Enjoy your Garden At this time of year we are all busy sowing, planting and preparing soil, but one of the chief benefits of your garden is simply sitting down and enjoying it. Usually by about 4 pm we have finished all the jobs and that is the time to open a bottle of wine or beer and sit looking …
Planting time and compost
Planting time and compost I have done a lot of early planting this year as the weather has been very kind to gardeners. All my early potatoes are in now ( in containers and bags ) and I have also planted lots of onions in my deep beds. We are just finishing last years leeks and carrots and have started …
Forest of Dean Bus Changes
Changes from Stagecoach and a consultation Stagecoach which is the main provider of bus services in the forest of dean are saying that they don’t attract enough government funding to support them so they must be commercially viable. James Bevan are stopping their services to Lydney and Cinderford so Stagecoach will be running these ( or not ) Stagecoach are …
Living a wonderful life
I am Living a wonderful life I’m sure this is true for many others but I am living a wonderful life . All this doom and gloom we get from the media is poisonous. Since I sold my business and retired to the beautiful forest of dean part of glorious Gloucestershire I really couldn’t want for more. It is a gorgeous …
Pig Virus threat to the Forest of Dean
African swine fever creates a major risk to the Forest of Dean’s wild boar population according to experts. A local farmer says the wild boar population is already out of control. The head of the national pig association has said that the government’s wild boar action plan is hopelessly out of date and urges the forestry commission to step up …
Lunch at the Farmers Boy
Friday lunch at the Farmers Boy Inn We have had many evening meals and Sunday lunches at the Farmers boy, and we called in today as we were both feeling peckish. I had baked ham 2 eggs and chips, and She who must be obeyed had the all day brunch with bacon black pudding tomatoes etc. The service was friendly …
Big Directory Update
Forest of Dean Directory Update I have been getting a lot of feedback about our Forest of Dean Directory, mostly positive I’m glad to say and more features are wanted. Over the next week I will be doing the work. This will mean a short down time so please bear with me while I install new software and import all …
Improving the directory
Improving the Forest of Dean Directory I have had a number of suggestions via email about the Forest of Dean Directory and so I have decided to implement the most common. The default category is by town and I think this is still the most sensible way to order the listings, but people also want to look up specifics in …
A visit to Devon
This week we had a short visit to a friend in Bideford Devon. It is always nice to see old friends and Bideford turned out to be a delightful little town. It was cold and windy but we both enjoyed ourselves. The following day we went out to Appledore which is a few miles down the road. Again a pretty …