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		<title>Day 1 of training &#8211; done!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 09:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By mid July I need to be able to cycle about 120-ish miles overnight so this week I started a training plan to get me ready for the big ride. Day 1 of the training plan was a doddle and I managed it without problem, OK so the first day was a rest day but [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By mid July I need to be able to cycle about 120-ish miles overnight so this week I started a training plan to get me ready for the big ride. Day 1 of the training plan was a doddle and I managed it without problem, OK so the first day was a rest day but it still counts! Today will be the first actual ride part but is only a tiny one so won&#8217;t  be a issue although it may highlight how out of shape I am following a winter of very little cycling.</p>
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		<title>Brussels here we come!</title>
		<link>http://www.richardearle.co.uk/2010/06/16/brussels-here-we-come/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other thing I did last night was to book two nights away in Brussels as a birthday present for Lou. After much fiddling around the cheapest way to book it was to get the Eurostar tickets direct and have them from/to Reading, the hotel was then booked elsewhere. Doing it this way saved me [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The other thing I did last night was to book two nights away in Brussels as a birthday present for Lou. After much fiddling around the cheapest way to book it was to get the Eurostar tickets direct and have them from/to Reading, the hotel was then booked elsewhere. Doing it this way saved me about £75 of train fare to get to St Pancras and back, I still find it odd that the Eurostar website will allow you to book a hotel and train combo but only from St Pancras or you can book the train direct from your home town but not with a hotel.</p>
<p>Not for the first time I found myself questioning why all travel websites are so user unfriendly, surely with the money they make they could invest some in making the websites more sensible!</p>
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		<title>Free is good!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night we collected some free stuff from a colleague of mine, she had decided that she no longer required some garden bits. We loaded up the car with three lots of greenhouse staging, a cold frame, a wheelbarrow and a load of pots, quite the haul! This has now made us a five wheelbarrow [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last night we collected some free stuff from a colleague of mine, she had decided that she no longer required some garden bits. We loaded up the car with three lots of greenhouse staging, a cold frame, a wheelbarrow and a load of pots, quite the haul! This has now made us a five wheelbarrow allotment &#8211; the neighbours will be jealous! Mel even gave us  a hand by driving her car with the cold frame in it to save us making two trips, by way of thanks we showed her around our plot and introduced to the chickens. Things to know about chickens part one: if you wear sandals they will peck your toes <img src='http://www.richardearle.co.uk/blam/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Snow, doors, chickens and the moving image</title>
		<link>http://www.richardearle.co.uk/2010/06/11/snow-doors-chickens-and-the-moving-image/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since I posted anything so to get the ball rolling I thought I would put a couple of videos up. Both are chicken club related, the first is from January when we had a lot of snow and shows us walking to the chickens in a jerky sped up way, the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s been a while since I posted anything so to get the ball rolling I thought I would put a couple of videos up. Both are chicken club related, the first is from January when we had a lot of snow and shows us walking to the chickens in a jerky sped up way, the second shows the automatic chicken door opener/closer that I have built.</p>
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		<title>1st Chicken Morning</title>
		<link>http://www.richardearle.co.uk/2009/09/10/1st-chicken-morning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was my first time on morning chicken duties and it was all pretty good. Alarm went of at 6.25, got up had a wee stuck some clothes on and down the allotment in the car I went. I arrived about 6.30 and could hear the girls stirring inside so I quickly weighed out their [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today was my first time on morning chicken duties and it was all pretty good. Alarm went of at 6.25, got up had a wee stuck some clothes on and down the allotment in the car I went. I arrived about 6.30 and could hear the girls stirring inside so I quickly weighed out their food and filled up the waterers ready for them to be let loose on. The waterer did cause some fun as I deposited its contents over the floor and my foot! Apparently I hadn&#8217;t screwed the base on properly so when I flipped it right way up it fell off ~ clearly the thing to do is give it a good check before you flip it over.</p>
<p>Upon opening up the door they started to come out and headed straight for food and water. Sadly no eggs but fortunately no signs of eggs being eaten either so not entirely bad. I watched them for a little bit (there is something oddly satisfying about just standing and watching them) I then left to get back home to do the usual morning bath, dress and coffee routine before heading out to work.</p>
<p>I did pop by at lunchtime to check in on them (and take some more bedding down as I forgot it in the morning) and they were all happy and had popped out 3 eggs during the morning.</p>
<p>So I have now done a morning feed and release and the evening round up and lock away. The evening is definitely harder work but I suspect it wont be long before they learn to get in the coop when the sun is setting. At the moment you have to round them up and pick them up one by one with Benny Hill music going around in your head!</p>
<p>When I get a chance I shall do a post to show you the chicken club ~ we worked hard to get it up and running so some showing off is deserved!</p>
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		<title>Time to play spot the allotment site!</title>
		<link>http://www.richardearle.co.uk/2009/09/01/time-to-play-spot-the-allotment-site/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well festival weekend is over but I did happen across this photo on the beeb that goes to show the scale and possibly explains why we had  guard dogs stationed on the site over the weekend!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well festival weekend is over but I did happen across this photo on the beeb that goes to show the scale and possibly explains why we had  guard dogs stationed on the site over the weekend!</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-134" title="Our plot in a see of tents" src="http://www.richardearle.co.uk/blam/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/plotfestival.jpg" alt="Our plot in a see of tents" width="600" height="365" /></p>
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		<title>Festivale!</title>
		<link>http://www.richardearle.co.uk/2009/08/28/festivale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s festivale time! What does this mean? Well, being questioned everytime I go to the allotment by security guards and dodging guasrd dogs on the bike! Other than that plenty of young ladies wandering around and a few beers. If the weather is ok then bbq time it is. I may even find the time [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s festivale time! What does this mean? Well, being questioned everytime I go to the allotment by security guards and dodging guasrd dogs on the bike! Other than that plenty of young ladies wandering around and a few beers. If the weather is ok then bbq time it is. I may even find the time to give you a real update on the lottie and chicken club!</p>
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		<title>Learning every day you live</title>
		<link>http://www.richardearle.co.uk/2009/08/26/learning-every-day-you-live/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well isn&#8217;t the news ever so exciting, today I have learnt the following: Football: a sport played by thick people, paid too much money to sexually or physically assault the public and get away with it. Supported by even more retarded people that think a bit of a riot is a good way to show [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well isn&#8217;t the news ever so exciting, today I have learnt the following:</p>
<p><strong>Football:</strong> a sport played by thick people, paid too much money to sexually or physically assault the public and get away with it. Supported by even more retarded people that think a bit of a riot is a good way to show who they support. This is truly a noble game.</p>
<p><strong>Big Brother:</strong> finally channel 4 has realised what anyone with more than one brain cell has said for years, the program is shit and boring and doesn&#8217;t deserve the airtime. If we can just get rid of the rest of the reality/celebutard crap off the box I will be happier.</p>
<p><strong>Peter Mandelson:</strong> is a complete slimey shit that deserves to be killed, can&#8217;t we send him to Helmand Province? How has this thoroughly evil little turd faced cnut(sic) , (who by the way is not elected in any shape whatsoever) has so much control over government policy? If you needed another reason to boot NuLiebour out come the general election there you have it. (I must admit this is a cheat ~ I didnt actually learn this one today but it just bugged me further!)</p>
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		<title>Really I am still alive</title>
		<link>http://www.richardearle.co.uk/2009/07/28/really-i-am-still-alive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I last posted we have been harvesting courgettes like there is no tomorrow, it is proving quite tricky to eat them all! Hmm I wonder six plants &#8211; two adults, too many? nah We have been doing the usual things with them, plenty of fried up with garlic and served with pasta, courgette frittatas, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since I last posted we have been harvesting courgettes like there is no tomorrow, it is proving quite tricky to eat them all! Hmm I wonder six plants &#8211; two adults, too many? nah <img src='http://www.richardearle.co.uk/blam/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />  We have been doing the usual things with them, plenty of  fried up with garlic and served with pasta, courgette frittatas, courgette on pizza (yes it does work!). We have also been looking for some new ways to use them, one recipe we have found is creamy courgette lasagne which is brilliant. When I have it to hand I will try to post it on here.</p>
<p>In other news, my shoulder continues to give me grief so I went to the doctors to get it checked out, this ended up being a complete waste of time. After waiting 25 minutes past my appointment time (in addition to the 10 minutes that I waited for due to arriving in plenty of time) I finally went in to  see the doctor and it was a rubbish experience. I personally expect a doctor to be able to listen to what I say, to be able to read information off of a computer screen and understand I am talking about an accident 5 weeks ago NOT last year!!!! I was then asked what I wanted her to do, WTF you&#8217;re the doctor with the years of training! Needless to say I ended up leaving with no real idea how it was healing and with no treatment. If I need to go back I shall make sure I don&#8217;t get that doctor again.</p>
<p>In other news, I will be taking a test ride on a new bike this week, a Ridgeback Flight 05, this ticks all the boxes for me so I hope it rides well. Sadly my employers don&#8217;t participate in the cycle to work scheme so I will have to pay full price. I really don&#8217;t understand why they don&#8217;t do it, the amount of effort required is minimal, in fact as a government scheme I think it should be mandatory for companies to take part if employees want to get a bike on the scheme.</p>
<p>When I rule the world it will be different!</p>
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		<title>I&#8217;m alive!</title>
		<link>http://www.richardearle.co.uk/2009/07/15/im-alive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hmmm it&#8217;s been a while hasn&#8217;t it! What has been going on since I last posted &#8230;. from the lottie side of things we have been happily harvesting cucumbers, courgettes, runner beans, potatoes, peas, garlic, broad beans even a few raspberries and strawberries. The feeding is good but we are starting to hit the usual [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hmmm it&#8217;s been a while hasn&#8217;t it! What has been going on since I last posted &#8230;. from the lottie side of things we have been happily harvesting cucumbers, courgettes, runner beans, potatoes, peas, garlic, broad beans even a few raspberries and strawberries. The feeding is good but we are starting to hit the usual &#8220;argh not courgettes for dinner again&#8221; point, this means I will have to dig out he courgette recipe book to find new and interesting things to do with them!</p>
<p>Our harvests to date have been good and we are mainly happy but we have come to the realisation that some crops just aren&#8217;t for us and top of that list are peas. Every year we spend time and money trying to grow peas, fresh peas off the plant are a simple pleasure in life that we enjoy. Sadly every year we end up pea moth problems, as a conservative estimate I would say we end up composting something like 75% of the peas we grow as they are riddled with the little maggoty buggers. So that is it, we give up on peas and will use the space normally allocated for something else, after all we seem to struggle for space every year!</p>
<p>On a non allotment note, I had a great night out drinking high quality smokey beer from zero degrees wishing a work colleague a farewell, I then cycled home and right outside the door fell off. The next day I went to casualty as I decided shoulders shouldn&#8217;t look like mine did. Ended up that I had a severe sprained shoulder, the x-ray made me laugh, this was not the reaction the doctor was expecting! That was several weeks ago, it is healing and getting stronger but still gives me some grief. I really don&#8217;t understand what happened &#8230; after all as a teenager we were all protected but the god of drunk cyclists and never came to harm, shockingly our god has deserted us!!!</p>
<p>Erm what else &#8230;.. we spent some enjoyable time down in Cornwall visiting the oldies who treated us to a lovely meal at The Three Mackerel in Falmouth. The food was brilliant, the service friendly and the young waitresses in tight leggings with pert behinds and no vpl ~ does it get any better? <img src='http://www.richardearle.co.uk/blam/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>In breaking news I can also reveal that Chicken Club has been given the go ahead from the council, now we need to do a bunch of stuff to make it happen but more on that another time.</p>
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