Today iy is the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Stow-on-the-Wold Community Land Trust (Stow CLT). An organisation that I set up almost exactly 3 years ago, to provide truly affordable housing for the people who live or work in Stow-on-the-Wold, our charming historic market town, set in the middle of the Cotswolds. Where kids […]

Those poor souls at WPLive who came in to work, whilst the rest of America was on holiday, deserve a medal! We struggled on the formating of my Diary and the Dogs Diary and finally got there at nearly 11PM my time! In between times, it has been another hot day, so the dogs and […]

Happy and Topsy sleep in a tent “C-r-r-r-r-aaaaw!” “Is that you Happy?” “C-r-r-r-r-aaaaw!” “ No. Is that you Topsy?” “C-r-r-r-r-aaaaw, C-r-r-r-r-aaaaw!” “No. It’s MASTER!” they exclaimed in horror. “And he’s SNORING!” C-r-r-r-r-aaaaw!” went master. “Do you think he is unwell?” said Happy. “Better give him a lick” said Topsy. Happy, who had been licking her […]

The dogs and I did our usual 5AM two hour walk, then a 4k run for me. Then chained to the computer!   I am slowly starting to navigate around the complexities of WordPress, as my self-mposed deadline of publishing on the 1st July has slipped. I still need to conquer audio files. Also there […]

After yesterdays’s 26k walk, we took things easy today.   Only a 2 hour walk for the dogs before their breakfast, leaving at 5AM to keep the temperature cool. Master went out in the evening with the Cheltenham and Cotswold Hash House Harriers, and ran over 4 miles from the pub in Broad Campden.

Blockley or bust! And we nearly did! 18kg of pack over 26k in 28C. My memories of the day are the incessant skylarks, singing their hearts out overhead, and how grateful I was for the generous tree-lined shade of most of the walk. The dogs and I had slept in the tent on the lawn. […]