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Half a bed, 27 loves and a load of gardening.
Well that was a productive weekend. The half a bed is a new construction for our second bedroom - I'm building a bed into the end of the room as it happens to be 190cm wide. Most of the frame is installed, but I'm going to have to put in some serious strengthening supports before it can take the weight of a mattress let alone two people. One concerning point was how easy I found drilling into the walls. Bricks are usually a pain to drill, but this extension is made from breeze blocks which I can't think I've drilled before. Went in like butter, so I'm skeptical it can take the weight. Will need some sturdy support to the floor I suspect.

In other news, on Friday night Su and I bakes 21 loaves for a proposed real bread sale on Saturday. I suck a poster on the wall outside simply saying "Bread, today". Moments later a couple walking their dog came to enquire what this was about. When Su returned from yoga we got our loaves out on a table and pretty much instantly they sold - under two hours. We also had a donation from a baking friend of some splendid olive rolls and iced buns to add to the mix, Plus Su'd baked some sticky toffee pudding cupcakes. Our principal aim was to introduce people to the delight of real home made bread and asked for donations for the loaves in aid of a charrity called Liberty in North Korea (LiNK). People were more than happy to buy our bread and even more so being to charity. We were blown away by the event. Not only did we make £103.63 for LiNK, but we met and chatted to lots of people in the village, which is something we really wanted to do. It was a great day and I just suspect we might do it again.

Then today, along with doing my first reading in Church, we spent soaking up the sun and warmth in the garden here. It was a beautiful day, but we just couldn't quite drag ourselves away to go anywhere else. Planted out lots of seedlings, weeded, pottered and generally rested. Concluded the day watching In Timem which, despite it's premmise, was thankfully not al all depressing in that Sunday feeling kind of way.
[19-05-2013]

Cycling for Stroke
The wife and I are taking part in the Stroke Association's 30 mile Thames Bridges bike ride. Would you like to sponsor us? That would be really splendid. Please do via our Just Giving website:

The Drs Bailey

Spring At Last
Hardly news but spring has been late this year. Today, as I write this, however, I am finally siting outside at just gone nine on a Sunday morning. Sure my hands are a tad chilly due to the cripsness of the preceeding night (it was clear and the stars fabulous), but the sun is shining and their rays warm on my skin. Snowdrops still adorn the garden as do some delicate white crocusses. The daffodills are out in the front, but that's only due to it being south facing and next to the house.

Has this late spring been the reason for my lack of posting here? Don't think so, though it's been a tough month and a half (WHEN WILL THE BRITTISH WEATHER BE STABLE?). It's probably due to lazyness and some consecutive busy weekends vitising various places and such like. Thinking back to last year and though lent I tried to blog updates frequently. It was good to document life (which is my primary reason for writing anyway), but didn't quite translate into the regular posting I'd hoped for. I guess as one gets older there is less time to do such things. Evenings are recovery from work time, and otherwise it's housework or socalising. And on that note I'm pleased to say that we are making some very good friends in Cam and feel greatly blessed by them.

OK, that's it for now. I'd like to stay and chat but my fingers are pretty chilly and I need to put them to work doing something round my garden here before Church. Plus this post hasn't exactly been the most inspiring tone ever so I'll wait for a little more inspiration. Perhaps I'll get round to upping some photos later, that would be nice - you can all see my office compost worms. Till then safe travels.
[07-04-2013]

Last Night My Wife Virtually Died
It was weird, really really weird. One minute I was married to Suyeon, the next I was just 'Married'. To be fair, Facebook has been trying to virtually devoice me from my wife for ages - I never see any of her updates or posts despite being my one and only 'special close friend. Whenever I looked at her profile I saw nothing. It was all a bit odd. But the change yesterday was that she had taken the brave decision to leave Facebook for good.

More favourably I might have been notified of this. Either by Fb or, perhaps more reasonably, herself. But after dinner Su casually remarked that she'd requested her account be deleted (subject to 15 days in which she can change her mind - creepily reminiscence of that Dignitas period between taking a dose of lethal poison and death, only with the option to undo*.)

* Or, less creepily, the moments between switching off your power-shower/TV and the point at which it actually stops.
[25-03-2013]

Incredible Dining
For breakfast: Daily Bread crunchy musely with yoghurt and nutty crunch made by Su. For dinner: celeriac and apple soup with toasted hazelnuts and yoghurt, hand made rye & rosmary foccacia bread with roasted organic butternut squash. Marvelous.
[30-01-2013]

Scotland by Train

[10-09-2012]