Sunny Nights Dans Le Jardin...

I was supposed to be going to the gym last night (my efforts recently have not been as good as they should - must try harder) and once again I postponed it. Instead, as it was such a sunny day, we had a B in the garden. Nic's mum and dad came round and so did Uncle Knob Head and his buddy Danni :)

Now we've known Uncle Knob Head for quite some time now - is this a good thing or bad thing? It varies ;) One thing we do know is that whenever there's food involved it always ends up silly :)

So after we had all had our usual stuffing of burgers and salad type stuff, we proceeded to play cricket with a couple of spare baked potatoes. To be honest, this is the first time I've played cricket with spuds - it was better than playing with the more familiar ball :) And it doesn't drag on forever!

Not too long ago we had to dig up some more bamboos. Since then there are a couple of boards on the decking that haven't yet been screwed down. Needless to say Uncle, whilst bowling potato, stepped on a loose board and had a cartoon comedy moment as he fell into the fence and the board shoots up in the air. Kinda gets him back for doing the old throw one potato high for me to hit and then immediately throw a low fast one straight at my balls trick :)

Fortunately, last time we were in the Cornwall we acquired a couple of extra cases of Rattler - so they went down very well. Got a thick head this morning though :(

Managed to grab a couple of pics, in between being twatted with potato and slaving over a hot stove...

Nic enjoying the sun and modelling her new scar (left shoulder to the right of the strap)...

Some tucker...

Uncle Knob Head sporting the latest in environmentally friendly monicals...aka onion...

A nice picture of the B and the shed. Oh and sexy me of course :) (note to self: need haircut and beard trim...)

Rainy Bank Holiday

We rarely go away over bank holidays - too many people and children about - it's no good. So sure enough we stayed at home this weekend and did some gardening (I knocked out another fin as well :) ).

Saturday morning saw us working, in the rain, on our VW camper (no posts about this bad boy just yet - but there will be some coming). At the end of last summer, we had a brake issue on the way home. Rear near side locked on. So we finally got round to looking at that and ordering up some parts. I think I'll post about this story later down the line when I have more to report ;)

We've got loads of bamboo in our garden and over the last year it has slowly been taking over - it's a proper nightmare! So during last year and partly this year, we have been slowly digging them up and potting them.

So on Sunday, we set about digging up the penultimate bamboo in the back corner of the garden. The main reason for this one coming out is that it has started to grow through our neighbours drive - oops! A bit of digging and scraped knuckles later - it's out - phew! Just got to get the decking boards back down now...

I can't remember if this was Saturday, Sunday or Monday, managed to grab a nice rainbow shot from my office window...

Ah! Must have been Saturday. You can see the offending bamboo still in-situ!