JABBER
OH MAN I HATE A GAP! Contemplated duct-taping thermal vest to knickers. Realised impracticality would render
peeing impossible. Compromised by tucking thermal vest, two t-shirts and woolly jumper into jeans. Couldn't fasten jeans . . .
And Then We Bought This . . . 1978 Mercedes 508D Camper Van
proving that we have not only lost marbles but also cannot find the little string bag that kept them all together. "The Pig" entered our lives in August 2018 bringing a stream of problems never before encountered . .
proving that we have not only lost marbles but also cannot find the little string bag that kept them all together. "The Pig" entered our lives in August 2018 bringing a stream of problems never before encountered . .
The Bees
“Oh what a lovely hobby”. I thought going all Hippy-Mother-Earth-y.
Gently buzzing little things giving me honey for free. How marvellous. So I went on a most excellent 2-day beekeeping course in Conway.
The course was a bit of an eye-opener as bees seem to get lots of ailments and beekeeping was a lot more technical than I had thought. My head filled up with words like “eke”, “queen cells”, “propolis”, “nosema”, “varroa” and “capped brood”. I soldiered on and the others in the group were very earnest and very kind to me except for one know-it-all who had been given several hives of bees and had been looking after them “quite well but needed a little bit of help”.
“Oh what a lovely hobby”. I thought going all Hippy-Mother-Earth-y.
Gently buzzing little things giving me honey for free. How marvellous. So I went on a most excellent 2-day beekeeping course in Conway.
The course was a bit of an eye-opener as bees seem to get lots of ailments and beekeeping was a lot more technical than I had thought. My head filled up with words like “eke”, “queen cells”, “propolis”, “nosema”, “varroa” and “capped brood”. I soldiered on and the others in the group were very earnest and very kind to me except for one know-it-all who had been given several hives of bees and had been looking after them “quite well but needed a little bit of help”.
Rock or Baroque?
One of the best emails I ever got in my life was from Didier the bassist of our band, Vinyl9, who had just been to watch me and my choir, Voix Amies D'Hesdin, sing Mr Handel's allylooooyaaaas . . .
One of the best emails I ever got in my life was from Didier the bassist of our band, Vinyl9, who had just been to watch me and my choir, Voix Amies D'Hesdin, sing Mr Handel's allylooooyaaaas . . .
Most of my customers are French but we get lots of British tourists, especially at the coast and Le Crotoy is beeeeyoooootiful. I eavesdrop unashamedly on their conversations . . .