The month of April has seen us heading to Bristol, Grant had another assessment exam, this time we headed to Bristol City College. The weather was good for a while and it was a relatively short hop compared to the long drive to Luton a couple of weeks back. Grant also headed to Gloucester the next day, this time Jayne kept him company for the drive. The motorways were a nightmare coming back and so they took the scenic route through Caldicot & Usk on the retu...

Okay, so a quick update on the month of March. The Big Thugby game was looming and so it was decided that we would head into Central Cardiff & meet up with our mate Rhid. The weather was good and all looked promising. The only downside of course was that the Wales Vs. England Rugby match was being held on a Sunday. We took the train and headed into town. A lot of other people had the same idea. The game was being played in Twickenham but everyone was heading ...

February seemed to fly by in a hail of rain, floods and general misery. That said, we could slowly see the days getting that little bit lighter and lifting the normal air of despair that the winter months bring. We were quite lucky with temperatures though and again it never really got below zero. That's good news for us as our seeds and plants are coming along nicely. This week we're going to start seeding a lot more herbs. The Tomato plants and cucumbers are be...

Spring is officially quite a few weeks away, March 20th, so says my diary and so thoughts turn to getting the plants going in the greenhouse. We've sterilised everything including all the pots. It takes forever and you will stink of Jeyes Fluid for days after immersing yourself in the stuff. We've also put in Electric and a good heater. The past couple of years we'd been using paraffin heaters, but they're messy, leave a sooty residue on the glass and frankly it'...

There has been no let up from the howling winds & rain except for today which funnily enough has turned out to be okay. Dowlais Top & Gelligaer Common have no shortage of animals grazing the common land, here you'll see plenty of horses and of course Wales' favourite woolly companions....ahem...sheep. You'll also see cows up there and serve as a reminder of sunnier days spent in India...as our own cows here also believe they have the right to wander the r...