Thursday, January 24, 2008
There's a new blog in town
Go west young man!
Life on the allotments.
Labels: Buckland Brewer, Devon, gardening, North Devon
:: Posted by pete @ Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Pure Genius
Labels: bad puns, jermaine jenas, soccer, Tottenham Hotspur
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Annus Dumnoniorus
Just over a year of living and working in Devon. Much has happened. Some of it good. Some of it not so good. Some of it wet.
- Number of times arrived at work soaking wet after walking along the Taw in driving wind and squally showers: umpteen
- Number of cakes, donuts or cookies eaten in celebration of work colleague birthdays: 6
- Devon cream teas: one
- Walks on Exmoor: 4
- Letters to the Journal about Devon CC crazy parking plans: two
- Hours wasted at work on the internet: REDACTED
- Mentions of the MSC Napoli on local TV news: zillions
- Jobs: 1
- Teams: 2
- Desks: 5
- Other jobs applied for: 1
- Number of power failures: 1
- Times boiler broken down: twice
- Rooms painted: 6
- Money spent on building works and decorating: £6000
- Meals provided by vegetable plot: a dozen or so
- Letters in opposition of planning applications: 1
- Parish Council meetings attended: 5
- Gardeners' Club meetings: 10
- Pints from the Country Life Brewery: 20
- Bloody pictures of the bloody Taw Bridge at bloody sunset: too many
- Times wished back in London: zero
Labels: Devon, lists, North Devon