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Posted in Smallholding and Woodland on December 24, 2010
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Round Wood Timber Framing with Ben Law
Posted in Adventures and Courses on October 16, 2010
Mention the name Ben Law to most people and they'll say "Who?". However if you follow that up by describing a certain episode of Grand Designs where a woodsman, permaculturist & author
Scything with Simon Fairlie
Posted in Adventures and Courses on September 20, 2010
Simon Fairlie holding a scythe Learning how to use a scythe has been something on the to do list for a couple of years now, ever since hearing Simon Fairlie enthuse about them at a course I attended
Electric Brompton Road Test
Posted in Articles on July 22, 2010
Background I’ve not regularly cycled since I left London 4 years ago. There I would commute circa 10 miles a day on my cheapy Raleigh hybrid. Since moving to our current house I tried my new commute
Unicivilisation Festival – Edited Highlights
Posted in Adventures and Courses on June 2, 2010
Over the recent bank holiday weekend I was fortunate enough to attend the Dark Mountain Project's Uncivilisation festival in Llangollen, Wales. I had a really great time and I met lots of interesting
Green Woodworking with Mike Abbott
Posted in Adventures and Courses, Featured, Woodwork on June 22, 2009
Since starting my beginner's cabinet-making course, I've been intrigued by the differences between modern woodworking techniques and the more traditional methods such as Green Woodworking (like chair
Course: Low Impact Smallholding
Posted in Adventures and Courses on October 28, 2008
I am feeling very inspired after attending a LILI course on Low Impact Smallholding over the weekend. It was held at the LILI HQ which is a community called Redfield in Bucks and was run by Simon
Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene Live at The Albert Hall
Posted in Adventures and Courses on April 1, 2008
On Sunday, Kurt and I went to see Jean Michel Jarre at The Albert Hall. He was for the first time playing Oxygene - his first album released in 1976 - live in its entirety. We had top-dollar seats
Multipack's March 2008 meeting
Posted in Web / Meetups on March 10, 2008
The Multipack describes itself as "a community of multi-talented Web professionals from across the West Midlands" and attending one of their meetings has been high on my list for over a
Scarlett Eve Beale
Posted in Fam on January 24, 2008
..was born this morning at 4:59 am weighing in at 6lb 13oz. Mother and baby doing well ❤️