shed party!

Some friends have young twin sons, who had a 5th birthday earlier this week. Our gift was this wonderful hand pull cart, which has the optional addition of a fabric bowtop (like on an old cowboy and indian film from the 60's). My nephew (in his 20's) was sure that the cart needed a few test runs before being given away into the hands of 5 year old boys. Therefore he squashed his nearly 6ft frame into the cart for a run around the sitting room. Hey presto - it worked! Cart guaranteed to comfortably carry up to 100kilos. When ithe cart finally made it to the birthday boys they seemed very impressed, and spent the evening forcing all adults to pull them round and round the farm. Thinking of an adaptation whereby they can be towed by a ride-on lawn mower instead!

My sister held her own shed party on Sunday evening. Temperatures plummeted by 8pm to a chilly 8 degrees, but we stuck it out, with the aid of a gas heater and a wood gobbling chimenea. Much fizzy pop was drunk by all, and we wended out way home at 10pm, cold but cheery.

Very quiet at the salt mines, hoping things pick up at Spring Bank Holiday. We head on out for heady metropolis of Sheffield for dinner on Saturday evening, and Stamford the following week to see a comedy show featuring niece's partner. Its all go.