Experiment #2: Day 2 – Tom’s Update
With not enough problems to solve, I decided to create my own today by pulling bits of the house apart. The guys at Loaders (our fantastic local hardware store – a proper fork handles kind of place bar the brown …
Adventuring
Experiment #2: Day 2 – Adele’s update
“Even a journey of a thousand miles starts with the first step”, my Yogi Tea bag appropriately tells me this evening. Following the rather long bike ride yesterday, I bounced out of bed bright and early (earlier than a normal …
Experiment #2: Day 1 – Tom’s Update
Thus it begins! For me this week is going to be about having fun while solving problems, with a healthy dose of looking at things in a new light… Our trip along the Strawberry Line was a delightful way to …
Experiment #2: Day 1 – Adele’s Update
Another first. Wanting to make the most of the unseasonable weather before the South West is once again plunged into a haze of drizzle, we rather rashly decided to cycle the Strawberry Line from Yatton to Cheddar. I say rashly… …
Experiment #2: A week of keeping it real
It’s very easy to sit at your desk at work and dream of all the things you could be doing with your day – all the ways you could be making a living doing something more fun and fulfilling. And …
Going round in circles…
Last month, Tom gave me a voucher for a track day for my 30th: an afternoon spent powering round Castle Combe race track, first in a Ford Fiesta Zetec S, and then in a single seater Formula Ford. I’m not …
Experiment #1: Village Market – After the event
The good news is I’m not in the pub drowning my sorrows following this morning’s market (though there has been a certain amount of Cheddar Valley consumption to accompany the veggie BBQ we had for lunch). So how did it …
Experiment #1: Village Market
So… the bright idea we had about a month ago as we were pottering round the local village market was: Wouldn’t it be great if we set up a stall and sold some of our photos and handmade silver jewellery? …
Foraging for Lunch…
Last autumn we discovered the excitement of foraging, where we did very well for sloes (am enjoying a glass of the wonderful sloe gin as I type!), apples, rosehips (the roship & apple jelly is long since demolished), and of …