Crick

We went to the Crick boat show yesterday which was a great day out as usual although this year, we had the added bonus of sun!

Lots to look at and talk about getting ideas on fit outs and equipment.  We went on all sorts of boats but the one that really stood out for us was the ultra cool contemporary offering from Isaac Davis

And the Isaac Davis boat

Jelly

T'was the boy's birthday so we had jelly with cream and sprinkles!

Bread

Finally I have nailed it!

I have been trying to make bread on and off for the last twenty years without much success.  The results have mostly ranged between solid and unbelievably solid.  All have been frankly inedible.

But thanks to my new best friend; the demi-god that is Paul Hollywood, Saturday saw the creation of a loaf worthy of any table.  Most was consumed with butter and cheese while still warm from the oven. 

While on the subject of making stuff, I found a beer kit tin in the shed last week.  It has no lable and I have no recollection of buying it.  So I added a kilo of Spray Malt and started it brewing.  It looks quite a dark one and smells very 'hoppy'.  It will be interesting to taste the results.

On a sad note, one of my favorite trees in Cambridge has suffered in the recent winds and has split in half. 

This is what it looked like in the New Year.

This is how it looked yesterday.

Sad Day

Twas a sad day on Saturday.  We said good bye to Mabel.  We have had a good two years use out of her but it is time to let her go.  She has gone to a good home and will be cruising in the Lake District!

So we are now boatless apart from the Nut Shell I keep at work.

Of course, as we all know it is sods law that just as you recieve a little cash, something goes wrong. So it was that a stone from a passing lorry cracked the windscreen on the car, the day before the boat was sold.  £125 for a new screen. Grrrr!

First day back on the bike today.  Frozen but great fun.

Murder and eyebrows

Saturday I had a 'gig' helping present a Murder Mystery evening at the Rivenhall Hotel down in Essex.  It was as usual, hard work but I think it went down well with the guests.

If you have a party or an event and want some different entertainment, have a look at  McAbra Mysteries .  It might be just the thing.


Warning!  Do not let your boy's girlfriend any where near your dog when she is holding an eye liner pencil.  Poor Stick now has eyebrows!

Never too old

Sticking to a literary theme, I have just learnt that my Aunt Eva has had a book published at the tender age of 84!

Available on Amazon Here

In other news, I wheeled 'Peanut' out of the shed where she has been hibernating for the winter.  With new brake shoes back and front and an oil and plug change, she passed the MOT no problem.  So with 'Bat outa Hell' as my sound track, I am on the road again.

Well, maybe not just yet as its got all cold again.

Poetry competition

Ok, so I am not a great fan of poetry; especially amateur poetry but I entered a competition hosted by a creative writing forum that I sometimes visit.

The subject was 'pet' and I wrote:

My frog died if malnutrition.
You could say he was thin as a rake.
So I spread him with butter,
Wrapped him in bread.
And fed him to father's pet snake.

And I won.  Fools!