The Old Candle Factory

I always become very nostalgic when the BBC produce BIG CAT DIARY. But this year is special - having talked about it for years at Governors' Camp , they finally have webcams in the Masai Mara and the infrastructure to produce the web content is amazing. Seven editing suites all hosted in the camp! And their big generator still en route from UK on the high seas somewhere. Have a look..... And here is the sweetest montage of cats and cubs put to inspired music. And a little more action please!! News from the candle Factory is mostly sweeping up all the colourful leaves that descend at this time of year in their hundreds from the virginia creeper. I have a bonfire going on this saturday evening just as the daylight fades beneath a very blustery sky with a night of rain threatened which will not stop until the end of sunday. A neighbour has left his stressful corporate job with AUDI and as part of his leaving present, he has been lent an R8 for the weekend! A true 'supercar'. O

September was a busy month. Lindy drove Mum and Lorna down to the west country for a holiday and diverted to the Old Candle Factory on the way home. Mums first visit!! It coincided with the Towersey Folk Festival, held every August bank holiday. Yes, I know august isn't in september. This is a blog and therefore full of deliberate mistakes to keep you on your toes. Everybody behave like hippies for 4 days and immerse themselves in all things F O L K . I was no exception and I will try and post pictures which hopefully speak louder than words.

2008 has seen me help my 'secret garden' come alive. I bought the derelict ground between my garden and Waitrose car park and set about attacking the brambles. It had been a garden in a previous life, but it took alot of hard work to discover it. But discover it I did, and today shared runner beans, beetroot and tomatos with Dan. Elsewhere you'll find potatos, radishes, lettuce, spring onions, peas, courgettes( which have grown into enormous marrows!) carrots, and some I've forgotten.