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Thank You!
Thanks to everyone who sponsored me. Our local group has raised around £18,000 and worldwide the Distinguished Gentlemans Ride is closing in on $6 million raised. THANK YOU! Okay Peeps. It's that time of year again when I make an appeal for your money. Not for me of course, I earn every penny I have, but I need your money for a very good cause. Once again this Sunday I will be joining The Distinguished Gentleman's Ride. I feel this event is important in raising awareness of issues that affect all of us men. The point is to raise money to help men that really need it so PLEASE go to my...
How Things Change.
Here in Dear Old Blighty we are in the midst of change on a scale not seen since WW2. In general we people hate change, it represents uncertainty and is a harbinger of things unknown. I have reached an age now that I have learned, without doubt, that only one thing in life is certain and that certainty is CHANGE. There really in no point in resisting change. History is littered with the remains of those who stood resolutely in the path of progress. Having reached the venerable age I have, another thing I know is that not all change is good. As a species we are not talented at doing what is...
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Everybody’s Buying Bonsai
Here at KB we like to think we have the best selection of bonsai and raw material available for sale in the UK. It appears a whole bunch of you agree. We have just had what must be the best few days selling bonsai ever. Sincere thanks for all of our customers for your...
Heathrow Bonsai Show – A GREAT day out!
Sunday 3 November found me stumbling around in the dark at 4am in my keks trying to get dressed without causing too much of a ruckus. The reason for being afoot at such an unearthly hour? I had agreed to attend the Heathrow Bonsai show and because I live in the nether...
THE ‘Ugly Tree’ Becomes Beautiful Bonsai – New Video
We have added a new video "THE 'Ugly Tree' Becomes Beautiful Bonsai" check it out https://youtu.be/YLFv_0nMAN4
Elephant Man Does Bonsai
Who knew the elephant man did bonsai! No I wasn't in an actual fight. Riding a motorcycle at the weekend a bee hit me in the face. I still had to go to the Heathrow Bonsai Show and knock out this cool privet though. More details soon. G.
15 Minute Bonsai Fix
One of the things that has always motivated me in bonsai is making something out of not a lot. Being a Brit' I am genetically a sucker for a lost cause. When I buy trees I never go out of my way to get the best stuff, that costs a lot. I like to buy the oddball stuff...
A Grand Day Out – Bonsai Inspiration
I live on the edge of the Norfolk Broads National Park. Nice if you like boats, fishing and GREAT if you are a twitcher. Not so cool if, like me, you love mountains. Our flat landscape certainly produces some amazing and inspirational spectacles including some of the...