101010 = 42

I was in Manchester all day Friday and most of Saturday. When I got back H and I went out to Yoxall Lodge woods, click HERE for website. They have a autumn walks. We had a stroll round then had tea and cake. It was all very nice. H went out for the evening to get some culture at Sir John Moore. I , on the other hand, had an evening in the garage with the bike. Have a look at the link to my BMW blog for what I did on the bike, when I write it.

I got the loan of the land rover for Sunday. I did the trailer run as usual. I did not have to take the trailer back straight away so I had a little time at the lottie. I dug up another row of spuds. Just one or two spuds were not edible. The worms and slugs had eaten holes in them. The remaineder were perfect. Quite a few were huge. I look forward to having them roasted. The plot is very weedy but the main weed is chickweed. The good thing about chickweed is that is very easy to clear. I ripped up great handfuls. As I went I used the fork to dig up the Dock and Sowthistle. It was an easy job but back breaking. I cleared two thirds of Bed3 before my back had had enough. Here a picture of the blighter.



Mr Google says Chickweed has many medicinal properties and can be used as a salad. It looks a lot like watercress but it does not taste peppery as watercress does.

My "crop" of chickweed went into the compo bin but there is still loads to go at.

I harvested the second crop off the Brocolli. I left the remaining small florets to grow on. I shall be grow lots more of this next year. The Brussel sprouts and Purple sprouting brocolli are growing on well. I also had the last of the Sweet Corn and one of the smaller courgette/marrows.



The day brightened up and got better all day. By 1pm the sky was bright blue and the wind had dropped. I took the opportunity to run the wet supers back up to the bees. The bees were flying freely. I took off the ekes and dropped on a crown boards then put the wet supers above the crown boards. The bees had scoffed every crumb of the fondant I had given them a fortnight ago. I hope the weather holds up a little longer so the bees can clean up frames and take the honey down it to the hive proper for the winter.

The bees took no time at all. I then went to Massey's to get a jubilee clip that I needed for the bike. From Massey's I went for some petrol for the landy and some in a fuel can. H was out for the day at Donnington le Heath so when I got home I was able disappear into the garage for more bike fettling.

Apparently the answer to ultimate question of life, the universe and everything is 42. H came across a Douglas Adams related article. It gives a clue to the sort of people The Hitchhiker's guide attracts. Apparently the 10th of October 2010, written as 101010 is binary for 42. Here's another weird Hitchhiker's fan thing, on the anniversary of Douglas Adams death [11th May] devotees carry a towel.