Category Archives: Buckinghamshire

There’s a chill in the air, nobody could care.

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Steve

It was a tad nippy last night. The mercury fell to -11C or in old money 12.2F. That temperature is also 471.87 Rankine, -8.8 Reaumur and 262.15 Kelvin. The Plough and Anchor pub almost caught fire last night.  They had … Continue reading →

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Tug of War

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Steve

The annual tug of war match between Wotton Underwood and Kingswood was held on May 31st 2010.  I have at last loaded the pictures to the website. http://www.blasdale.com/blog/picture-albums/blasdale-picture-gallery-2010/2010-tug-of-war/

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Expensive Chair – It’s a Beautiful Thing

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Steve

This morning we set off to go up to London to go to the V&A to see a couple of exhibitions. Went to our new Chiltern Rail station. Instant suspicion, only two cars in the free car park.  No trains cos … Continue reading →

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Bicycle Race

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Steve

Fantastic, my Bike voucher has arrived, I can buy my bike now.  Rang the shop, out of stock, won’t be getting it now until after Glastonbury.  I’ve ordered a racing bike, millions of gears and carbon fibre forks, I can … Continue reading →

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Wotton Underwood open day and Tony Blair’s pad

Posted on June 5, 2010 by Steve

Visited Wotton Underwood for their open day.  Looked around a few of the gardens, participated in teas and cakes and purchased a few items at the book/bric-a-bracstall.  Alas this year the trains were not running. We had a tour around … Continue reading →

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You are my Little Bird

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Steve

Trying out some action shots with my new Canon EOS 550 on the local bird population.  (Feathered variety alas.)  One wonders with all those extra pixels whether a new pro lens is in order.  Looks like I will have to … Continue reading →

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Cold sweeps Buckinghamshire

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Steve

Wednesday produced another inch of snow during the day.  Not a nice day, always overcast, few photo opportunities.  As evening came, the sky started to clear and the mercury plummeted.  I have not seen minus 10 for many years.  The … Continue reading →

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Snow at last

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Steve

Yesterday it started to snow at around five in the afternoon.  Today we have six inches of snow, measured with a ruler and measured in several places on flat hard ground away from walls.  This is not a Blasdale exaggeration, … Continue reading →

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The weather

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Steve

As soon as it gets a little cool, and that white stuff falls from the sky, chaos ensues. Here in the UK we have had some snow, I am sure you have all heard of  Eurostar and fluffy snow putting … Continue reading →

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Butterfly Days

Posted on August 17, 2009 by Rosemary

Despite the recent bad weather, we seem to have had some lovely butterflies in the last few sunny days, so Steve took their portraits and has posted an album of them - http://www.blasdale.com/blog/picture-albums/blasdale-picture-gallery-2009/2009butterflies/ We have yet to add their names – … Continue reading →

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Cast in Feathers Buzzard

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Rosemary

Rosemary was doing an ad hoc check of the field, when she spied some odd activity and so got the binoculars out.    It looked like a large bird of prey was eating a late breakfast. A few minutes later, large … Continue reading →

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Indian takeaway from Chadnis

Posted on April 26, 2009 by Steve

The other day we had been out for a drink in Quainton with our friends.  Alas we have to travel now that the local pub is closed, and the next in walking distance, the Crooked Billet, serves a not very … Continue reading →

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Easter

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Steve

Easter started off with a BBQ on Friday evening. How hard is it to buy charcoal at this time of year? Tesco was saying there will be none in stock for another 2 weeks. Slow roasted English lamb shoulder was … Continue reading →

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The kitchen fitting – day 4

Posted on October 23, 2008 by Steve

Thursday has been and gone.  We now have water back in the kitchen, the dishwasher is connected, but still no cooker.  The worktops are all attached and treated.  The dresser area has been constructed.  There was a small design change … Continue reading →

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The kitchen fitting – day 3

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Steve

The work surfaces were cut to size, and the hole drilled for the tap.  The joins between the surfaces were also cut ready for assembly.  The cutting was made difficult because the walls are not square.  One time I went … Continue reading →

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