A visual assault

Argh! This is a carpet!

Bridport bargains

A good haul

Honestly, you just couldn't get this kind of value in Homebase. I went to the stall of the slightly mad woman at Bridport Market and got these twenty-four beautiful plants for only £9.50. I wanted more but we couldn't fit them in the car.

Nice one Gordon!

1950's Russell

Finally got to the Gordon Russell Museum in Broadway and saw loads of lovely things designed by the man who was determined to make stylish furniture affordable to all. I think he would have liked the fact that I got one of his sideboards for £35 off Ebay. He wanted to make good quality items that could be passed down through families. Most mass produced things nowadays aren't beautifully crafted like Russell's furniture is. I can't see any of our Ikea stuff being coveted by future generations. It's definitely not well-crafted because I put it together myself. Badly.

Lucy

Fell in love in the Cotswolds.

Run for your lives!

Be very scared!

He wants your blood

I've been on holiday, so will gradually give snippets of stuff that happened. First up, it's geese on the attack at a farm in Stanton St John. We tried to stay cool but ended up legging it out of the field in a state of sheer panic. Definitely 1-0 to the geese.

Not for the faint-hearted. Or short-sighted

This man has had a pair of glasses permanently tattooed on his face. Good idea.

Back in Belgium

A cow weighing contest was happening beneath this tower.

I ordered a mint tea. They were very generous with the mint.

What a nice shop

I ticked another Dutch city off my Belgium bingo list by spending the weekend in Antwerp. Had a lovely time wandering around antique and vintage shops and dreaming of what patisserie treat I would embark on next. The city is full of nice old buildings, beer and odd bods. There were fewer resplendent moustaches than in Brussels, but seeing a man whose spectacles appeared to be smaller than his actual eyes, more than made up for that.

Tulips in West Norwood

Exciting growth spurt

Peanut patrol

I look like a lunatic. I can't help it.

Today mum and dad gave me some binoculars from Lidl.I think my eyes are too close together for them to work properly. But I did get a close up of a Great Tit flying off with a peanut.

Brilliant Iris Murdoch

Reading this amazing book...
By this amazing woman...

Let's look on the bright side

Found out today that it seems pretty certain I will lose my job at the Beeb. I could get all upset (and I'm sure that bit will come) but there were also plenty of good things that happened today. Like all this:

1. I saw a man weaving fast through the Media Village on a skateboard, whilst nattering on his mobile phone. Very Nathan Barley.
2. I saw a man in a cycle helmet, carrying a briefcase-like bag, ride past the canteen on a unicycle.
3. I saw Chico (of Chico Time fame) jump out from behind a hedge.

Amazing!