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• Magnetic Knife Block Design

  

  While I’m pressing on with various things at the moment, I recently came up with an idea for a magnetic knife block design that I might like to make for my own... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Climb to Crook Peak

  

  It was in this month last year that I began going out for walks and mini-adventures. I’d just bought myself a new camera for this purpose (Nikon S8200) and,... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Name Change

  Some of you may have already noticed that I’ve again altered the title at the top of this blog. At the time of writing this, it reads ‘OP-J’ and I may well... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Dust Extraction Tips

  My latest YouTube video offers a couple of simple tips on using and maintaining your dust extractors that could help to maintain and restore your airflow. Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Gromit Hunting (Part 1)

  

  Saturday’s group walk (a day earlier than usually expected) involving wandering around the city of Bristol with our cameras at the ready as we sought out and... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Cutting Board Chasm

  

  This post is mainly for the benefit of those who do not currently follow my Facebook page, where a few of us have already begun a discussion on this. Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Technologically Moaning

  

  Tonight, I’d like to have a little moan about technology, which is usually something I’m in full praise of. This particular issue has been on my mind for severa... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Stone Circle Walk

  

  This walk is another (like the one in Nunney) that I plucked from the pages of one of Geoff Mullett’s Walk West eBooks. Pensford is a small village just south o... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Bypassing the Hitch

  Before I get started on a brand-new post with regards to a walk I’ve been wanting to write about for the past week; I’d like to announce that I am back in... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Picture Frame Video

  This video was uploaded very late on Saturday night. It might even have been close to midnight, as I remember waking up on the end of my bed (I must have... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Walking the Cotswold Way Skyline

  

  There are a couple of more recent walks that I would like to write about today but I’ve realised that I still haven’t shared the experience of walking the... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Picture Frame and Mitres

  

  My next video on YouTube should document the making of a small picture frame made from a minute quantity of English walnut. Today, I’m going to share with you... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• On Domestic Abuse…

  This post is most certainly off-topic. But, this is my blog after all. I’ve been ‘umming’ and ‘ahhhing’ for the last week about whether or not I should post it... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• [New Video] Truing a Bandsaw Tyre

  This is the subject of my latest YouTube video, which has just been uploaded this evening. There are probably a few other recent uploads that I haven’t announce... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• A Bad Turn

  

  I’ve been Keeking a lot lately about a project I started. It was something that I initially wanted to remain as ‘secret’ until a big unveiling with a YouTube... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• A Combe and Castle Walk

  

  This is my walk from last Sunday; seven-days on from the experience of leading the walking group for the very first time (I still intend to write about that... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• A Brief Note…

  

  This is just a brief note to state my intention to tidy the main pages of this blog up a little bit. I’m well aware that I have a LOOONG list of links to other... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• New Project – Any Guesses?

  

  I’m writing this post to ask whether anyone reading this can guess what I might be making?Stack-laminating American lime – but for what? Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• A Tidy Workshop

  

  Today, I spent about one-third of my time on a solo walk in Somerset, to the east of the Mendip Hills. I’ll write more about that later on this week and I’ll... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Monday-on-Sea

  

  Yesterday was quite an exciting time for me, as I led a group of 20 other people on an 8-mile ramble around the hills of Bath. Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT