I had access to a tree full of pears for a weekend. With the help of Meagen, we picked two large bags of pears of various ripeness – around 25kg I’d later come to know. I don’t actually like pears as a fruit, so I’d already panned to make perry from them. I’ve done this …
Author Archives: David
Feeding crows
For the last few months, on Sundays when I’m home, I’ve been feeding crows in the park. I’d read that they recognise people who feed them, so I wanted to see if this was true. There are two distinct populations of crows at the park, though I didn’t know this when I started. There’s a …
20 years
20 years ago I was turfed off a train at Bow Road due to an electrical issue. 20 years ago I walked the rest of the way to work. 20 years ago I was just trying to read the BBC news website (it was very slowly loading) when I received a panicked phone call from …
Boosted
It’s conference season, lots of meeting up with people from all over the world. Statistically, at least one person will be carrying COVID (case rate is currently 1.7 per 100,000 people, many people attending will have travelled internationally, number of connections exceeds 100,000). I wasn’t eligible for a free booster this year, so I paid …
Skips
There was a skip with house clearance stuff in it. On top was a nice bit of wood (pale, straight grained, 2×4 about 2m long, machined surfaces, nice wood).I stood looking, pondering taking it home, but it was a bit too big and too much of a faff to get out.A bloke came up to …