I have scanned some photo's today that I have borrowed from my ex Mother in Law, they are pictures of the farm from years ago, the one shown here is from around 1955, a great example of the transition from horses to tractors, it must have been an interesting time.

The Chair

Well, tomorrow night is the big night, I finally attain the chair of the Alexandra Lodge, they said it would take ten years, and it almost has!

John and Jen, the lanlord and landlady of our local pub, have bought a boat, and Gill and I went down to St Ives last night to have a look and pass on a few tips. Daniels Dream is a Sea Aird 24, fitted with a 140 hp Mercruiser petrol engine, and looks to be in excellent condition.

She is currently moored at Jones Boatyard at St Ives on the Great Ouse, a really lovely river with a constantly changing landscape and a number of really pretty towns to visit like St Ives, Huntingdon and St Neots.

John very kindly let me take her (him?) out for a short cruise, most enjoyable.

Fingers crossed for fine weather this weekend for the European Finals at Santa Pod, and Goodwood Revival the weekend after.

Netbook

I have bitten the bullet and treated myself to a Samsung NC10 Netbook. It is extremely light, very portable, and as long as you accept it is never going to be as fast as a full size laptop, it is fine for everyday tasks. I have also got a mobile broadband dongle to go with it, but not sure yet whether I will keep this. It is on a month by month contract so I will give it a couple of months evaluation to see if the 5GB allowance is enough.

Combined

Today we have been combined, the field of Oilseed Rape that has surrounded our house on three sides disapeared in the space of around three hours, having taken since last September to grow.

It had effetively blocked our view when sitting in the garden as it had grown to around 2 metres high (I'm trying to go metric, it was 6 feet high really) and now we suddenly surrounded by open views again.

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