Cycle to Movie

I have cycled to the Springs a few times, apparently this is the first time Sarah has done it.  I took the big bike and she has the geared folding bike.  It worked well, we can definitely do it again.

Lithops

I don't really get excited by plants.  We saw a plant show last year and learnt about lithops, pebble plant, so cute! 

So Sarah bought me one for my Birthday.  Let's hope it does well in my conservatory!

Birthday Chocolate: Cluizel Caramelize hazelnuts bar

One of the many bars of Cluizel we brought back from Paris.  This hazelnut bar is similar to the Lindt equivalent and cost twice as much.  

Nice, but I could just get the Lindt one next time.

Risk Assessment in Life II

But if you are a decision maker, decided you don't like the look of the carpet underneath everyone's feet, rather than moving everyone off slowly, just pull it under their feet, everyone will fall.

Look after the people live under your whim...

Risk Assessments in Life

Failure to plan is planning to fail.  Risk assessment and risk mitigation is an important part of planning.  It maybe stupidity, it maybe just negligent.

Having to face unanticipated risk and it's consequences is not fun, ever.

Always research on when you want to embark on is always prudent.

When you fail to plan at work, your work pay the price. When you fail to plan at life, you have to pay the price.

Spring Sprouting

I am glad to report the online seeds have sprouted.  So have the chives, radishes and sunflowers.

Old chilli pepper, old tomato and old carrots have not been too successful.

Peas Curry

We had to defrost a bag of peas, so we had a big peas curry... It is healthy at least.

Snaking

The drain snake is applicable to any other holes, such as the fridge drain hole.

Short Date

I got some "short dated" chocolate from the factory shop.  I only look at the dates later, it has another 5 months on it!  I should have bought more.

Curry Flavouring

We keep forgetting, the spices are flavour enhanced, so we still need to flavour it, which is the 5 tastes.

Invisible Lights Benefits

So some healthcare professionals are concern that all the new bulbs only deliver visible light, minimise invisible lights, which is seen as wastage, that we are missing out on the health benefits of these invisible lights, namely infrared.  And how they may affect sleep because of their longer wavelengths.

I think it is a little bit nonsense.  He did mention to go out and get some Sun is the best way to obtain the therapeutic benefits of these invisible lights.  Do that.

Used PV

After some research, it is possible to hook normal panels with some of these off grid inverters, new panels are obviously higher in efficiency.  I looked at some used panels, they are not cheaper/rating, and they are less efficient.  If those used panels are not free, I am not sure they are worth it.

How to Miss a Train

I missed the train this morning, the most traditional ways.  I first overslept, then I drove to the station, only to find it full, so I watch the train come and gone.

Elbows Up

Apparently it is not just basketballs do elbows up, ice hockey also. 

Moors Fire

I was up in Harrogate district and saw some moorland fire.  I was so concern that I called the fire department, and they assured me that I was seeing controlled burning.

When I went down the valley, the valley is covered in smoke...  Who says village life is healthier life?

Heck Sausage Rashers

I went to the Heck factory shop for lunch.  They ran out of sausages, or they are pushing their rashers, so I had a sausage rashers sarnie.  It was near closing time, so I think I get one more than normal.

They are pretty good.

Assorted Radishes

A lot of my radishes went to flower last year, I harvested the seeds.  Much to my delight, they are sprouting!  I cannot wait to see what happens next!

Chives in Event

I went to an event where they are planting, as a metaphor for growth.  They went on to talk about how resilience chives are, and I couldn't help but share how I have killed many chives before.  Let see if these ones grow...

Prolific Crocosmia

My crocosmia is so prolific, I decided to take drastic action, I dug out to large clumps, and gave them away.  I took top soil with it, so to make sure it will survive into their new home.  That also means I have to back fill them.

My bags of compost from last year are disappearing quick!

Green Chicken

The annoying owl turned into a deranged owl, and now turn into a green chicken.

Beef Sarnie

I have now come to a conclusion, hot beef sarnie is nice, but it is a "healthier" version of a steak slice, and twice the price...

Carrier Pigeon

How offgrid can we truly be?  Should we all start training our carrier pigeon?  Which is very hackable.

Online Seeds Shopping

We went to 3 stores to look for some climbing beans, and none of them sell them.  So we ended up looking for some seeds online.  We got some seeds online before, in particularly microgreen, and they worked well.  In contrary, we got seeds from shop before, and they weren't that good.  Let's see how these turn out.

Free Tea Pot

We were eating at a restaurant, and it has a sign saying, if we leave a review, we get a tea pot.  I did ask the server, and they said that is correct.  But we did not actually pursue it, we would never know what kind of teapot we would get, or the actually a teapot of something tea or something,

Planets Viewing

Venus is easy enough to see.  I think I saw Saturn before, my 60x scope is really inadequate for this purpose.  We think we also see Mars and Jupiter.

Energy Modelling

I was playing around with Heat Punk, which was pretty good.  Now I am onto non domestic and more complicated modelling, it is going to be fun...

Off Grid Installation

I had to do some research on off grid PV installation.  I have concluded it is best to adopt the caravan leisure systems. 

Commercial Char Siu

I made char siu for everyone.  Similar to last time I made teriyaki chicken, they were individual lump of meat and they were chopped after roasting before serving.  Maybe we could have serve it in lumps, for them to chop up at the table themselves...   

Birmingham Odyssey

We went to Birmingham to see the biker, we parked at the usual spot, rode the train into town.  Along the way, we got on the wrong platform, we had Japanese food.

One the way back, there was a massive delay.  We checked and we looked.  We went to one customer service counter to another.  We were told to go to Coventry.  I was not convinced, but we went.  The platform was full of people, we couldn't get on one, and waited for another.

We walked up and down the platform, talked to more characters along the way.  They tried to palm us off to Nuneaton, which I refused.  We waited.  And by some miracle, train announcement said the upcoming train is going to go where we needed to go!

We made sure we get off where we needed to get off.  We found food in my car, and we start the drive home, along the way, we went to get more food.

It was a long journey!

Croque Monsieur

Sarah made a Mary Berry Croque Monsieur.  It did croqued.  I still think it is too saucy.

Yorkshire Business Fair

I missed the last Yorkshire Business Fair, which was held in a venue a mile from me.  I finally got an opportunity to go.  It was a very generalist business fair.  There were a lot of freebies, but I refrained from getting too many!