Being a late entrant to the seminar I took my caravan instead of staying on campus. And I'm damn glad I did ....he said, Smugly!
I got on really well with the site owner and when he enquired where I had disappeared to on the Saturday, leaving herself home alone, I told him about the seminar and he promptly asked to see my bits (now then, now then enough of the smutty thinking!).
On Sunday afternoon I showed him my three gallery entries and was surprised when his first question was whether any of them were made of Yew.
"No" says I, "Why do you ask?"
"Because I've got a yew tree that I am slowly cutting up for the fire, you can have some if its any good to you."
I had to scream at him to stop on Monday morning, as yet another branch hit the leafmould, because I just couldn't carry any more than the 6 metre-long lengths in the car. I took one of the lengths round to Geoff, another seminar delegate living locally, and promptly swopped it for a few bits of walnut he had drying in his garden.
Anybody envious, at all, I really hope so.
Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Brian
