And don't even dare to think about buying a Coffee and Sticky Bun! 
     A good Packed Lunch and Flasks will be the order of the day 
 
Stay Safe      Polar Bear
 
 

Good Kit for sure    ... but did they not go bust a couple of years back ?    ?
 
Mind what you buy Old Son .. you might get 'stitched up' with a crap lookalike from The Far Flung or beyond 
 
Quite a few other good quality, legal and throaty sounding cans for a 'Gen 1 Full Monty' our there.
 
Stay Safe Mate,    Trev

Job Done    Some good shots this month!     PB

Nope ... I can't see any cat climbing that little bush .. my guess is that the rat was more probably dropped by a bird of prey.
 
PB

Three of a Very Special Kind.
 
Rare set of Grizzly Bear Triplets Pups.   Learning to fish .. just like Mom & Dad.
 
Wildlife .. just about as good s it gets in the wilderness of Vancouver.

      Hi Ya,    Welcome to the Funny Farm.
 
Sounds like you've got the bug for the Gen 1 ... I have no doubt you'll love it 
 
Stay Safe      Polar Bear Spain

   Ref:   Spelling Bee .. Yep .. I've seen that film too.  PB

   Top of Range Heated Gloves on Fazer Group offer before eBay .. please see here in our For Sale Section. PB.

Just for a laugh ... 
 
I quit the **** sticks about 50 years ago .. maybe 51 I can't quite remember the exact date now    .. I also stopped having sugar in my coffee and tea on the same day.
 
Now then .. if I still had just half the money I've saved .. we could all go out for a drink    
 
Well Done indeed to all those who have seen the light and kicked the habit .. it's not easy is it.   Keep it going, be strong whenever tempted and you'll be better off in all respects.   
 
Stay Safe      Trev       (The Polar Bear in Spain)

   Me too ..
 
Two knocks on the door required to get in .. every time .. it started more than a week ago I recon.
 
Polar Bear.

Biking Related Security,
 
My much better half ..  'Rainbow Annie'      Well packed and tucked up in her Fibre Glass Box, Helmet, Full Leathers, Safety Harness and Gloves at the ready.    So .. how much Security are we looking for ?        Polar Bear.

     Hi Ya,
 
I'm not a builder of any sorts .. but I have had a lot of experience with Water and the problems it can bring.
 
First .. Well Done Indeed for having a good go at sorting this urgent problem  .. you've worked hard there.
 
Your photos are a big help .. you are right with your ideas as to where the water is coming from.
You will NEVER STOP the flow .. it knows where it's going .. and it always gets there!!
 
The trick is (in my opinion) to HELP it to FLOW .. not try to STOP it. The high ground (The next line of houses in the photos) is a very big catchment area .. all 'their' water is (quite naturally) heading your way!
 
Your 'raised' lawn alongside your garage is the current Holding Tank.  All the water (more or less) stops flowing there and has time to soak into everything (including the HOUSE Foundations, not just the garage!)
 
The low wall in front of that lawn has no (low level) drainage 'holes' in it that I can see .. so the water can't get away by flowing out from the area.   So .. the first step might be to help the water flow away easier and faster .. into the main Water Table areas lower down around your place .. there will be an 'easy' natural course for it to follow .. once you let it flow free. 
 
Knock or Drill a line of drain holes (I'd say 4 feet apart in this case) along the base of that low wall.  The holes
will need to be a good 2" (larger might be better) bore to work well. 
 
Next .. push a 3 foot long length of steel rod up into each hole in turn, give it a good 'wiggle' and remove it .. this will create an easier route for water to flow out from the soggy ground behind the wall .. water it likes Easy ! 
 
Next .. lay Land Drain pipes .. Note! .. These short lengths of pipe must NOT be 'all joined up' and looking tidy!  Just cut short (say 14" max) lengths of 'old plastic drain pipe' and just drop them in to more or less line up, with 1/2" GAPS between each section, in the trench (s)  The water WILL then find (within hours) all these gaps and the flow will start form the whole lawn and All the slightly Higher Ground areas (not just from a small back bit where a single long pipe with only one small end 'entrance' would start.   Don't worry about a bit of soil and gravel getting into the pipes .. the water will not mind (think mountain stream)
 
If in doubt .. you might look up or go to see and check how the Farmers drain their land .. also how most good land 'Retaining' Walls have a line of drain holes along their lower level 
 
Finally .. once you have a good 'free flow' going on .. you must keep it going .. follow the flow and make sure it continues .. out beyond your patch .. out and away down the slope of the land. Failure to do that will just mean you move the soggy damp problem closer to (and under) the house !!
 
I had more or less the same problem many years at a house I lived in for about 35 years .. this 'help it flow' idea worked for me then .. and the water is still flowing .. even more so this 'summer' I'm told.
 
All that is .. just in my opinion .. of course.
 
Simples     See ya in about a year then .. Start today!
 
Stay Safe Trev The Polar Bear  (45 years Pro DIVER    )
 

     Might be a bit daft of me to ask ... but ..
 
1.   Are you 100% sure that the FAN is working A-OK ?
 
2.   Why do you need to keep running the engine on 'tick-over' ?  I doubt you are doing it any good 
 
Hope it's all OK now .. Stay Safe     
 
Polar Bear (Spain)