Yet another catch up !!!

Full of good intent and resolute that I would keep my blog up to date, I must report a miserable failure. To be honest I have been so knacked with everything going on, it has been the last of my worries. Anyway, to make amends I shall catch up now.
Tree and I went down to Cornwall, as mentioned in the previous blog, for her job interview. We stopped in a lovely hotel, in a place called Ilogan, and would recommend it to anyone. It provided a nice break away from work and all the usual hassles of daily routine. Tree went to the interview whilst I trawled all the estate agents checking out prospective properties to buy. We stayed over an extra day and went to Sennen Cove . It gave us quite an insight into life in Cornwall out of season, as the photos show there was hardly anyone there. To cut a long story short, we came away from the whole thing having had a good rethink about whether it's really what we want. The problem is that we have always been there for holidays and we aren't sure how we would feel once we were living and working there. After long deliberation, we have decided to look at the possibilities in Wales. We certainly could get the sort of land we need to build and develop the business,whereas in Cornwall we would in effect be downsizing.
The only other bit of news is that the Eastnor woodland fayre was cancelled due to bad weather. This left us at a bit of a loss what to do with the spare time. Two car boots later and the decision was made !!
Sorry, yet again, for the lack of update but I will keep you posted....promise.

All quiet on the western front

This is just a catch up blog today, as I have shed loads of stuff to get done in the meantime. Tree has just heard that she is shortlisted for a job in Cornwall, so we could be moving quicker than we thought !!! Fingers crossed. It means I will have about a month of non stop work on the house to get it on the market. A small price to pay for freedom from Worcester. Otherwise, we have got back on the losing weight/walking more band wagon and seem to be doing quite well. The other evening we went to the Worcester Beacon with San and Kate. The air is very brisk and fresh up there, and quite refreshing. I think I will miss the hills, as they are a link with my childhood holidays and my family. Hang on, I might rethink that one ! A lot of people have already started talking as though we are going to the moon when thinking about our move. This I find strange, as Cornwall is only 4 hours drive away. I think it is the Worcester mindset ! Anyway, enough said for now, I will catch up soon. Aloha !

Prof's Wyrde World

Just to let you know I have a new attachment to this blog called The Prof's Wyrde World. In this blog I aim to stick all the odd little things that I come across in life, but never seem to have the means to record. For example, I was coming across Sabrina Bridge when I saw a very ordinary, middle aged, suited man, sitting on a bench with an attache case next to him. He leant over, opened the case and took out a xylophone. He played it, quite frantically, for a while, then put it back in his case. Sadly, I hadn't got my camera with me !!

The simple things in life.

Some people have to have the latest car.
Some people have to have the latest phone.
Some people have to have the latest gadget.
Some people are very unhappy working their guts out to pay for a lifestyle that they don't really need. They just think they need it because everybody else, significant in their world, has it or are doing the same. How sad !

Give me a sunny spring day, a garden in bloom and the comfort of a loving partners embrace, and you can keep the rest.

What IS the point.

In the course of my work I have, over 25 years, seen most things forged....or so I thought. The other day I came across this forged 1p piece in a mixed bag of coin. Okay, so I understand forging £1 coins, as they only cost about 23p to do so, but a 1p !!! The base metal is lead, which costs more than that in the first place, let alone the cost in setting up a mould and buying wafer thin copper. The way I see it is as follows:
1) It's a joke.
2) Someone is very dense
3) It just had to be tried
4) They didn't have much luck forging 10ps by filing down those eight sided coins.
Any suggestions...let me know !!!

Don't worry children, it's just a man in a silly mask.

Following on from yesterday, I had to show how the sublime becomes the ridiculous. It speaks for itself !!

Oops !!!

Ok, we all know about health and safety but let's face it who really listens ? It's far better to just wait until you have an accident and then listen, right ? Wrong ! There's a thing called kickback when you're using a chopsaw, but the name doesn't really describe what it is. It was inevitable that using one, as much as I do, I would, sooner or later, find out. Kickback would be better named logchuck and so it was, as I was trimming a staff, that a chunk of wood flung off and hit me on the side of my head. The resultant damage was minimal, to me that is, but sadly my glasses paid the price. The great Daniel Mack, in his book "The Hedge carpenters companion", said,"no amount of time should be spent worrying about accidents that will become the stuff of stories in later years". This does not mean I will be complacent, but rather more inclined to wear a safety visor and act all knowing and wise to the unititiated.

Merry Beltain !!!!!!

I've loads to tell about, but little time to do it. Firstly, a Merry Beltain to everyone we know. Tree and I took some time out, at the beginning of Tiddesley Wood open day, to celebrate everything spring. The weather stayed dry for us and we had a very good day. Jenny and Rob, who organized the event, were very helpful and seemed delighted with the tent, mirrors and everything. We have been invited back next year and we have suggested that we should introduce the May Queen and a Maypole dance to the proceedings. Jenny was very keen ! By far we were the most successful there and slightly surprised how many people turned up (approx 3000). We were so tired the next day we didn't bother to do the Green Man at Clun. We drove out there, but looking at the weather and carrying the stock over the bridge and how well we did previously (sorry to say it again) we decided we would be wasting our time. Anyway, enough of blowing my own trumpet, I now need to make more mirrors and catch up with everything I have neglected. So I would like to apologize to anyone who may feel I a little neglected, I am sorry. Oh and by the way, the name change to the blog is to prevent confusion between the website and here !! We had a few comments !!!