Thursday, 16 April 2009

EASTER CAMPING

We decided to ignore the bad weather forecast and get Millie on the road for our the first camping trip of the year. Glad we did as you can see from the photos.....no rain!
We headed for Dyfi Valley in Wales. Oscar and Woody love Ynyslas beach, it's perfect for frisbee there's so much space for chasing each other and when your feet get too hot there's so much water just to stand in and cool down.


The first night we stayed at a campsite in Borth next to Borths very own AnimalArium, with a beautiful view of a leopard pacing up and down in a very small cage and a dawn chorus which included a Kookaburra & Peacock . Don't think we'll stay there again no campfires and dogs to be kept on leads. Wasn't all bad it was a lovely sunny evening and we used the Cobb Oven for the very first time: http://cobb-bbq.co.uk/index.asp If you want some gourmet camping cooking it's a must have.
Check out this meal, Shropshire lamb chops and the very best purple sprouting broccoli courtesy of our neighbours Ken & Rhoda. All washed down with cans of Firsty Ferret and Ginger Beer.

















Next day we enjoyed a morning walk and breakfast of bacon and (No. 69) eggs on the beach.











We then moved on to one of our favourite campsites just outside Machynlleth close to The Centre for Alternative Technology, next to the River Dyfi - campfires allowed and dogs can roam free!

Le family Chilton joined us that afternoon for a full Sunday roast cooked on the Cobb: Pork loin, with broccoli, baked potatoes, carrots and gravy for five quite some feat that! Looking forward to the next trip and planning the meals right now.


Tuesday, 7 April 2009

SURPRISE SURPRISE




The asparagus are starting to show themselves, what a lovely surprise.

RAISED BEDS

We finally got six raised beds in at the allotment today. Made out of old scaffolding boards they're looking good! Just got to fill them with some top quality compost.

Friday, 3 April 2009

VOICE OF THE BEEHIVE






Hello Everyone.
Ming was very busy yesterday setting up her beehive. We are really looking forward to the bees arriving. Obviously with the fruit and veg this will be really good for our garden and we should have even more food than usual.
The chickens are very curious about the new structure and think it may be a new block of flats for them to live in.