Category Archives: Bumpkinsville

Good bye Pog Towers. Hello….

Posted on February 14, 2017 by thepogblog

It’s finally happened. Pog Towers is no longer mine and Norman and I are staying at my parents until I buy Pog Towers 2. It’s been a funny few days. Norman has spent most of it under my bed, but … Continue reading →

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A litter tray shaped oops

Posted on February 9, 2017 by thepogblog

On Sunday I leave Pog Towers for good – the house is (finally) nearly sold. Unfortunately, for a number of reasons, I’ve chosen to break the chain, so I wont be moving into my new house just yet. Hopefully that’s only … Continue reading →

Posted in Bumpkinsville, cats, family, Pog Life | Tagged Dadddy W, litter tray, moving house, Mummy W, Norman, Norman cat, pog parents, Pog Towers, selling house | 2 Comments

Packing observations

Posted on February 5, 2017 by thepogblog

I started packing properly on Friday. So far I have learned: It doesn’t matter how much you have taken to charity shops or the tip in the last few months, you can still have way more shit than any one … Continue reading →

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Fires, fun and a few incidents

Posted on January 29, 2017 by thepogblog

This weekend has been one of those of two halves – the grown up normal stuff and the Pog stuff. Friday night, Himself and I went to a pub in the next village along that I’ve been to once in the … Continue reading →

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The same but different

Posted on January 20, 2017 by thepogblog

You may have noticed that I really love Bumpkinsville. The space, the greeness, the quiet (when the neighbours aren’t making enough nose for an entire town). I love that I can appreciate it all when I run or cycle rather … Continue reading →

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Cross bumpkinscountry

Posted on January 14, 2017 by thepogblog

At about 8.10am this morning a memory appeared out of nowhere. It was a memory of watching some of my secondary school class set off in a PE lesson to do cross country. I thought they were mad. Why on … Continue reading →

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This week in makingness…

Posted on January 13, 2017 by thepogblog

(Sorry, these things are all rather random and the day has been too long to wind them together in a better way, so in the style of ‘showing’ / ‘show and tell’ at primary school…) This week I’ve made: …Cherry Pie. … Continue reading →

Posted in Bumpkinsville, Cooking, crochet, Dating, exercise, fitness, food, Pog Life, Pog Pictures, running, work | Tagged cooking, crochet dragon, crochet dragons, Himself, horrible little man, makingness, personal bests, running, smiles, snow, three legged donkey | Leave a comment

A bit of wondering

Posted on November 29, 2016 by thepogblog

Sometimes you have to wonder about people. Even the people who are close to you. On Saturday, as I do most weekends at some point, I spoke to my friend The Lovely Nut on the phone. As is often the … Continue reading →

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Blue skies and smiles

Posted on November 27, 2016 by thepogblog

When you have spent half of every weekend for the last five weeks sorting out all the crap in your house and driving huge quantities to the tip in preparation for moving on an unknown date, there’s not much better … Continue reading →

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Not quite the plan, but…

Posted on November 20, 2016 by thepogblog

What do you do when you have spent 4 weeks preparing, 1 week mildly panicking, 24 hours properly panicking, then wake up at 4.45am thanks to the torrential rain, make it to the coach for 7am to go and run … Continue reading →

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