Oct 29, 2008

Suddenly it is very wintery here in Suffolk. A cold blast of arctic air is streaming down the east coast of the UK bringing unusually low temperatures for this time of year - it was still freezing at lunchtime today. All a bit of a shock, I can tell you. Recording a little early this week so that I can get down to...

Oct 22, 2008

This strange voice is getting past a joke. It's seven weeks now … and counting. I've had a few suggestions including chest rub, applied to the soles of the feet and encased in thick socks. How totally romantic!

The first respectable frost of the autumn looked good on the meadow this morning.

Struttin' my stuff -...

Oct 15, 2008

Just been over to Aldeburgh on the coast for a traditional fish and chips supper. Cold though, standing on the beach looking out at the black sea with a few ships lights on the horizon. Had to be done though to help acclimatise Jessie to the food and climate of England now that she's back from Ibiza. She has the most...

Oct 8, 2008

All a bit frantic this week having spent Friday driving north to Richmond in Yorkshire en route to Northumberland. Fantastic hotel in Richmond (pic) and a great time with some very old friends in Northumberland going up a ravine to a spectacular waterfall - why spectacular - rain all day had swollen the normally fairly...

Oct 1, 2008

It seems that we are safe from the new Circle Line or whatever was in Switzerland that the New York Times referred to as as "the Large Hardon Collider” - I can only assume that someone has put hardon into their spell check dictionary!  Seems it has a touch of dysfunction problem now. There was a lot of speculation...