090 Tease!

089 Under Pressure!

Look what's arrived! All the way from deepest darkest China; my airbrush compressor is finally here. Actually it didn't take as long as I thought it would which is great.

Now in typical UK fashion it cost more to get it here than anywhere else in the world but I am just about OK with the £100 price tag given it is a twin compressor with a half decent storage tank to go with it.

Having got it going on a test run its also not as noisy as I was worried it might be even with both going full speed. Also once it gets the tank full it switches off anyway making it silent for a decent period.

All in all so far I am pretty pleased with it. Waiting on my airbrush itself to arrive to give it a proper blast!

088 And life gets in the way....

It looks like the run up to Christmas might be a little slow hobby wise as after five years in the same property our landlord has decided to sell up and move us out.

They have given us a little more time then they need to but it still means we will be manically trying to find somewhere and get years of accumulated junk packed up and shifted on the run up to Christmas. Far from the best time of year to be moving house! I should know as that's what we ended up doing last time!!

I will hopefully still get a bit of time to unwind and I will also try and update on new kit arrivals but it might be very hit and miss.

Wish me luck!

087 Rambling Up Date

For the last few weeks I have been doing Sunday morning walks come rambles in various spots around East Anglia in a vague attempt to one, improve my overall fitness (I am a closet couch potato) and two, get out and see some of the amazing natural beauty that we have in the UK.

The first couple of walks were a little sneaky as they either started or finished at a pub for lunch but otherwise I have been pretty good!

 Swans on a standing dyke leading onto the River Cam

 The start point on a misty Sunday morning walk along the Ouse

 Cattle along side the Great Ouse near Willingham

 Fenland farming along the ouse

Tree planting along the edge of the fens

I am going to try and show these walks in a more structured way than this but I have been a little rushed to get started on these so today is just a wrap up of the first fee walks; two along the River Cam and one along the Great Ouse and the Fens.

All of them have been great so far although one did involve a two mile detour... Yes I got us lost!! Ok I admit it! :-)

More to come soon

086 On Parade

A few more bits and pieces of work on the 30th Cambridgeshire got done finally!

The banner bearers are pretty much ready. I have blu taced them as a mock up to see the positioning for the GMB flags.

085 Brushing up

New toys are incoming! I finally fell to the lure of the airbrush and the first bits of kit have arrived.

I have anticipated cocking it up a few times so I invested in cleaning gear first!

I have gone for a Iwata airbrush, a bit of a balance between price and quality after quite some lengthy reviewing and searching.

I have ordered a "go brand" air compressor but still one that has very good reviews, with air tank and twin pistons.

Fingers crossed that I do better than the last time I tried an airbrush; at school some twenty years ago!

084 Lost in the Woods

So those of you that check in here my have noticed I have been missing for a few moments!

I have been holidaying again!

This time I have been enjoying the peace, quiet and tranquillity of a log cabin in the woods in Keldy near York.

Our Cabin.

This place was amazing. So peaceful and relaxing; not much in the way of activities but that was not what we were after. Just peace and quiet in good company to relax.

Our view and the cheeky little hot tub :-)

There are lots of cabins in Keldy but the spacing and the tree cover is so good you dont really feel that there is anyone else there.

Walks in the woods were wonderful. A couple of the days we went on guided walks and then we wandered on our own.

The guides were great, showing us all manner of different palnts and animals. What was edible and what wasn't. We also learned some bushcrafts of shelter building and fire starting!

Totally relaxing and no phone signal! The local village is about a 15min drive away and is a beautiful little village with a steam railway that runs trains everyday out across the north yorkshire moors to places like Whitby and the surrounds

Forest Holidays, you never know you might like it!