2nd hand finds

I broke another bowl recently, and decided that for practical reasons I need more pyrex unbreakable stuff for the kitchen. A quick look on eBay and I realised that pyrex doesn't just have to be functional, there's loads of great funky patterned pyrex out there. I bookmarked a few but never actually bid as the prices went too high for my frugal tastes. Imagine my joy on finding a perfect example of retro patterned pyrex in my local charity shop for only 75p I grabbed it along with a few parfait type clip shut preserving jars that we can never have enough of.

Bike trailer at work

Here's our fancy heavy duty bike trailer in action. Since we went car-free we realised we'd need another bike trailer. We already had a bob yak trailer which is fine for loads up to 30kg but that wasn't really enough. With an allotment and lots of diy still left to do on the house we were having to borrow a car to transport heavy stuff like bags of compost and long bits of wood. A bit of internet research and we found BikesAtWork. We went for the longest version which is 2.4m and can carry upto 136kg. It's kind of like a big ladder on wheels, but we added a marine-plywood base to it. "How can Luke's legs pedal such extreme loads, is he super-human?" I hear you ask. Fear not, he fitted some ultra-low gears (the Schlumpf Mountain Drive) which make it absurdly easy to ride. We had the roof replaced this summer, so there's alot of scrap lead salvaged off the old roof. Here's Luke setting off from our back alley to take 110kg of lead to the scrap merchant in Morecambe. They only pay 30p per kg, but at least it'll go towards the bottles of wine and new skirting boards that will fill the trailer for the return journey!