I’ve been away too long to tell. I was thinking about it a while back and I can’t even remember the switchyard voltages where I worked.
No problem, Sir Bruce.
Thank you so much, Bruce, for replying on my behalf. Your answer was absolutely correct. I’ve been quite busy these past couple of days, sorry for the late reply!
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I’m on the correct lane. In Thailand, we drive on the opposite side from the UK.That’s the correct answer, Bruce. 
Nice shot!
Good pic. 
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Thanks, Graham!
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No @Pimmy UK and Thailand both drive on the left.
Obviously not my photo! 
It’s those damn foreign Johnnies that drive on the right.
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My lawns have lots of different fungi at present but none are as impressive as those in your garden, Foxy.
I stopped using lawn weedkiller about 10 years ago and mow on a high setting until the last few cuts of the year - I think that is why I have noticed lots of different fungi sprouting up in recent years.
I had some sinister looking black fungi with frilly collars in my back garden - not sure what they were but they didn’t look edible to me. I also had lots of the dainty fairy ring fungi. There was so many of them I couldn’t save them from the lawnmower when I mowed the lawn yesterday.
In the front lawn, there was also a lot of fairy rings, which were gobbled up by the lawnmower - but I didn’t have the heart to mow over this eye-catching group of fungi - no idea what they are but I thought they looked very Autumnal, so I just mowed around that little patch!
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Nice pic
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A very nice photo Boot, but there’s some clover in that lawn… 
I was wondering if the reason for so many Toadstools was because this year I put some new lawn edging in, and had to cut the roots of several bushes along the edge of the lawn. Do you think it’s because the severed roots are decaying?
I had to pull my toadstools up, because Rosie the cat thought it was good fun to chew them and play with them. I don’t think she swallows them, at least she has had no ill effects since.
I normally feed my lawn during the spring and summer, but this year with it being so dry I’ve not been able to do it. I’ve seen the results of feeding lawns in a drought on some of my neighbours lawns.
I’ll probably give it a last rake and cut, and put it to bed now.
Thanks!
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I think old or decaying tree roots do provide a good environment for fungi, Foxy.
The fungi in my photo is in an area near to where I chopped down an old conifer tree which had grown too big. I had the stump removed with one of those “stump chopper-upperers” but the old roots will still be spreading beneath the lawn for quite a distance.
You’re right about the clover in my lawn, Foxy. I am very pleased with how much it has colonised my lawn - that is one of the benefits of not using weedkiller or lawnfeed and mowing on the highest setting from April to October. I have encouraged the white clover in my lawn because it provides a great source of food for honey bees from early in the year, before many of the Summer bee-friendly plants are flowering, and the clover continues to flower after some of the mid-Summer plants have stopped. Clover is also exceptionally good at tolerating drought so the lawn stays green even in very dry Summers - and it is self-fertilising, as it fixes nitrogen into the soil.
It’s a Win-Win ! 
My low maintenance lawn has also provided a space for other low-growing wild flowers to flourish too.
As I understand it that is why we don’t have coal being made anymore, it was a one off.
