I haven't posted in ten days! If you carry on reading you'll know why!
On Monday I have my French Speaking Exam which counts as 12.5% towards my final GCSE. It's very nerve racking. It's taken me 3 weeks to write and now I only have until Monday to learn it by heart. I'm really nervous, I'll definately be practising non-stop this weekend. I also need to shorten it because we have 5 minutes to do it in and it takes me 4 minutes 44 seconds to read it off a sheet. It will be natural to fumble, mumble and panic so I want to leave at least 45seconds to allow for that.
Last Friday we travelled down to Ipswich as a Family, and we stayed in the travelodge. On Saturday Morning we had Breakfast at the Little Chef (who now serve all their products with free-range eggs and outdoor reared British Sausages aswell, bravo!). After breakfast we met up with some people from the Omlet Forum at Jimmy's Farm. It was his Christmas Market and I had a great day working for the BHWT (Battery Hen Welfare Trust). I was shaking my bucket and shouting "Save a Hen this Christmas", the BHWT also had a stall in the Market which was run by the Omleteers!
I have selected a few photos to share with you.
The view of Jimmy's Farm from the nature trail. You can see the derilect Farmhouse in the background along with some stalls and plenty of chicken arks.
I met Dolly, he was wrestling Christmas Trees into nets, but he was more than happy to talk and pose for a photo.
I also had my photo taken with Jimmy. He is so kind, and he signed my book for me which was really nice of him.
On the day I was also given an official letter of thank you from the BHWT, who had aknowledged all of my efforts throughout the year. I'm going to get it framed.
When I got home, it looked like someone had been in the garden and moved some things about. Don't worry. It was only Roy the Omlet delivery man who left my Christmas present on the doorstep!
How cool is that! A purple eglu!
Lesley and Carly move in on 25th December! They also have some space to rent out to other chooks, and they hope to move some more in with them in January!
It's great getting back to basics. I'm making Strawberry Jam for the first time in about 2 or 3 months.
It's good to be back on the blog. See you tomorrow...
I promise!
Thanks for reading,
Martin
2 comments:
Wow, that purple is wonderful! I have now been swayed from my previous wish for a green Eglu :-)
Good luck with the French Exam. I can still just about remember my German one back in GCSEs (I talked about aliens, I bet it was the oddest one my teacher had!): Hope your nerves don't cause you too much problem.
Thankyou! I'd get a purple one, much nicer than green. I have green and purple eglus and a green rablu.
Thanks for reading!
Martin
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