact that he info on Expert Third Party website tells us that a leak as small as 0.5mm can cause the loss of up to 20 litres an hour. What's happened here doesn't seem all that methodical - it would interesting to know whether a proper Affinity Engineer, not just a techy or a workman, visited the site, post-repair, to sign-off the work. Or does the "Customer service" roller coaster when set-on one of its company protocols just roll-on to the bitter end of the procedure regardless of contra-indications and "Bury the evidence". I will be requesting confirmation in writing that Affinity are content with the repair and state of water supply here. What can you say, only time will tell what happens next. If that's the QUALITY of result that the combination of foreign ownership, private capital and part direction by British Merchant bank can produce in the Water Industry, what price Hinkley Point, eh readers ? Nick

Probably one that could be referred to your MP. There's got to be a statutory duty in there somewhere subject to criminal proceedings in the event of a lapse of that duty. Take your pic, Gas Supply Regulations, CAA, COSH, EPA, COPA, RIDDOR, PHA. And, the gas companies pipes travel through Local Authority subterranean areas, presumably on some sort of licence. So the LAs must have oversight and could be roped-in. Any heavy vehicles transit up your street ? Any street firework parties in the offing ? Any ad-hoc signage going up with regard to dangerous fumes ? Anything which might generate the need for an independent third party to do a risk assessment. A parallel statutory framework applies to water. And, of course, additionally, in both cases, a large body of civil law regarding the escape of fluids and noxious substances onto or into someone else's land and into someone else's air space ! Which has Rylands v. Fletcher at its base. And, then there's Nuisance to a Highway which has a criminal law and civil law component. And if the escape enters your land and then flows onto someone else's land, I presume that a chain of liability ensues. Not forgetting Occupiers liability if someone comes on your land and suffers ill-effects from an escape for which you are primarily not responsible. Do as I did, don't fanny about, write to the CEO. That way the liability for anything that happens then appends from that point on to the fountain-head in corporate and personal terms. That's the way your insurers would look at it. However, they carve up their budgets is their concern, but, if they do it inappropriately in relation to the real needs of the business, then it will have consequences and the ill-effects of those will be legally actionable. Nick

Had a look at the other trench Affinity excavated yesterday. This is located 30 meters up the rise, outside the Church. There's no more than a cup full of water in that trench:- https://www.flickr.com/photos/narobs/25068467914/in/dateposted-public/ There's has to be a leak either in the public road or in the service road that accesses the flats behind me. Even Time Team have modest ground penetrating radar or, failing that, food dye in the mains and spot where it comes out. IMHO, back-filling the trench outside my place with water accumulating at that rate, even if they pump it out beforehand, will just result in the road and buried infrastructure being broken under hydraulic effect of heavy vehicles and they'll be back in six months to do a major repair and paying damages to all other interests adversely affected. Nick