Biker Chicks of Wales

On our trip through England & Wales we met up with Alison, a good friend from the old days when I was still hitchhiking in the British Isles. She owned a Bed & Breakfast near St. Clears where I stayed for a couple of days. We became friends and I have been visiting her ever since.

The house where this Biker Chick lives was actually the sight of a gruesome murder...well, to be honest the good people were butchered in Pendine but they were abducted from this house. All can be read on : http://betraveller.blogspot.be/2012/02/llangynin-wales.html

Ciara turns 1 hip hip hooray

Tomorrow it will be exactly one year since Ciara was born. A wonderful year that went by much too quickly. Pretty soon she will start walking, talking, doing all the stuff her older sister does.

The Muffinman is free!

Dumpster Divers of all nations, rejoice! The famous Belgian Muffinman has been acquitted of stealing 2 bags of perished muffinds. For those who are not familiar with the concept of dumpster diving, skipping, tatting, bin-diving, D-mart or "recycling" food: this is "the practice of sifting through commercial or residential trash to find items that have been discarded by their owners but might be useful to the dumpster diver" (Wikipedia definition). But who is the Muffinman, you might ask? Well, Steven De Geynst is a dumpster diver who received a 6-month sentence for "stealing" 2 bags of perished muffins from a GB supermarket. He appealed and was acquitted. He has been a strong voice in the battle against food waste and the way supermarkets deal with goods that are still perfectly alright.

Building a snowman, flake by flake

Last year Caitlin built her first snowman with her grandfather in Germany. This time I helped her build one here in Belgium. The German one was more beautiful, but I'm sure the quality of the snow played some part in that. In Germany they use the roll-the-snow-till-it-becomes-a-ball, and repeat that three times with balls of smaller sizes. Here in Belgium the snow just doesn't stick, so we use the fill-the-bucket-and-then-push-the-snow-tight. It works like a charm :)