Very Very long gap!!

Yes I know it's a very long time since I last blogged, a fair bit has happened in the last 6 months but I will no doubt blog about that in a later post! Anyway i'm back!! I have a few things on over the next few weeks so I will report back again then and I'll let you know some of what i've been up to!!

Flying!!

Forgot to mention yesterday...I have also moved into the world of broadband! The world of the internet is just flying by now...for the same cost as I was paying for my dial up until the end of the year...can't be bad!! ;-)

Back again!

Ok i've been away longer than intended! I managed to get away on holiday, yes another working one. This time to Stonehenge area working on coppicing an area of woodland including a visit inside the Stone circle before it was opened to the public.

A break which was definatly needed! I'm also off to the York Viking festival next week which should be good fun as meeting up with a few friends and meeting up with other friends on the way/return so should be a few packed days ahead!!

Life has had a few twists and turns over the last few months and a few more bumps in the road ahead I suspect but seems to be settling down and ready to face an interesting new year!

Christmas wishes

I would to pass my Christmas best wishes onto everyone who reads my blog as I won't be about much over the next few weeks. Sadly my mum passed away on Friday so I am going to spend a little time away with my family.

Also best wishes to everyone in the new year and i'm sure i'll be back blogging by then!

Christmas shopping..

I have just got back from the shops and don't seem to have bought much at all! I decided to go in early to avoid the worst of the queues and bustle so got there for when the shops opened...remind me not to go on a weekend again, it was just as busy as in the middle of the day! I am used to going shopping early on a weekday when it's very quiet, I was ready today to do battle with the next person who walked into me as they were too busy in their own little shopping hell world...and i'm very placid!

Back to the early morning weekday shop I think, only problem there isn't many of them left now before Christmas! I'm going to have a cup of tea now..relax and watch a bit of rubbish T.V. to take my mind off it all!

Pause for thought!

I have just put out the bin bag for the bin men to collect and it made me stop and think, last week on my holiday there was 9 people at our basecamp and between 9 of us we only just filled one bin bag yet my bin bag I have just put out was full to the brim and there is only 2 in the house, and I wasn't here all of the week either!

It just made me think I could do much better on the re-cycling front! Yes I do re-cycle glass, cans, plastic bottles, newspaper/mags and I have a composter but I have to put my hands up and admit on the odd occation a bottle or newspaper does end up in the bin bag if it's cold outside and same with the composter so I can improve in that area!

The basecamp we went to had a woodburner which was good for getting rid of those small bits of cardboard that you can't take to the local tip for recycling so if anyone has any suggestions in that area! I did find out that you can put egg boxes in your wormery if you have one...I have a chicken so don't have to worry about that bit!

I have to say my local council are good on the re-cycling front as they collect most from your doorstep and also did a great bargin on composters recently, although I do miss the sound of breaking glass that you hear when you drop glass bottles in the large containers!!

Well it's that time again, 8 weeks seems to fly by sometimes! I'm back on nights again, part of me enjoys the peace of night shift the other part doesn't like the way as soon as you have got your body adjusted it's time to go back to a normal time zone!!

I went to bed very late last night and got up very early this morning so hopefully i'll be able to get a few hours kip this afternoon!! Which reminds me I'd better hunt out the spare duvet...great for putting over the window...it almost feels like night when it's up...however there is always that one crack of light that gets through however hard I try to cover the window completely!!