Race Photos
More photos from the tour. My Lens is bigger than yours Londoners watching the tour on the big screen. Robbie the rocket thinking of green O’grady was on course for a super fast time until he took a tumble.
Tour Prologue
What an awesome day … yesterday we got up early and headed in to London town to see the tour. It took many hours of standing around to stake out a good spot but in the end we were rewarded…
Magic house in the Cemetery
Yesterday evening we went for a walk. It stayed light until after 10pm and the sunset was amazing. We also discovered a magic house on the edge of the cemetery which looks like it should be in a Tim Burton…
Harvest Bounty!
This weekend we brought out Rob (the harvesting machine) Ingle to our allotment where he swung into action picking, digging, weeding and sowing. The results of this labour were an awesome bounty for the kitchen table
Busting myths about tomato growing
New experiments started in Ely this week could see a new age of enlightenment for clueless Australian tomato growers in England. Rumour has long had it that chopping the tops off tomato plants increases yield, but tomato grower Jan Strugnell…
Harvest day
Today we had a big harvest day on our allotment! It was a nice sunny day and we thought it was time to harvest all of our broad beans and radishes. We also harvested a lot of mint as Ira…
Fighting against the weeds
All of a sudden the weeds in our allotment have started to go crazy! When we came back from our little trip to Belfast they had almost taken over the plot. I thought I would be safe attacking them with…
Pakhoras
To celebrate the coming of summer we had a bit of a cook up and invited over a few mates .. well actually this was ages ago but I just wanted an excuse to put up these pics of Jan…
Hedgehogs and Tulips!
It really feels like Spring is finally here, especially now that daylight saving is upon us! The temperature soared this weekend to a scorching 15 degrees! Lots of the flowers I have planted in our backyard and the allotment have…
Grimes Graves
5000 years ago neolithic britons were mining flint from holes in the chalk near Brandon. On the first proper day of spring this year, we decided to head out and take a look. A view from the air shows the…