8th November 2026 - A sunny November day

Thought for the day :"Did you know if all humans stood in a single line around the equator that most would drown"

Dry

Cheers 

Dry November - DAY 8 completed 

Starting Weight - 16st 0lbs    101.6 Kg

Current Weight -  15st 6lbs      97.9 Kg

7th November 2026 - AMD District Meeting

Thought for the day :"The older I get, the more often I walk into a room and forget why I'm there! I had to give up being a Burglar..."

Dry

AMD District Meeting 

No Pictures from the gardens today as I was in Pontyclun, playing the Organ for the District Meeting

Also had the picture from the Knight's Templar meeting yesterday 

Cheers 

Dry November - DAY 7 completed 

Starting Weight - 16st 0lbs    101.6 Kg

Current Weight -  15st 7lbs      98.4 Kg

6th November 2026 - Autumnal Colours and Giraldus Cambrensis KT

Thought for the day :"The Anagram Society is electing a new leader. I've cast my veto."

Wet

Walked the dogs after the rain stopped and the sun came out.

Beautiful time of year the leaves are changing 

Evening meeting of Knights Templar in Llanelli where the Grand Master Paul Clement presented a 50th Year Certificate in the Order of Knights Templar.  Photos to follow I hope.

Also a great installation by Brian Rees, of Adrian Thomas who stood in at short notice due to the illness of the Master Elect. 

Cheers 

Dry November - DAY 6 completed 

Starting Weight - 16st 0lbs    101.6 Kg

Current Weight -  15st 7lbs      98.4 Kg

5th November 2026 - Prepping for Winter Tasks with Chris

Thought for the day :"If I could choose to have dinner with anyone, dead or alive, I would definitely choose alive."

Dry

Susie not well with heavy cold so stayed in bed today with some honey and lemon .

Chris arrived and the plan was to get some pallets from Sarah and start using them for Fabio's walls and to start with the wood shed in the paddock ...

As usual there were a few items in the skip - in fact a 6m x 3m Marquee - similar to Nancy's that is on the drive - though we have no idea how many pieces are missing !!!  a lovely table on wheels and some more plastic Pallets which would be useful for waterproof bases..

Then we met up with Charlie (of Charlie and Spot) and they are moving out on the 24th November and he had some items that he was wanting to get rid of and a couple that I thought may be nice...

This was the corrugated sheets that will be used for roofing some areas - 

And by the time that we had gathered all of this and examined the Fabio developments - we only had time to hang out the tents to dry before storage before the day was done.

But happy with the day ....

Cheers 

Dry November - DAY 5 completed 

Starting Weight - 16st 0lbs    101.6 Kg

Current Weight -  15st 7lbs      98.4 Kg

4th November 2026 - Mid Terms

Thought for the day :" The army is very secretive. They will tell you that the lowest rank is private."

Dry 

Cat sent a few photos of the dogs that are worth keeping for posterity 

Took a rest from Fabio's Enclosure today 

Chris is with me tomorrow so will be busy then 

In other news.. Mid Terms are on today 

Mid Terms - and the Blue Tsunami for the Democrats - Trump seems to be accepting at the moment...  watch this space

Cheers

Dry November - DAY 4 completed 

Starting Weight - 16st 0lbs    101.6 Kg

Current Weight -  15st 9lbs      99.3 Kg

3rd November 2026 - More Fabio fencing

Thought for the day :" I wanted to find out more about my ancestors, so I did a little digging and got thrown out of the cemetery."

Dry 

Had a great Low Carb Breakfast of part of our November health Kick - cucumber base with Cheese, Chicken and Mayonaise. Walked the dogs and the sunshine was good.

Working on the Appendant Orders for the Red Cross of Constantine so the dogs had to hear it again!

Next stage of the Fabio Enclosure - Finished the gate and the fixings.

Had to cover the sloping pole but worked okay 

(it is a feature !!)

Managed to use the last of the Green wire between the Chickens and Fabio, and he seems rather unworried by it. 

Will have to build something for the last section - as have run out of the high fencing now 

In other news, Susie starts cooking on the wood burner. All part of her "Prepping" to ensure that we can eat oif the power goes off.

 

And delicious it was - the original slow cooker..

Tomatoes for the green chutney are going in the freezer for the moment..

 

And Susie's new cook books arrived 

Tolkein is fun 

Like this page 

Slowly catching up on the blogs - getting some older blogs re started - not for reading now but for future research - I see to be using the blog for checking dates and history a lot more these days .  

Cheers 

Dry November - DAY 3 completed 

Starting Weight - 16st 0lbs    101.6 Kg

Current Weight - 15st 11lbs    100.2 Kg

2nd November 2026 - Back to Fabio

Thought for the day :"It takes a person of a certain calibre to become a human cannonball..."

Dry

Monday today - so decided I had to get off my backside and do a little more work in the garden.

The weather was stunning and not so cold - in fact it was warm enough to be in summer top 

But the Peacock enclosure needed more work so I decided to try to organise my tools a little better - rather than continuously walking back and forward to the sheds..

So one job was as a result of pulling the fence so tightly - one of the poles has moved and it will be impossible to correct that and keep the existing fencing in place. So I decided to build a wooden frame structure to hold the gate. 

The gate had to be wired with fencing and then a base set and a plinth on top to hold the prongs acting as hinges.

 

Will finish tomorrow - managed to lose two hexagonal drill bits in the long grass which brought the work to a stop as I need self tapping screws to ensure the wooden sections were securely fixed to the metal poles.

At the rear of the enclosure - I fixed the fencing to the back shed - we decided to cut the woodshed out of the enclosure - not my first choice, but was concerned that foxes would make their way through the logs and I would not be able to keep them out - so we fenced around the store.

  

Toby was interested !!

Susie  was also busy though her back was giving her problems today....

The polytunnel needed clearing of the tomatoes and making room for a planting of potatoes as part of her prepping for the bad times ahead. 

Green Tomatoes - ready to make some green tomato chutney I think

In other news,  For some reason the rhododendron on the waterfall has decided to flower again !!!

The azalea is still flowering and the Chrysanthemums are just on the turn - but still colour in the garden

In other news - have a TillyVision - Master gave Dobby a Glove

Cheers 

Dry November - DAY 2 completed 

Starting Weight - 16st 0lbs    101.6 Kg

Current Weight - 15st 12lbs    100.7 Kg