Author Archives: dallychap

This Friday was a day of chores, as I needed to get ready for a club cycle ride on the Sunday, including buying lunch for the gluten free dietary requirements. I therefore started by shopping at Aldi, then went to Waitrose to get the ‘specialist’ items… After that I did some household bits and pieces,Continue reading “Day-12 – Friday Chores!”

Other than admin and cleaning, I took Henry to the quarry and we saw a beautiful Red Kite soaring above the quarry walls… We then walked through the SSIS and took another couple of snaps, one of an interesting leaf and one of the view looking back towards Ketton… And that’s me back up toContinue reading “Day-11 – Red Kite”

Yes, it’s a bit sad, but 10-days is 0.1% of the project, which kinda gives an indication of the scale of my undertaking. As I type here I wonder how long I’ll have to maintain this by typing or what wonderful devices will exist in 10, 20 or 30 years. I might wonder whether muchContinue reading “Day-10 – 0.1% Completed”

Tuesday got off to another lovely start, with a walk round the local farm tracks. It was great to see the farmer out in his tractor preparing fo the next set of crops, with the birds circling for whatever treats he uncovered for them… When we returned it was time to load the car forContinue reading “Day-9 – Day Tripping!”

I’m playing catch-up after a week that seems to have flown by! Monday saw me an Henry start the day with a beautiful walk around Ketton Quarries, which is partly still a working quarry and partly a site of special scientific interest. That makes it a varied and very beautiful place to walk… You canContinue reading “Day-8 – Monday Magic”

Today was a pretty standard Sunday, consisting of an early start of porrige, banana and honey, then out on the weekly clube ride. I ride with a club called The Cyclists of Stamford, which is a fantastic club with multiple groups of riding ability to suit all ages and abilities. I ride with the ‘ReasonablyContinue reading “Day-7 – Club Run”

Day-6 got off to a beautiful start with another trip to the local sawmill. I was going for some Oak trunk for a garden bench, plus some square pieces to make the bench ends. In the end the trunk wasn’t ready, as it was drying out in the kiln and needed more time, but IContinue reading “Day-6 – DIY Day”

Day 5 was another lovely day, with quite a few highlights. Firstly, the day started with a dog walk and a few chores, as usual, but then my Wife had a new company car delivered… a beautiful BMW 5-Series. That freed us up to crack on with what we’d originally planned for the day, namelyContinue reading “Day-5 – Day Tripping”

Today was a day of 2-halves so to speak. The first part of the day was spent on almost completing the kitchenette, which involved finishing the splashback with slate roof tiles (left over from the build), shaping a piece of wood to cop the splashback and then fitting some LED lights to make it easierContinue reading “Day-4 – Put the Pedal to the Metal”

Today had a whole variety of good stuff, wrapped-up in enjoying some splendid Autumn weather on the Beemer – an RNineT Racer… Obviously, the shark teeth and eyes are not factory standard, but inspired by the WW2 aircraft (such as the P51 Mustang) that used to have this painted on the nosecone. I’m hoping toContinue reading “Day-3 – Biking Buzz!”