Camping with the boys

That’s right, another year later and it’s time to go camping with the boys in the New Forest again. It’s pretty much the same format as most years….beer, beer and more beer. In addition to drinking beer Rob and I started the camp boules championship with…

The dining room moves on

Finally the dining room looks better than it’s done for a while. Although it not finished by a long way yet its a dramatic improvement from what it was like before. Rick has done a fantastic job (again), of boarding and plastering the ceiling and a couple of the…

Replacing Bean

With the fact that I couldn’t get anymore storage into my V100 and that it was limited to 120gb IDE disks I thought it was time to upgrade. I’m still awaiting to find out if I can get a work discount on a Sun X2100 but whilst I…

Learning to fly

Well, that was interesting….. I finally got round to using my birthday present from Phoebe last year which was a 20 minute micro-light flying experience (thanks babe). Now, I thought a micro-light was a hang-glider with a motor on the end of it but I was pleasantly surprised to find…

Making Beer round 2

Yes, folks it’s beer time again accept I’m using a King Keg brewing barrel a work friend lent me. The beauty of these beasts is that you don’t need to add sugar or bottle afterwards as you can pour straight from the barrel. The only problem is…