Malvern 2026 | Day 2

The weather was more cloudy for our last dat at the Malvern Autumn Show. 

The giant vegetable display was cool to look around:

Lush

We had ourselves a little sit down in a WW2 pub in the afternoon, where the ambience was so evocative I finally created a new audio recording after I don't know how long:

A bigger spending today today, though my purchases were more than reasonably priced:

Another loph. At £7 - had no choice but to bring it home

This  pre-1939 was just a tenner!

A cool new home four Apple Snail

Stunning skies on the way home too:

Malvern Autumn Show 2026 | Day 1

Had a fantastic weekend at the Malvern Autumn Show. Didn't  purchase much there on day 1 of our visit though as I got a little waylaid by Old Rosie (again) lol.

I did buy this though:

And on our way to our our AirBNB for the evening, we pulled over to appreciate this view of Tokien and C S Lewis countryside:

My Old Shed Door

My last pic of our old shed door before we replace it with our home-made one.

As promised, I have finally taken a picture of the view from the allotment shed window.. Construction of my writing table in the allotment shed is coming on nicely. The hinges fold the table-to-be flat against the wall. The wood in the photo is just for show. The Final table will be larger and stained dark...

My Allotment Writing Shed

With my thoughts finally turning to the writing of my 10th novel, it is good to see my allotment writing shed slowly taking shape. We have a cooker and a kettle working in there already, and a comfy fold-up chair. Just need to take down my fold up lap table and I will have no excuse not to crack on with the project. I will share a pic of the amazing view from the window next time I am down there. It really is so peaceful on the allotment - an oasis of calm in a very troubled world.

Down the Plot

Spent the day down the allotment, helping sort out the plot, catching up on some reading and working on See Gower.

Blue is the Colour

Stell made the most of the sunshine today, by painting and sorting out my new writing shed / her gardening shed lol:

 

Good Things Come to Those who Wait

After 3.5 years on the waiting list, we finally got keys to an allotment, and its just down the road for us.

And here's our plot:

Power to the People

After finishing reading the novelisation of the 1970's TV comedy series, Man about the House, which I thoroughly enjoyed, I thought I would continue the light-hearted nostalgia theme with another 70's comedy series novelisation.

Cat Bites

Spotted the neighbour's cat jump in this box this morning, where he immediately began nibbling at cardboard, biting out a semi circle with the ease of a leaf-cutter 🐝 When I went outside that afternoon, I was shocked to see just how much progress he had made. I hope this isn't a sign of stress in the beautiful pwscat:

A Dreamy Kind of Day