Easy Peasy… The Hobbit.

Interesting Question… The easy answer is yes… It is one thing I think everyone should be.

There are a couple of sayings that I know of and use:

“You are never too old to learn.”

“Everyday is a school day.” In other words every day we learn something or hear something new.

So yes I am a lifelong learner and fully intend to keep on being one…I mean today I learned that my Latte I made for my wife was actually a Cappuccino and my thing I made using the remainder of the coffee and milk was actually the Latte. I rest my case!

So I suppose when I Pop my clogs and head off onto the black sands then I will learn if there is an afterwards… I just won’t be able to let you know.

Best way to describe it has already been done by Nerdy Viking Photography….https://nerdyvikingphotography.com/2026/06/16/20-year-old-self/

But as they already did it way better than I ever could then I reckon either interpretive dance or music will best suit the moment…

As I am drinking my coffee, then the music will have to do for now.

And finally,this piece of music helps me chill when I am having a bit of a moment…

Peace!

Well if you ignore the phonics ones and things like Binkle and Flip the bad bunnies.

Peter, Jane and Pat the dog.

And of course:

I suppose I would go for The Hobbit.

Still occasionally read it most years.

Looking at Binkle and Flip there it does have a bit of an air of Mr Bunsy has an Adventure. (If you know Terry Pratchett books you will know which one it comes from).

Well I am getting to the age where I no longer bounce like I used to but as I often joke “I sometimes wonder how I am still alive!”

As a younger individual I did many daft things that could have finished me off.

But I suppose one of the biggest ‘risks’ was to move from Northumberland to the Shetland Islands. My wife and I and our 16 week old made the change. I started work on 17th April 2006. Basically 20 years ago.

Was it easy, no, did I struggle, yes. I moved from a school of 40 odd staff to me and a part time admin. From a class of 34 to a whole school of 12.

I basically lost my family and friends, my hobbies -reenactment and my social life again based around the reenactment world. The other huge miss was my in work support network.  That was a massive hit, I remember one day having a bit of a wobble and saying I wanted to go home.  Our house hadn’t sold yet, so my wife said we could easily return, by home I meant my old school.

So to answer the question…when was the last time I took a risk, April 17th 2006. I suppose that was the biggest risk we ever took. We made a vow that day that no matter what was thrown at us we would remain.

Was it hard? Yes! Was it worth it? Again Yes! Did we make the right choice in staying here? Most definitely.

This is the view from my front gate…

That’s about it… A break away from Idiots… Now you know.

Well I reckon the best ever Road trip was when I was in the Polish lancer reenactment group.

We drove from Northumberland in the UK to Ciechanow in Poland.  Was an epic road trip via Berlin and Warsaw on the way out and Leipzig and somewhere else on the way back (was too tired to remember where… It had Windmills and tulips though).

In fact my musket ball came from Leipzig

So in the first here I am (nearest the camera) after trying out a couple of mounts before the big day, technically we should be wearing our stable trousers. But we evidently aren’t. 

So in the second in full dress uniform and so is the horse.  I haven’t got the lance in this photo.

Here I am twirling my lance…

This was another road trip to Boulogne and that was a bloody nightmare.

I am honestly not sure, ask me in 500 years!

So I have two main ways to relax.

First up is my painting of miniatures etc. Although frustrating at times I do find it relaxing. I switch off and push paint around on a model.

Second is gaming, mainly through technology but also using miniatures. I tend not to go out much so the technology side is winning at the minute.

Technically reading should be in there too, but I tend to use audio books more than using my eyes.

Funnily enough I don’t find my 3D printing relaxing. Interesting yes, relaxing…no.