31 October 2022
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The UK clock change back to Greenwich Mean Time is definitely going to have an impact on my work at the allotment. I popped up there about 4:30pm to drop a couple of things off and there was enough light … Continue reading
30 October 2022
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Gosh, that was a long day. Not long after 9:30am this morning I was setting up to lead the music at church and not long before 9:30pm I was finally getting home to unload after having spend a long afternoon … Continue reading
29 October 2022
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I had some wood to process today – a selection of branches (mainly willow and little bit of cherry). The trouble was that I didn’t have a spare box to store it in. Or, more accurately, I had a box … Continue reading
28 October 2022
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If Jane and I had finished putting the netting on the completed veg cage at the same time next Friday, we would have been working in the dark! As it was, we got to head home in the sunset. Unless … Continue reading
27 October 2022
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My third batch of cider is now fermenting away in a demi-john. This one starts at 1.050 with the help of some brewing sugar and has 2.5g of Lalvin EC-1118 yeast. I’m looking forward to it getting away to a … Continue reading
25 October 2022
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My fruit cage at the allotment is now almost complete. The two steps left are fitting the support struts and then covering with netting. The struts come in two parts which is probably to keep the overall length down. They … Continue reading
24 October 2022
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I’m quietly confident when I say that the appointment of Richie Sunak as the UK’s new Prime Minister is in no part down to me. As it happened, there was no need for me to write to my MP asking … Continue reading
23 October 2022
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I know you don’t literally rely on muscle power for sight reading music. It is driven by the eyes and the brain, with the muscles only coming in to respond to the impulses they receive. However, my metaphorical ‘sight reading … Continue reading
22 October 2022
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With the early Leicestershire half term (most of the UK will be having half-term in the week to come), we didn’t have Training Band last week. With quite a busy period and plenty of electric and string bass music to … Continue reading
21 October 2022
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If I was dismissed from my job or from one of the previous ones I had held for incompetence, negligence and at least borderline illegality, I wouldn’t expect to be able to pick it up again two or three months … Continue reading