This is the worst time of my life.My darling wife died on the eighteenth of May after at least eight months of suffering from cancer, her third fight against this awful illness.My daughter and sons loved her, She was my life and everywhere I look, everywhere I go, I am reminded of her. As I write this , that awful weight of sadness creeps over me so I must stop. It is wonderful when you meet and fall in love with that right person but it is an awful price to pay when you have to say goodbye.

This is the finished gun. Took silencer off as it detracted from accuracy. This is now perfect.

The old river isn't always quiet! Didn't reach the house this time . It overflows into field just as we are getting nervous!

This is a different view of our garden. our little house is out of sight on left. If you click on pic. it should get bigger!

This picture is really only for practice but when we were little , after the war  (WW 2) our uncle Gilbert used to take us kids and Aunty Lil to the sea side in a car like this! Bro. Dave will remember this.

New SMK XS 19.

  This is a brilliant gun.

What a winter , so far! Strange , though, despite all the rain,the river has not risen an awful lot.

Tip to save calling a plumber.

Just got to tell you this!  If you get air in your hot water system the flow could be reduced and noisy, gurgles etc. and spluterings at the tap.
     Go to your washing machine and swap the hot and cold pipes over , turn water back on for a minute . High pressure cold water forces hot water (and air) back into tank and problem cured.
  Alternative is , if possible , connect hot and cold taps in kitchen with short bit of hose and turn both taps on for a minute. Simplest way if you have a round section mixer tap with a unscrewable end cap with holes in is to unscrew it and put two layers of cooking foil in and screw it back on. this blocks the water, then turn on hot tap then cold for one minute and no more trouble!

Yesterday's rain.

 Not too bad as yet!Overflow mostly goes into field.

Walking sticks.

 Two Blackthorns, one white and two Ash.
Wax polished, not varnished.

Bumble bees.

 They wouldn't keep still!

Looking up stream

 This is for Brenda George.

Our river

 Wish I had a circ. polarizer. 72mm

Heron outside our back door!

 Strange creatures, Herons.
Talk about sharp eyesight too!

Picture in hotel bedroom

 It was on the wall of our bedroom in the Swan hotel in Wells , Somerset.

Crosman 357

 Crosman 357 CO2 powered .177 , ten shot .
Max. 4 ft. lbs.

XS38

 XS38 with 3-9x40 scope.

 XS 20 with shortened barrel and silencer fitted. This is now a great gun. Yesterday I hit two matchsticks with two out of three shots at 22 yards  using the 4x32 scope.

Todays eggs!

 One of our three new chicken has layed its first egg!