Volumes from Verulamium – 2.0

To the middle day of the Hatfield House Country Show on Saturday with Sarah and her Dad. Set in the stunning scenery of the Marquess of Salisbury’s historic home, this event was launched in 2005, run again in 2006 but sadly cancelled in 2007 due to foot & mouth. 2008 saw the resurrection of this [...]

To the Portland Arms on Thursday with Sarah; it was a nice summer evening, we were out for a walk and fancied dinner out. We used to live about five minutes walk from the Portland Arms.  At the end of March it changed ownership (the Camra magazine telling us it is now run by Sara [...]

To Regent's Park on Saturday for the Innocent Village Fete.  Lots of lovely fete-type things including lots of smoothies of course.  Sarah and Nicola decorated the cupcakes above (yes, they were really that bright), I met a cow, the girls met a smoothie, then it was time for… Duck herding!   Morris men!  Ferrets! Dog agility! [...]

Having moved to just around the corner(-ish!), Sarah and I have become friends of the Watercress Wildlife Association. This little oasis of calm is nestled not far from London Road in St Albans next to a disused railway line and the River Ver.  There’s a mere for the birds, a butterfly meadow and an orchard [...]

OK, so some of our friends think we’re just a little cat crazy.  But Phoebe is an important member of the family and has done sterling work comforting Sarah after her Mum died.  So, you’re just going to have to put up with a few more photos! She seems to like the new house a [...]

Yesterday we took ourselves off in the morning to Hawkswick Lodge Farm just on the outskirts of St Albans. Yes, it’s pick-your-own season, and we came back having picked lots of strawberries, a fair few redcurrants and a small box of gooseberries. Recommended for a trip out – reasonable prices, delicious fruit, adequate car park, [...]

Moo business cards.  That is all. Box of delights Let’s meet! Laying my cards on the table (Get them here)

In honour of Hotel Chocolat being one of the runners-up in the St Albans retailer of the year award, I thought I’d post a picture of the ‘Excellence 2008’ box from their Chocolate Tasting Club. Click through the picture for descriptions. For those of you who’ve not heard of the club, they send you, er, [...]

Finally downloaded the pictures to follow up on last week’s video. And the darn rain meant they really weren’t very good. Here’s about the only one worth seeing:

A rainy day. Men, women and children dressing up as large puppets. What more excuse do I need to go try my Flip video out a little more? Needless to say – I should probably have written a properly timed script to record this