Monday 23rd January 12
Up early and got busy doing things... breakfast, emails..... and then there was a knock on the front door. It was the head groundsman from St Johns College, with two gardeners, and their flat-bed...
View ArticleTuesday 24th January 12
A very quiet day, nearly all of it inside. I got up late and did a bit of washing up and emailing, cycled round to the chemist to pick up a prescription, on Gill's bike (haven't been out on mine for 3...
View ArticleWednesday 25th January 12
A really good day, seemed to get a lot done, despite a late start, with Gill waking me up when she got in from delivering the kids to school. She'd also popped into a city centre shop and returned...
View ArticleThursday 26th January 12
Up early as had been invited to go to Malton for lunch with my friend Antonella. However, I had a bit to do first at home, and set off at 11, got back home about 4 in time to get the front room warm...
View ArticleFriday 27th January 12
I woke early, at about 7.30, and got up then as I had a fair bit to do if I was going to go out later.I lit the back room stove and Gill took the kids to school and did her stint at the shop. I washed...
View ArticleSaturday 28th January 12
Another good day. A good lie-in after the ridiculously late night. But up in plenty of time to be ready for my Fiddlesticks gig at 3, at the Clifton Methodist Church, a new venue for me.
View ArticleSunday 29th January 12
A nondescript morning but had been asked to provide balloon entertainment at a social event in Leeds, at A Nation of Shopkeepers from about 1pm. So I went over on the train and arrived on the dot of...
View ArticleMonday 30th January 12
Quite a mixed day... some of it was taken up with dealing with the aftermath of a post I put on facebook without thinking of the consequences. It was a photo of what is colloquially known as a...
View ArticleTuesday 31st January 12
A thoughtful day, not feeling 100% positive about myself... it's not a feeling I'm that used to, and recognise it from when I've done something silly or reprehensible.However, I kept busy, and went to...
View ArticleTuesday 19th May 15
I had a reasonably good day, did a lot in the garden, preparing the raised bed for the rhubarb, and sorting compost.I cycled into town via St Nicks, and gave Ivana a cheque for £1000 which was the...
View ArticleThursday 16th February 17
Today I only had one appointment, up in Huntington to meet with Jon in the Flag and Whistle, to check out the room they have for hire there. We spoke to Nathan, one of the staff, and he took down...
View ArticleFriday 17th February 17
Woken early by low flying jet planes which made me think back to my childhood when there was a lot of fear about conflict, with the 'Iron Curtain' between the Communist Bloc countries and the West, and...
View ArticleSaturday 18th February 17
I had a relaxing but hard working day, trying to get the front garden tidied up, ready for the removal of the pointless 'Spirea' shrubs which have grotty pink flowers on them but don't serve any...
View ArticleSunday 19th February 17
As I've got work in Sheffield tomorrow I'm going to go through this afternoon and stay with Anna, my sister, for a couple of nights. I was getting a few things together when Ben and his fiancée Karen...
View ArticleMonday 20th February 17
A fairly early start, 8.30 on the alarm, left Anna's house soon after 9, and enjoyed zooming down to the valley the railway line and station sits in... takes about 10 minutes as it's all downhill, and...
View ArticleTuesday 21st February 17
An early start as I wanted to get going on the lottie and get a good day's work in, but I'd agreed to see Daddy, so after a bowl of cereal at Anna's I went for a coffee with Daddy for 45 minutes. Then...
View ArticleWednesday 15th March 17
A fairly early start as I was due down at the 'Shambles Market' (which I knew as Newgate Market) in the middle of town for 10.30 with a medium sized load of compost, 5 sacks of about 20kg each. Bill...
View ArticleFriday 24th March 17
An excellent day. I'd arranged to meet Michelle at El Piano at midday, but I woke up at 11.17 so I quickly chucked some muesli down, got my bike out and loaded what I needed for after Michelle, and...
View ArticleSaturday 25th March 17
Another full day........... with the Edible York Spring into 2017 event, and then a gig in Alne.So, I got up early so as I could get to Tang Hall Community Centre for 10am, with some planks which Ruth...
View ArticleThursday 30th March 17
Another home-based day spent inside, on the computer or preparing food, and out in the garden, where I had a productive day.So, in the garden I weeded the long raised bed and put some compost on as a...
View ArticleSunday 20th August 17
Old Goole Gala today, quite a hike, literally, so an early start. Got up before 7 to get to the station for the 8am train to Doncaster where there was a half-hour wait before the Goole train. I'd...
View ArticleMonday 18th September 17, Launch of Two Rivers Radio
Quite an exciting day as York's new online radio station, Two Rivers Radio was launched, broadcasting from The Corner Pin pub on Tanner Row, in the centre of York. I was keen to listen as I'm starting...
View ArticleFriday 30th March 18
Going over to Sheffield today, to see if I can give blood and resume my platelet donations, and then do some work in Anna's garden.So I got to the station and bought my ticket to Sheffield and got an...
View ArticleSaturday 31st March 18, Richard Clare Memorial.
Another busy day, up at 9 and was working by 10 to put all the logs in one place, all the twigs in another, and to redistribute the compost heap and to reinstate the compost bin, this time on top of...
View ArticleWednesday 25th July 18
An early start as I had a gig at the Minster School Summer Playscheme, but we needed bread so I popped into Thomas The Baker on Tang Hall Lane for Yesterbake. Cycled along to the Route 66 Sustrans...
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