It was the coldest morning of this winter this morning. (-0.4℃)
We went shopping sleepers to a large DIY center.
It was 50 minutes drive.
My wife made steps by using sleepers several years ago,
and some of the sleepers have been rotting,
which made it a bit dangerous for us to walk up and down.
So, we decided to replace the rotted ones
with 'new' used sleepers.
今朝はこの冬で一番の冷え込みでした.
大型ホームセンターで今日は買い物、
車で50分のところです.
数年前に家内が枕木で階段をつくりました.
そして枕木の何本かが朽ちてきていて、
上り下りの際にちょっと危なくなってきています.
それで朽ちてきた枕木を「新しい」中古枕木に取り替えることにしました.
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Some of the sleepers have been rotting. 何本か朽ちてきている枕木があります. |
This was the third time we visited this big DIY center.
このホームセンターに来るのは3度目でした.
We found reclaimed railway sleepers imported from Australia.
オーストラリアから輸入の中古の枕木を見つけました.
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We selected better-quality sleepers to buy. よさそうな枕木を選びます. |
And we bought five sleepers with the length of 80 cm.
Just the same length as sleepers in our garden.
そして、長さ80センチのを5本買いました.
ちょうど庭の枕木と同じ長さです.
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Five sleepers in a boot. 車のトランクにのせた枕木5本 |
Then we went to the nursery section.
There were so many seedlings of herbs, and we bought some of them.
次に園芸コーナーへ移動、
たくさんハーブ苗があって、いくつか買いました.
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Many kinds of herb seedlings were being sold. 102 yen each (£0.57, $0.84) たくさんの種類のハーブ苗が売られていました. |
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From the left; fennel, artichoke, marsh mallow and common mallow 左から、フェンネル、アーティチョーク、マーシュマロウ、コモンマロウ |