It is officially Spring but still feels like winter to me. A good excuse to eat some comforting food. If you like a good pie get yourself down to the the Wessex Pantry. I’ve had a few and they are probably the most delicious in the entire world. Packed to the very brim with tender and tasty fillings. I liked the Venison, and the Steak and Kidney pud was yum yum yummy. If you eat veg with them you feel a bit healthier.

Our friend, Ron Kamen, spent the bank holiday weekend on a three day stone sculpting course in the Oxfordshire countryside. Here’s his stone creation.

Ron says it looks more like Sylvester Stallone than the sleeping Buhhda’s head it is meant to resemble.

But we think it looks great.

I like the idea of creating something solid. Something that’s not just pixels on a screen. Then gone.

For more information, here’s a link to Bernard Johnson, the chap who ran the course.

James has a beard and a bike and he’s ready to go …

Joe has the bike but not the beard (not yet anyway) and is chomping at the bit.

You might remember that last year they’d planned to do their big boys adventure and were massively disappointed when they had to put it on hold because Joe got Osgood Schlatters. Well, Joe is now better, bigger and a whole year older so they are hoping this year will be different. If you didn’t already know, they are cycling for Action Duchenne and  you can sponsor them here if you’d like to.

It’s a great cause and I’m very proud of them both. The beard may have to go though … I’m thinking purely aerodynamics of course.