Latest round of pictures from the allotment, showing the nearly completed digging, the aftermath of the storms, a new acquisition, food and a pile of sh*t.

Had a load of manure dropped at the allotment today and had to move it to the compost bins. That was good warm work. Also pulled down what remained of the shed greenhouse. The standalone green house stood up to the gales really well.
Tomorrow I go for my blood and eye tests.

What weather we’ve been having! It took Jo 10 1/2 hours to get from Milton Keynes to home, a journey that usually takes 2 1/2. We’ve lost 1 roof tile and 4 ridge tiles - it is a good job the neighbours were away cos they all landed on their drive. The cloches in the […]

Shopping recently in Tesco’s, and we were looking for pineapples for some recipe that Jo wanted to try. We walked down the aisle and the space the ‘ordinary’ pineapples were in was empty. Above them though, were ‘FairTrade’ pineapples priced at £2.49 each. Jo decided that was too expensive and walked off. Not being intimately […]

My aversion to 4×4 vehicles on public roads has been documented already, but I need to relay an incident that happened a few days ago. I was driving to work a few days ago behind a Reliant Rialto - for those who don’t know they are fibre-glass 3 wheel death traps. This one, however, had […]