Rhyddid - live the questions now

John Peel

Received a fantastic new CD box set yesterday. John Peel's Dandelion - Life Too, Has Surface Noise - The Complete Dandelion Records Singles Collection 1969-1972. Some excellent tracks on it and really good service from Cherry Red Records as well. Bill Oddie, yes he of Spring Watch fame, doing 'On Ilkla Moor Baht'at' in the style of Joe Cocker's hit 'With a Little Help from My Friends' is just wonderful. S oif you like the music John played on PerfumedGarden then give the CD a look.

Coast

The second series of Coast started last night on BBC2. I was amazed by the first series and this second series is certainly carrying on where the first one finished. I find it fascinating the places they discover around our coastline and the interesting stories to go with them.

IE7

Well I have been using IE7 since Friday and so far so good. I like the tabbed browsing but I have been using Opera for a while so I used to it. I recon worth the upgrade.

Enjoying the weekend

Church choir

I joined my sister on Saturday to sing in her church choir.

I haven't sung for six months or so and it was a real joy to start again. I sing tenor which is rather useful especially for local church choirs.

Enjoying a Walk

I had a very enjoyable day joining a Gay Outdoor Club walk at the National Trust property at Canons Ashby. A very friendly group of like minded men enjoyed a walk in some lovely Northampton countryside. The weather could have been better however the company more than made up for it.

Torchwood

Doctor Who for grownups. They said it would be darker and it certainly is! I didn’t really see the need for the amount of bad language, but apart from that I’m hooked. Bring on next week. And I so would like the Landie with the blue running lights on the A posts. Excellent.

Friday evening

The simple things in life are often the best.

Friday evening after a rather long week, pizza a bottle of wine and the Bourne Identity on the TV.

Well it suited me.

Some thoughts on wisdom

For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her. Proverbs 8:11.

I don’t know if people agree with me on this one. I know that I have had jobs that paid well and jobs that paid badly. All I appeared to gain from the well paid ones was a good deal of stress.

We can all also have 20:20 hindsight and after the turmoil of the last couple of years, I’ll take the wisdom I have gained.

live the questions now.

A strange title for my first entry I suppose: it’s a line from a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke and I try and remember it when life isn’t going as planned.

The main function of my blog will be to document the progress of the build of my canal boat, Rhyddid, hence the name of the blog.

I will also chat about other things from time to time.

I guess the name could do with a bit of explanation. Rhyddid is Welsh for freedom and I chose it for a few reasons. My life has seen a good deal of turmoil over the last few years and over time I will free myself from my old ways. I am gay and a Christian and I want to be free to be myself and the canal boat will offer a wonderful way to live a free life.