Went for a walk with Bushbaby round the local ruins today. A lovely day and a nice place that's well worth a visit - interesting trees, plants and birds as well as the ruins

Bishop Walthams Palace

Heres a few of the more interesting plants

Blown Reed Mace

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Saw this young lad today - he'd clearly been in the wars (check out the top of the left ear) and was very lethargic although he did wander off when I got too close.

Kind of hope he recovers since I sympathise with those under the weather right now

Red

Oh well, missed a few days there, been doing the family thing and finding lots of excuses not to report in.

As I get ever closer to the inevitable day of my redundancy, and for now anyway, things are actually looking a little brighter than a few weeks ago. Our 4x4 is awaiting spares to get it back on the road - and a little financial assistance from the dealer it came from will be a bonus. I've also been shortlisted for a job that is only a half hour drive from the house, but it remains

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Last week i went camping with craig(a mate)  and my dog fimble. A collie cross lab with a tint of retriever.

We arrived around 18:00 , went and got a nice pile of wood while craig got the tent and camp sorted.

By 19:00 we had settled down with a brew and dinner(rice for me)

By 22:00 the sun had set and a sheet of fog had covered everything ,we put some nice pre split logs on the fire had our usual mindless chatter when all of a sudden we heard some hotgun rounds go

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Well Went for a wander around Arlesford today. A beautiful spot - with a beautiful mill

Now this beats "no Hawkers, Circulars or Peddlars" on your wall huh? 

 

The rules

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I was reading this article on the BBC site today and I also listened to Radio two earlier about kids not getting out like their parents did despite the statistics that kids are no more likely to get taken now than 30 years ago and far less likely to get run over.

 

It really made me think about the fantastic childhood I had and the freedom that came

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I survived the weekend visiting my folks. Yes, the stifling hotel was airless and hot while the the incessant sound of sirens nearly drove me insane. The sea-front meal was fine but gave me indigestion all night.

 On the way home I decided on check out where I spent the first 6 years of my life.

The house was there and so were the woods where I used to play and

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What a plonker, just found why I couldn't upload anymore pictures, I'd minimised the upload window, so when I was on "upload" and it appeared not to work.............it was there all along!

 So here's the next bit:

This is a shot of the temporary mesh in place:

 

Now thas ready, it's time for some smoking

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It's been a while since my first blog, I've been busy making some new wooden doors for my garage, so I can ditch the metal up and over jobbie. Well they're on now, so I've had a chance to finish off my smoker project.

After cutting out the top and drilling the baffle, I've now added a door at the base, for lighting a small fire, or putting in a gas burner.

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The poppies are in full bloom here right now. I love these delicate flowers, so, no words - just pictures

 

 

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